Nialler9’s Weekly Dublin Gig Guide
Email to be in the draw for free entry:
- Saturday: Fleetmac Wood Presents Tango In The Night @ The Sugar Club
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 July 12
- #eventTalks: Does Dublin need a Night Mayor? @ Wood Quay (Free, 6pm)
[Talk] Exploring possibilities for nightlife in the city. - Ruby Sessions: Liza Flume / Claire Mulholland / David Higgins Music / Romie @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm)
[Acoustic showcase] Read my interview with Conor Ruby Sessions.
Wednesday July 13
- Banter: Danny Fields @ Chelsea Drugstore (€10)
[Talk] Danny Fields is an American music manager, publicist, journalist and author. - Selk @ The Grand Social (€10)
[Album launch] a mixture of vocal loops, electronic samples and percussion to create engaging musical arrangements and poetic narratives. - Sense Live & Hidden Agenda Present: Denzel Curry @ Button Factory (€15)
[Rapper] ULT
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Thursday July 14
- Summer Sessions @ Wood Quay Amphitheatre (Free, 1pm)
[Outdoor lunchtime] Sean MacEarlaine.. - Gigonometry Presents Scoops, The Crayon Set, We, the Oceanographers & Dave Conway @ The Workman’s Club (€5/€8)
[New Irish] New music showcase. - Pixies, Bleeding Heart Pigeons @ Iveagh Gardens (€53)
[Indie/rock] Hear new song ‘Um Chagga Lagga’ - Secret Sessions @ Sin é (Free)
[New music showcase] The secret is that the bands are not announced in advance. - La Revolution Tropicale – A Bastille Day Extravaganza @ The Grand Social
[Dance] Tropical gypsy party. - Films Of Note: Amy @ The Sugar Club (€10)
[Music film festival] A part of the venue’s month-long music film festival. - Hidden Agenda presents: TA-KU @ Button Factory (€16)
[Electronic] Full Band Show
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Friday July 15
Festivals
- Longitude Festival @ Marlay Park (€64.50-€159+)
Featuring Kendrick Lamar, Chvrches, Action Bronson, Kelela & more // Spotify playlist of all acts.
- Films Of Note: Finding Fela! @ The Sugar Club (€10)
[Music film festival] A part of the venue’s month-long music film festival. - Souljazz Orchestra & Manden Express : Beck’s Rhythm Series @ The Sugar Club (€)
[Soul/jazz] “An explosive clash of Soul, Jazz, Afro, Latin and Caribbean styles” - Hawklion, Kicking Bird @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€8)
[New Irish] double header. - Rave of Thrones Dublin @ The Tivoli Theatre (€22.50, 9pm)
[Dance] with Kristian Nairn (Hodor) & more. you’re intrigued. - Dave Clarke @ Opium Rooms (€15+, 11pm)
- [House/techno] Plus Niall Cleary.
- My Pilot, Bill Blood @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Free/guestlist, Midnight)
[The Midnight Hour] showcasing new Irish music.
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Saturday July 16
Festivals
- Longitude Festival @ Marlay Park (€64.50-€159+)
Featuring Run The Jewels, Major Lazer, Annie Mac, Diplo, 2 Bears // Spotify playlist of all acts.
- Repeater BYOB Day Party feat. Dream Cycles @ St. Anthony’s Road, Dublin 8 (€5/€7, BYOB, 2pm – 10pm)
[Electronic] DJ Sets from Lumigraph, Melly and Sias. Art from Miles Really, Eva Richardson, Emma Conway, Bentley Allison, Niall Cullen, Gary Merrin and Coilin O’Connell. - IMMA Summer Party: Hauschka, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, New Jackson DJ set, Meltybrains? @ IMMA (SOLD OUT)
[Party] Curated by Cillian Murphy. - I Am The Cosmos, This Greedy Pig, Padraic E.Moore @ Bello Bar (€10)
[Electronic] Launch of new single Letting It Go - Fleetmac Wood Presents Tango In The Night @ The Sugar Club (€12, 10:30pm, WIN PASSES)
[DJs] Fleetwood Mac songs and remixes all night. - Telephones + BYOB Schoolyard Day Time @ Tengu (€5/€10, 2pm)
[Electronic] Monthly party brought to you by Diskotekken and The Locals. - Purple Disco Machine, Get Down Edits @ Hangar (€12/€15, 10pm)
[Dance] Bookclub presents the upstairs party. - Abstract & Expand Projects present: Lil Louis @ Opium Rooms (€12, 11pm)
[Dance] The man responsible for French Kiss. - Sense/Bedlam: Waze and Odyssey @ Button Factory (€12.50, 11pm)
[Electronic] Plus Jack Dunne and Bedlam DJ’s
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Sunday July 17
Festivals
- Longitude Festival @ Marlay Park (€64.50-€159+)
Featuring The National, Jamie xx, Christine & The Queens, Roisin Murphy, Father John Misty and more // Spotify playlist of all acts.
- Gem Fest @ Phoenix Park Grandstand (free)
[Outdoor music] Patrick Kelleher, Roslyn Steer, Fuzzy Hell, Cobra Truth - Films Of Note: Vision of Paradise: Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry @ The Sugar Club (€10)
[Music film festival] A part of the venue’s month-long music film festival. - Nialler9 & Colin Perkins DJ sets @ The Pygmalion (€)
[DJ sets] Post-festival party.
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Monday July 18
- InSight #4 Taquin & Jessie Keenan Dance @ Smock Alley (€12/€14)
[Irish Composers’ Collective & Tonnta Music] Taquin: percussion, cello and saxophone. For this unique event, choreographer Jessie Keenan creates new movement for three dancers performed alongside Taquin during these five new musical works. - Films Of Note: Search For Sugarman @ The Sugar Club (€10)
[Music film festival] A part of the venue’s month-long music film festival.
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