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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 October 4
- Lyra @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€13)
[Pop] Cork-born Londoner making Emerald pop. - Bishop Nehru @ The Academy (€18)
[Hip-hop] MF Doom collaborator - Ruby Sessions: The Young Folk / Robert John Ardiff / Ella Naseeb / Orchid Collective. @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm)
[Acoustic showcase] Read my interview with Conor Ruby Sessions.
Wednesday October 5
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- Dua Lipa @ The Academy (€23)
[Popl] Hotter than Hell. - Ciaran Lavery @ The Sugar Club (€17)
[Singer-songwriter] Antrim folk. Listen. - Somewhere’s 6th Birthday Party @ The Workman’s Club (€5)
[Club] With DJ OLUBENGA (Metronomy) and residents.
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Thursday October 6
Festival
- Hard Working Class Heroes @ 7 Dublin Venues & Convention (WIN PASSES)
100 bands across 7 bands over 3 days and a free convention including How Music Works panels
- Native Instruments: Maschine Jam Launch Event @ Generator (6:30pm, Free but register)
[Showcase] Hybrasil, Will Kinsella. Preview the new instrument.
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Friday October 7
Festival
- Hard Working Class Heroes @ 7 Dublin Venues & Convention (WIN PASSES)
100 bands across 7 bands over 3 days and a free convention including How Music Works panels
- James Vincent McMorrow, Wyvern Lingo @ National Stadium (€36.50)
[Singer-songwriter] New album We Move is out. Get Low.
- Hennessy Lost Fridays: David Holmes @ RHA Gallery (€15)
[DJ] Northern Irish producer and composer
- Syrias Vibes @ The Grand Social (€15, 8pm – 3am)
[Fundraiser] Interskalactic, Contour, Zaska, Vinyl Love, DJ Deece, Malibu Club, Calvin James and more - Scott Fagan, Cian Nugent @ Whelan’s (€15)
[Folk/guitar] Lost 60s folk cult-hero Scott Fagan comes to Ireland - Katie Laffan, Sean X @ Sin É (Free)
[pop] Hear new song Trophy. - Vision Collector @ Christchurch Cathedral Crypt (€)
[Techno] a night of Techno in the Crypt of Christchurch Cathedral. - Slam @ Hangar (€12, 11pm)
[Techno] Techno & Cans night - Perc, Ansome, & Happa @ District 8 (€15, 11pm)
[Techno] Perc Trax night.
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Saturday October 8
Festival
- Hard Working Class Heroes @ 7 Dublin Venues & Convention (WIN PASSES)
100 bands across 7 bands over 3 days and a free convention including How Music Works panels
- Dublin Digital Radio (DDR) @ Jigsaw (2pm-10pm, €5/€10, BYOB)
[Launch Party] new online radio station. - Taylor Mcferrin, Marcus Gillmore, Feather @ Bello Bar (€13.50)
[Jazz/soul] Brooklyn-based producer, composer, pianist, DJ and live musician - Interstate: Detroit with Michel Pope @ East Side Tavern (Free, 10pm)
[Club] New club exploring the sound of U.S. cities - The Deece Series #5 – Henry Wu @ Wah Wah Club (€8/€10, 11pm)
[Dance] Listen - Sense: Chris Lorenzo @ Button Factory (€17.50, 11pm)
[Dance] Soundcloud
- Abstract is 5: Phil Hartnoll, Fish Go Deep @ Opium Rooms (€12+, 11pm)
[Dance] Orbital dude plays solo show. - Phases: Warp Records Special @ Wigwam (€5, 10.30pm)
[Electronic] a trip through Warp’s 27 year discography, from Bleep to Breakcore, Acid to Bass Heavy Hip Hop. - The Jackathon: Heidi, Derrick Carter @ District 8 (€15, 11pm)
[House] Jackin’ house music.
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Sunday October 8
- We Shall Overcome: A Celebration of DIY @ The Workman’s Club (Cash/ item donation)
[Simon Community/ Oxfam fundraiser] Bill Blood, Not Monsters, Mhaol, The Objectorz, Carol Hodge)
- A night For Amatrice @ Tivoli Backstage (€10 in advance)
[Save the Children Italy fundraiser] For those affected by the recent Earthquake
- Perspectives: Stars of the Lid, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh @ NCH (€25 )
[Ambient] new compositions and old classics with long time visual collaborator Luke Savisky, and German lighting designer MFO. - Antal @ The Pygmalion (€10, 9pm)
[DJ] Rush Hour records boss.
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Monday October 9
- Watch High Maintenance.
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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.
