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Monday September 24th
- The Jazz Jam @ East Side Tavern (8pm, free)
The city’s finest jazz musicians get together for their weekly session - The Circle Sessions: Sebastian Schub, Chad Norman, Tailor Birds @ The International Bar (8pm, free)
A weekly spoken word and singer-songwriter event. - Soma Presents: Love Sick, Wynona Bleach @ Whelan’s (11pm, free)
Irish gig promoters and DJs Soma host two Dublin alternative rock bands. - Arctic Monkeys @ 3Arena (7pm, sold out)
Quintessential 21st-century rock group perform material from their Tranquility Hotel Base & Casino LP
Tuesday September 25th
- Signal:Mobile @ The Science Gallery (6pm, €5+)
SIGNAL curator Martin Clancy and a host of guest explore the possibilities of music creation using the modern smartphone as a primary instrument - Arctic Monkeys @ 3Arena (7pm, sold out)
Quintessential 21st-century rock group perform material from their Tranquility Hotel Base & Casino LP - Crowbar: Frankenstein Bolts @ Button Factory (Free, 9pm)
Wexford dream indie pop duo. - Ruby Sessions: J Smith, Sebastian Schub, Aaron Rowe, Violetta Zironi @ Doyle’s (9 pm, €7)
Weekly acoustic club in aid of Simon Community.
- TeaParty @ South William (€8, 10pm)
The popular night returns in time for student season.
Wednesday September 26th
- WAX ON: Billie Holiday @ The Workman’s Club (7pm, €11+)
Hi-fi music appreciation event celebrating the work of the iconic Billie Holiday - Shania Twain @ 3Arena (€82)
Let’s go girls.
Thursday September 27th
- Julien Baker @ Vicar Street (8pm, €22+)
Memphis native brings her own brand of alternative rock to Dublin. - Beoga @ The Grand Social (8pm, €22.50+)
Contemporary Irish trad music - Chasing Abbey @ The Academy (Sold out)
Tullamore band. Talk to Me. - Pecking Party @ East Side Tavern (8pm, €5)
Irish electro-indie group launch their Send Nudes EP. Check out ‘Night‘. - Shania Twain @ 3Arena (€82)
Let’s go girls. - Culture Vultures @ The Sound House (€12)
Salon of music and chat with Domhnall Gleeson, Laura Elizabeth Hughes and Lenny Abrahamson. - Senior Infants, Mob Wife, Robbie Stickland @ The Workman’s Club (€7+)
Cork, Dublin, Belfast rock. - Toast: Adult Store @ South William (€6+, 10:30pm)
Irish DJs making a rep for themselves.
Friday September 28th
- Hard Working Class Heroes @ Dublin City (€25+)
Industry festival with talks and performances across the city, highlights include Thumper, AE Mak, Pillow Queens, Bad Bones and more. Our pick of acts. - Anna Calvi @ Tivoli Theatre (7pm, €25+)
Avant-garde pop from the artists’ Hunter LP. - Wyvern Lingo, Aine Cahill, Laoise @ The Academy (8pm, €20+)
One of Ireland’s best bands play their biggest headline show to date. - Half Waif @ Whelan’s (8pm, €13+)
Brooklyn native and exceptional Lo-Fi indie artist heads to Wexford street. - EAT : ITH CEOIL: James Smith (Gypsies on the Autobahn) @ Fumbally Stables (€15)
Food and gig. - Steve Johnson, Lisa Wolverton @ Dublin Conservation Club (8pm, €5+)
The D8 Soul Club presents two fantastic international soul artist - DDT presents Protex,Shrug Life, The Objectorz, The Black Pitts @ Drop Dead Twice (€10)
Belfast punk band Protex leads this charge. - SHITHäTT @ Sin É (8.30pm, free)
Ballina natives perform their fusion of post and noise rock. - Jesse John Heffernan @ The Sugar Club (€12)
Dublin soul album launch. - Club Comfort 10 @ 80 Parnell Street (10pm,€5+)
The 10th instalment of Dublin’s most relaxed alternative dance night - Ajo Arkestra, Different Rhythm DJs, Tropical Soundclash @ The Bowery (€5, 9pm)
9 piece ‘Afrofuturistic’ Multicultural group of musicians from the four corners of the world. - Nialler9 Birthday DJ set @ Hang Dai Chinese (Free, 10:30pm)
It’s my birthday and I’ll play all the tunes I want to. - Pear’s 3rd Birthday: Pearson Sound, Fio & Jio, Cáit, Aoife O’Neill @ Tengu (10pm, €10+)
Dublin dance collective Pear host UK garage and footwork DJ - Sync 24, DeFekt @ Wigwam (11pm, €10+)
Lepton host one of dark electro’s biggest names. Support from techno chief.
Saturday September 29th
- Hard Working Class Heroes @ Dublin City (€25+)
Industry festival with talks and performances across the city, highlights include Molly Sterling, Wastefellow, Laoise and more. Our pick of acts. - Boxed Off Festival @ Fairyhouse Racecourse (2pm, sold out)
All day rave featuring the likes of Armand Van Helden, Ben Klock, Fjaak & many more. - Division: Lena Wilikens @ Pyg (7pm, €6+)
Division present German techno DJ and chronic crate digger. - Nightcap: Cassy @ Tengu (7pm, €16+)
German Techno with support Con Allen and MiniSoul. - The Man From Mo’Wax screening, James Lavelle DJ set @ The Sugar Club (7.30pm, €12.50+)
A documentary focusing on James Lavelle, founder of Mo’Wax and creative vision behind UNKLE. - Odetta Hartman @ East Side Tavern (€15+)
Contemporary country singer performs material from her wonderful Old Rockhounds Never Die LP. Check out ‘You You’. - Daíthí, Ehco @ The Purty Kitchen (€15+)
Live set from one of Ireland’s brightest electronic acts. - Abacaxi @ Wigwam upstairs (10pm, free)
New Dublin band with multiple world music influences. - Mano Le Tough B2B Ame @ District 8 (€18+, 11pm)
Two heavyweights in house and techno go back to back. - Baba Stiltz @ Wigwam (11pm, €11+)
Bodytonic present XL recordings signee - Ben Pearce, Alex Virgo @ The Button Factory (11pm, €11+)
Boxed Off afterparty with two solid house DJs. - Paula Temple @ Index (11pm, €11+)
Another Boxed Off afterparty with Techno queen
Sunday September 30th
- Everlast @ The Sugar Club (7.30pm, €25+)
Former House Of Pain member performs material from his back catalogue - Rex Orange County @ Vicar Street (8pm, Sold Out)
Sunny indie pop, ‘Loving Is Easy‘ soundtracked plenty of summer highlights this year. - Sunday Izakaya @ Izakaya basement (10.30pm, free)
An institution on, disco to close out the weekend.
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the cohost of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, event curator and producer of gigs, parties & events.