The 25 best gigs & events in Dublin city this week
Tuesday September 19
- Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€6,9pm)
+ Siv Jakobsen // Mik Pyro // Allman Brown // Maurice Burns
Wednesday September 20
- OMNI @ Whelan’s (€16.50)
Playing lo-fi pop that channels the spectra of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s - Red Hot Chili Peppers @ 3Arena (€79.50, Wednesday & Thursday)
Support Lady Lesshur.
Thursday September 21
- Siv Jakobsen @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€15)
Norwegian folk singer. How We Used To
- CreateSound Social with Glen Keating @ MVP (Free)
Music makers meetup and performances. - Requiem for the Truth: Stomptown Brass @ St. Werburgh’s Church (€16+, Sept 21-24)
Dublin Fringe Festival with 10-piece New Orleans Brass band. With Collapsing Horse - Red Hot Chili Peppers @ 3Arena (€79.50, Wednesday & Thursday)
Support Lady Lesshur. - Black Jam @ Fibber Magees (€9)
Fringe Festival. A night of Afro diaspora music displaying the roots of Africa in all its punk, funk and grunge deadliness. - Toppings City Takeover @ District 8 (€25, 2pm – late)
patrick Topping plays a few shows including a sold-out party in Guinness Gravity bar.
Friday September 22
- Sing Along Social at Culture Night @ The Amphitheatre, Wood Quay (Free, 18:30pm)
A themed pop culture singing party, a zero-commitment choir and a Dj set all in one. - RTÉ Culture Night @ Meeting House Square (Free)
RTÉ Concert Orchestra, The Strypes, Áine Cahill, Mongoose, Dáithí & Sinead White, Stephen James Smith & more - Rabble 6th Birthday Party Buzz @ Jigsaw (€12, WIN TICKETS)
Glenn O Brien, Joniiii, Safetyboy, Kate Butler and Kenny Hanlon - Requiem for the Truth: Stomptown Brass @ St. Werburgh’s Church (€16+, Sept 21-24)
Dublin Fringe Festival with 10-piece New Orleans Brass band. With Collapsing Horse. - Ana Gog, This Ain’t No Disco @ Dlite Studios (Free)
As part of Culture Night.
- Wowombeen @ The Sugar Club (€5+, 9pm)
Yankari, Farah Elle, OJO, Donal Dineen and more - District Magazine’s Neighbourhood Watch @ South William (€5+, 11pm)
Homegrown hip hop party - DJ Seinfeld @ Hangar (11pm, €10+)
Lo-fi house DJ/producer. - Groove Armada @ District 8 (Sold out)
I see you baby.. etc.
Saturday September 23
- Canalaphonic @ Rathmines, Portobello (Free)
See full lineup of acts playing across 2 days here. - Requiem for the Truth: Stomptown Brass @ St. Werburgh’s Church (€16+, Sept 21-24)
Dublin Fringe Festival with 10-piece New Orleans Brass band. With Collapsing Horse. - Teen Dream – Young Hearts Run Free & Kato @ Dlite Studios (€13)
Established and teen bands. Adrian Crowley, Bad Bones, Autre Monde + teen bands + presentation by Garry O’Neill + Niall McCormack - Ennio Morricone @ 3Arena (€90)
Last ever Irish show from the soundtrack master. - Documenta, Delta Mainline, A Ritual Sea @ The Grand Social (€10, 10:30pm)
Cosmic drone-pop. - Shanti Celeste @ Discotekken @ Tengu (€10+, 10:30pm)
Thris Tian, Lexis & Platinumray - Brame & Hamo & DJ Deece @ District 8 (€11+, 11pm)
Sligo house and Kildare top boy. - Luke Slater @ Index (€13+, 11pm)
Tecno + Mode_1, Rustal
Sunday September 24
- Canalaphonic @ Rathmines, Portobello (Free)
See full lineup of acts playing across 2 days here. - Requiem for the Truth: Stomptown Brass @ St. Werburgh’s Church (€16+, Sept 21-24)
Dublin Fringe Festival with 10-piece New Orleans Brass band. With Collapsing Horse. - Where Good Friends Meet#4 w/ New Jackson & Daire Carolan @ The Shaw (Free)
Free evening of good tunes. - Star Parks @ Bello Bar (€8)
Austin-based band. ‘The Past is Like a Foreign Country’ - Dan Shake @ The Pyg (€10)
With support Boots & Kats, Louche.
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