The best gigs, clubs & festivals in Dublin this week
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Monday March 2nd
Editors
- Editors @ Vicar Street (โฌ37+)
English rock band return. - The May Alter, The Very Most,Nous Nous @ The Underground (โฌ5)
Dublin’s indie-folk bands The May Alter and Nous Nous are joined by Boise, Idaho, USA indiepop band The Very Most. - Temples @ Button Factory (โฌ18+)
English indie rock band. - Jackie Beverly @ The Workman’s Club (Sold Out)
Video Premiere & Live Session - We Bloom: 1000 Beasts, Erica Cody, Leila Jane @ Lost Lane (Free)
New music showcase night.
Tuesday March 3rd
- Rock Against Homelessness @ Olympia Theatre (Sold Out)
Big night looks set to raise โฌ60k for Focus Ireland - The 1975 @ 3Arena (Sold Out)
Big night out in The Point building. - JPEGMafia @ The Academy (โฌ17.50)
NYC rapper on the up. - Perspectives: A Winged Victory for the Sullen @ NCH (โฌ27.50+)
Contemporary classical from Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Wiltzie. - Tones & I @ Vicar Street (Sold Out)
I hate that song intensely. - The Whitney Houston Hologram Tour @ Bord Gais Energy Theatre (โฌ68+)
Yes, this is actually happening. - The Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (โฌ6, 9pm)
- Weekly acoustic sessions which raise funds for Dublin Simon Community feats. Daly, BK Pepper and Niamh Nรญ Mheara
- Offcut @ Berlin D2 (Free)
Launch. “groovy deep house, old-school disco and italo, stripped-back electro and acid”
Wednesday March 4th
Jape
- Jape: Sentinel Video Project @ NCH (โฌ15)
Richie Egan performs a live score to the Sentinel music videos accompanying his album. - Aphex Twin night @ The Big Romance (Free)
Richard D James tunes all night. - Craicin’ Up 2020 @ Whelan’s (โฌ5)
Charity fundraiser in aid of Jigsaw mental health charity. - Beyoncรฉ’s Homecoming screening @ Tara Buildings (Donations welcome)
Screening of the live film. - Blossoms @ Olympia Theatre (โฌ28+)
UK indie band. - Brรญ @ Crowbar (Free)
Irish electro-folk artist - Kaleidoscope: The March Chapter @ Bello Bar (โฌ13+)
Contemporary and classic music in a regular series.
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Thursday March 5th
Fontaines D.C. are one of 8 acts playing Choice live event
- RTร Choice Music Prize โConversationsโ @ IMRO (โฌ5. 10pm – 3.30pm)
Series of industry talks leading up to the big event - RTร Choice Music Prize @ Vicar Street (โฌ28+)
The Irish album of the year prize is announced. Shortlist. - Lyra @ The Academy (Sold Out)
Cork pop singer. ‘Mother’. - Dave Haslam: Book Signing & Talk @ Hen’s Teeth (โฌ12.30)
The Hacienda resident DJ and journalist - Gowan Hip Hop w/ Off-Key Collective, G.Tribe & SAรS @ Berlin D2 (Free)
unconventional hip-hop Night. - Gemma Dunleavy @ Whelan’s Upstairs (โฌ15+)
The R&B artist headlines - The Script @ 3Arena (Sold Out)
First of 3 nights in the Tree reena - Out Come The Freaks: Tirkilatops @ Lost Lane (โฌ11+)
Avant-garde, cross-cultural, collaborative effort between UK and South Korean artists/musicians. - Safehaus: DjRum, Sputnik One @ Wigwam (11pm, โฌ5+)
Techno, Jungle, Dub, Breaks & even “Neo-Gabba”
Friday March 6th
Jon Hopkins
- Vernon Jane @ The Academy (โฌ17+)
Dublin band released ‘Over’ last week. - Sally Cinnamon & Toby Hatchett @ The Big Romance (Free)
Two buzzers on the decks. - Toygirl @ The Sound House (โฌ11.80+)
Watch out for a premiere of their new tune ‘Moonlight Velvet’ on N9 this week. - Danny G’s Soul Party @ Bello Bar (โฌ7+)
Irish neo-soul night with Tolu Makay on support. - Improvised Music Company: Kenosha Kid @ Lost Lane (โฌ15)
“Unique blend of modern-jazz-meets-college-radio” - WOB! @ Sin E (9pm)
Launch night of new single. - DJ Krush @ Sugar Club (โฌ20+)
A master at work. DJ set at Sonar. - Jon Hopkins @ Bord Gais Energy Theatre (โฌ40+)
Polarity ambient tour. - The R&B Club @ Tengu (10pm, โฌ9+)
& R3D’S House Party; Specialising in ’90s RnB, Hip Hop, Neo-Soul & G-Funk - Back To The 80s @ Workmans Club (10:30pm, โฌ6+)
80’s extravaganza from Throwback events - Brame & Hamo, Bicep @ Wigwam (10pm, Sold Out)
No Strangers – Charity night. Well-sold out. - Emmet Homebeat @ Hang Dai (10:30pm, Free)
Homebeat boss on the records. - Hannah Wants @ District 8 (11pm, โฌ16+)
UK producer and DJ. - Backstory: Donal Dineen, Automatic Tasty @ Lost Lane (11pm, โฌ5+)
Dineen’s second live Backstory features the under-rated Automatic Tasty.
Saturday March 7th
Georgia
- Gaika @ Bello Bar (โฌ11+)
Junior Spesh presents the Warp Records artist. - Georgia @ The Academy Green Room (Sold Out)
English artist whose second album Seeking Thrills is a doozy. - In Conversation With Idle’s Joe Talbot @ Sugar Club (โฌ20+)
Also Sunday - Telephones @ Tengu (10pm, โฌ7)
w/ DJ Wastefellow & friends - Disco Carbonara @ Opium Garden (โฌ9+, 4pm to late)
Mirage’s disco night. - Local Selects @ The Sound House (โฌ3+, 11pm)
BIGnsmolz (Vision), Elliott Craig (Yin Yang), Jack Ball b2b Andrew McIntyre - Fontaines DC DJ set feat Tom & Carlos @ The Sugar Club (โฌ10, 11pm)
Joe Talbot Afterparty - Mother @ Lost Lane (11pm, โฌ10+)
Always a fun night out. - Church @ The Well (10:30pm, โฌ7+)
The Patron Saints of Pop - Stevie G @ Bow Lane (Free)
Cork’s finest on the decks. - Neil Flynn ( Sketch ) & Sara Miller ( Naive Melodies ) @ Hang Dai (10:30pm, Free)
Late disco bar vibes with some techno tunes.
Sunday March 8th
- FACTS Gender at Festival report launch @ The Sound House (Free, 7pm)
FACTS report shows Irish electronic music festivals are addressing gender balance - In Conversation With Idle’s Joe Talbot @ Sugar Club (โฌ20+)
Also Saturday - Wiki, Fynch @ The Grand Social (โฌ17.60)
NYC finest. Ex-Ratking member. ‘The Routine.’ - Lewis Capaldi @ 3Arena (Sold Out)
Yer man. - Eden @ Olympia Theatre (โฌ27)
Dublin global pop musician.
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