Email to be in the draw for free entry:
- Saturday: Out To Lunch with Mr Ties (All Night) @ Tengu (€12.50, 11pm)
- Sunday: Enemies @ Vicar Street (€20)
How to enter free entry comps – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number (for late contact) in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig or Friday 1pm latest for weekend gigs.
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Tuesday Dec 13
- Rozi Plain, Carriages @ The Workman’s Club (€12)
UK folk indie artist. - Culture Vultures w/ Hilary Woods, Nialler9 & Bantum @ The Sound House (€10)
Music and chat salon. - Low @ Christ Church Cathedral (€30)
Some Hearts At Christmas Time. - Glen Hansard @ St. Ann’s Church (€35)
in aid of Peter McVerry Trust - Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm)
Acoustic club: Lyra, Wyvern Lingo and more
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Wednesday December 14
- Mongoose @ Whelan’s (€15/€17)
Winter Longing II: an evening of music and poetry with Basciville, Stephen James Smyth, John Flynn and Erin Fornoff. - We Raise Bears @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€8)
To A Distant Plain.
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Thursday December 15
- Guts Magazine final launch: Ships @ Chocolate Factory (Free, 6pm)
68 prints, 7 readings, and music from Dublin Digital Radio djs and Ships - The Altered Hours @ The Grand Social (€12)
Cork rock band. - 5 Band Bash: Barq, Harbouring Oceans, AE Mak, Rocstrong, Zaska @ The Academy (€10)
5 new Irish bands for a decent price. - Gross Net, Somerville, GIB, Mariah Black @ Whelan’s (€10)
guitar/bass/drum-machine duo of Philip Quinn (Girls Names) and Christian Donaghey (Autumns), - Radio Na Life Xmas party @ Street 66, Parliament Street (Free)
Executive Steve, Enda Starr (Firehouse Skank), Owen Dooley Billy Ó hAnluain& more - Something Good:Le Galaxie, Bitch Falcon @ The Bowery (€12)
All proceeds will be going to SVP. - Christmas with CrowClub @ Crow Bar (Free)
New music showcase: Basciville, Laoise, Fields, Roisin El Cherif, Kolumbus - The Midnight Disco Presents : A Christmas Party @ The Wiley Fox (€5+, 10:30pm)
Mr. Sam Greenwood and two rooms of DJs
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Friday December 16
- The Academic @ Button Factory (€20)
Mullingar indie pop. - Little Green Cars @ Vicar Street (€25)
2 nights. Ephemera album was released this year. Easier Day.
- Bantum & Friends @ Bello Bar (€10)
Dublin launch of Move album with guerst vocalists. - Neil O’Connor: La Jetée @ The Little Museum of Dublin (€12)
The Association of Irish Composers presents a live score of the film. recommended. - Ana Gog @ Unitarian Church (€12)
Folk band play an intimate winter concert - The OB Live: Gift It @ The Vintage Room, The Workman’s Club (€8)
Basciville, Tim Chadwick, Rachael Lavelle - Super Silly @ The Workmans Club (€5)
No Pressure. - Rub A Dub Hi-Fi Syrias Vibes Fundraiser @ Turk’s Head (9pm, donate)
Rub A Dub Hi-Fi soundsystem session with Dub Chiron with Lariman on mic duties. - The Orb @ Button Factory (€23)
perform “Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld” & more - Lime & Fancy Christmas Party @ Wigwam (Free, 10pm)
Italo Disco, 80s & 90s pop plus a sprinkling of festive funtimes. - The Beat Goes On Christmas Party @ The Sugar Club (€12)
Kelly Anne Byrne, Stephen Manning & Ruth Kavanagh DJ - Powder & Cailín Live @ Tengu (€5/€10, 10pm)
All City+Chain Gang Xmas Fundraiser. With cáit, Chain Gang (Daire Carolan & Chris Holten) - Quinton Campbell @ South William Bar (€5, 11pm)
FM Patterns’ EP launch. - Jackmaster, Krystal Klear, Peggy Gou & DJ Deece @ District 8 (€20, 11pm)
Killer lineup. - Dave Clarke @ Opium Rooms (€17, 11pm)
John Peel called him The Baron Of Techno - Regal – Techno & Cans @ Hangar (€10, 11pm)
Involve Records label owner.
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Saturday December 17
- Syrias Vibes @ The Bernard Shaw (Fundraiser)
Attention Bébé live, Conor L, Eoin Cregan, Hidden Agenda DJs,Aileen Creedon HomeBeat Adultrock (DJ set) Calvin James, Jim Carroll & more - Raglans @ The Grand Social (€12)
Closing show of a 3-month tour. - Little Green Cars @ Vicar Street (€25)
2 nights. Ephemera album was released this year. Easier Day. - Ain’t No Disco XXmas Ball @ Teacher’s Club, Parnell Street
Donal Dineen and Sunken Foal DJ - Haçienda Classical @ 3Arena (€59.60+, 6:30pm)
Graeme Park, Peter Hook, Shaun Ryder, Rowetta, RTE Concert Orchestra, AMC Choir - Old Hannah @ The Unitarian Church (€tbc)
folk, country and traditional, - Stomptown Brass @ The Sugar Club (€14)
Dublin brass band xmas party. - The Blades @ The Academy (€30)
New album Modernised available at the gig. - Pretty Beast’s X-Mas Feast @ Whelan’s (Free)
Rock and indie with Pretty Beast, Andi, Twisted Foxes,Restive Nation, Brain Donation & more - Le Galaxmas! w/ Le Galaxie Dj’s all night long @ The Sugar Club (€15)
Minced pies, mulled wine & bangers - 2manydjs @ Opium Rooms (€12, 11pm)
Soulwax / 2manyDjs have had a great year. - Out To Lunch with Mr Ties (All Night) @ Tengu (€12.50, 11pm, WIN TICKETS)
+ Lumigraph, DJ Apres Ski, Barry Redsetta - Discotekken Present Daniel Wang @ Wigwam (€10, 11pm)
One of the finest DJs around. - Hidden Agenda & Sense: Fort Romeau @ Wah Wah Club (€8, 10:30pm)
Korgs.
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Sunday December 18
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- Lisa Hannigan @ Unitarian Church (Sold out)
At Swim tour day show - Enemies @ Vicar Street (€20, WIN PASSES)
Last ever gig from Wicklow band. - Dublin Songs and Stories part 5 @ The Sugar Club (€10)
Feat. Cian Nugent, Brian Kerr, Fuschia MacAree, James Earley, Black Bank Folk - Badly Drawn Boy @ The Bowery (SOLD OUT)
Two shows; Sun & Mon - Simian Mobile Disco @ The Pygmalion (€12, 9pm)
2 hour DJ set.
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Monday December 19
- Badly Drawn Boy @ The Bowery (SOLD OUT)
Two shows; Sun & Mon
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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.
