The best gigs & clubs nights in Dublin this week
So the government has curtailed all club nights to midnight closing time. So no late gigs for the forseeable. A lot of existing club night are operation between hours of 7pm and midnight now so check individual events as times may change.
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Wednesday November 17th
- For Those I Love @ Olympia Theatre (SOLD OUT)
Dublin debut for Dave Balfe’s project on grief and friendship. - Dental Club: Fizzy Orange, Curtisy, Ahmed, With Love, Cheesmore @ The Workman’s Club (โฌ17)
A night of live alternative, electronic, indie and hip-hop from Loose Tooth. - Janksy, Cruel Sister, Flyover @ The Sound House (โฌ12)
Three relatively new live acts. - Hijinks & Sicko @ The Grand Social (โฌ11, 11pm)
Marcus O’Laoire, MALOTHEDJ & 4X IN STEREO - Hidden Love presents Interlude @ The Sound House (10:30pm, โฌ10)
Erik Burka, Geist, Constant and Spedned+ CraneClub residents Pissabelle, Derv and darkmavis
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Thursday November 18th
Niamh Regan // Photo: Brid O’ Donovan
- Kojaque & Soft Boy Records @ Hen’s Teeth HiFi (SOLD OUT)
Q&A and DJ set with Kojaque. - Niamh Regan @ Whelan’s (โฌ15)
Great Galway singer-songwriter’s Dublin headliner. - Bicurious @ Whelan’s Upstairs (โฌ9)
‘We’re All Totally Fucked‘. - Alex Gough @ The Grand Social (โฌ15)
Waterford drummer/Producer/rapper. ‘Pocket Change’. - Lucy Blue @ The Academy Green Room (โฌ12)
19-year-old singer, songwriter and producer from Dublin signed to Sony Ireland. ‘Pilot’ - Mick Flannery And Susan OโNeill With The RTร Concert Orchestra @ NCH (โฌ30)
Cork singer-songwriters perform songs from album In the Game. - Becky Hill, Carrie Baxter, Chameleon @ 3Olympia Theatre (Sold Out)
UK pop artist. - Kettama presents G-Town @ Index (7pm, โฌ20)
Galway dance producer’s night moves to an early time slot.
Friday November 19th
Kojaque // Photo: Anthony OโConnor
- Robert John Ardiff @ Whelan’s (โฌ12)
Dublin singer-songwriter also of Come On Live Long. ‘Black Dog’ - Love Tempo: Kelly Anne Byrne @ The Big Romance
DJ set in the bar on Parnell Street. - The Lads Upstairs @ The Circular (8pm)
DJ set in The Other Hand bar. - Fionn Devaney @ Lucky’s (8pm)
DJ set on Meath Street. - Rooue @ The Workman’s Cellar (โฌ15)
Irish pop duo.‘Bad Blood’ - Loraine Club, Fizzy Orange @ The Workman’s Club (โฌ15)
Dublin indie-electronic band. ‘Desire’ - Kelly Lee Owens @ Button Factory (Sold Out)
Welsh electronic producer. Adult Swim live set. - Kojaque @ 3Olympia (โฌ24)
Town’s Not Dead headline show. Yenkee on support. - Tolรผ Makay @ The Grand Social (Sold out)
Three shows from the rising Irish R&B singer in a week. ‘You Are Enough’ - Word Up Collective showcase @ The Sugar Club (โฌ15)
Hip-hop, drill, alt-pop, neo-soul, RnB with Sasha Terfous , PRiiCE, Natalya O’Flaherty, Sequence, Daire Patel, Silent Ghost, Bricknasty. - Shiv @ The Sound House (โฌ13)
Siobhan McClean is an R&B artist. The Love Interlude EP. - Patrick Topping @ Index (7pm, โฌ25)
Making Up For Lost Time tour now starts at 7pm due to government regulations. - Club Comfort @ Tengu (8pm, โฌ10)
DJ Selky, Roo Honeychild and Baliboc’s night is finally back. - Surgeon, Lee Kelly & Caskre @ Wigwam (7pm, โฌ18)
Techno royalty they say and they’re not wrong. Lee is doing a Jungle set.
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Saturday November 20th
- Dublin Social Disco Brunch with Claire Beck @ The Well (1pm – 5pm, โฌ30 per person)
A Brunch and music buzz. - Jae Brown @ The Big Romance
DJ set in the bar on Parnell Street. - James Any Other City @ The Circular (8pm)
Playing tunes in the Other Hand bar. - Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs @ Whelan’s (โฌ20)
Psychedelic rock band. ‘Reducer’ - Lui @ Lucky’s (8pm)
DJ set on Meath Street. - Seba Safe @ The Grand Social (โฌ13)
Dublin songwriter Micheal D’Alton. ‘In Waiting’. - Mount Alaska, Slow Moving Clouds @ Pepper Canister Church (โฌ15)
Cinematic electronic duo and Irish and Nordic folk-influenced band. - Ichiko Aoba @ The Workman’s Club (โฌ18.50)
Japanese folk singer and songwriter. ‘Porcelain’. - Stop Making Sense screening @ The Sugar Club (โฌ12.50)
Screening of the Talking Heads film with an afterparty. - Rushes @ The Sound House (โฌ15)
Cork R&B pop artist. We premiered his lovely live performance yesterday. - Tebi Rex @ Opium Rooms (โฌ15)
Kildare hip-pop duo just released new album. Hanging With Trees. - Lumo Club @ Tengu (8pm, โฌ13)
We are an early club this week thanks to the government. Let’s dance before midnight. - Syl Black @ The Pygmalion , โฌ7)
With Collie McKenna on the terrace. - Ipso – Kรถlsch All Night Long @ Index (7pm, โฌ25)
Weekly queer disco and electro club night. - Foundations Presents: Easy Peelers @ Bow Lane Social Club (8pm, โฌ7.50)
Eric Brown b2b Jack Murphy, Ryan Healy b2b Josh Green, Sean Connie b2b Andy Guilfoyle
Sunday November 21st
- Green Tea Peng
- Sports Team @ Whelan’s (โฌ15)
English band who recall Pulp and Blur tbqh. - Green Tea Peng @ The Grand Social (Sold out)
25-year-old R&B singer from South London. ‘Colors’ Show. - Sleaford Mods @ 3Olympia Theatre (โฌ29)
Nottingham electronic punk duo. - The Offspring @ 3Arena (โฌ59)
Punk rock pop band you know yourself. ‘Self Esteem’. - Pear with Ben UFO @ Yamamori Tengu (โฌ12)
London electronic producer Boiler Room
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Monday November 15th
Goat Girl
- Goat Girl @ Whelan’s (โฌ15)
London post-punk band. ‘Sad Cowboy’ - Easy Life, Berwyn @ 3Olympia (โฌ26)
English R&B pop act. ‘Ocean View’
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