The 28 best gigs & clubs in Dublin city this week
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Tuesday February 6th
- Ruby Sessions: Ailbhe Reddy, The Ocelots, Laoise, Conor Mason @ Doyle’s Bar (€7, 9pm)
Weekly acoustic night in aid of Dublin Simon Community - Nightmares On Wax, Conor Feeney @ District 8 (€27+)
Chilled electronic producer from Leeds with a new album out - Joel Harkin, Gabriel Paschal Blake, Yung Gowl @ The Sound House (€7+)
Donegal native electronic musician with two support acts - British Sea Power, Mmode @ Whelan’s (€17+)
Brighton-based alternative-rock band
Wednesday February 7th
- Kendrick Lamar, James Blake @ 3Arena (Sold Out)
Renowned American rapper brings the DAMN tour to Dublin - Kendrick Lamar: I Didn’t Get A Ticket party @ The Grand Social (€11+, 10pm)
A night for those who didn’t get a ticket for the sold out 3Arena gig - Diffusion Lab: Sway @ Tramline (€5 before midnight €8 after)
A new club night from DFL (Soulé, Jafaris) full of R’n’B, Trap, Hip Hop and Grime
Thursday February 8th
- Chinese Newspaper, Young Earth, Easy Tide @ Whelan’s (€8)
Dublin-based three-piece fuzz-pop band - The Lost Brothers @ The Sugar Club (Sold Out)
Irish folk duo Oisin Leech and Mark McCausland
Friday February 9th
- Bad Bones, Montauk Hotel,Beauty Sleep,King Bones @ The Sound House (€10)
The Last Mixed Tape celebrates four years with four great acts - District Magazine RnB Club: Mythill Grim, Nuxsense, Stevie G, Willo Healy @ Tengu (€8+)
Plus Fynch, Marcus Woods, Leo Miyagee Eric, Craig, Papa Lou - David Kitt DJ set @ Hang Dai (Free, 10:30pm)
David Kitt DJ set in an intimate setting - Purple Disco Machine, Elliot @ District 8 (€15+, 11pm)
Deep-funk DJ from Germany. Body Funk is his jam - Subconscious: Rub A Dub Hi-fi, Jacky Murda, Wriggle Collective @ Wigwam (€11+, 11pm)
Second installment of the monthly bass music experience - Techno and Cans: Introversion, Luke Xander, Georgia Tbilisi @ Hangar (€10+, 11:30pm)
Berlin techno DJ with two supports acts - Gnod R&DM, Wovenskull @ The Grand Social (€12, 12pm)
U:mack presents Gnod (R&D) is an electronic version of the psychedelic duo
Saturday February 10th
- Munky @ Whelan’s (€8)
Dublin-based “disco-grunge” band play another gig following their sold out show on Friday - I Draw Slow @ Whelan’s (€15)
Dublin five-piece roots band - Heart Beach (Aust), Spongebob Eyelashes, Maija Sofia, Slouch @ Drop Dead Twice (€7)
Australian band play “sad, girl-guy, 9to5 pop songs” - Stoat, Shrug Life @ The Underground
Celebrating the release of Stoat’s third album Try not to think about it - Aaron Nolan, Sexshop, Josh Green @ Pyg (€10+)
presented by Division - Telephones and Kraft with This Fresh Hell, Joma, Island Times, Nevan Jio, Papa Lou @ Tengu (€5+)
Plus Disco, soul, afro and boogie in the main room - Dimitri From Paris, Seany B @ The Button Factory (Sold Out, 11pm)
Sense present the soul-disco DJ who was actually born in England - Mother: Ghostboy & Nialler9 @ The Hub (Cheaplist from €5 before 12, 11pm)
The best weekly club in Dublin playing electro pop and disco. - Sam Paganini, Zoe @ District 8 (€18+, 11pm)
Italian techno DJ brings his Zenith world tour to Dublin - DJ Marky, Jet Li, Pat D Butcher, Steo @ Wigwam (€12+, 11pm)
Bodytonic presents the Brazilian drum & bass electronic producer
Sunday January 11th
- Franz Ferdinand, Fontaines D.C @ The Olympia (€36)
Glasgow three-piece indie pop legends
Monday February 12th
- Paul Weller @ The Olympia (€55)
Former frontman of The Jam plays three dates in Dublin
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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, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.