The 25 best gigs & clubs in Dublin city this week
Tuesday June 20
- Radiohead @ 3Arena (€65+)
First gig here since A Moon Shaped Pool came out. - Melt Banana @ DBD (€15)
Japanese noisy experimental legends
Wednesday June 21
- CreateSound Social @ MVP (Free)
Musicmakers get-together with demos by Caz9 and Will De Burca - Rocstrong, Chasing Abbey, Hendrick Lane @ The Bowery (€5/€7, 9pm)
Check out latest song Vibes.
Thursday June 22
- The Avalanches @ Olympia Theatre (€26)
First show in 16 years on Irish soil. Colour - Good Name: Cat Palace @ The Shaw (Free)
reverb-laden, poppy, vaguely shambolic front for songwriter/vocalist David Blaney
- Wheelhouse Showcase with Scoops, Pillow queens, Synk @ The Bowery (Free)
New Irish acts. - Zu, Jessica Moss @ DBD (€15)
Italian band Zu with Jessica Moss (Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra / Constellation Records)
Friday June 23
Festivals
- Body & Soul @ Ballinlough Castle, Westmeath (€195 for weekend, Sunday ticket €65)
includes Metronomy, Optimo, Lyra, Le Boom, Stevie G, Donal Dineen, Kelly-Anne Byrne, The Jimmy Cake, Emmet Kirwan and more. - Sea Sessions @ Bundoran, Donegal (Sold out weekend, Sunday €49.50)
includes All Tvvins, Kormac, Touts, Little Hours & more
- Squarehead + Extravison @ The Grand Social (€15)
New single Waves. - Ubuntu @ St George’s and St Thomas’s Church (€5)
An Intercultural Evening with Discovery Gospel Choir - Mistake #05: Autre Monde, Postcard Versions, Spongebob Eyelashes @ The Hub, Phibsboro (€7)
AM are indie rock inspired by the taut early 80s. - Dublin Hustle @ Tengu (€5+, 10:30pm)
Hustle DJs James Morgan and Jimmy Allen
- Reflec,Techno & Cans, Better.Living @ Hangar (€10 ,11pm)
Techno night. - Fulton & Gold @ Wigwam (Free)
Midsummer Jam #1: house and disco DJs.
Saturday June 24
Festivals
- Body & Soul @ Ballinlough Castle, Westmeath (€195 for weekend, Sunday ticket €65)
includes Bonobo, Sleaford Mods, Vitalic, New Jackson, Weval, Come On Live Long and more. - Sea Sessions @ Bundoran, Donegal (Sold out weekend, Sunday €49.50)
includes Shit Robot, Daithí, Le Boom, Talos, Wyvern Lingo, Otherkin, Soulé, The Coronas & more
- DDR x Pride @ Dublin Vintage Factory (2pm – 10pm, Free)
with tunes from This Greedy Pig, Sonntags, Gadget and the cloud and more. - Show Me The Body @ Bello Bar (€)
intense punk electronic. Trash - Mother Pride Block Party 2017 @ Tivoli Theatre (€15, 4pm-11pm)
Loreeen, Panti Bliss, Daithí, Mother DJs and more. Afterparty. - Chequerboard, Mary and the Pigeons, The Keanettes @ St. Laurence’s Church, D7 (€)
part of Stoenybatter festival - SOD Live @ Tengu (€5+)
Open mic rap night. yellowL, NEOMADiC, Kasey Auslyn Nelson, Chelsie Curlz, Ru Boi, Ange MC, Audrey Peel - Jesse Rose Final Tour @ Wah Wah Club (€8, 11pm)
Last Ever Dublin club show for the house DJ/producer - Out To Lunch with Traxx @ Tengu (€12.50, 11pm)
[Nation – Chicago] All Night
Sunday June 25
Festivals
- Body & Soul @ Ballinlough Castle, Westmeath (€195 for weekend, Sunday ticket €65)
includes Hundred Waters, Austra, kelsey Lu, Sinkane, Mykki Blanco, Crash Ensemble + Katie Kim, JFDR, Skott, Ships and more. - Sea Sessions @ Bundoran, Donegal (Sold out weekend, Sunday €49.50)
includes Mr Scruff, Primal Scream, Foy Vance, Aine Cahill, Badly Drawn Boy, Brian Deady & more
- Phil Collins @ Aviva Stadium (€90)
With Blondie and Mike and the Mechanics.
Monday June 26
- Badbadnotgood @ The Sugar Club (€30)
Canadian young jazz lads who have worked with Ghostface, MF Doom and Danny Brown.
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