A list of recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend gigs in the comments as this post gets a lot of eyes every week.
Ticket giveaways:
- Rhythm Weekender gigs – see post to enter
- The Minutes @ Whelan’s (Sold out show) –
Email [email protected] with ‘The Minutes’ as your subject, your full name, and phone number before 6pm on Wednesday to be in with a chance to win.
Tuesday October 11th
- Ruby Sessions: The Guggenheim Grotto, Fiach + More @ Doyle’s (9pm)
- Boiler Room #69 Screening: Thom Yorke, Caribou, Jamie xx, Lone, Illumsphere @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 8.30pm)
Wednesday October 12th
- Deus @ Olympia Theatre (€30)
Thursday October 13th
- hounds,Bridges of Madison County, Family Planning @ Shebeen Chic (Free)
- Elevens @ The Odessa Club (€10)
- Gig For Haiti: special guests (looks like Mundy, Glen Hansard, Paddy Casey but not confirmed) @ Whelan’s (€15)
- Rhythm Weekender: Parish, Spilly Walker, Laser Tom & The Blast Crew @ Button Factory (€10)
Friday October 14th
- Rhythm Weekender: Endtroducing Live! & more @ Button Factory (€14)
- zoiBand, Peter Delaney @ The Joinery (€8, BYOB)
- IMRO Showcase Tour: Kid Karate, Squarehead, Zombie Computer and Cat Dowling @ The Academy 2 (€5)
- Saso album launch @ The Auditorium, Dublin Institute Of technology, Rathmines (€10)
- Modern Skins @ Whelan’s Upstairs (11.30pm, Club entry)
- Jack Beats @ The Village (11pm, €12.50)
- Rhythm Weekender: Kush: B- Music presents Twinkranes, Catscars Plus DJs @ The Workman’s Club (Win tickets)
- Rhythm Weekender: Taylor McFerrin, Jacques Greene, Tu-Ki & more @ Twisted Pepper (€12, 10pm )
Saturday October 15th
- Record Fair @ Whelan’s (1pm-5pm, Free)
- Rhythm Weekender: Kush: Gretta Gunn, Diamond Dagger, Cignol, Meljoann @ The Workman’s Club @ The Workman’s Club ((Win tickets)
- The Minutes @ Whelan’s (Sold out, win tickets above)
- Rhythm Weekender: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble @ Button Factory (Win tickets)
- Rhythm Weekender: Modeselektor @ Button Factory (€20, 11pm)
- D/R/U/G/S, Last Days Of 1984 @ Crawdaddy (10.30pm, €6/8)
- My Black Ass, Turning Down Sex, Ginola, Slugbait, The Bridges of Madison County @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Guestlist)
- Ivan Smagghe & Roman Flugel 5 Hour Back 2 Back Set @ The Underground. Kennedy’s (€10 before 11pm, €15 after – First 20 in free)
- Rhythm Weekender: Cut Chemist, J.Rocc, Shake Shakir & more @ Twisted Pepper (Win tickets ,11pm)
Sunday October 16th
- 12 Sundays : Choice Cuts 10th Birthday @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 2pm)
- Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (9pm, FREE)
- The Joy Formidable @ Whelan’s (€15)
- Rhythm Weekender: Mulatu Astatke, Mochilla Screening & wrap up party @ Sugar Club (€20, 7pm)
- Ann Scott @ The Workman’s (€12)
- 3EPkano album launch @ IFI (€15)
Monday October 17th
- Emmy The Great @ The Sugar Club (€16)
David’s Lyre – Hidden Ground (D/R/U/G/S Remix) by David’s Lyre
The Minutes- Black Keys by The Minutes
Cradle (Fang Island Remix) by thejoyformidable
Turning Down Sex by Quarter Inch Collective
Hounds – All Hail by Quarter Inch Collective
Modeselektor feat. Busdriver “Pretentious Friends” (MONKEYTOWN) OUT SEP 30 by Modeselektor
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
No shout out for Deus on Wednesday?
Yeh I’ll stick it in.
IMRO Showcase Tour Oct 14th in Academy 2 with Zombie Computer.Kid Karate.SquareHead and Cat Dowling is now a free event!