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 let me know if I missed anything of interest in the comments.
I have two comps this week. One pair of tickets for Glasser in Crawdaddy and three pairs of tickets for Florrie. To win them, email [email protected] by Wednesday 8pm with your preference or both.
Top 3 gigs this week:
- Thursday 24th Feb: Glasser, Sampha @ Crawdaddy (€14)
- Friday 25th Feb: Hands Up Who Wants To Die album launch, The Jimmy Cake, Melodica Deathship, Wizards Of Firetop Mountain @ The Mercantile (€10/€12 with CD)
- Wed 23rd Feb: Anna Calvi @ The Workman’s Club (€15)
Tuesday 22nd February
Wednesday 23rd February
- The Contemporary Music Centre: Nights Of New Music, #2 @ Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall (Free/€10, 6pm & 8:30pm)
- Anna Calvi @ The Workman’s Club (€15)
- Aware fundraiser: Halves, Maeve Stone @ The Mercantile (€10, 9pm)
Thursday 24th February
- Second Square to None: Gland & Conduit (Herv & Meljoann) @ The Joinery, Stoneybatter (€6, Flyer)
- Spies, Squarehead, Croupier @ The Workman’s Club (€5)
- Glasser, Sampha @ Crawdaddy (€14)
- The Dirty 9s, Alan McGee @ Death Disco @ The Grand Social (€10/€5 )
Friday 25th February
- The Cast Of Cheers, We Are Losers, Mia Sparrow @ Whelan’s (€14)
- Cashier No. 9 @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€5)
- Boys Noize @ Tripod (€24.50)
- MUD presents SBTRKT (Young Turks), Safetyboy, Dublin Tropikal, Gamepak @ Twisted Pepper (€10)
- Vessels, Enemies @ The Workman’s Club (€12.50)
- Hands Up Who Wants To Die album launch, The Jimmy Cake, Melodica Deathship, Wizards Of Firetop Mountain @ The Mercantile (€10/€12 with CD)
- The Best Of Space54: Cignol, Diamond Dagger, Platinum Ray, T-Woc & more @ The Grand Social (€10, 9.30pm)
- Scratch Perverts @ The Village (€12.50, 11pm)
- U:mack presents Venetian Snares @ Crawdaddy (€14.50, 11pm)
- DJ Andy Smith @ The Workman’s Club (€10, 11pm)
Saturday 26th February
- Rhob Cunningham @ Whelan’s (€9)
- Catscars (album launch), Ilex, Nightcycles, Richie Egan, Skinny Wolves DJs, White Plague DJs @ The Clarendon basement (€10, 10pm)
- Building Block: The National History Museum, Estel & more @ Bloc-T (€12)
- Florrie @ Academy 2 (€13.50)
- Daithí O’ Dronaí @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
- Vantastival 2011 Launch: Sweet Jane, TKO, Bipolar Empire, The Kapitals and Henrietta Game @ The Complex, Smithfield (€5)
- Communion: We Cut Corners, Kowalski, Kasette, Matt Corby @ The Grand Social (€10)
Sunday 27th February
- Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (FREE, 9pm)
- Saucy Sundays @ The Grand Social (Free)
- Plan B @ Olympia Theatre (€33.60)
- Ben Ottewell @ The Academy (€19.50)
Monday 28th February
- Plan B @ Olympia Theatre (€33.60)
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.
