The Nialler9 Gig Guide for October 15th to 21st.
The Gig Guide is published weekly every Tuesday and features the best gigs in Dublin city, curated by Nialler9. All door times are 7:30pm/8pm unless stated. Check links for full prices.
Gig Guide Highlights: HEALTH, Silverbacks, Darkside, Junior Brother, Iron & Wine, Shiv, Los Bitchos, Gigs For Palestine, Susan O’Neill, Duke Dumont, Astrid Sonne, Boys Noize, Leif Vollebekk, Depot Sessions, Blackout, Rhiannon Giddens, Cabra for Gaza, Wunderhorse.
What gigs are on in Dublin tonight?
Tuesday October 15th
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington DC (1980-1990) @ The Sugar Club
Film screening examines the early DIY punk scene in DC. It was a decade when seminal bands like Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Government Issue, Scream, Void, Faith, Rites of Spring, Marginal Man, Fugazi and more. The tenth anniversary screening of the documentary will also feature a Q&A (over Zoom) with the director Scott Crawford. Tickets from €12.
Wednesday October 16th
Leif Vollebekk @ Button Factory
Canadian singer-songwriter. ‘Peace of Mind (Evening)’
Wunderhorse @ Vicar Street
English rock band. Sold out.
Astrid Sonne, Jasmine Wood, ANKIL @ Bello Bar
Danish, London based composer and viola player whose Great Doubts album is a 2024 critic darling.
Cultúr @ The Sound House
Zè, Softdrink Millionaire, Pippa Moloney, Teejuh and Noelle Carroll are the musuic on this night that also features poets and artists.
Prateek Kuhad @ 3Olympia Theatre
Indian folk adult pop singer-songwriter
The Mia Byrne Quintet @ Juno
Music from composers Joe Henderson, Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell.
Pizza Jazz @ Lucky’s
Jazz band live in the Meath Street pub.
Thursday October 17th
Susan O’Neill @ Whelan’s
Cork singer-songwriter.
Big Love, Cabl, Cherym @ The Complex
The Depot Sessions features three bands with indie-pop, shoegaze and punk sounds.
Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi @ Liberty Hall Theatre
Charity gig from American blues folk artist in aid of ‘Ruhama’ (Fighting Sexual Exploitation, Prostitution & Human Trafficking) & ‘Sonas’ (Freedom from Domestic Violence)
Harp Sessions @ The Sugar Club
Irish harpists Aisling Urwin & Niamh Ní Bhriain, Méabh McKenna
Metronome: Ela Orleans & Night Voyager @ NCH
Glasgow and Paris based Polish composer and audio-visual artist Ela Orleans performs Night Voyager. Set to soaring music featuring live synthesiser, theremin, vocals and violinit features NASA archive footage of the 1969 Apollo moon mission, matching the astronauts’ emotional journey with fragments of Night Thoughts a collection of extended poetic mediations written by Edward Young in 1742.
Dubh Lee @ Button Factory
Free in show. Irish guitarist and singer-songwriter with wide-ranging influences from folk, blues and rock
The Gulls @ Whelan’s Upstairs
English rock band. ‘Revolution’
Jazz Night @ Frank Ryans
A free in jazz band night in the dark corners of the Smithfield bar.
Tony Football @ Love Tempo
Stand loving DJ on the decks on Thomas Street.
Holly Lester @ Tengu (11pm)
Northern Ireland hosue and techno DJ is also part of Free The Night NI. + DUDJ residents.
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Friday October 18th
HEALTH @ Opium Rooms
American industrial/noise rock band.
DARKSIDE @ Button Factory
Two nights from Nicolas Jaar, Dave Harrington and and longtime collaborator Tlacael Esparza’s experimental electronic project.
shiv @ The Sugar Club
Defiance of a sadgirl album launch show with Bricknasty as the band.
Cabra For Gaza @ Naomh Finbarra GAA Club, Cabra
Featuring folk-trad band Ispíní na hÉireann, trad group The Len Collective, local ballad and folk group The Gaels, sean-nós dancing from Caoimhe Ní Mhaologáin. Raising much needed funds for Palestinian Red Crescent and Medical Aid for Palestine.
Gig For Palestine @ Sin É
A night of new music and theatre from upcoming Irish artists. Proceeds will be donated to Palestine Red Crescent Society. Music from acts such as All Thumbs, Reylta, George Gardener, Taylor Nose and Eoghan McGale. Aswell as readings and theatrical performances from, Scarlet 4 Yer Ma Theatre Co., and Jessica Barrett
IMLÉ @ The Workman’s Cellar
Irish language hip-hop and R&B band with Róisín Seoighe and James Shannon.
Blackout: Cable Boy, Ahmed, With Love, AVC and more @ Crowbar Terrace
Black Alternative music variety night and fundraiser.
Zeztra @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Dublin sister alt-pop duo.
Ruth Kavanagh @ Love Tempo
Mother resident DJ on the decks on Thomas Street.
Boys Noize @ Centre Point (11pm)
Alex Ridha has been making electro and rave music for a long time now.
Melodic: GRL & Eve @ Tengu (11pm)
Cailín plays under her house alias GRL with residents Eve.
Miss Bashful x DBBD Live @ Index (11pm)
Boiler Room. Berlin Electro rave duo.
Hidden Love presents: Locals Party @ Wigwam (11pm)
Rhyzine B2B Collie, hellokt B2B James Bennett
Intrinsic Rhythm @ Pawn Shop (11pm)
Tr One, Decal (Live), Eliza, Lerosa
bump @ Bow Lane Social (11pm)
:☆ New queer dance party. Hyperpop, hard house, jersey club, donk, drum n bass, kunty techno, hard trance, gabber.
Sad Girl Rave @ The Workman’s Cellar (11:30pm)
Lana Del Rey, Mitski, Adele, Chappell Roan, Billie Eilish, Muna, Florence + The Machine, Lorde, beabadoobee and more…
Saturday October 19th
H&G Creations: Silver Tongue @ Richmond Barrack’s (5pm – Midnight)
H&G Creations are back with a new party and location and promise art installations spectacle, surprises, ambient room, BYOB, fancy dress, silent disco and more. Music: PrYmary Colours | Prowl / Reclaim The Mainframe | JWY / Foxgluv | Burlie / éalú le grá | C.S Lewis B2B Reveller | Minikimono Bull Horris | Darktrax Ambient Set
Local Bytes Fundraiser @ Juno (7pm – Midnight)
House and disco fundraiser for Larkin Centre for the Unemployed with LPM, Kaycee, ShaunaDee, Saz and Karl Seery
Junior Brother @ Bello Bar
Kerry folk artist will be supported by comedian Peter McGann. Sold out.
Scattered Ashes @ The Workman’s Club
Irish gothic punk rockers.
Silverbacks, The Personal Vanity Project @ The Workmans Club
Irish alt-indie band launch their most excellent third album Easy Being A Winner. ‘Giving Away An Inch Of’
Seb Lowe, Winemom @ Whelan’s
Rising English indie-band ‘5168’ denotes the number of days a Tory government was in power.
Shy Mascot, Three Thirds @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Hip hop-jazz with Paris trio’s genre-bending jazz
DARKSIDE @ Button Factory
Two nights from Nicolas Jaar, Dave Harrington and and longtime collaborator Tlacael Esparza’s experimental electronic project.
Pippa Molony @ Daylight
Hungry Ghost EP Release Gig. Plus, Rory Sweeney (DJ), CoolGirl (live), Reflekta (DJ)
The Stunning @ 3Olympia Theatre
Long-standing Irish rock band. Support from Sack.
Biggest Disco #6 @ 3Arena
Vengaboys, La Bouche, Haddaway, Atomic Kitten, Dr. Alban, CC music factory, and many more.
Sinéad Harnett @ The Academy
Engish R&B pop artist with Irish heritage. ‘Thinking Less’
Sal @ The Cobblestone
Irish folk singer-songwriter with pop swerves.
Shremm @ Love Tempo
Vinyl collector on the decks on Thomas Street.
Shifty Discs: Hard Launch @ Lucky’s
The artists formerly known as the Disco Shift. 5 hours of house, funk, disco and deeper from the Shifty Discs residents…
After Eight @ Pawn Shop (8pm – Midnight)
Early clubbing with Giita and Sally Cinnamon. Electro, synth bangers, techno and disco.
Fliptrix & Verb T @ The Sugar Club
Dublin hip-hop label Outstraight Presents UK hip-hop duo know for their solo careers and their work as The Four Owls.
Spraoi Mór with Tia Cousins @ Hang Dai Chinese (11pm)
London based DJ and Radio Presenter who recently supported Overmono on tour.
Club Puzzy x AE86 @ Tengu (11pm)
PW86 with Oldboy & Just Jane. Garage, grime and 140 heroes.
Noel Watson @ Bow Lane Social (11pm)
Makin Shapes & Fatty Fatty present the UK house music don with Glenn Davis and Patrick Costigan.
Mother @ Lost Lane (11pm)
Weekly old-school club night for disco-loving LGBTQ+ family & their friends.
Duke Dumont @ Index (11pm)
Longstanding UK electronic producer and remixer.
HOTBOXX @ The Grand Social (11pm)
Techno Cage Rave with Luca Maier.
Music Machines Masters @ The Racket Space (11pm)
Dub_Troit Elite Series Launch Night. Techno with MODE_1, REOSC, Rustal, TALINHO.
Sunday October 20th
2Step Event Welfare Free Party @ The Sound House (2pm – 8pm)
2step.png, Analog Rage, Bobski, Dpaw, eskay, Intervention, Karl Seery
Generations: 4 by 4 @ The Racket Space
Emerging artists Jordan Daniels, Overami, $ONA BLU€, and Shmoney Doll.
Emmy Shigeta B2B Pablo Santo @ Fidelity (6pm)
Sunday DJ residency with Emmy and a guest.
Justyna @ Love Tempo
Dublin based DJ & Promoter.
Los Bitchos, Faux Real @ Button Factory
The London-based international four-piece Los Bitchos just released Talkie Talkie, their latest album of instrumental guitar and rock music on City Slang in August. 10 songs Los Bitchos are loving on tour right now
The Dublin Jazz Co-op Presents Three Thirds @ The Workman;s
Three Thirds is a Paris-based trio of friends that blends modern grooves, synth sounds, smooth bass lines and pretty melodies to create a sound that is deep and soulful.
John Blek & the Broken Strings @ The Cobblestone
Cork folk singer-songwriter new album launch.
Chris Stapleton @ 3Arena
High US country star.
A Grand Sunday Social Skank @ The Grand Social (8:30pm)
Free in. DJ Sets from Del Bionic & Chef Behan. Reggae, Rocksteady, SKA and 2tone.
Monday October 21st
Iron & Wine (Solo) @ Whelan’s
American folk singer-songwriter folk Sam Beam. New album features Fiona Apple.
Dan Croll @ The Workman’s Club
UK power pop.
Song Cycle @ Whelan’s
Whelan’s weekly singer-songwriter night.
Gregory Porter @ Vicar Street
American jazz singer is doing Christmas songs in October. Madman.
Joe Jackson @ 3Olympia Theatre
A solo set by Joe Jackson of his original songs, and a set based on the album What A Racket! – the first performance in more than 100 years of the songs of forgotten Music Hall genius Max Champion, with Joe and a nine-piece band.
