The best gigs, clubs & festivals in Dublin this week

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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.

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”

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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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”

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.

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.

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.