The Nialler9 Gig Guide for November 12th – 18th.
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: Magdalena Bay, Gruff Rhys + Bill Ryder Jones,Horse Jumper Of Love, Chanel Beads, Shanti Celeste, Bryce Dessner, A Love From Outer Space, Warmduscher, Lisa O’Neill, Fionn Regan, Lemoncello, Daithí, Ibibio Sound Machine, Axel Boman, Blossoms, Niamh Regan, Vector Field, Oisin Leech, Nick Cave, Nas, STRFKR, Sega Bodega.
What gigs are on in Dublin tonight?
Tuesday November 12th
Sega Bodega @ The Workmans Club
Irish-Chilean music producer, singer, songwriter, DJ and co-head/founder of record label and collective Nuxxe. ‘Set Me Free, I’m an Animal’
Miranda Faul @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Irish singer-songwriter. Support RVE and Foinse.
Tilt: Annie-Dog, and he, the fool & Affection To Rent @ Button Factory
Tilt is a free monthly music showcase event held in The Button Factory curated by John Barker and produced by Steve Caffrey and The Sound Training College.
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds @ 3Arena
2 nights from the man whose pro-Israel stance and criticism of BDS (“cowardly and shameful“) doesn’t seem to stop fans flocking to his shows.
Wednesday November 13th
STRFKR @ Opium
American indie synth-pop band. ‘Together Forever’
Nas @ 3Olympia Theatre
Illmatic 30 Year Anniversary Tour
Adam Fest @ The Grand Social
A night of live music with Anto, Rebel Phoenix, Nealo & Chewy, raising funds for MS stem cells.
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds @ 3Arena
2 nights from the man whose pro-Israel stance and criticism of BDS (“cowardly and shameful“) doesn’t seem to stop fans flocking to his shows.
Allie Sherlock @ Whelan’s
19-year-old singer-songwriter from Cork. Sold Out.
Cultúr @ The Sound House
MT Heads, Aoife Bridget Foreign Mornings , Soft Rules and Listowel. DJ set by Just After Midnight
Pizza Jazz @ Lucky’s
Jazz band live in the Meath Street pub.
Thursday November 14th
Lemoncello @ The Sugar Club
Irish folk duo Laura Quirke and Claire Kinsella on Claddagh Records. ‘Harsh Truths’
Oisin Leech, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh @ Whelan’s
Solo singer-songwriter who is one-half of Lost Brothers, and who has released the solo debut album Cold Sea. ‘October Sun’
Cardinals @ Bello Bar
Cork rock band. Echo Northstar supports. ‘Get It’
Friko @ Whelan’s
Chicago indie-pop. Support Affection To Rent. ‘Where We’ve Been’
Ceolta @ The Grand Social
Music With SexyTadhg, Poetry With Julie Goo, Marcus Mac Conghail, Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha, Dubhán Ó Longáin
Stephanie Rainey @ Button Factory
Cork pop songwriter.
Alice Kiernan @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Irish pop singer- songwriter. ‘100 Days’
Touch Excellent, Almera, All Thumbs, Hillwood @ Fibber Magee’s
Sky Rocket presents live music showcase.
January Winters @ Love Tempo
RTE Radio DJ the decks on Thomas Street
Disintegrated @ Tengu (11pm)
DJ SWISHERMAN & Puzzy Wrangler.
TKP presents: The Boom Is Back Party @ Wigwam (11pm)
Pinot G, Peadar, Surferboy & Larcher
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Friday November 15th
Niamh Regan @ Liberty Hall Theatre
Galway singer-songwriter.
Wild Rivers @ Button Factory
Canadian folk band from Toronto.
Mavi , grouptherapy. @ The Workman’s Club
Charlotte rapper three albums deep. ‘Drunk Prayer’
Vector Field (Archeological Findings as Musical Performances) @ Crowbar Terrace
Rhoshi, Pippa Molony, 2ManyColours, Rory Sweeney. The purpose of this event is to deliver performances of electronic music through the creation of a fictional world. This event will allow the audience to interact with a cinematic hyperreality constructed by the organisers, where the practical application of stereotypical elements of a show will be utilised to support the world building of the main concept: a fictitious company showcasing scientific findings as musical performances.
Shobsy @ The Academy 2
Sold out show from the Irish dance pop artist.
Blossoms @ The Academy
English indie band and CMAT collaborator. ‘I Like Your Look’
Fionn Regan @ The Unitarian Church
Irish singer-songwriter has released his seventh album O Avalanche.
Peter Hook and the Light @ 3Olympia Theatre
Former Joy Division and New Order man’s band project.
Bryce Dessner, André de Ridder and Pekka Kuusisto @ NCH
new music from new NCH Artist-in-Residence, The National guitarist and leading composer, Bryce Dessner. National Symphony Orchestra perform. John Kelly will host a conversation after the show.
Julian Lage @ Whelan’s
Two shows from California-born New York-based guitarist.
Axel Boman @ Fidelity Studio
Swedish DJ and producer plays a 4 Hour Set.
Big Cheeks @ Lucky’s
Meath street bar DJ set.
Rocky T Delgado @ Love Tempo
Mother DJ on the decks in the Thomas Street bar.
Shimmer – On The Roof @ Bad Bob’s (8pm to late)
SHIMMER DJs, Little O, Nora Moon
A Love From Outer Space @ The Sound House (10pm)
Sean Johnston is back presenting the club he started with Andrew Weatherall.
Daithi @ Whelans (11.45pm)
Late show improvised electronic show.
Nocturnal Animals x EMMIE @ Tengu (11pm)
Techno club night.
bump: the queer dance party @ Bow Lane Social (11pm)
pop, hyperpop, hard house, jersey club, donk, drum n bass, kunty techno, hard trance, gabber.
Prozak, Silva Bumpa @ Wigwam (11pm)
Sterling and Bluepress present a night of speed garage and house.
Saturday November 16th
The Glasnevin & Phibsboro Vinyl Market @ The Racket Space (11am – 6pm)
Bob Standard, Bull Horris, Leo Biagini, Navarro, Polish Pau, Tadhg K.
After Eight Club @ Pawn Shop (8pm – Midnight)
Early club night with DJs Reclaim the Mainframe and Giita.
Magdalena Bay @ Button Factory
Los Angeles high-concept electro pop duo. ‘That’s My Floor’
Driven Snow @ Smock Alley
“A Night Of Dreaming”. Unique show from the folk indie duo presenting a live Driven Snow 5-piece band set along with visual art, comedy and spoken word also featuring The Next New Low / Shane Langan / Andrea Cullen.
Ibibio Sound Machine @ Whelan’s
Electronic afro-funk London group’s fourth album was produced by Hot Chip. ‘Protection From Evil’
Muireann Bradley @ Vicar Street
Irish American blues teenager.
Califone @ The Grand Social
Chicago folk-rock band ploring the tension between experimental noise, acoustic texture, technology, humanity, cinematic images and microscopic poetry since 1998.
Lisa O’Neill with the NSO @ NCH
Tradition Now: Lisa O’Neill & National Symphony Orchestra – Symphony for the Reed Moon
Warmduscher @ Opium Rooms
Sleazy London rockers. Sold out. Post Punk Podge supports.
Absys Records 16th Bday @ The Racket Space (7pm)
with Zero T & Interruption. Jungle / Dnb / Techno
Matthew Day @ Lucky’s
Meath street bar DJ set.
Aoife Nic Canna @ Love Tempo
Vinyl DJ on the decks in the Thomas Street bar.
Moving Still Presents; Sukar II @ Hen’s Teeth
A celebration of Arabic food, music & art. DJ sets from Moving Still, Manal, Nora Moon and DJ Karmawi
HOTBOXX: AERON XTC @ The Grand Social (11pm)
Techno Cage Rave.
Flight Facilities (DJ Set) @ Centre Point (11pm)
The Australian DJs decades mixes are a hoot.
Shanti Celeste All Night Long @ Tengu (11pm)
London-based Chilean eclectic electronic selector.
Mother @ Lost Lane (11pm)
Weekly old-school club night for disco-loving LGBTQ+ family & their friends.
Sunday November 17th
The Wires, Red Union, Eviolah @ The Sound House (1.30pm)
All Ages Show 14+
The Prongs @ The Grand Social (4pm – 7pm)
The Alternative Sunday Social Club. post-punk pop group – all ages.
Chanel Beads & Urika’s Bedroom @ Bello Bar
New York-based musician Shane Lavers and close collaborators Maya McGrory and Zachary Paul make up Chanel Beads, and their album of indie, electronic, pop, and alternative music called Dedicated To The World came out on Jagjaguwar in April. With support from Los Angeles dreamy indie hip-hop artist. Police Scanner.
Erland Cooper, Myles O’Reilly and Rónán Ó Snodaigh, This is How We Fly @ NCH
Tradition Now. Erland Cooper is a Scottish composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist. This is How We Fly are a group that fuse traditional Irish music, Swedish folk, jazz, and percussive dance. Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Myles O’Reilly’s ambient folk music.
Iarla Ó Lionáird Trio @ Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire
Vocalist Ó Lionáird with renowned pianist/composer Cormac McCarthy and acclaimed clarinet maestro Matthew Berrill.
Aiko, Pastiche @ The Academy 2
Russian-Czech singer and songwriter based in Brighton who represented the Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024
DJ Big Cheeks, Keenan and more @ Love Tempo
Vinyl DJ on the decks in the Thomas Street bar.
Monday November 18th
Gruff Rhys + Bill Ryder Jones @ Vicar Street
Double header of SFA Welsh songwriter and Wirral producer and songwriter.
Horse Jumper Of Love @ The Grand Social
Slowcore. American indie rock.
The Snuts @ The Academy
Scottish indie rock band. Support: Florence Road.
Song Cycle @ Whelan’s
Whelan’s weekly singer-songwriter night.
