The Nialler9 Weekly Gig Guide
A list of recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin.
On Wednesday night, the first State Social takes place downstairs in the Shebeen Chic. It’s the first of State Magazine’s monthly nights where we’ll have State DJs from 9pm.It’s somewhere for State writers, photographers and readers to go on a Wednesday night for some good music and it’s FREE. I’ll be DJing on the night as will Loreana Rushe.
Tuesday 26th January
– Adam Green @ The Academy 2 (€17.50)
– Trashed (Indie/Electro club) @ Andrew’s Lane Theatre (10.30pm, €5)
– C U Next Tuesday (indie/electro/pop/dance) @ Crawdaddy (11pm, €3/5)
Wednesday 27th January
– The State Social #1: DJs Nialler9, Loreana Rushe @ Shebeen Chic, Dublin (FREE, 9pm)
– SALT (Dubstep/IDM/Techno) @Twisted Pepper (11pm, €5)
– Antics (indie club @ Crawdaddy (€5, 11pm)
Thursday 28th January
– Sidetracked (Indie, Dancey Disco) @ Chocolate Bar, The Pod (8pm – 11pm, Free)
– Tubelord @ The Academy 2 (€12.50)
– Yours Truly presents: Le Galaxie, So Cow, Betamax Format @ Crawdaddy (€10)
– Choice Cuts: The Beatdown – Handsome Paddy, DJ Scope @ The Pygmalion (Free)
– Jinx Lennon, Paula Flynn @ The Sugar Club (€10)
– Soundcheck @ Spy (7pm / Free before 11pm, €5 after – Screening of The Room from 9:30pm)
Friday 29th January
– Cassette (’80s night with Loreana and The Vinny Club) @ Wax (Free in before 10pm/€5 before midnight)
– B-Music @ Thomas House (7pm, Free)
– NightFlight: Claude Von Stroke @ Button Factory (11pm, €10)
– Punky Reggae Party (Feat. Worries Outernational & Trev Radiator) @ Seomra Spraoi (€5, BYOB)
– !Kaboogie: Squire of Gothos, Schemeboy, DJ Rodfather @ The Cavern (10.30pm, €6)
– Malcolm Middleton @ The Academy (€16)
– Glider (lo-fi/shoegaze/indie) @ Odessa Club (Free, 9pm)
– Mr Scruff @ Tripod (11pm, €20)
– Vitalic, The Japanese Popstars @ The Academy (late show, €33.60)
– Toddla T, Serocee, Tu-Ki @ Twisted Pepper (11pm, €10/5)
– NoDisko (Indie and electro) @ The Academy (11pm, €5)
Saturday 30th January
– Any Other City: New Amusement, Hired Hands, The Tender Trap & DJs @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€7)
– Club AC30: Butterfly Explosion, Autumn Owls @ Twisted Pepper (€10)
– Sounds of System Breakdown (album launch), Angkorwat, Betamax Format @ The Village (€8)
– Talib Kweli, Messiah J & The Expert, Brian Deady @ Tripod, Dublin (€22.50)
– Transmission: Lorcan Mak @ The Button Factory (€10)
– Jazzsteppa, Untold @ Kennedy’s (10.30pm, €12)
– Radioactive Man @ The Good Bits (11pm, €10)
Sunday 31st January
– ZIP
Monday 1st February
– NADA
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