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 (€17)
  A night of live alternative, electronic, indie and hip-hop from Loose Tooth.
• Janksy, Cruel Sister, Flyover @ The Sound House (€12)
  Three relatively new live acts.
• Hijinks & Sicko @ The Grand Social (€11, 11pm)
  Marcus O’Laoire, MALOTHEDJ & 4X IN STEREO
• Hidden Love presents Interlude @ The Sound House (10:30pm, €10)
  Erik Burka, Geist, Constant and Spedned+ CraneClub residents Pissabelle, Derv and darkmavis

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Thursday November 18th

• Kojaque & Soft Boy Records @ Hen’s Teeth HiFi (SOLD OUT)
  Q&A and DJ set with Kojaque.
• Niamh Regan @ Whelan’s (€15)
  Great Galway singer-songwriter’s Dublin headliner.
• Bicurious @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€9)
  ‘We’re All Totally Fucked‘.
• Alex Gough @ The Grand Social (€15)
  Waterford drummer/Producer/rapper. ‘Pocket Change’.
• Lucy Blue @ The Academy Green Room (€12)
  19-year-old singer, songwriter and producer from Dublin signed to Sony Ireland. ‘Pilot’
• Mick Flannery And Susan O’Neill With The RTÉ Concert Orchestra @ NCH (€30)
  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, €20)
  Galway dance producer’s night moves to an early time slot.

Friday November 19th

• Robert John Ardiff @ Whelan’s (€12)
  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 (€15)
  Irish pop duo.‘Bad Blood’
• Loraine Club, Fizzy Orange @ The Workman’s Club (€15)
  Dublin indie-electronic band. ‘Desire’
• Kelly Lee Owens @ Button Factory (Sold Out)
  Welsh electronic producer. Adult Swim live set.
• Kojaque @ 3Olympia (€24)
  Town’s Not Dead headline show. Yenkee on support.
• Tolü 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 (€15)
  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 (€13)
  Siobhan McClean is an R&B artist. The Love Interlude EP.
• Patrick Topping @ Index (7pm, €25)
  Making Up For Lost Time tour now starts at 7pm due to government regulations.
• Club Comfort @ Tengu (8pm, €10)
  DJ Selky, Roo Honeychild and Baliboc’s night is finally back.
• Surgeon, Lee Kelly & Caskre @ Wigwam (7pm, €18)
  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, €30 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 (€20)
  Psychedelic rock band. ‘Reducer’
• Lui @ Lucky’s (8pm)
  DJ set on Meath Street.
• Seba Safe @ The Grand Social (€13)
  Dublin songwriter Micheal D’Alton. ‘In Waiting’.
• Mount Alaska, Slow Moving Clouds @ Pepper Canister Church (€15)
  Cinematic electronic duo and Irish and Nordic folk-influenced band.
• Ichiko Aoba @ The Workman’s Club (€18.50)
  Japanese folk singer and songwriter. ‘Porcelain’.
• Stop Making Sense screening @ The Sugar Club (€12.50)
  Screening of the Talking Heads film with an afterparty.
• Rushes @ The Sound House (€15)
  Cork R&B pop artist. We premiered his lovely live performance yesterday.
• Tebi Rex @ Opium Rooms (€15)
  Kildare hip-pop duo just released new album. Hanging With Trees.
• Lumo Club @ Tengu (8pm, €13)
  We are an early club this week thanks to the government. Let’s dance before midnight.
• Syl Black @ The Pygmalion , €7)
  With Collie McKenna on the terrace.
• Ipso – Kölsch All Night Long @ Index (7pm, €25)
  Weekly queer disco and electro club night.
• Foundations Presents: Easy Peelers @ Bow Lane Social Club (8pm, €7.50)
  Eric Brown b2b Jack Murphy, Ryan Healy b2b Josh Green, Sean Connie b2b Andy Guilfoyle

Sunday November 21st

• Sports Team @ Whelan’s (€15)
  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 (€29)
  Nottingham electronic punk duo.
• The Offspring @ 3Arena (€59)
  Punk rock pop band you know yourself. ‘Self Esteem’.
• Pear with Ben UFO @ Yamamori Tengu (€12)
  London electronic producer Boiler Room

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Monday November 15th

• Goat Girl @ Whelan’s (€15)
  London post-punk band. ‘Sad Cowboy’
• Easy Life, Berwyn @ 3Olympia (€26)
  English R&B pop act. ‘Ocean View’

Niall Byrne

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.

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