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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