Highlights: There are many: Bon Iver, John Talabot, Koreless, State vs. Young Hearts Run Free free gig, the best of IMRO Showcase free gig, Jinx Lennon, Tieranniesaur, LITE and James Vincent McMorrow amongst others.
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:
- Fri 21st Oct: Koreless, Moths, Bobofunk @ Lost Society (11pm)
- Fri 21st Oct: Tieranniesaur, Land Lovers@ Grand Social
- Sat 22nd Oct: Nightflight presents: John Talabot, Daniel Wang & more @ Twisted Pepper
- Email [email protected] with the gig of your choice as subject along with your full name, and phone number before 6pm on Thursday to be in with a chance to win.
Tuesday October 18th
- Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (9pm)
- Ash @ The Academy (€20)
- Rua Unplugged @ Anseo (9pm)
- Eliza Carthy @ Whelan’s (€)
Wednesday October 19th
- Croupier @ The Workman’s Club €5
- Blur No Distance Left to Run screening @ The Odessa (Free, 8.30pm)
Thursday October 20th
- Bon Iver, Kathleen Edwards @ Grand Canal Theatre, Dublin (SOLD OUT)
- Datadrip @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
- Social Rising: Logikparty, Low Sea and The Violet Roadkills @ The Grand Social (€8)
- Seeping Into Cinemas @ The Mercantile (8.30pm, €8)
- Jinx Lennon @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
- Bottlenote Festival: Z Plane, Sean Mac Erlaine, Shane Latimer @ Block T (€10/8, BYOB)
Friday October 21st
- State vs. Young Hearts Run Free: Melodica Deathship, Hello Moon, Rory Grubb @ The Mercantile (Free -All proceeds Simon Community, 9pm)
- Niwel Tsumbu @ Button Factory (€10)
- Koreless, Moths, Bobofunk @ Lost Society (11pm, €10 – win tickets above)
- James Vincent McMorrow @ Olympia Theatre (Sold out)
- Tieranniesaur, Land Lovers @ The Grand Social (€10)
- The Hanged Man And The Groovy Gloom, The Alpaca Jamboree @ The Joinery (€8)
- Love Ceol Hate Racism @ Sweeneys (9pm, Donations welcome)
- Bottlenote Festival: Zoid, Shane Latimer, Djackulate, Justin Carroll and more @ Block T (€10/8, BYOB)
- Hands Up Who Wants To Die, Legion Of Two @ Crawdaddy (€6 before 9pm,€8 after )
- Mark Geary @ The Workman’s Club (€18)
- Parish Nights with Donal Dineen @ The Odessa (€5, 11/30pm)
- Kool Thing @ Crawdaddy (11pm, €5)
Saturday October 22nd
- James Vincent McMorrow @ Olympia Theatre (Sold out)
- Best Of IMRO Showcase Tour 2011: Rams Pocket Radio, Henrietta Game, Daithí, Ghost Estates Pearse McGloughlin & much more @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
- White Collar Boy, Reid, Carried By Waves plus DJ @ The Grand Social (€5)
- Wakey! Wakey!, Rosi Golan @ Crawdaddy (€14)
- Sonic Pop-Up at Dublin Contemporary: Iarla O’Lionaird, Dermot Dunne, The Dublin Laptop Orchestra, Linda Buckley, Laura Sheeran, The Water Project and Kate Ellis @ Earlsfort Terrace (€15, 7pm-10pm)
- Bottlenote Festival: Seán MacErlaine, Roy Carroll, Justin Carroll Solo, Bottlenote Festival Group @ Block T (€10/8, BYOB)
- Lite, Maybeshewill @ Whelan’s (€12)
- General Fiasco @ The Academy (€15)
- Why? (Acoustic Piano Tour), Serengeti @ The Button Factory (€20)
- Tribal Movement & Earthlink Records presents Goth-Trad (dubstep), Tron Sepia, Psyam (Dubstep) WelFare, WARLOK @ King 7, Capel Street (€12 before 10pm, €15 after)
- Nightflight presents: John Talabot, Daniel Wang & more @ Twisted Pepper (Win tickets above ,11pm)
- Darklight BYOB Warehouse party: Serengeti, Diamond Dagger, The Animators, Choice Cuts’ Mark Murphy & more @ The Factory (€10)
Sunday October 23rd
- 12 Sundays : Choice Cuts 10th Birthday @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 2pm)
- Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (9pm, FREE)
- Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds @ Olympia Theatre (€49.50)
- Other Lives @ The Academy 2 (€12)
- Twin Peaks 21st Birthday party @ The Sugar Club (€10)
Monday October 24th
- Patrick Wolf @ The Academy (€20)
KOOL THING ep by k o o l t h i n g
John Talabot – Sunshine by John Talabot
Jinx Lennon – Pink Scrunched Up Thing
James Vincent McMorrow – Wicked Game
Mysterious woman by Niwel Tsumbu
Hands Up Who Wants To Die – Sailor(LegionOfOneRemix) by LegionOfTwo
Look to the Moon by White Collar Boy
Serengeti & Polyphonic – Mega Zoo by anticon
