Nialler9’s Weekly Dublin Gig Guide
Artwork by Ruan Van Vliet from Popicalia.
Email to be in the draw for free entry:
- Saturday: Lumo All-Day Party @ Secret location by the water & Tengu (2pm-8pm/ 8pm – late, €10-€15)
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 26
- Ruby Sessions: Brave Giant / The Duke of Norfolk / Katie O’Connor Music / Cara Marie @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm)
[Acoustic showcase] Read my interview with Conor Ruby Sessions.
Wednesday July 27
- ChoiceBox @ Wigwam (Sold out)
[Repeal Project] An evening of spoken word and music in celebration of choice… - Playlist for Pieta: Ham Sandwich, The Young Folk, Sinead White @ Whelan’s (€20/€25)
[Fundraiser] + Roisin O, Elephant & Special guest. - Films Of Note: DIG! @ The Sugar Club (€10)
[Music Of Note film screening] the Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre doc.
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Thursday July 28
- Summer Sessions @ Wood Quay Amphitheatre (Free, 1pm)
[Outdoor lunchtime] Laoise O’Brien & Michael O’Toole, Michelle O’Brien, Eamonn De Barra, Jesse Smith - Moot Present: Paradise Found @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[Disco/house] A tribute to the music of Paradise Garage club in New York in the ’80s - Project West @ Whelan’s (€20)
[Trad] young hybrid trad/folk seven piece supergroup. - Secret Sessions @ Sin é (Free)
[New music showcase] The secret is that the bands are not announced in advance. - Batman Ben Fundraiser @ Hangar (€8/€10)
[DJs] Three rooms of DJs. - Banter & Three – Music, Mobile & The Future of Streaming @ 3Arena (Free, 8pm)
[Discussion] Christian Harris (MD of Deezer UK & Ireland), Eoghan McDermott (2FM), Angela Dorgan (Managing Director, First Music Contact)
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Friday July 29
Festivals
- Indiependence @ Mitchelstown, Cork (Friday/Sunday only available)
+ Bell X1, Idlewild, Saint Sister, Oh BOland, Disconauts, The Strypes & More.
- Nocturnes, Valerie Francis @ Bello Bar (€10)
[Folk/noir] ‘The Soft Animal’ Album Launch. Listen here. - Andy Irvine, Donal Lunny @ Whelan’s (€23.50)
[Trad] Two giants of the Irish trad scene - After The Ibis, Sisterix @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€5)
[Irish reggae] 8-piece roots reggae band with dub, jazz and soul influences. - Films Of Note: Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars @ The Sugar Club (€10)
[Music Of Note film screening] the Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre doc. - Flipside: Dynamo Dreesen @ Bar Tengu (€8, 10pm)
[Electronic] Sex Tags associated weird-tinged DJ - Answer Code Request @ Hangar (€12, 10:30pm)
[Berlin techno] + Rift, Eoin Donovan.
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Saturday July 30
Festivals
- The Beatyard @ Dun Laoghaire Harbour (€49 per day, €79 for weekend)
Snarky Puppy, Boney M, Theo Parrish, Tensnake, Sing Along Social, Banter. - Indiependence @ Mitchelstown, Cork (Friday/Sunday only available)
+ Pleasure Beach, Brian Deady, Elm, Stevie G, Arveene and a load of age-old indie landful for some reason.
- Lumo All-Day Party @ Secret location by the water & Tengu (2pm-8pm/ 8pm – late, €10-€15)
[Party] Sally Cinnamon, Mix & Fairbanks, Phare Live, Lumo DJs and Arveene. - Eddie Otchere – Icons of Hip Hop Exhibition @ The Bernard Shaw (6pm, Free)
[This Greedy Pig exhibition] Eddie is best known for his photographs of the seminal rappers and DJs of the mid 1990s and early noughties. - Popicalia Returns: Squarehead, Land Lovers, Ginnels @ Bello Bar (€8)
[Indie/rock] The return of Popical Island’s night. - Coasts @ Whelan’s (€16.50)
[Indie/rock] UK – A Rush Of Blood - Aziza Brahim and band, Niwel Tsumbu @ The Sugar Club (€15)
[Western Saharan roots / European poet] Live on Jools. - Tensnake, Daniel Wang @ Wigwam (9pm, €12 or free with fest. wristband)
[Beatyard After-Party] Support from Discotekken crew. - Sense: Luigi Madonna @ Button Factory (€17.50, 11pm)
[Dance] House DJ and support. - DiVISION: Bill Patrick (Private Stock NYC) @ Pygmalion (€10, 10pm)
[House/ Techno] + , Lauren Kenny, Jessica Eve - Shut Up & Play The Hits @ The Grand Social (€10, 11pm)
[Films of Note] A part of the venue’s month-long music film festival. - Lumo Club @ Tengu (€10, 10pm)
[Club] Night party of our all-day party.
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Bank Holiday Sunday July 31
Festivals
- The Beatyard @ Dun Laoghaire Harbour (€49 per day, €79 for weekend)
George Clinton, Jape, Charles Bradley, Ships, Roy Ayers, This Greedy Pig, Banter, Slow Series & more. - Indiependence @ Mitchelstown, Cork (Friday/Sunday only available)
+ Editors, Ash, Wyvern Lingo, Bitch Falcon, Get Down Edits, Otherkin, King Kong Company. - Flame Festival @ Sonairte, Laytown, Meath (WIN Free tickets)
Fish Go Deep, Cian Finn, Mark Austin, Travis Oaks and more
- Secretsundaze @ Secret Location/Tengu (€10/€15, 3pm)
[Day & Night Party] Giles Smith & James Priestley [Secretsundaze], Sage aka Lee Kelly, Con Allen, Galactic & More - Hotter Than July @ Smithfield Square (Free, 3pm – 9pm)
[family-friendly event] features world music and jazz inflected rhythms from Niwel Tsumbu (pictured), Jiggy, Fakoli, Balkan Alien Sound, Nava, i4Drum, Big Bang African Drum Project and Maracatu Ilha Brilhante, plus a very special guest who will be announced on the morning of the event. - District Presents: Justice League: A Fundraiser for Batman Ben @ The Sugar Club (€10/€15)
[Cancer fundraiser] Johnny Moy, Ships [DJ Set] , Dah Jevu, Soft Boy Records DJs , Mango Dassle, Willo b2b George Feely - Paranoid London @ The Pygmalion (€10, 10pm)
[Pyg Sundays] Dirty industrial electro tunes. - Betty & Bodytonic Present: DJ Rahaan @ Wigwam (€10 or free with festival wristband, 10pm)
[Beatyard After-Party] disco and electrohouse longstanding DJ. - Doorly Late Night Cook Out @ Opium Rooms (10pm, €10)
[Dance] Mikey (Wunderground), Boots & Kats - Cream Of Old Skool @ The Grand Social (5pm – late, €24.50)
[90s dance DJs] Mark Kavanagh, Francois, Dean Sherry, Casper Jay & more
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Monday August 1
- Listen to RBMA Radio
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