The best gigs, clubs & festivals in Dublin this week

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Monday October 7th

• Roy Orbison & Buddy Holly @ Olympia Theatre (€69+)
  Holograms

Tuesday October 8th

• Keane @ Olympia Theatre (Sold Out)
  Guilty pleasures for the indie soul.
• Tion Wayne @ Academy Green Room (€17+)
  North London MC.
• Jordan Rakei @ Whelan’s (€20+)
  Kiwi R&B/Soul artist.
• Belinda Carlisle @ Vicar Street (€45+)
  Google Maps tells me that heaven isn’t actually a place on Earth.
• Lost: Matheson @ Fibber’s (10.30pm, €5+)
  Late night with Belfast DJ on Parnell street.

Wednesday October 9th

• Homebeat: Fujiya & Miyagi @ The Sugar Club (€24+)
  Brighton based rock group flaunting new LP Flashback.
• Jurassic 5’s Soup Presents: Fulle Love Collective @ Bello Bar (€20+)
  A key member of one of hip-hop’s most influential groups does a new solo show.
• Slither X Research: Eugene McCauley @ 39/40 (11pm, €6+)
  Dublin City Donk Party.

Thursday October 10th

• Slowthai @ The Academy (€20+)
  Oi!Doorman!
• Future Proof: Alex Gough, Kobina, April @ Bello Bar (€10+)
  Our night in association with Homebeat returns with a stellar lineup.
• JyellowL @ Whelan’s (€17+)
  One of the nation’s top hip-hop acts.
• Garret Kato & Riley Pearce @ The Workmans Club (€15+)
  Double bill of Australian singer-songwriters.
• Mick Flannery @ Lost Lane (Sold Out)
  The Irish singer-songwriter does a stint of sold-out nights in Lost Lane.
• Sing Along Social: Robbie vs Take That @ The Sugar Club (€13+)
  Team Robbie needs to take a hard look at themselves.
• Notions: Ell @ Wigwam (11pm, €5+)
  Gash collective superstar.

Friday October 11th

• Slowthai @ The Academy (€20+)
  Oi!Doorman!
• GTA Sounds Of Vice City @ TRAMLINE (€17+)
  Brass and synths covering one of video gaming’s most iconic soundtracks.
• Le Boom @ Olympia Theatre (€25+)
  One of the band’s last shows before an imminent writing break.
• Homebeat Selects: Kyoto Love Hotel @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
  Mello electronica.
• The Bonk, John Francis Flynn @ The Sound House (€14+)
  Stranger than fiction jazz band featuring ex-members of O Emperor.
• Look Mum No Computer, Gadget & The Cloud @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€16+)
  One of Youtube’s audio boffs gets support from N9 writer Kelly Doherty.
• Alice Phoebe Lou @ Whelan’s (€15+)
  South African singer-songwriter.
• Hunkpapa @ The Grand Social (€12+)
  Belfast native indie rock band.
• Mick Flannery @ Lost Lane (Sold Out)
  The Irish singer-songwriter does a stint of sold out nights in Lost Lane.
• Senses: KVSH @ Twenty Two Night Club (10pm, €14+)
  The second event in Twenty Two’s new club night.
• Camelphat @ District 8 (10pm, €27+)
  Big time techno.
• SPACER: Le Boom Afterparty @ Lost Lane (11pm, Free)
  Come here after the Olympia. DJs Fiona Gavin and Nialler9.
• Paul Van Dyk @ The Button Factory (11pm, €19+)
  A general in the trance army.
• Nothing Great About Workman’s @ Workman’s Club (11pm, €7+)
  Softboy Records and District Magazine team up for a Slowthai afterparty.

Saturday 12th

• Pink Clouds #1 @ Jaja Studios (€10+)
  A collective of audio and visual artists host a unique rave.
• A4 Sounds: Ten Past Seven, Aonghus McEvoy Trio @ A4 Sounds (€10+)
  Headed by instrumental three-piece from Kerry.
• Squarehead @ The Workmans Club (€12+)
  The Irish indie band launch new album High Time.
• Tiny Magnetic Pets @ Tramline (€10+)
  Dublin electronic three-piece.
• Necropolis: Dead & Loving It @ The Sound House (€15+)
  Getting spooky.
• Syml @ Button Factory (€17+)
  Ex-Barcelona member does a solo show.
• Local Natives @ The Academy (€27+)
  American indie-rock band.
• Island Times @ The Big Romance (Free)
  All vinyl, all good.
• Mutate X Nightcap: Volvox @ Kaizen Bar Tengu (10.30pm, €12+)
  NY underground techno DJs.
• Prince X Late Nite TUff Guy @ Opium Club (10.30pm, €10+)
  A celebration of the purple one.
• Bodytonic: Carista @ Wigwam (11pm, €13+)
• Hidden Agenda: The Midnight Disco @ Lost Lane (11pm, Free)
  This week’s midnight disco will start at 11pm.
• Melodic: Thomas Melchoir @ Tengu (11pm, €12+)
  German minimal techno maestro.
• Svbversion club [ IV ] @ Berlin D2 (Free, 10pm)
  Underground dance music series with Techno, Cold-wave, Industrial Dance Music, Dark-wave.

Sunday October 13th

• Tessa Violet @ Academy 2 (€15+)
  Singer-songwriter & video blogger.
• Joey Gavin, Puddle @ Tengu (€8+)
  Berlin-based Irish indie act comes home for a gig.
• Munky @ Lost Lane (€14+)
  We think you’ll find this band appealing.

Luke Sharkey