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- Ruby Sessions: SÍOMHA, Robert John Ardiff (of Come On Live Long), Moon Looks On, Basciville @ Doyle’s Bar (€7)
Four great acts play acoustic in aid of Dublin Simon Community
Wednesday January 24th
- Ulaid, Duke Special @ Whelan’s (€22+)
A celebration of their new collaborative album A Note Let Go - Pale Waves @ The Grand Social (Sold Out)
Manchester indie-pop band sell out Dublin show - Claire Z, Niamh Regan, Mongoose @ Whelan’s (€10, €6 for students)
Wow – Women on Wednesday’s first instalment of the year
Thursday February 1st
- Chasing Felix, Heroes in Hiding, Good Strangers @ Whelan’s (€5)
The first in a series of Sharing Smoke - I Am The Cosmos @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
The Dublin duo play a free show - Paddy Hanna, Gabriel Paschal Blake (For Foresters), Spongebob Eyelashes @ Drop Dead Twice (Free)
The first installment of Sweet Nothings kicks off with three great acts - Gus Dapperton @ The Workman’s Club (Sold Out)
20-year-old New Yorker multi-instrumentalist plays sold out show
Friday February 2nd
- Selfmade: Farah Elle, Sive, Carol Keogh, Jess Kav & more @ Third Space, Smithfield (Sold Out)
New initiative featuring discussion panel and acoustic performances explores and celebrates DIY music in Ireland. - Sleeparchive, Tommy Holohan, Thomas Killmurray @ Hangar (€10, 10:30pm)
Berlin techno DJ presented by Techno and Cans - Bicep, Hammer @ District 8(Sold Out, 10pm)
The Feel My Bicep tour hits Dublin - Pear presents Fio Fa, Nev Jio @ Tengu (€3 before 12pm €5 after, 11pm)
and all night long B2B from two Dublin DJs - Eli Escobar @ Wigwam (€11+, 11pm)
Tea Party presents New York house DJ - Sylk, Alex Smyth @ Whelan’s (€10, 12pm)
Whelan’s midnight hour presents two great acts
Saturday February 3rd
- Rat Boy @ The Academy (€19+)
English indie-rocker - Imagining Ireland: 21st Century Song with paul Noonan, Lisa Hannigan, Saint Sister, Seamus Fogarty, Brian Deady, Loah, Mango & Mathman @ The National Concert Hall (€27+)
Plus Stephen James Smith, Maria Kelly, J. Colleran, Crash Ensemble String Quartet - Nancy, Olympias, Maggie Rose @ Pyg (Free)
Manchester tech-house DJ presented by Division - Woweembeem: DJ Nomad, Yankari, Farah Elle & more @ The Sugar Club (€6+)
Woweembeem patries present six great acts including , DK Kixx, Ben Bix, Papa Lou. - Out to Lunch: Willikens, Ivkovic @ Tengu (€13+, 10pm)
German-based duo play this monthly dance night - Mulljoy @ Wah Wah Club (Free, 11pm)
Dublin DJ presented by Zee Ziggy - Maurice Fulton, TR One, Tayor @ Wigwam (€12+)
Electronic dance DJ plays Dublin - DJ EZ, Bobofunk, Bob Standard Crew Dublin @ District 8 (€16+, 11pm)
UK garage DJ plays Dublin - Lorenzo Senni, Ellll, Clu @ The Button Factory (€13+, 11pm)
Italian electronic-dance DJ plus two great support DJs - Shy Mascot @ The Underground (Free, 12am)
Dublin-based jazz-funk five-piece
Sunday January 28th
- Beth Orton @ Whelan’s (€26)
English singer-songwriter
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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.
