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.
Highlights: Hefty Horse All Day fest #2, Alela Diane, Daedelus, Gruff Rhys, Land Lovers.
Ticket giveaways:
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- Friday 30th: The Kanyu Tree @ Whelan’s
Email [email protected] with your full name, and phone number before noon on Thursday to be in with a chance to win.
Tuesday September 27th
- Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (9pm)
Wednesday September 28th
- Where The Mugic Happens @ The Button Factory (Free)
- Barry McCormack, Minnie & The Illywhackers @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€8)
- Wretch 32, The Kanyu Tree, Cashier No.9, The Japanese Popstars @ The Academy (€5, Free before 11.30pm)
Thursday September 29th
- Low Sea @ Shebeen Chic (Free before 10pm, €5 after)
- Forward/Slash / Residents & RIP A Remix Manifesto Screening @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
- Katell Keinig @ Odessa Club (€10)
- Junior Spesh @ Twisted Pepper (€10, 11pm)
Friday September 30th
- Jape instore @ Tower Records (1pm, Free)
- The Waterboys @ Tower Records (5pm, Free)
- The Kanyu Tree @ Whelan’s (€10, win tickets above)
- John Vanderslice , VerseChorusVerse @The Dublin Unitarian Church, Stephen’s Green (€)
- John Vanderslice aftershow + support + DJs @ Upstairs in Whelan’s (11pm Exclusive to JV ticketholders – free in)
- u:mack Present: Ruins Alone (Yoshida Tatsuya solo) @ Twisted Pepper (€12)
- Mud & World Service: Riddim Fest Present – Dj Vadim & The Electric, Babyhead, Tucan @ Twisted Pepper (€18)
- Sensoria: Seti the First, Chequerboard, Lorem Ipsum @ The Joinery (€10, BYOB)
- Land Lovers, Squarehead, Last Days Of 1984 @ Crawdaddy (€5)
Saturday October 1st
- Hefty Horse All Day fest #2: David Dondero (Team Love/USA), Crayonsmith, The Hollows, Magic Pockets, I ♥ The Monster Hero, You Kiss By The Book, Yawning Chasm, Amid Ships, The River Fane, Elsworth Cambs, Big Monster Love @ Whelan’s (€5, 2.30pm, flyer)
- Jape (album launch), Goodtime & Moths @ The Button Factory (€15)
- Daedelus @ Twisted Pepper (€10)
- Pogo & We Are Electronic: Prins Thomas, Robert Babicz [Acid Set, Giles Armstrong, Jimmy Penguin & more @ Twisted Pepper (€15, 11pm)
Sunday October 2nd
- 12 Sundays: Fresh + Noble DJs @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 2pm)
- Madu @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
- Alela Diane, Cian Nugent @ Button Factory (€15)
- Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (9pm, FREE)
Monday October 3rd
- Gruff Rhys @ The Academy (€23)
Like Clockwork Springs by Daedelus
Alela Diane “White As Diamonds”
Frequency (Low Sea Remix) by low_sea
GRUFF RHYS – Sensations In The Dark
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Vasquez, Mongolia, Fag Enablerz, Fuck Mountain, The Objectorz @ The Lower Deck, Portobello (€8)
Saturday, October 1st: Vasquez, Mongolia, Fag Enablerz, Fuck Mountain, The Objectorz @ The Lower Deck, Portobello (€8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDXACy5z92U