What gigs and club nights are on this week in Dublin city?
It’s the Nialler9 Dublin gig guide
Tuesday September 23rd
Dermot Kennedy @ 3Olympia Theatre
Intimate tour. Two nights.
Jolie Holland @ Jolie Holland
American singer draws on jazz, blues, soul, rock and roll
Wednesday September 24th
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz! (2009) [Listening Party] @ The Big Romance (7pm)
Join Nialler9 and Andrea Cleary for this month’s Listen Closely album party in The Big Romance covering the third album from the NYC band for Andrea’s last listening party.
Self Esteem @ 3Olympia Theatre
Rebecca Lucy Taylor’s latest album A Complicated Woman moves closer to the realm of confessional live theatre / music and it’s not as impactful as Prioritise Pleasure but there are few artists as soul-baring.
Seán Millar @ Whelan’s Upstairs.
AKA Doctor Millar. Dublin singer-songwriter.
Metronome – David C Clements, Mary Barnecutt @ NCH Studio
Alternative folk artist and / Dublin-based composer and musician
Bear’s Den @ Pepper Canister Church
English alt-country folk band.
Pellador Afterparty @ The Complex (9pm)
Irish lifestyle fashion brand new collection afterparty with Sloucho, Curtisy, Lil Skag, Culchie Goth and more.
Thursday September 25th
Vaticanjail @ Hens Teeth
SWEETS BAR EP Launch Party from the Chilean-Irish electronic producer and singer.
Lowkey @ The Grand Social
The politically-aware artist has spoken up on issues ranging from Palestine, Zionism to police brutality and Grenfell.
TroyOkay, Sei Green, Avenue 68 @ Bello Bar
Sky Rocket Promotions night with live bands.
RAW Rising Artist Watch @ The Sound House
14+ show Aerial, Red Union, Na Tonnta, Dreambound.
Tradition Now: The Work of Conor Campbell @ NCH
Young painter Conor Campbell in conversation with Diarmuid Mac Gloinn (Ye Vagabonds) with performances from Alannah Thornburgh, Junior Brother and Gareth Quinn Redmond.
Fortune Igiebor @ The Cobblestone
Mr Rage. Dublin hip-hop artist. Support: Tomococko.
Holly Johnson @ Vicar Street
Celebrating Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s debut album.
ECHO EXCHANGE presents: Holly Lester @ Tengu (11pm)
Belfast house, breaks, rave. Plus Sandy Cheeks (Fuaim)
Hidden Love presents: AOIFE All Night Long @ Pawn Shop (11pm)
Free in. Belfast-born Berlin-based DJ, event promoter, international publicist and label manager.
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Friday September 26th
Unique Freaks, Echo Northstar @ ANSEO
Dublin duo who play psych-rock garage just released new album Enjoyment Planted.
Gemma Hayes @ Whelan’s
Irish singer-songwriter will be playing material from across her 20 year career, including songs from her critically acclaimed sixth album Blind Faith.
Katie Gregson-Macleod @ The Academy Green Room
Scottish folk singer-songwriter. Mosh Pit.
Damien Dempsey & NSOI @ NCH
Damo and an orchestra for Tradition Now festival of new traditional and folk music. Also Laoise Kelly & Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and RÓIS, Ger Wolfe.
Elder Emo @ The Grand Social (6pm – 10pm)
Early Emo club night for over 30s.
Sir Richard Bishop @ Bello Bar
Renowned for his mercurial guitar-playing for 26 years with Seattle ethno-delic legends Sun City Girls. Solo show.
Absolut City Mixer @ Opium (8pm – 11pm)
DJs Tara Casey, Dylan Fogarty, Derv. B2Bs + cocktails.
Skanger @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Dublin Indie/Electro band.
Ciara Lawless, Miranda Faul, Liadh @ The Sound House
Irish singer-songwriters.
STOP THE LIGHTS! @ Hen’s Teeth (7pm – 12.30am)
Disco dancing with Kelly-Anne Byrne B2B Fingerman (Hot Digits Music).
Late Clubs
Klub Sukar: Saliah @ Tengu (11pm)
SWANA club sounds. Saliah, Sahana, Moving Still b2b Masha, Marguezz
RATHAUS 033 – CUNTRY CLUB @ The Sound House (11pm)
[Techno / Ghetto tech] DIEBYVEG, Blewit, Aria Nasty, Foxxx, Pashmina
Index x Research: Funk Assault @ Index (11pm)
Techno DJ & producers: Chlär & Alarico.
Slither €1 party @ Block (11pm)
Techno.
Colin Perkins & MSWENKOCEE @ The Pyg
Free in.
Brat Rave @ The Workman’s Club (11pm)
Charli XCX night.
The Sunroom with Will Hofbauer, Rhyzine b2b Lúnasa, Alba @ Daylight, Glasnevin (11pm)
Reasons To Dance’s inaugural BYOB rave.
Glass present: Vitess @ The Racket Space (11pm)
Live set from Parisian house producer.
Fio Fa B2B DC FSLMan @ Pawn Shop (11pm)
“Chuggy Belters and Techy Wafters”
Saturday September 27th
Ireland Against Racism Carnival @ Garden Of Remembrance
Ahmed, With Love; Curtisy ,Sasha Shame, And He, The Fool; Tamil Sangam Choir.
It’s All Love @ The Big Romance (5pm – 8pm)
D12 INC hip-hop night with Mickzart, Curtis, Flynn Johnson, Kadillac, Ronn Maps.
Taylor D, Ultras, Uisce Jones, Dillon Kiernan, The Leeways @ Latroupe Jacobs Inn
Skyrocket Promotions live music showcase.
Party for Palestine @ The Workman’s Club
Part Five. Trad artists. Fin Furey, Eva Carroll, Saol Dj Karmawi, Dj Calvin James Sweeney. All funds raised for Gaza Go Bragh and Irish Artists for Palestine
The Wedding Present @ Whelan’s
40 years of the indie rock band.
LARAbEL @ Bello Bar
Donegal indie folk artist.
Tradition Now: Room To Rhyme @ NCH
Features: Breanndán Begley, Brigid Mae Power, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Susan McKeown, MayKay, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Steve Cooney, Éoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Andy Irvine, Alannah Thornburgh, Rattling Ark and more across 4 rooms.
Late Clubs
Mo Cultivation Live: Club Night @ Curveball (10:30pm)
Urban music night in Dublin that blends afrobeats, alté, R&B and unexpected gems.
Subject: Kevin Saunderson @ Wigwam (11pm)
One of the Belleville Three, the originators of techno.
Dom Whiting @ Index (11pm)
Drum and bass on a bike, wait, no a vienue. Support Sharpson.
Club Obsidian @ The Grand Social (11pm)
Industrial beats, EBM pulsations, haunting darkwave melodies, futuristic pop vibrations and goth club anthems
Jimpster & Pat Hyland @ Hang Dai (11pm)
UK Deep house producer.
Woozy x Supper @ Tengu (11pm)
DJ Plead b2b rRoxymore (All Night Long) playing bass music.
Sunday September 28th
Honey Nights @ Hen’s Teeth (3pm – 11pm)
Multicultural party with performers Hewan, Larabel, Ailbhe Dalba, Ciara May, Shekayla and more.
Outsider Artists: Paranoid Visions @ The Sugar Club (6:30pm)
Dublin punks documentary premiere/Q&A/Performance.
Elishka Lane @ Marrowbone Books
Singer-songwriter acoustic set, accompanied by Nathan Ó Maoilearca. A night of songs among the shelves.
Seamas Hyland @ Whelan’s
Irish accordion player and former Mary Walloper.
Our Time in Space – A Tribute to Tim Robinson @ NCH
Festival of new traditional and folk music pays tribute to Tim Robinson with a newly commissioned project featuring Crash Ensemble, Olwen Fouéré, Ye Vagabonds and more.
Tradition Now: Cormac Begley & Friends @ NCH
West Kerry concertina player and pals.
Tessio @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Derry singer-songwriter duo from. Two nights. Handle With Care.
MACH2 @ The Cobblestone
Heavy, math-rock inspired grooves from Chris Guilfoyle and Matthew Jacobson.
Dublin Independent Fashion Week after-party @ Curveball (10pm)
With music from Ahmed, with Love; Too Much Booty in the Booth, DJs and more.
Monday September 29th
Lego Indiana Jones @ Whelan’s
Irish band. “bcnr for sex havers”
Song Cycle @ Whelan’s
Open Mic singer-songwriter night.
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 co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
