What gigs are on in Dublin tonight?
The Nialler9 Gig Guide is published weekly every Tuesday and details the best gigs in Dublin city.
The best gigs in Dublin this week by day:
Gig Guide highlights: Kelly Moran, Morgana, A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Luke Una, Live Collision, PsyCare Fundraiser, Cass McCombs + Steve Gunn, Niamh Bury, Kacey Musgraves, Patriarchy, Ryoji Ikeda , Sam Divine, Moving Still, Problem Patterns, Amy Michelle, Houseplants, Virgins.
All door times are 7:30pm/8pm unless stated. Check links for full prices.
Tuesday April 23rd
DreamBoy @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Dublin based alternative shoegaze, dreampop band. ‘Crying Wolf’
Patriarchy @ The Workman’s Cellar
LA experimental metal and synth electronic band. ‘Good Boy’
Zé @ Crowbar
EP Launch from Irish alt-soul rap artist.
Shams, City Pets, Martina and The Moons, Burnt Gem @ The Sound House
SH Rising new music night. ‘Omnibus Boners’ is a tune.
Wednesday April 24th
Seminars at Dean Arts Studio #10 @ Dean Arts Studio (6:30pm)
Building multi-stream income. Joe Adegbemi (Slight Motif) will be joined by a panel of artists including Celaviedmai and Salamay.
Fiona Apple Tidal Listening Party @ The Big Romance (7pm)
Join Andrea Cleary and Nialler9 for a special listening event for the 1996 debut album Tidal from Fiona Apple. We will listen to the album in full on the lovely Toby Hatchett soundsystem and have a chat about why we picked it and why it’s important. Listen to our accompanying podcast.
Guud Grief @ Thomas House
Guud Grief are an Irish band with a mission; listen to the guttural dusty soul blues debut single ‘Lay In The River’
Morgana @ Vicar Street
Saint Sister singer’s solo project Dublin show is sold out.
Mikkel Ploug Trio @ The Cooler
Star Danish jazz guitarist Mikkel Ploug stops in Dublin for one night only with his world-renowned trio, featuring bassist Jeppe Skovbakke & Irish drummer Sean Carpio.
Stupid Son @ The Workman’s Cellar
‘Black Mould’ is Superb lo-fi alt-rock from Dublin DIY punk band. Support from Punches Pilot and Burglar.
Halina Rice @ Button Factory
Electronic producer plays a show described as “part rave, part art-happening”.
Pizza Jazz @ Lucky’s
Live jazz in the nice bar spot on Meath Street
Thursday April 25th
Amy Michelle @ The Sound House
Mullingar alt-pop artist returns after last year’s felicity stories EP and recent Niall Horan supports.
Ryoji Ikeda – Ultratronics @ Button Factory
Japan’s electronic composer and visual artist with support David Donohoe / David Lacey
Farah Elle @ Project Arts Centre (9pm)
Live Collision International Festival. Farah Elle’s debut album “FATIMA” pays homage to her mother, reflecting a decade’s work of dedication and creativity.
Stone Drawn Circles @ NCH Kevin Barry Room
New Music Dublin. A contemporary supergroup that features Alex Petcu, Caimin Gilmore, Úna Monaghan, Michelle O’Rourke and more.
Oceanna, Korteh, The Lexies, Yurmah @ Bello Bar
Four band bill of new Irish music from Sky Rocket Promotions.
Trinkets, Genma, The Hopeful Kind @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Dublin indie-pop band promise to be “the soundtrack to your quarter-life crisis.” ‘Blue’
nimino @ The Workman’s Club
Solo artist whose music moves between vocal hook-lead house, hip-hop, and garage music.
Miranda Faul, Dollface & Shy, Sunset Ensemble @ Crowbar
New Irish music night- singer-songwriter, indie, folk, pop.
Glamo @ Love Tempo
DJ vibes in Thomas Street.
Big Cheeks @ Lucky’s (8:30pm)
Meath Street DJ bar vibe.
Billy Bunzari presents GAY4PAY / Truly Moore @ Pawn Shop
Upstairs – disco, house and pop / downstairs – techno and house.
Blurr Collective presents: Its All About The Locals @ The Cellar(11pm)
Garage and ghettotech with XXXX In Stereo, Hunteryx, JenTen
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Friday April 26th
Problem Patterns @ The Workman’s Club
Belfast DIY post-punk shouty queers.
Virgins @ Sin É
Album Launch Party: nothing hurt and everything was beautiful for the Belfast shoegaze band
BLACKMAGICRAWR @ Project Arts Centre
Live Collision International Festival. Africanfuturism meets sensual pop with BLACKMAGICRAWR. Cami, Osaro, Renn & Sal (music and visual production) delve into uncharted territories, melding Afro-Futurism with tantalizing pop vibes.
His Father’s Voice @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Limerick’s post-punk/indie band. ‘Arm’s Length’
Houseplants @ Button Factory
Sold out show from the Paul Noonan and Daithi electronic pop band.
Conga Beat @ Bello Bar
From Son Cubano to Reggae, Ska and Cumbia. Havana Roots, Tropikola and Calambre, it’s a live music tropical celebration.
80’s Orchestral @ 3Arena
80s pop with strings. With original vocalists Nik Kershaw, Carol Decker of T’Pau fame, and soul duo Hue & Cry.
Mark Geary @ The Fumbally Stables
Singer-songwriter in a *genuinely intimate venue*
PsyCare Fundraiser @ Hen’s Teeth
The Drifter, R.Kitt, Cáit & OneCanChan.
Shimmer @ Lucky’s (8:30pm)
DJ bar vibes on Meath Street
Rocky @ Love Tempo
Mother DJ in the new bar on Thomas Street.
Phil @ Pawn Shop
Italo and house DJ vibes.
DJ Deece @ The Pyg
& Luis Angel up front.
Luke Una presents E Soul Cultura @ Hang Dai (11pm)
Manchester DJ legend and selector.
Paul Woolford @ The Pyg (11pm)
aka Bobby Peru and Special Request. Support George Feely.
Fatima Hajji @ Index (11pm)
Spanish techno DJ.
Felipe Gordon @ The Racket Space (11pm)
Colombian producer who has recently released records on Clone, Toy Tonics, Shall Not Fade and Razor n Tape. ‘Flutes Of Gold’
MCR-T @ Wigwam (11pm)
Research, Slither & Lounge present the German fast beats ghettotech producer. Plus Puzzy Wrangler, Aeron XTC, The Shed Residents, Yours Truly, Hunteryx
Perc @ The Cellar (11pm)
Album Tour from London electronic producer. + James Bennett b2b Finn McEntee
RATHAUS 021 @ The Sound House (11pm)
Bouncy techno with MAV666 and more for the sports themed party.
Saturday April 27th
J.Smith Matinée show @ Regan’s
Playing downstairs off Fade Street in a stripped back fashion. With Dylan Lynch on drums and Aidan Gray on double bass (Big Sleep) + The Next New Low on support.
Dates In Town @ 4 Chatham Row (6pm – 10pm)
Slight Motif presents DJs playing Amapiano, R&B, hip-hop and Afrobeats.
EUROWORLD III @ Daylight
Live performance of album from SVHymns and yeire13 album of grime, trap, and hip hop. Plus E The Artist, Only Human, Baptisma.
A Winged Victory for the Sullen & Jóhann Jóhannsson’s final symphony @ NCH
New Music Dublin. The return of American ambient duo Adam Wiltzie and Dustin O’Halloran’s stirring cinematic soundscapes as A Winged Victory For The Sullen will be preceded on the night by a performance of their friend and collaborator Jóhann Jóhannsson’s final symphony A Prayer to the Dynamo, by the National Symphony Orchestra.
Gemma Cox @ Whelan’s Upstairs
irish singer-songwriter who channels dreamy alt-pop of the likes of Sara Bareilles, Phoebe Bridgers and the Japanese House
Crash Ensemble @ The Studio, NCH
New Music Dublin. Changing states in music, society and politics provide the inspiration for this programme
Islands @ The Workman’s Cellar
Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec with Nicholas Thorburn at the helm.
Scustin @ The Workman’s Club
Dublin jazzy funk indie.
Ricky Chong @ Love Tempo
Well respected DJ selector in the bar on Thomas Street.
Moving Still x Arabesque Events Presents: Sukar @ Hen’s Teeth
A celebration of Arabic food, music and culture at Hen’s Teeth with Moving Still & Arabesque Events
Matt Guy @ Centre Point (11pm)
UK dance DJ. ‘Set My Mind Free’. Childsmind, Kaycee
Bella Festa with Maï-Linh @ Tengu (11pm)
FKA Mimi plays progressive house, acid house and rave sound.
Summertime Sadness Club @ The Workman’s Club (11.30pm)
A Lana / sad girl club night.
Sam Divine @ Index (11pm)
Defected radio host and producer plays disco and house music.
Nocturnal Animals & Twistd Belfast @ The Racket Space (11pm)
Dublin Techno fusion club duo Deni_sova and Seboro host Belfast DJs Cricky Lyttle and Paudie.
Hannah Hession B2B Jenn Hession [All Night Long] @ The Cellar (11.30pm)
Galway native and Ar Ais Arís Co-Founder Hannah Hession for an all night long B2b with Instinct founder Jenn Hession [Breakbeat / garage]
Sunday April 28th
WANDERLUST @ Killiney Hill (noon to 4pm)
Wanderlust – a dance-disguised walk in the woods in aid of Doctors without Borders’ Gaza Regional Relief Fund. Groove 4 Gaza with AMEDH, E The Artist, AMIR and MIKEY CULLEN.
Niamh Bury @ Whelan’s
Dublin folk-singer-songwriter with Yellow Roses album just released.
Brògeal @ The Workman’s Club
Scottish band who formed over their love Scottish and Irish folk music, punk and garage rock. ‘Accused Of Murder’
Kacey Musgraves @ 3Olympia Theatre
Country pop star plays two nights.
Cass McCombs + Steve Gunn @ The Grand Social
San Fran songwriter and NY guitarist are on an Irish tour. Two Dublin dates.
Slow Focus @ Love Tempo
Gav Elsted’s low BPM, high buzz club night. Slow and low disco, boogie, Balearic, Italo.
The Paper Kites, Flyte @ Vicar Street
Melbourne indie folk five-piece’s 2021 album enlists Aoife O’Donovan, Gena Rose Bruce, Rosie Carney, Lucy Rose, Julia Stone, Nadia Reid and more. ‘Mercy’
Angels Of Libra @ The Sound House
Retro soul band.
Kelly Moran @ Pavilion Theatre
New York-based composer and producer who last was here to play Foggy Notions’ Haunted Dancehall.
January Winters @ The Pyg
Disco and house DJ vibes.
Monday April 29th
Kacey Musgraves @ 3Olympia Theatre
Country pop star plays two nights.
Cass McCombs + Steve Gunn @ The Grand Social
San Fran songwriter and NY guitarist are on an Irish tour. Two Dublin dates.
Song Cycle @ Whelan’s Bar
Whelan’s weekly singer songwriter night
Gallowglass, Cell Games , Glasseyed @ The Sound House.
SH Rising new music night.
