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The best gigs & club nights in Dublin this week

The best gigs & club nights in Dublin this week

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All door times are 7:30pm/8pm unless stated.


Tuesday April 19th

James Vincent McMorrow

TiLT: Naked Lungs, Errorists, Daire Heffernan @ Button Factory (Free)
14th edition of John Barker’s new music showcase night.

The Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (8;30pm, €10)
The acoustic club night is back. No advance announcement of acts.

NOFOMO @ The Grand Social (€6)
King Cara – Tadgh Fitzgerald – Part II – Ian Veeman

Ed Sheeran @ Whelan’s (SOLD OUT)
Yep, one of the warmup shows for stadiums. See also Vicar Street on Wednesday.

James Vincent McMorrow @ Olympia Theatre (Sold Out)
Grapefruit SZN.


Wednesday April 20th

Dua Lipa

Dua Lipa @ 3Arena (Sold Out)
The Future Nostalgia tour is finally hitting Ireland.

James Vincent McMorrow @ Olympia Theatre (€40)
Grapefruit SZN.

Ed Sheeran @ Vicar Street (SOLD OUT)
Yep, one of the warmup shows for stadiums. See also Vicar Street on Wednesday.


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Thursday April 21st

Aby Coulibaly

The Reclaim Project: Gráinne Hunt and Molly Sterling @ Unit 44, Stoneybatter (Register)
The Reclaim Project focuses on creating an empowering community space for gender minorities and women who have experienced power abuse within their creative fields. There will be performances on the night by Gráinne Hunt and Molly Sterling. There will also be an introductory zine workshop by Culchie Spice.

Dua Lipa @ 3Arena (Sold Out)
The Future Nostalgia tour is finally hitting Ireland.

Aby Coulibaly, Negro Impacto @ The Sound House (€15)
One My Ones’.

The London Boys, Jack Rua @ The Grand Social (€15)
Part of the Dublin Bowie Festival.

Tutti Frutti @ The Workman’s Club (€10, 10:30pm)
Electro, techno and ghetto house music

Teenage Fanclub @ The Academy (€32.50)
Classic indie band.

Glasshouse: Rachael Lavelle & Gareth Quinn Redmond @ Lost Lane (€20)
Volume 3 of their Collaborations series

Slither x Research: DJ MELL G @ Wigwam (€5, 11pm)
Soundcloud. Plus Tomás, D*mp x Cian Bolger.


Friday April 22nd

Maceo Plex.

Burner Records Presents: Sim Card Sessions @ The Workman’s Club (€12)
Monthly showcase with Audible Chocolate, Hotgirl, Local Boy, Trophy Wife

J Smith @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€12)
Dublin singer-songwriter releases the Three Dots EP this week.

Fiárock @ The Cobblestone (€15)
Newly-formed Irish trad band.

The Undertones @ The Academy (€28)
Classic Irish rock.

I Heart Bowie @ Opium Rooms (€20)
Special guest: Ava Cherry, who sang with Bowie from 73-75, most notably on his wonderful Young Americans album.

Protomartyr @ Button Factory (€22)
Detroit rock band.

Summer Of Soul screening @ The Sugar Club (€12.50)
Plus a soul party after.

R3D’s House @ Tengu (€8+, 11pm)
A Coachella-themed party.

Giovanna (NTS) @ Hang Dai (SOLD OUT, 11:30pm)
Bella Festa + Hang Dai present Scouse Sicilian Italo DJ.

Clouds, Sam Greenwood & Aoise @ Wigwam (€15, 11pm)
Subject x Techno & Cans presents. Feels like an Andrew’s Lane throwback.

Handsome Paddy, Riggz Castillo @ The Pyg (€10, 11pm)
Watch his Cabal mix.

Maceo Plex & AVNU @ Index (€20, 11pm)
Cuban-American techno DJ. ‘When The Lights Are Out’.


Saturday April 23rd

Lumo Club.

Record Store Day with Analog Africa & Friends @Hen’s Teeth (Free, 6pm to late)
All day pop up with the German record label Analog Africa. Record fair from noon to 6pm.

Bricknasty + Skull The Pierre @ The Lighthouse, Dun Laoghaire (€11)
Live four-piece neo-soul. ‘Boyfriend’.

Ed Sheeran, Denise Chaila @ Croke Park (Sold Out)
The big Irish tour.

St. Bishop @ The Workman’s Cellar (€17)
Irish alt-pop artist launches debut EP.

Alan Partridge Live @ 3Arena (€65)
Stratagem with Alan Partridge, a live stage show starring the award-winning multi-hyphenate Steve Coogan. Also Sunday

Queens Of The Sauce Age @ Sin É (€12)
QOTSA cover band.

Moncrieff @ The Academy (€24)
Warm on Tommy Tiernan.

Summer Of Soul screening @ The Sugar Club (€12.50)
Plus a soul party after.

Lumo Club @ Tengu (€12, 11pm)
Monthly good tune club night brought to you by Nialler9, Gav Elsted, Simon Roche.

Bassbin 25th Birthday @ Wigwam (Sold Out, 11pm)
A night celebrating Ireland’s jungle music OGs.

EVE & Sarah Mooney @ The Pyg (€10, 10pm)
B2B. Plus Ste Flynn.

Mother @ Lost Lane (€10, 11pm)
The queer disco and electro pop party is on every Saturday.

OMNI x Bedlam: Rossi @ Bow Lane Social Club (€15, 11pm)
Minimal house London DJ/producer.


Sunday April 24th

Róisín Murphy

Róisín Murphy @ 3Olympia Theatre (Sold Out)
The Irish queen of the disco dance.

Dylan Flynn & The Dead Poets @ Workman’s Cellar (€7)
Limerick alt-pop rock.

Ed Sheeran, Denise Chaila @ Croke Park (Sold Out)
The big Irish tour.

Alan Partridge Live @ 3Arena (€65)
Stratagem with Alan Partridge, a live stage show starring the award-winning multi-hyphenate Steve Coogan. Also Saturday.

HONNE @ The Academy (€26)
London duo Andy Clutterbuck and James Hatcher


Monday April 25th

Mitski

Mitski @ Vicar Street (Sold Out)
American indie artist on the rise.

Lucy Dacus @ 3Olympia Theatre (€26)
Rescheduled date from the boygenius artist.


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