Nialler9’s Dublin Gig Guide
Email to be in the draw for free entry:
- Thursday September 15: Nite Jewel, Gemma Dunleavey, Patrick Kelleher @ The Grand Social
- Friday September 16: Surgeon & Lady Starlight @ District 8(11pm)
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 September 13
- Aidan Knight @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€15)
[Singer-songwriter] Canadian on Full Time Hobby. ‘All Clear’ - Brett Newski, Segrasso, Maija Sofia @ Bello Bar (€8)
[Singer-songwriter] Wisconsinite musician. Violent Femmes cover. - Ruby Sessions: Ailbhe Reddy, Rosa Nutty, Young Earth, Eve Belle @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm)
[Acoustic showcase] Read my interview with Conor Ruby Sessions.
Wednesday September 14
- Divan, All Our Exes Live In Texas @ Thirty Four (Free)
[Café show] Irish indie group – hear album / Australian folk supergroup - James Vincent Mcmorrow @ Tower Records (Free)
[Instore] Performance and interview - Vulfpeck @ Vicar Street (€23)
[Jazz] American jazz funk group - Dave Harrington Group @ The Grand Social (€12)
[Electronic] Experimental jazz-leaning former Darkside member.
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Thursday September 15
- Note Productions & Synth Eastwood present: Music For 18 Machines @ Button Factory (€15)
[Steve Reich] A documentary about the performance
- Alexis Taylor @ The Workman’s Club (€8)
[Singer-songwriter] Hot Chip frontman playing solo material. Piano leaning - Nite Jewel, Gemma Dunleavey, Patrick Kelleher @ The Grand Social (€15)
[Electro/pop] U:mack / Skinny wolves present the US electropop musician
- Rory Grubb @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[Alt singer-songwriter] Good name night
- The Headhunters @ The Sugar Club (€25)
[funk and jazz ] Herbie Hancock started this space-jazz/ R&B band.
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Friday September 16
Festival
- Lunasa Festival @ Bellurgan, Co. Louth
Kila, My Fellow Sponges, Strange Attractor, Revelation Sound System, Aíne Cahill, Jon Hussey, SpudGun, TR One and more.
- Culture Night 2016 picks – see here
A selection of highlights in Dublin
- Lunch Money, Ben Bix, Feather, Sim Simma DJs @ The Sugar Club (€10)
[Psychedelic Jazz] + electronic support. - Eve @ Tengu (Free)
[DJ set] Girl DJ collective - Green Velvet @ Opium Rooms (€15+)
[Dance] Abstract’s 5th birthday - Surgeon & Lady Starlight @ District 8 (€15/€20, 11pm)
[Techno] + FraGile [Fran Hartnett & Giles Armstrong] - Techno & Cans 1st Birthday @Hangar (10.30pm, €11+)
[Electronic] Techno – Stranger.
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Saturday September 17
Festival
- Lunasa Festival @ Bellurgan, Co. Louth
Kila, My Fellow Sponges, Strange Attractor, Revelation Sound System, Aíne Cahill, Jon Hussey, SpudGun, TR One and more.
- Neon Atlas @ The Workman’s Club (€7)
[Cork indie] Graffiti Reality. - Áine O’Dwyer @ Unitarian Church (€12+)
[Pipe Organ Performance] a vocalist, musician, improviser, composer, performer and visual artist - The RnB Club x Souletiquette @ Tengu (€7+, 10:30pm)
[90s RnB, Hip Hop, Neo-Soul & G-Funk] w/ Souletiquette featuring Selvsse (UK), Mona-Lxsa & more - Mother: Butch Queens ft Jonny Woo & Arveene @ The Hub (€10, 11pm)
[Club night] Electro, disco and pop club night
- Landless, Everything Shook, Mai, Cait Fahey, Pettycash @ The Co-Op (7pm, €10, BYOB)
[Fundraiser] in aid of Need Abortion Ireland - Horse Meat Disco @ Wigwam (€15)
[Dance] Disco DJs and edit producers. - Hot Chip (DJ Set) @ Opium Rooms (€17.50, 11pm)
[Dance] Abstract 5 celebrations - Paul Woolford & Jonas Rathsman @ District 8 (€15/€20, 10pm)
[Electronic] Bedlam night. Techno and electronic - Sense with Palms Trax @ Button Factory (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] + Stephen Manning (Hidden Agenda), Jack Thompson, Daire Carolan
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Sunday September 18
- Fantastic Negrito @ Whelan’s (€29.50)
[Blues] US roots and blues singer - Carly Coonagh & Special Guests @ Liquor Rooms (Free)
[Singer-songwriter] Performed with Booka Brass Band, Zaska,Dublin Gospel Choir - This Is How We Fly @ Spiegeltent (€18)
[Tiger Dublin Fringe 2016] Fiddle, jazz, dancer, percussionist - DJ Wool, Arveene @ Izakaya (Free, 10.30pm)
[DJ set] A Life In Breaks Tour - Rusangano Family, Shookrah @ Spiegeltent (€18, 9:30pm)
[Tiger Dublin Fringe ] Limerick rap / Cork soul and funk - Lauer @ The Pygmalion (€10, 9pm)
[DJ] a producer, musician and DJ based in Frankfurt // one part in Tuff City Kids with Gerd Janson.
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Monday September 19
- Cancelled: D.A.R.K. @ Whelan’s (€23)
[Rock] Cancelled due to Dolores O’Riordan injury.
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