The best gigs, clubs & festivals in Dublin this week

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Monday February 10th

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• Tenacious D @ 3Arena (€49+)
  Jack Black & Kyle Gas hit up the capital for some rock infused satire.
• Bombay Bicycle Club @ Vicar Street (Sold Out)
  English indie rock darlings

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Tuesday February 11th

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• Bombay Bicycle Club @ Vicar Street (Sold Out)
  English indie rock darlings
• Sean McConnell @ Whelan’s (€19+)
  American folk artist. ‘Secondhand Smoke’.
• IDER @ The Sound House (€15+)
  English alternative pop duo. ‘Mirror’.
• K-Fest: The Love Buzz, Krisdeberg @ The Workmans Club (11:30pm, Free)
  An all Irish night of alternative psychedelia.

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Wednesday February 12th

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• Sigala @ Olympia Theatre (€24+)
  English DJ & producer. ‘Easy Love’.
• Tiny Meat Gang @ Vicar Street (€36+)
  One of those internet famous kinds of bands. Here’s a video if you’re into that kind of thing.
• Cúig @ Whelan’s (€13+)
  ‘New Landscapes’.
• Float Down The Liffey @ The Sugar Club (€16+)
  An audiovisual documentary on music culture in the capital.

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Thursday February 13th

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• Explosions In The Sky @ Vicar Street (€36+)
  Post-rock heads.
• Crowbar: EMR @ Crowbar (Free)
  Free gig and an excellent chance to go catch this emerging Irish pop talent.
• The Kondoors @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€13+)
  ‘Glorious’.
• Fionn Regan @ Whelan’s (Sold Out)
  I was not good and now I am gone.
• Sing Along Social: Valentine’s Debs @ The Sugar Club (€12+)
  Celebrating the greatest love songs of all time.
• Moes Anthill, David Hope @ Lost Lane (€9+)
  ‘Tough Love’.
• Abner Browns: Vernon Jane, Toshin @ Abner Browns (€5+)
  Another evening gig in the city’s patron barbershop.
• Thrust: Cupid’s Chokehold @ The Hub (10:30pm, €5+)
  Dublin dance night.
• MadDog Thursday: Hey Rusty, Doubting @ The Workmans Club (11:30pm, Free)
  Late-night local gig options.
• Midnight Hour: Barefoot Musicians @ Whelans Upstairs (11:45pm, Free)
  Shoes optional.

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Friday February 14th

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• Fionn Regan @ Whelan’s (Sold Out)
  I was not good and not I am gone.
• Black Midi @ Button Factory (€16+)
  One of the very best bands I caught last year.
• Loraine Club @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€13+)
  Tallaght natives.
• Supergrass @ Olympia Theatre (Sold Out)
  YES WE CAN HEAR YOU HUMPIN ON OUR STEREO.
• Chief Keegan @ The Big Romance (Free)
  Instrumental funk in your Valentines’ Card.
• Craic Boi Mental @ The Workman’s Club (€10+)
  Cork rap man.
• Prince Sign ‘O’ The Times @ The Sugar Club (€10+)
  A special screening of Prince’s concert film.
• H&G’s Valentines Gathering @ Tailors Hall (€11+)
  Fancy dress, BYOB vibes.
• Debs Disco Ball @ The Circular, Rialto (Free, 9pm)
  Lumo’s Simon Roche brings back the power ballads and slow set.
• Sensory 001 @ The Grand Social (10pm, €9+)
• House, Disco & Techno over two floors provided via local selectors.
• Deborah De Luca @ Opium Club (10:30pm, €16+)
  DJ Mag Set.
• Sanctuary @ Tengu (10:30pm, €17+)
  Taken from the event bio – “Get together with all your lovers and dress up in your most flamboyant & fuckable finery.” Yurt.  
• I Hate Models @ District 8 (11pm, €20+)
  Awakenings ADE.
• 50/50: R&B Special @ Bow Lane (11pm, €10+)
  All vinyl R&B jams for your soul.
• The Inclusive Exclusive Valentines Love Ball @ The Bernard Shaw (11pm, €10+)
  Find the love of your life in the smoking area of the Shaw. A Dublin city story.
• Techno & Cans: DJ Frequency, Sam Greenwood @ Wigwam (11pm, €3+)
  You are NOT allowed to bring cans into the Techno & Cans event.
• Bjorn Torske @ Hang Dai (11pm, €12+)
  Norweigan house producer. ‘In Snow’.
• Valentine’s Night @ Button Factory (11pm, Free)
  Featuring Long Island Sound for a boogie.

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Saturday February 15th

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• Supergrass @ Olympia Theatre (Sold Out)
  YES WE CAN HEAR YOU HUMPIN ON OUR STEREO.
• SPIES @ Whelan’s (€15+)
  Dublin indie band do their farewells.
• No More Hotels @ Wigwam (€9+)
  Andrea Horan and friends’ club night with dinner on offer before the dance.
• Madison Front @ Lost Lane (€8+)
  Emerging Dublin indie group.
• Homebeat @ The Big Romance (Free)
  Vinyl all night.
• Stefan Murphy @ The Workmans Club (€12+)
  Formerly of the Might Stef.
• Liquid Disco @ The Circular, Rialto (Free, 9pm)
  Lumo’s Gavin Elsted plays cosmic disco and Italo.
• RRIC W/Dinah Brand, Oh Boland, Johnson @ Bloody Mary’s (Free)
  Vintage rock vibes.
• Yenkee @ The Grand Social (€11+)
  Cork bedroom pop maestro.
• Daithi @ Purty Loft (Sold Out)
  Dun Laoghaire vibes.
• John Blek & The Embers Ensemble @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€16+)
  ‘Revived’.
• Gash Collective @ Lucky’s (Free)
  One of the city’s finest dance crews.
• An Evening With Tonie Walsh @ Bow Lane (Free)
  One of Dublin’s OG night runners does an all vinyl set.
• New Jackson @ Tengu (11pm, €8+)
  David Kitt’s electronic alias takes over Tengu for the night.
• Dancehall Again @ Drop Dead Twice (11pm, Free)
  Reggae and dancehall all night.

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Sunday February 16th

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• Lighthouse Family @ Olympia Theatre (Sold Out)
  ‘High’.
• Palaye Royale @ Button Factory (€23+)
  Canadian American rock band.
• Honor Heffernan Quartet @ Lost Lane (€14+)
  ‘Be Cool’.
• The Hu @ The Academy (Sold Out)
  Mongolian rock band.
• Vinyl & Wine: LCD Soundsystem’s Sound Of Silver @ Lost Lane (€13+)
  An iconic album through a high fidelity speaker system.
• Steel Panther @ Vicar Street (Sold Out)
  Heavy metal survivors, hair spray and all.

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