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Monday October 21st
- Bobby Oroza @ The Sugar Club (€14+)
Finnish rock artist. - Self Esteem @ Sound House (€15+)
English pop artist. - Third Eye Blind @ The Academy (€27+)
American rock band. - We Bloom: Loraine Club, Madison Front, Surreal Audio @ The Workmans Club (Free)
A freebie offering a platter of local talent.
Tuesday October 22nd
- Chromatics @ Vicar Street (€29+)
Johnny Jewel and band with Desire playing atmospheric live synth pop music. - Orville Pack @ The Grand Social (€16+)
Psychedelic cowboy. - Mostack @ The Academy (€23+)
English MC - Everyone You Know, Malaki @ Whelan’s (€11+)
British urban aficionados.
Wednesday October 23rd
- State Lights, Ellyd @ Abner Browns (Sold Out)
The return of the Barber Shop gigs. - Gash: The Final Party @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
Roo Honeychild, Kate Butler, Gadget & The Cloud, sohotsospicy, Lætitia Deering, Lolz - Obscure: A Basement Boogie @ Fibber Magees (10pm, €5+)
Downstairs of a Wednesday evening. - Of Monsters & Men @ Olympia Theatre (Sold OUt)
Indie from Scandi. - Brigid Mae Power, Aoife Nessa Frances @ The Sound House (€14+)
Irish folk.
Thursday October 24th
- RTE Radio 1 Folk Awards @ Vicar Street (€24+)
Featuring performances from Lisa O’Neill, Martin Hayes and many more. - Out of Space & friends @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
One of the last parties to hit the Shaw. - Lethal Dialect @ Whelan’s (€17+)
One of the nation’s finest MCs. - Crowbar: Elaine Malone, Laurie Shaw @ Crowbar (Free)
Fine folk-rock from Limerick. - Boa Morte @ Bello Bar (€10+)
Cork band launch their third album. - DDR. Table Quiz @ Lucky’s (€10+)
Raising funds for the studio move. - Outsiders, Cooks But We’re Chefs @ Tengu (€5+)
Getting funky, but groovy too. - Indigo Girls, Lucy Wainwright Roche @ Liberty Hall Theatre (Sold Out)
American folk duo. - Battles, Wastefellow @ The Button Factory (€28+)
Now performing as a duo and they have a new album Juice B Crypts out.2 - Slither x Research: Textasy, Partiboi69 @ 39/40 (11pm, €5+)
Partiboi69 is the meme off the wall electronic artist.
Friday October 25th
- Tonnta Presents Stimmung by Karlheinz Stockhausen @ City Hall (€10+)
Avant-garde vocal group performance from Dublin group Tonnta. - Lankum @ Vicar Street (€25+)
Just in time for the new album too. - Nick Murphy @ Olympia Theatre (Sold Out)
Formerly known as Chet Faker. - Biig Piig @ Whelan’s (€12+)
Irish native, London-based R&B artist. - Karol Conka @ The Sugar Club (€20+)
Brazilian MC. - Last Ever Moot Tapes @ the Bernard Shaw (Free)
Polytunnel and Jellypelt All Night Long. - The Snuts @ The Grand Social (€13+)
Scottish four-piece rock band. - Moving Still presents: Khalas @Luckys (Free)
Expect a mixture of Arabic and African tunes going from traditional to electro vibes. - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble @ The Sugar Club (€23+)
One of the best at what they do. - Junk Drawer, Autre Monde, Naoise Roo, Philip Christe @ Jaja Studios (€13+, BYOB)
Alternative Irish. A Litany of Failures gig fundraiser. - Lepton: Radioactive Man @ Tengu (10.30pm, €10+)
Not the most original superhero name we’ve ever heard. - Index: Eats Everything, Truncate @ 39/40 (11pm, €16+)
Except for mushrooms. - Beastie Boys Appreciation Night @ Lost Lane (€7+)
Our night. Nialler9 and Gavin Elsted play Beasties all-night. In aid of Irish Cancer research. - Dark Arts Festival @ Kaizen Bar (11pm, €10+)
Dark electronica cause it is the season. - Jayda G & Romy @ Button Factory (11pm, €17+)
Canadian disco guru. - Disco Anocht: Big Bass Bins @ Club Conragh Na Gaeilge (11pm, €5+)
Coupla focail eile. - Hammer Hits: Hammer, Holly Lester @ Wigwam (11pm, €11+)
Big room techno from up north.
Saturday October 26th
- The Bern(ghain) Shaw Marathon @ The Bernard Shaw (11am, Free)
The majority of Irish DJs are playing this marathon event. - Hip Hop Brunch Halloween Party @ Opium (12pm, €32+)
Spitting bars and having sandwhiches. - SCOOP’s 10th Birthday Bash: DJ Kormac, Le Galaxie (DJ Set) @ Lost Lane (€11+, Share event to win entry & prizes )
Fundraiser & vinyl compilation launch for Scoop Foundation also with Dave Nuremberg , Louis Scully, Lolz, Djackulate - Philip Glass @ National Concert Hall (€65+)
As part of the composers NCH residency. - Secret Sound Autumn Day Party @ Lock 6 Cafe (2pm, €8+)
Daytime gig boasting a ton of local talent. - Back To The Old School @ Turk’s Head (€10+)
Old school dance anthems and fancy dress. - Willie Watson @ The Grand Social (€23+)
American singer-songwriter and banjo player. - Weyes Blood @ The Button Factory (€20+)
American songwriter who released one of the best albums of 2019. - Burna Boy @ Vicar Street (€50+)
Nigerian MC and singer. - Lumo Club’s 4th Birthday @ Tengu (10.30pm, €7+)
The Lumo crew celebrate their fourth birthday in style. - Pure Shores @ Wigwam (Free, 11pm)
All Saints and Samhainers - Souletiquette x Anomaly @ Tengu (11pm, €7+)
Saturnight dance options. - Grace 06 @ 39/40 (10pm, €6+)
An LGBTQ+ techno night.
Sunday October 27th
- Day of the Dead @ Glendalough House (€27+)
Festival with Armand Van Helden, Rebūke, Sunil Sharpe, Shadow Child, B.Traits, Ben Pearce & more - Sim Simma @ The Bernard Shaw (4pm, Free)
The First & Last Time. - The Riptide Movement @ Olympia Theatre (€26+)
Irish indie rock. - Sinead O’Connor @ Vicar Street (€45+)
Back in fine form. - Lil Louis, Michael Mayer, Simian Mobile Disco @ Pyg (€25+)
Big disco moves. - Inner City, Kevin Saunderson, Donnacha Costello,Eamonn Doyle & more] @ Button Factory / Tengu (€15+)
Early and late shows. House all round over 2 venues in town. - Circles: Jeff Mills, BMB, Paula Temple @ District 8 (€35+)
Some techno heavyweights. - Bodytonic: Gerd Janson @ Wigwam (10pm, €15+)
Disco maestro. - Mother @ Lost Lane (10.30pm, €10+)
Do your bank holiday with the Mother crew.