Nialler9’s Weekly Dublin Gig Guide
Email to be in the draw for free entry:
- Friday: Plutonic Dust, Mix & Fairbanks @ The Sugar Club
- Friday-Sunday: Out To Lunch Weekender @ Yamamori Sushi
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 August 9
- Ruby Sessions: Special Guest, Craig Gallagher & more @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm)
[Acoustic showcase] Read my interview with Conor Ruby Sessions.
Wednesday August 10
- Roots Manuva @ National Concert Hall (€35)
[Hip-hop] UK great plays an unusual venue.
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Thursday August 11
- Vinyl & Wine presents: All Tvvins IIVV [album premiere] @ The Liquor Rooms (€25 with album on vinyl)
[Listening party] An listening party with the band and an interview - Gigonometry Presents: BARQ, Almost Ghosts, Carron, Hvmmingbyrd @ The Workman’s Club (€5/€8)
[new music showcase] live music showcase. - Milhouse presents: Hi Dr Nick @ Hangar (€6/€8, 11pm)
- [Dance] The Nuclear Power Plant: (HOUSE//FEEL GOOD MUSIC) Jake Dodd & Ryan Healy Mark Doyle B2B Dan Ring B2B Sean Hanney Josh Reid
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Friday August 12
- All Tvvins @ Tower Records Dawson Street (1pm, Free)
[Instore] Performance and album launch celebration. - Rocstrong @ The Grand Social (€12)
[Funk/Rock] EP launch. Show Off What You Got. - Plutonic Dust, Mix & Fairbanks @ The Sugar Club (€10, 11pm)
[Electronic disco] New single Kill For Gold. - Out To Lunch Weekender Day One @ Yamamori Sushi (€5/€8 tonight, €35 per night, €65 for weekend, WIN TICKETS)
[Electronic] Special guest DJ playing all-night. - Eve Showcase @ Opium Rooms (€5, €10, 11pm)
[Dance] Electronic parties with an all female line-up. Jessica Eve / Lauren Kenny
- Burning Up 3rd Birthday @ The Grand Social (Free, 11pm)
[Disco club] Kelly-Anne Byrne celebrates three years of her club.
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Saturday August 13
- The Big Grill Festival @ Herbert Park (€18 per day,Thurs – Sunday)
[Food fest] With live bands and DJs – Nialler9 on Sunday at 3pm - Blues, Roots and Brass Festival @ Whelan’s / Opium Rooms (Free)
[Festival] Sonnets and Sisters, NC Lawlor, Crow Black Chicken, Mick Pyro and more - Out To Lunch Weekender Day One @ Yamamori Sushi (€35 per night, €65 for weekend, WIN TICKETS)
[Electronic] DJ Sprinkles, Laurel Halo, Lovefingers, Damien Lynch, Kenny Hanlon, Traxx and more. - Thirty Four Saturdays : Dowry & Caoilian Sherlock @ Thirty Four Café (2pm – 5pm, Free)
[Café gig] Acoustic singer-songwriter folk indie vibes. - Everything Shook, Patrick Kelleher, White Collar Boy, Donal Dineen @ The Co-Op, Newmarket Square (€12, BYOB)
[Album Launch] debut album Drinking About You launch. - Not Monsters, Ger Fox Sailing, Slackers’ Symphony @ Sin É (Free)
[Indie/rock] Irish rock brought to you by Overdrive. - Word Up Collective # 7 @ Bello Bar (€7)
[Irish hip-hop] Anti-One, Super Silly, MC Axiom, JyellowL - Strictly Deep presents Jasper James @ Hangar (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] Phonox,Optimo Trax released producer. - Mother new venue launch @ The Hub (€10, 11pm)
[Club] The Mother DJs alongside special guest Sol O Carroll. - The Weird Scientist ft: Automatic Tasty, Fragile, Contour & more @ The Grand Social (€10/€15)
[party] Monthly electronic live music showcase.
- Sense with Glenn Astro & Max Graef @ Button Factory (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] Just released an album on Ninja Tune. - Abstract X Melodic Present: Guy J @ Opium Rooms (€15, 11pm)
[Dance] “blissful uplifting Melodic House”
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Sunday August 14
- The Big Grill Festival @ Herbert Park (€18 per day,Thurs – Sunday)
[Food fest] With live bands and DJs – Nialler9 on Sunday at 3pm - Out To Lunch Weekender Day One @ Yamamori Sushi (€35 per night, €65 for weekend, WIN TICKETS)
[Electronic] Ben UFO, Steve Davis, Call Super, Mr Ties, Lolz, Firehouse Skank and more - Blues, Roots and Brass Festival @ Whelan’s / Opium Rooms (Free)
[Festival] Pine Marten,Bluegrass Collective, The Annulments, Rebel Rabble Mike , Kicking Bird & more
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Monday August 15z
- Mastodon @ The Academy (SOLD OUT)
[Heavy rock] 6 albums of heavy metal to draw from. - Venture Presents: A Math-Rock Delight @ Hangar (Free)
[Math rock] Vasudeva, Gulfer, Yonen
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