The Christmas Dublin Gig Guide

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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.

Luke Sharkey