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.
Top 3 gigs this week:
- Fri 4th March: Ghostpoet, Meljoann @ The Grand Social (Win tickets)
- Fri 4th March: Brassroots, Handsome Paddy, Forward/Slash & more @ Twisted Pepper (€12 , 10.30pm)
- Sat 5th March: Toby Kaar, Coherex, Junior 85 @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
Tuesday 1st March
- The Ruby Sessions: Champagne Animal, She’s A Beauty, Dem Fools @ Doyles (9pm, €6)
- Young Hearts @ The Workmans Club Upstairs (Free)
Wednesday 2nd March
- OTR Presents 2012: Daithi, The Kanyu Tree, Jennifer Evans & The Ripe Intent @ The Twisted Pepper (€10, 7pm)
Thursday 3rd March
- Choice Music Prize live event @ Vicar Street (sold out)
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Vengeance & The Panther Queen @ The Grand Social (€5, 9pm)
- Futures Apart, Sleep Thieves @ Whelan’s (€8)
Friday 4th March
- Roots Corner Meets the Rootical Soundsystem @ Dark Horse Inn, Georges Quay (Free, Flyer)
- Halves, Jennifer Evans @ Whelan’s (€10)
- U:Mack presents Brainfeeder’s Teebs & Jeremiah Jae @ Button Factory, Dublin (FREE)
- Thread Pulls + Catscars @ The Joinery, Arbour Hill (€10, BYOB)
- The Decemberists @ Vicar Street (€23)
- Phantom First Friday: Surfer Blood, Cashier no. 9, No Joy, Young Prisms @ The Academy (€10)
- Brassroots, Handsome Paddy, Forward/Slash & more @ Twisted Pepper (€12 , 10.30pm)
- Popicalia vs Long Lost at Popicalia #7! Porn On Vinyl, School Tour, Desperadow & Butterface @ Shebeen Chic (€5)
- B-MUSIC: DJs Doug Shipton (Finders Keepers Records), Micí Durnin, Darren McCreesh @ The Workmans Club Upstairs (Free, 9pm)
- Sacred Animals Takeover Night, Low Sea, Kohwi, DJ Loreana Rushe @ The Workman’s Club (€8)
- Ghostpoet, Meljoann @ The Grand Social (Win tickets)
- Little Comets @ The Academy 2 (€12)
- Sidetracked: Frank and Marcus Ignored Playaz, Two Charming Men, Hystereo @ Crawdaddy (Free before 11pm, €10 after)
- Riva Starr, The National Student DJ Competition Final @ Button Factory (€15, 11pm)
- Big Dish Go present Andrew Weatherall & Ivan Smagghe @ Kennedys (€15 before midnight, €20 after)
Saturday 5th March
- Toby Kaar, Coherex, Junior 85 @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
- The Danger Is, VerseChorusVerse @ Crawdaddy (€10)
- Beyond Hip: The Mighty Stef, Grum & The Duende Dogs & more @ The Pint, Dublin (FREE)
- The Naked & Famous, Cloud Control @ Button Factory (Sold Out)
- The Go! Team @ The Academy (€23)
- Pogo: Automatic Tasty & more @ Twisted Pepper (€10, 10.30pm)
- Transmission: Brodinski & Mixhell @ Tripod (€17.50, 11pm)
Sunday 6th March
- Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (FREE, 9pm)
- Saucy Sundays: Kill Krinkle Club @ The Grand Social (Free)
Monday 7th March
- Liam Ó Maonlaí, Glen Hansard @ Whelan’s (€17.50)
Welcome Home (Strands Remix) by The Delphi Label
The Naked And Famous – Young Blood (Dave Sitek Remix) by The Naked And Famous
Little Comets //In Search of Elusive Little Comets by welle20
Brassroots – Gemini Rising by Nialler9
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.
