The Nialler9 weekly gig guide

A list of personally recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30pm/8pm unless stated. Feel free to leave your picks in the comments.

Top 3 gigs this week:

1. Thurs 7th – Sat 9th Oct: Hard Working Class Heroes @ Various venues (€45 weekend, €20 day ticket)
2. Sat 9th Oct: Actress, Girl Unit @ Kennedy’s (€5 before 11.30, €10 after, 9pm)
3. Sun 10th Oct: Foggy Jam .01 – No Age (pictured), Mice Parade, Male Bonding, Silje Nes, Squarehead, Hipster Youth & SPECIAL GUESTS – Whelan’s (€20, 4pm)

Tuesday 5th October
– Gentle Tuesdays with The Mighty Stef & Friends @ The Workman’s Club (Free)

Wednesday 6th October
– Take the Money and Run, Sleep Thieves @ Whelan’s (€8)
– The Kybosh @ Whelan’s (€TBC)

Thursday 7th October
– Hard Working Class Heroes @ Various venues (€45 weekend, €20 day ticket)
– The Gorgeous Colours @ Tower Records (Free, 6.00pm)
– Hunter-Gatherer 7″ launch, Meljoann, Ilex @ Whelan’s (€7 with free USB key)
– Out Like A Lion @ Crawdaddy (€5)
– The Buzz Aldrin Allstars (featuring members of 3epkano, Halfset, Strands, Beautiful Unit, United Bible Studies, and Adrian Crowley’s band) @ The Joinery (€8, BYOB)

Friday 8th October
– Hard Working Class Heroes @ Various venues (€45 weekend, €20 day ticket)
– Wallis Bird @ The Academy (€19.45)
– MUD: Plastician, S.P.Y and MC Fats @ Twisted Pepper (€12, 10.30pm)

Saturday 9th October
– Hard Working Class Heroes @ Various venues (€45 weekend, €20 day ticket)
– Nialler9 vs On The Record: The Cast of Cheers, Squarehead, We Are Losers, Jennifer Evans, Strait Laces, Trophy Boyfriend @ The Workman’s Club (HWCH event)
– A Tribute to the legendary Derek Nally: Ham Sandwich, Blink, The Ghandis, Pugwash, Bronagh Gallagher @ Whelan’s (€20)– postponed til December 22nd.
– Actress, Girl Unit @ Kennedy’s (€5 before 11.30, €10 after, 9pm)
– Crystal Castles, HEALTH @ The Academy (Sold Out)
– Noze, David Kitt, Barry Redsettaz, Discotekken @ Twisted Pepper (€12, 10.30pm)

Sunday 10th October
– Foggy Jam .01 – No Age, Mice Parade, Male Bonding, Silje Nes, Squarehead, Hipster Youth & SPECIAL GUESTS – Whelan’s (€20, 4pm)
– Kate Nash @ The Academy (€22.65)

Monday 11th October
– The Black Angels, Cheap Freaks @ Crawdaddy (€14)
– rhizome[s] Irish tour featuring Thread Pulls, Thulebasen & Patrick Kelleher @ Block-T, Smithfield (€TBC)

Health – Die Slow

No Age – Everything in Between

Actress – Hubble

The Gorgeous Colours – The Creatures Down Below

Hunter-Gatherer – Pere Lachaise

Silje Nes- Crystals

Niall Byrne

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, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.

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