The best gigs in Dublin this week by day:
The Gig Guide is published weekly every Tuesday and features the best gigs in Dublin city, curated by Nialler9.
What gigs are on in Dublin tonight?
Highlights: Haley Blais, Fringe Festival, Fish56Octagon, Yung Singh, Catriona Cannon & Cian Finn, Arab Strap, The Lemon Twigs, Meabh Mulligan+ Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Boyfrens, After Eight Club, Club Comfort, SX2, Carson Mahone, Tommy Lefroy.
All door times are 7:30pm/8pm unless stated. Check links for full prices.
Tuesday September 10th
The Awning @ The Workman’s Cellar
The ethereal alt-folk band formerly known as Scoth.
Jonas Brothers @ 3Arena
Just in case you were wondering who was playing, like.
Television @ Project Arts Centre (6 Sep —13 Sep)
Fringe Festival: SexyTadhg’s cabaret show. Flick through the channels of your psyche in this Live Cabaret Musical Performance. Check out the Catholic (Guilt) Channel, XXX After Dark, and The Real Housewives of Carlow Town, as SexyTadhg guides you through the universe of your mind.
Fermented Dreams @ Bewley’s Cafe Theatre (6pm, Sept 10 – 14)
Fringe Festival. Jess Kav plays Noelle, a 40-year-old musician, who is is late for her headline show with three influential attendees awaiting her arrival. Armed with excuses, spicy piano ballads, spoken word, and chaotic monologues, Noelle traces her path from day dreaming child to spotlight-seeking teen to her current terrified self.
Wednesday September 11th
AUX @ Pirate Studios (6pm)
Music networking and playback event hosted by Grlxcode.
Cultúr 9.0 @ The Sound House
Aaron Bowden, Child of Prague, Cable Boy, Living Things and Foinse
Haley Blais @ The Grand Social
The Canadian indie singer-songwriter. Haley Blais: The 10 songs I love right now
MT. Heads, Skull The Pierre @ The Workman’s Club
Ex Oh Promotions present Alt Pop/Indie Rock band for fans of Easy Life, Dominic Fike and The Strokes.
Pizza Jazz @ Lucky’s
Jazz band live in the Meath Street pub.
Television @ Project Arts Centre (6 Sep —13 Sep)
Fringe Festival: SexyTadhg’s cabaret show. Flick through the channels of your psyche in this Live Cabaret Musical Performance. Check out the Catholic (Guilt) Channel, XXX After Dark, and The Real Housewives of Carlow Town, as SexyTadhg guides you through the universe of your mind.
Fermented Dreams @ Bewley’s Cafe Theatre (6pm, Sept 10 – 14)
Fringe Festival. Jess Kav plays Noelle, a 40-year-old musician, who is is late for her headline show with three influential attendees awaiting her arrival. Armed with excuses, spicy piano ballads, spoken word, and chaotic monologues, Noelle traces her path from day dreaming child to spotlight-seeking teen to her current terrified self.
Thursday September 12th
Public Warning @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Young Meath rock band.
Catriona Cannon & Cian Finn @ The Sugar Club
Harp Sessions. Founding members of Intinn, a four-piece Irish dub and dancehall collective.
An evening with Conor O’Brien of Villagers @ Chapters Bookstore
Conor O’Brien from villagers will debut his new book and be in conversation with Jim Carroll while playing an acoustic session.
The District, Ciúnas and Mickey Chaos @ Sin É
Faceless Presents a new music showcase.
Dubh Lee @ Button Factory
Irish guitarist and singer-songwriter with wide-ranging influences from folk, blues and rock
InTheHeat @ The Sound House
Rap night with COB, So Keefy, PNJ, Tosan, Snuffy.
Lost In Music @ 3Olympia Theatre
Band playing disco hits including Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Earth, Wind & Fire, Sister Sledge and Chic..
Holy Popes, Vsevolod Plotkin, Tonedeaf, Barrfite @ Fibber Magees
Bristol-based post-garage/punk trio and punk bands support.
Rhyzine @ Love Tempo
Co-founder of Honeypot.
Television @ Project Arts Centre (6 Sep —13 Sep)
Fringe Festival: SexyTadhg’s cabaret show. Flick through the channels of your psyche in this Live Cabaret Musical Performance. Check out the Catholic (Guilt) Channel, XXX After Dark, and The Real Housewives of Carlow Town, as SexyTadhg guides you through the universe of your mind.
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Friday September 13th
Aslan @ The Academy
The band have returned post-Christy with singer Lee Tomkins.
Television @ Project Arts Centre (6 Sep —13 Sep)
Fringe Festival: SexyTadhg’s cabaret show. Flick through the channels of your psyche in this Live Cabaret Musical Performance. Check out the Catholic (Guilt) Channel, XXX After Dark, and The Real Housewives of Carlow Town, as SexyTadhg guides you through the universe of your mind.
Remember Ronnie in Songs & Stories @ Sean O’Casey Theatre, East Wall
Phelim Drew pays tribute to his Ronnie Drew with support from Tony St Ledger (Trouble Pilgrims).
Fermented Dreams @ Bewley’s Cafe Theatre (6pm, Sept 10 – 14)
Fringe Festival. Jess Kav plays Noelle, a 40-year-old musician, who is is late for her headline show with three influential attendees awaiting her arrival. Armed with excuses, spicy piano ballads, spoken word, and chaotic monologues, Noelle traces her path from day dreaming child to spotlight-seeking teen to her current terrified self.
Sir Marmalade, Dumb Posh Hippies @ Sin É
A psychedelic rock band with a touch of post-punk grit.
Earth SONNET @ Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Merrion Square North (sept 13 / 14)
Fringe Festival. Composed and directed by Mel Mercier, the Earth SONNET song cycle is based on seven new sonnets from Irish poets Jane Clarke, John FitzGerald, Kayssie K, Aifric Mac Aodha, Paul Muldoon, Gerry Murphy and Simon Ó Faoláin.
Kelly-Anne Byrne @ Love Tempo
Disco queen DJ.
DDR Residency @ Lucky’s (8:30pm)
Eimear Keating DJs.
Yung Singh @ Centre Point (11pm)
UK DJ Singh is an open format DJ – meaning anything goes – garage, UK funky, DnB, Punjabi folk mixed with Drake, trance, Vengaboys and Vampire Weekend, as per his Boiler Room set.
Kyle Starkey B2B DART@ Tengu (11pm)
Foundations & Multitude present. With support Kaycee.
Bat’s Womb @ Fibber Magees (10:30pm)
Goth Club Night.
Black Traffic @ Index (10pm)
Irish hard dance producer on an Irish tour.
AE86 Takeover @ Wigwam (11pm)
Garage and bass with Skeptic, mance and more.
Saturday September 14th
Fuinneamh Festival @ Bellurgan Park, Louth
Features a lineup of electronic music and Celtic folk and alternative music – house, techno, drum & bass, punk, indie, electro, trad, and more.
Dykon Daytime Party @ The Sound House (5pm – 10pm)
New queer women+ daytime party.
Unison Festival @ Bremore Castle Balbriggan( Noon to 6pm)
Free music festival day. Yankari, Ukelele Tuesday Escoba, Pop Rocks, Balbriggan Gospel Choir & more.
Arab Strap @ Whelan’s
The Scottish alt-indie band (Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton) have a new album called I’m totally fine with it 👍 don’t give a fuck anymore 👍”
The Lemon Twigs @ Button Factory
Sold out show for New York City rock band.
Meabh Mulligan, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin @ The Grand Social
Singer and concertina player of the Cobblestone family headlines.
Boyfrens, Left Iris @ Anseo
Dublin electronic musician and Irish/Spanish Alternative pop trio.
Mac Steady, Sell Everything, TroyOkay, Korteh @ The Workman’s Club
Sky Rocket promotions gig featuring jazz/soul, alt-indie-rock, punk, jazz and hip-hop.
After Eight Club @ Pawn Shop (8pm – Midnight)
Early club night with Lerosa and Giita.
Gash Collective @ Lucky’s (8:30pm)
Laura Robinson DJs.
Steve Manning, Governess @ The Big Romance
B2B DJs. Cumbia, reggae, hip hop, funk, disco and soul-jazz.
Shremm @ Love Tempo
A man with a deep record collection and love of pop.
Club Comfort presents: Artificial Angels @ Tengu (11pm)
Selky and Roo Honeychild lean in on the AI future Utopia/Dystopia.
Nocturnal Animals @ Wigwam (11pm)
Dark-edged techno with Deni_sova b2b seboro.
Fish56Octagon @ Index (11pm)
The dressing gown DJ sensation went viral for sharing his love of dance music classics. Support: Tara Casey.
Fantazee @ Hang Dai Chinese (11pm)
Will Dempsey & Pat Hyland
SX2 ALL NIGHT LONG @ The Workman’s Cellar (11:30pm)
Waterford Electronic duo. ‘Steady Up’
Mother @ Lost Lane (11pm)
Weekly old-school club night for disco-loving LGBTQ+ family & their friends.
Sunday September 15th
Fuinneamh Festival @ Bellurgan Park, Louth
Features a lineup of electronic music and Celtic folk and alternative music – house, techno, drum & bass, punk, indie, electro, trad, and more.
Hypersonic, Mio, Jack Madden – @ The Sound House (2pm)
All Ages Show 14+
Unison Festival @ Millennium Park in Blanchardstown (noon to 6pm)
Free music festival day. Yankari, Ukelele Tuesday, Snuffy, Spring Break, Jump Street Crew & more.
Emmy Shigeta @ Fidelity (6pm)
Sunday DJ residency with Emmy and a guest. Upcoming John Anthony, Shremm, Nialler9, Fhionn.
Chappell Roan: Sing Along Social @ Love Tempo (7:30pm)
The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess in full and more.
Carson McHone @ The Cobblestone
Austin songwriter on Merge Records. ‘I Couldn’t Say It to Your Face’
A Grand Sunday Social Skank @ The Grand Social (8:30pm)
Free in. DJ Sets from Del Bionic & Chef Behan. Reggae, Rocksteady, SKA and 2tone.
Ortega @ Love Tempo
Brazilian disco dance.
Monday September 16th
Ladies First @ The Grand Social
Hannah Lawlor, Nessa McHugh, Noelle Carroll, Gag reflex and more. Ladies First is a series of gigs to highlight women and non binary people in music.
Tommy Lefroy, Katie Gregson McLeod @ Whelan’s
Melodic soft rock project of Los Angeles and London based songwriters Wynter Bethel and Canadian, Tessa Mouzourakis. ‘Worst Case Kid’
Song Cycle @ Whelan’s
Whelan’s weekly singer-songwriter night.
