It’s the Nialler9 Dublin gig guide
Dublin Gig Guide Highlights: Ireland Music Week, Billy Woods, For Those I Love, Patti Smith, Yousuke Yukimatsu, Indie Sleaze, John Grant, Catacombs, VENUS GRRRLS, Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan, Massive Attack listening party, Cable Boy, Ham Sandwich, Autumns.
Tuesday September 30th
Hohnen Ford @ The Academy 2
British singer-songwriter. ‘I Wish I Had A God’
Cable Boy @ The Hut, Phibsborough
Album Sneak Peak playing live and DJ set after.
Arabú, Eppie, Snug @ Whelan’s
Arabú are a 5 piece folk-rock/midwest-emo band from Dublin.
SHR: TRÄ, Dumb Posh Hippies, Half Left @ The Sound House
Plus Tom Feeney, Stereotony.
Wednesday October 1st
Ireland Music Week Conference @ Lost Lane (11pm – 5pm)
See the full conference schedule.
Massive Attack – Protection Listening Party @ The Big Romance (7pm)
Shrem’s Press Play series – 1994 album playback.
Plus-Minus Ensemble @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Plus-Minus is distinguished by its interest in performative, electroacoustic and conceptual pieces, and experimental open works. They wil lbe performing Jessie Marino, Bernhard Lang, and Sean Clancy. Support Ultan O’Brien.
Thursday October 2nd
Ireland Music Week Conference @ Lost Lane (11pm – 5pm)
See the full conference schedule.
Babyrat, Martina And The Moons, Stella And The Dreaming, Dream Boy, Emma Noodles & more @ The Grand Social
[Ireland Music Week] Live music showcases from 50 Irish bands across two days and six venues.
Julia Louise KnifeFist, The Village Vandals, Glasseyed, Koko @ Wigwam
[Ireland Music Week] Live music showcases from 50 Irish bands across two days and six venues.
Florence Road, Thanks Mom, Madra Salach, Little Known @ Button Factory
[Ireland Music Week] Live music showcases from 50 Irish bands across two days and six venues.
June Carousel, Barnburner @ Curveball
[Ireland Music Week] Live music showcases from 50 Irish bands across two days and six venues.
Makeshift Art Bar, pot-pot, Plié, Dig Deep @ The Workman’s Club
[Ireland Music Week] Live music showcases from 50 Irish bands across two days and six venues.
jev. @ Academy 2
Congolese-Canadian refugee plays alternative hip-hop, classic hip-hop, and R&B. ‘Famous’
MOIO @ The Botanical Garden, Dublin 8
Chamomile Club Presents Nigerian-Irish singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist launches EarthDay EP.
Brooke Alexx @ Bello Bar
American pop artist. ‘Blond’
Picture Postcard, Silk, Silverglass, Mark + Luke @ Sin é
Skyrocket promotions live music night.
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Irish debut of the analogue synth musician Gordon Chapman-Fox with support Field Lines Cartographer.
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Friday October 3rd
Ireland Music Week Conference @ Lost Lane (11pm – 5pm)
See the full conference schedule.
Kiing Sequence, The WU, Telekura, Vi0let, Jesse June, Bonniesongs, April & more @ The Grand Social
[Ireland Music Week] Live music showcases from 50 Irish bands across two days and six venues.
Boyfrens, Lowkick, Altara, Tanaka VII @ Wigwam
[Ireland Music Week] Live music showcases from 50 Irish bands across two days and six venues.
Vaticanjail, God Knows, Kayleigh Noble, Lee Brady @ Button Factory
[Ireland Music Week] Live music showcases from 50 Irish bands across two days and six venues.
Lord Ormond, fosfín @ Curveball
[Ireland Music Week] Live music showcases from 50 Irish bands across two days and six venues.
Delivery Service, Echo Northstar, THEATRE, Sarah Brooki, Goldbug @ The Workman’s Club
[Ireland Music Week] Live music showcases from 50 Irish bands across two days and six venues.
Neosupervital, Def Nettle @ Thomas House
Electro-pop project from Tim O’Donovan. ‘Hazy Afternoon’
billy woods, DJ Haram @ Opium Rooms
Washington rapper behind the esteemed rap albums Golliwog and Aethiopes. DJ Haram is a Brooklyn producer and “multidisciplinary propagandist” releasing on Hyperdub on support.
HamsandwicH @ Vicar Street
Irish indie pop long-standers.
VENUS GRRRLS @ Whelan’s
Leeds/Newcastle indie rockers. ‘Darla’
Paro Pablo @ The Sound House
Dublin rap.
Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande @ The Sugar Club
Films Of Note screening about the 70s South London funk band.
BhíBop, The Sidney Edge Trio! @ ANSEO
Dublin jazz quartet.
Late Clubs
Paul Van Dyk @ Index (11pm)
Legend of a German DJ/producer.
Hidden Love presents: Ned Bennett, Derv B2B Finn McEntee @ Wigwam (11pm)
Aussie DJ & producer in the Wigwam basement.
Fuaim: Amaliah B2B NIKS @ Tengu (11pm)
Borne Fruit’s founder Amaliah, and B.A.D’s NIKS go B2B.
Bella Festa: Romain Fx @ Hang Dai (11pm)
Open earred music selector.
Swiftogeddon @ The Grand Social (11pm)
The Taylor Themed Club Night.
Saturday October 4th
John Grant @ The National Stadium
Elegaic singer-songwriter. ‘Glacier’.
Catacombs 4 @ The Sound House
Irish underground rap live night.
Aoife + The Willows, Star Current, Komo @ LATROUPE Jacobs Inn
Skyrocket Promotions live music showcase.
The Howlers @ Whelan’s Upstairs
East London desert rocker. ‘Lady Luck’
Vraell @ The Grand Social
Classically trained London-based musician. guitar meditations
Lyra Pramuk @ NCH
A/V performance featuring Wojciech Garbowski (violin) and Ian Anderson (viola) of the Sonar Quartett and visuals by artist Lucy Beech.
Bad Mothers Union, The Spudguns, jobseekers, Mart @ McDowell’s Pub, Inchicore
Live rock bands €10 on the door.
Baltimore Fiddle Fair @ The Sugar Club
Mick O’Brien and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Áine Tyrrell & GKN5
The Year Grunge Broke @ The Academy
Grunge cover band. Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, The Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots, Tool, Rage Against The Machine for more.
Late Clubs
Dancefloor Malfunction #1 @ Mono’s Bar, Boh’s (9pm – 2am)
EBM. Autumn(Live), Isaac Newtune, DJ Pintbaby
Indie Sleaze @ The Grand Social Ballroom (11pm)
Join Nialler9 and Arveene for the indie sleaze disco also featuring indie, electro, nu-rave, alt, disco punk and dance classics.
Soundmate @ The Complex (6:30pm – 2:30am)
Warehouse raving.
MEJMI, Jon Hussey, Dylan Fogarty, EMMIE @ Tengu (11pm)
Dylan Fogarty’s residency.
Cantina: Launch Party @ Curveball (11pm)
Techno and house DJs.
Yousuke Yukimatsu @ Index (11pm)
Eclectic DJ who broke through with this year’s Boiler Room set. Support from Shampaign.
10 Years of illicit: Burnski @ Electric Garden (11pm)
Plus Collie, JUSTDYL, Surka, Oscide, Adam Judge, Eric Brown, Jade Carney, Ryan Hayden.
Tutti Frutti @ The Duck Theatre (11pm)
New space with electro and techno from DQ Cormac Geraghty, MPearce, Neilly.
Sunday October 5th
4-Week Vinyl DJ Workshop Programme @ The Racket Space (Noon)
Mystify presents a 4-week vinyl DJ workshop programme led by Cailín, one of Ireland’s most respected vinyl DJs.
John Coltrane’s Giant Steps @ Arthur’s (4pm)
Groovy Sunday Jazz Master Albums Series. Plus Charlie Moon sings Lush Life.
Refused @ 3Olympia Theatre
Swedish hardcore punk.
Tommy Cash @ The Academy
Estonian visual artist, vocalist and performer. ‘OK’
Antidote @ The Grand Social
WeAreGriot x First Fortnight Present a collective of poets, storytellers, performers and playwrights dedicated to celebrating the power of creative expression.
Philip Glass Explored with Maki Namekawa and James McVinnie @ NCH
A deep dive into the piano and organ music of one of the world’s most influential composers, Philip Glass.
Monday October 6th
Patti Smith @Arena
Patti Smith and her Band will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Horses album.
For Those I Love @ 3Olympia Theatre
Dave Balfe’s second album Carving The Stone tour. ‘Of The Sorrows’
Song Cycle @ Whelan’s
Open Mic singer-songwriter night.
Ellen Donnelly @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Dublin singer-songwriter with support Katie Donnelly and Gwen Nolan.
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.
