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Monday December 16th
- Soda Blonde @ Whelan’s (€16+)
One of Ireland’s newest indie bands plays material from their Terrible Hands EP. - Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€7+, 9pm)
A surprise big name guest on the bill tonight. - Stop Making Sense Cover band @ The Button Factory (€10+)
Playing the entire set.
Tuesday December 17th
- Rob De Boer, Cooks But We’re Chefs @ Lost Lane (€5+)
A double headliner of Irish funky music. - Neil Young Night @ The Big Romance (Free)
Vinyl showcasing of one of folk music’s greats.
Wednesday December 18th
- Inhaler @ The Button Factory (€15+)
Fast rising Irish indie rock act. ‘My Honest Face’. - Hudson Taylor @ Whelans (€29+)
Irish singer-songwriter duo. - Celaviedamai, Melina Malone @ The Workman’s Club (€8)
Galway rapper who slaps hard. - Homebeat: Maria Somerville @ Project Arts Centre (€18+)
Irish shoegaze/noise pop artist. - Glasshouse: In The Woods @ Bellobar (Sold Out)
Contemporary performance group do tracks from Kate Bush, Feist, Sufjan Stevens and many more. - An evening in Abner Browns: Dreaming Of Jupiter, Tia Burke @ Abner Browns (€10+)
Barbershop gig in aid of Focus Point Ireland. - Pizza Jazz @ Lucky’s (Free)
Jazz & Pizza, yes. - We Bloom: Celaviedmai, Melina Malone @ Workmans Club (€12+)
Headlined by Galway-based Irish hip-hop artist. - Thump Techno @ Bow Lane Social (10pm, Free)
I guess this is where all the folk is happening? - WTS: Sputnik One, Ema, Pagan, Paul Darcy @ Wigwam (11pm, €5+)
Irish dance collective gathers local selectors for a night of alternative club and UK stuff.
Thursday December 19th
- Moncrieff @ Sound House (€14+)
Irish pop & R&B singer. ‘Symptoms’ - A Soft Christmas @ The Workmans Club (€6+)
Soft Boy Records label night hosted by jazz band Five To Two. - Homebeat: Honk With The Bonk @ Project Arts Centre (€18+)
Cork’s most bizzare improv jazz group do Dublin. - Tung In Cheek @ Bello Bar (€5+)
Young Dublin rock act. ‘T.I.C.’ - Sing Along Social Christmas Special @ The Sugar Club (€22+)
This festival edition of the zero commitment choir is in aid of Joyful Noise, a choir predominantly attending by young adults with intellectual disabilities. - Charlotte de Witte, Sunil Sharpe @ District 8 (10pm, €20+)
‘Boiler Room’. - Notions X Safehaus: Conducta, Soundbwoy Killah @ Wigwam (11pm, €5+)
Two Dublin dance nights team up to host the best in garage music right now.
Friday December 20th
- Christmas Ceili in aid of Focus Ireland @ The Cobblestone (€8+)
A charity ceili in one of the capital’s best trad bars. - Damien Dempsey @ Vicar Street (Sold Out)
Irish working class hero. - Nialler9 @ The Other Hand @ The Circular, Rialto (Free)
Niall does a DJ set in the new place on South Circular Road. - Otherkin @ Button Factory (€17+)
Long-serving Irish indie rock band as part of farewell tour. - Attention Bebe Christmas Party @ The Sugar Club (Sold Out)
Guaranteed to be a bop. - The Brothers Movement @ The Workmans Club (€10+)
A now defunct indie rock band return for one night only. - Hudson Taylor @ Whelans (€29+)
Irish singer-songwriter duo. - The D8 Soul Club Christmas Special @ Dublin Conservative Club (Free)
All funk, all vinyl. - Red Pyg: Archie Hamilton @ Pyg (€10+)
‘In The Lab LA’. - Christmas Party: African Hall Style @ Ayrfield Community Centre (€10+)
Two college African societies team up for a night of dance music born from the African continent. - The Emigrant Disco: Telephones, Bubblegum & friends @ Tengu (10pm, €9+)
A get together for all your mates who’ve spent the year off in the better land. - Don’t Worry ‘Bout It: The Yuletide Ball @ The Lighthouse (10pm, €5+)
The DWBI crew host a get together of the Borough’s finest noise makers and shakers. - Hidden Agenda & Nialler9: EMBRZ @ Lost Lane (11pm, €8+)
We’re teaming up with the HA crew to host Irish producer Jack Casey for a night of emotionally charged, smooth dance music. - Disco Na Nollag @ Club Chonradh Na Gaeilge (11pm, €5+)
The all Irish language rave night does a Christmas special. - 2manydjs, The 2 Bears @ District 8 (11pm, €20+)
This packed lineup is headed by the dance music titans behind the Soulwax project. - The R&B Club: 2019 Christmas Dance Battle @ Button Factory (€9+)
Cash prize of €250 for the best dance group. - Distortion: Courtesy @ Wigwam (11pm, €5+)
‘Boiler Room’. - Obscure Presents: Diehard 5.0 w/Mark Laird, Purple Ice, LPM @ The Grand Social (11pm, €5+)
The Obscure collective bring out their best local selectors for a festive bop. - Index: Dave Clarke, Cailin @ 39/40 (11pm, €11+)
‘Boiler Room’. - Lime & Fancy’s Christmas Vacation @ Wigwam (Free, 11pm)
Jen and Cian’s 80s classics, Italo wonders and forgotten gems. - SOMA: Nealo, Jehnova, BoyW1DR & Burner Records DJs @ Whelan’s (€)
in aid of Inner City Helping Homelessness
Saturday December 21st
- Just Mustard @ The Button Factory (€15+)
Ireland’s finest shoegaze band. - Scary Eire @ The Sugar Club (€23+)
One of the nation’s seminal hip-hop acts. - Dark Side Of The Rainbow @ Sin E (€10+)
Synk will perform all of Pink Floyd’s seminal album to a projection of the Wizard Of Oz. - Damien Dempsey @ Vicar Street (Sold Out)
Irish working-class hero. - Naive Melodies @ Lucky’s (Free)
Italo all night. - The Claque @ Sound House (€11+)
Irish noise rock band. ‘Stray’. - Hudson Taylor @ Whelans (€29+)
Irish singer-songwriter duo. - 5 1/2 Years of Sim Simma @ Wigwam (10pm, €5+)
Ireland’s finest dancehall/hip-hop collective celebrate five and a half years of existence with what’s billed to be a stacked lineup. - GRACE @ 39/40 (10pm, €8+)
An LGBTQ+ techno night. - FJAAK @ District 8 (10pm, €22+)
Berli native techno duo. ‘Boiler Room‘ - Nightcap: Function @ Tengu (10.30pm, €13+)
‘Boiler Room’. - Bodytonic X Homebeat: Andrew Weatherall @ The Bernard Shaw (11pm, €16+)
Coming back swinging with an iconic British producer and DJ. - Fish Go Deep @ Bow Lane (11pm, Free)
Staples of the Cork house scene. - 4Bromo Events Presents: JKS B2B Mayeul @ 39/40 (11pm, €5+)
A night of acid techno in the home of the genre in Dublin.
Sunday December 22nd
- Dermot Kennedy @ 3 Arena (Sold Out)
Dermo caps off a breakthrough year with a sold out 3Arena show. - Red Pyg: Luke Solomon @ Pyg (€5+)
‘Boiler Room’. - Damien Dempsey @ Vicar Street (Sold Out)
Irish working class hero. - Mad Rey B2B Mézigue @ Wigwam (11pm, €5+)
Two big name in alternative club return to the capital for a B2B set.
