The best gigs, clubs & festivals in Dublin this week

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Monday March 2nd

• Editors @ Vicar Street (€37+)
  English rock band return.
• The May Alter, The Very Most,Nous Nous @ The Underground (€5)
  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 (€18+)
  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 €60k for Focus Ireland
• The 1975 @ 3Arena (Sold Out)
  Big night out in The Point building.
• JPEGMafia @ The Academy (€17.50)
  NYC rapper on the up.
• Perspectives: A Winged Victory for the Sullen @ NCH (€27.50+)
  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 (€68+)
  Yes, this is actually happening.
• The Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm)
• Weekly acoustic sessions which raise funds for Dublin Simon Community feats. Daly, BK Pepper and Niamh Ní Mheara
• Offcut @ Berlin D2 (Free)
  Launch. “groovy deep house, old-school disco and italo, stripped-back electro and acid”

Wednesday March 4th

• Jape: Sentinel Video Project @ NCH (€15)
  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 (€5)
  Charity fundraiser in aid of Jigsaw mental health charity.
• Beyoncé’s Homecoming screening @ Tara Buildings (Donations welcome)
  Screening of the live film.
• Blossoms @ Olympia Theatre (€28+)
  UK indie band.
• Brí @ Crowbar (Free)
  Irish electro-folk artist
• Kaleidoscope: The March Chapter @ Bello Bar (€13+)
  Contemporary and classic music in a regular series.

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Thursday March 5th

• RTÉ Choice Music Prize “Conversations” @ IMRO (€5. 10pm – 3.30pm)
  Series of industry talks leading up to the big event
• RTÉ Choice Music Prize @ Vicar Street (€28+)
  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 (€12.30)
  The Hacienda resident DJ and journalist
• Gowan Hip Hop w/ Off-Key Collective, G.Tribe & SAÏS @ Berlin D2 (Free)
  unconventional hip-hop Night.
• Gemma Dunleavy @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€15+)
  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 (€11+)
  Avant-garde, cross-cultural, collaborative effort between UK and South Korean artists/musicians.
• Safehaus: DjRum, Sputnik One @ Wigwam (11pm, €5+)
  Techno, Jungle, Dub, Breaks & even “Neo-Gabba”

Friday March 6th

• Vernon Jane @ The Academy (€17+)
  Dublin band released ‘Over’ last week.
• Sally Cinnamon & Toby Hatchett @ The Big Romance (Free)
  Two buzzers on the decks.
• Toygirl @ The Sound House (€11.80+)
  Watch out for a premiere of their new tune ‘Moonlight Velvet’ on N9 this week.
• Danny G’s Soul Party @ Bello Bar (€7+)
  Irish neo-soul night with Tolu Makay on support.
• Improvised Music Company: Kenosha Kid @ Lost Lane (€15)
  “Unique blend of modern-jazz-meets-college-radio”
• WOB! @ Sin E (9pm)
  Launch night of new single.
• DJ Krush @ Sugar Club (€20+)
  A master at work. DJ set at Sonar.
• Jon Hopkins @ Bord Gais Energy Theatre (€40+)
  Polarity ambient tour.
• The R&B Club @ Tengu (10pm, €9+)
  & R3D’S House Party; Specialising in ’90s RnB, Hip Hop, Neo-Soul & G-Funk
• Back To The 80s @ Workmans Club (10:30pm, €6+)
  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, €16+)
  UK producer and DJ.
• Backstory: Donal Dineen, Automatic Tasty @ Lost Lane (11pm, €5+)
  Dineen’s second live Backstory features the under-rated Automatic Tasty.

Saturday March 7th

• Gaika @ Bello Bar (€11+)
  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 (€20+)
  Also Sunday
• Telephones @ Tengu (10pm, €7)
  w/ DJ Wastefellow & friends
• Disco Carbonara @ Opium Garden (€9+, 4pm to late)
  Mirage’s disco night.
• Local Selects @ The Sound House (€3+, 11pm)
  BIGnsmolz (Vision), Elliott Craig (Yin Yang), Jack Ball b2b Andrew McIntyre
• Fontaines DC DJ set feat Tom & Carlos @ The Sugar Club (€10, 11pm)
  Joe Talbot Afterparty
• Mother @ Lost Lane (11pm, €10+)
  Always a fun night out.
• Church @ The Well (10:30pm, €7+)
  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 (€20+)
  Also Saturday
• Wiki, Fynch @ The Grand Social (€17.60)
  NYC finest. Ex-Ratking member. ‘The Routine.’
• Lewis Capaldi @ 3Arena (Sold Out)
  Yer man.
• Eden @ Olympia Theatre (€27)
  Dublin global pop musician.

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Niall Byrne

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent,  Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter,  and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.

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