The 30 best gigs & clubs in Dublin city this week
Tuesday December 5th
- Shine @ Whelans (€11)
Kekko Fornarelli and Roberto Cherillo with a mix of jazz piano and electronic sounds. - Freddie Gibbs @ Button Factory (€20)
Indiana Rapper
Wednesday December 6th
- Ye Vagabonds, Alain Mc Fadden @ The Grand Social (€17.50+)
Harmonic Carlow folk brothers. - Mark Lanegan @ The Academy (€28+)
The raspy alternative rock singer-songwriter. - The Relaxation Tape: Participant & Flight of Fancy @ D-Light Studios (€15)
A/V performance built around an early 80’s cassette guide to relaxation in aid of Pieta House
Thursday December 7th
- Future Proof: Loah, Beach, Wastefellow @ Bello Bar (€11+)
A night hosted by Nialler9 and Homebeat with three great artists - Silverbacks @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
The last Shaw Sessions of the year with five-piece slacker-rock band and Bodytonic DJs - Wheel Up: Mango and Mathman @ The Complex, Smithfield (Free)
Ep Launch. Irish grime with support from Rebel Phoenix, Ed Fay and Bobofunk - Lee Fields & The Expressions @ The Sugar Club (€25+)
The retro soul artist also plays Friday and Saturday
Friday December 8th
- That Snaake, Shrug Life, Girlfriend and Caramel Churro @ Bello Bar (€7)
First event from Cake Knife Happening, a new arts and music collective. - Le Galaxie, Le Boom, Shamon Cassette @ The Academy (€29+)
Live show extraordinaire for your ‘Pleasure’. - Lee Fields & The Expressions @ The Sugar Club (€25+)
The retro-soul artist also plays Thursday and Saturday - Chris Kabs @ The Sound House (€6)
EP Launch from Urban / pop / hip-hop artist . Enemies. - Nialler9 DJ set @ The Wiley Fox (Free, 9:30pm)
See the Nialler9 DJ chart. - Jax Jones @ The Button Factory (€21+, 11:30pm)
English DJ, producer brings his House Work night. - Marcel Dettmann @ District 8 (€22+, 11pm)
Berghain-associated techno DJ and producer - Earl Jeffers @ Wigwam (€13+, 10:30pm)
Cardiff’s Chesus who is now releasing music under Earl Jeffers
Saturday December 9th
- Lankum @ Vicar Street (€14+)
Dublin four-piece trad folk act - Pale Rivers @ Whelan’s (€8)
Cork five-piece play headline show in Dublin. West Point. - Lee Fields & The Expressions @ The Sugar Club (€25+)
The retro soul artist also plays Thursday and Friday - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble @ The Sugar Club (3 shows Friday/Saturday including an all-ages show).
3 shows from Chicago seven brothers of Jazz - Young Hearts Run Free’s Yule: David Kitt, Autre Monde, Alison Spittle, Brian Deady & more @ Dublin Food Co-Op (€15)
+ Banter presents Christmas & Me, Sonya Kelly, Davy Kehoe, Fontaines D.C., Dowry, Chris Barry’s Boys Sing - A Co-Present Christmas with Columbia Mills, Session Motts, I Have A Tribe, Tanjier, Junior Brothers and More @ Drop Dead Twice, Francis Street (€10)
Album launch night in aid of Pieta House - WhenYoung, Video Blue @ Bello Bar (€5+)
Limerick three-piece pop-punk band. Listen. - Stranger Things Upside Down Party @ Hangar (€10)
See all the details here. Second show. - Paranoid London @ Pyg (€16+, 7pm)
Acid house three-piece - John Talabot @ District 8 (€16+, 11pm)
Catalan producer plays all-night long. - Optimo @ Wigwam (€11+, 11:30pm)
The Glasgow duo bring their renowned DJ skills back to Dublin
Sunday December 10th
- Annual Boogie with An Domhain @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
With DJs Davy Splyce and Baz Hickey
Monday December 11th
- Homebeat Christmas Cracker: Ships, Carriages @ 10 Wicklow Street (€10)
A night overlooking the city with two great bands playing.
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