The Nialler9 Gig Guide for September 24th to 30th.
The Gig Guide is published weekly every Tuesday and features the best gigs in Dublin city, curated by Nialler9. All door times are 7:30pm/8pm unless stated. Check links for full prices.
Gig Guide Highlights: Indie Sleaze Disco, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Go! Team, Crack Cloud, IAMDBB, Melts, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Gig For Gaza, Stereo MCs, Honeypot, FJM Listening Party, Pizza Jazz All Day Party, Deadletter, Harvest Gathering, Palmistry, Woozy, Elvis Costello.
What gigs are on in Dublin tonight?
Tuesday September 24th
Bill Callahan @ Button Factory
Second of two nights solo with the brilliant Smog songwriter.
Sessions From Oblivion free show @ The Sound House
Elaphi, Sick Love, The Fae, Kyral.
Pants on Fire & Sell Everything @ Anseo
Dublin rock bands. €8.
IAMDDB @ Academy 2
Urban jazz is how the Anglo-Mancunian musician labels herself. ‘Cry Baby’
Sambroso All Stars @ Whelan’s
The 7-piece all star band playing Cuban Son, Latin Jazz and Rumba, from Cuba’s Golden era.
Wombo, Punches Pilot, Dream Boy @ The Workman’s Cellar
Three piece indie rock band from Kentucky.
End of brat-ish summer @ The Grand Social (10pm)
Charli xcx themed club night. Also one of these on Saturday.
Wednesday September 25th
Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear [Listening Party] @ The Big Romance (7pm)
The hosts of the Nialler9 Podcast (Niall Byrne and Andrea Cleary) in conjunction with The Big Romance present the Listen Closely series of listening parties, a night featuring a focus album from an artist we love on the last Wednesday of the month. Join Niall and Andrea for a playback of a compelling grandstanding album all about love, romance tempered by the cyncism and internal struggle of a man and songwriter who can’t quite put faith in the idea that love might be the answer. Surely, love doesn’t conquer all? Featuring songs like ‘Chateau Lobby #4 (In C For Two Virgins)’, ‘Bored In The USA’, ‘The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apt.’ and ‘The Ideal Husband’.
Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin @ The Grand Social
Irish folk singer with guests.
Selk, Graceless @ Little Whelan’s
An alt-folk ensemble headlines the gig raising funds for the Mellon Educate Foundation
Cypher Night @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Open mic and cypher rap night.
Anenome @ The Workman’s Club
Dublin-based two piece operating in the boundaries of folk/rock music. Support from Jason McNamara and Cork artist Elaine Malone’s project Mantua.
10cc @ Vicar Street
They’re not in love so don’t forget it.
Skyline Social by Crisp Chilli @ Hyde (9pm)
Soulful house, uplifting prog, breaks & bass as the night progresses with Surferboy, Sahana, Speedy P, Jenn Hession, DIEBYVEG, Mac&Cheese (Neo Cortex b2b Omniscient), FKA Twitter, Peadar, Isadora, Larcher.
Pizza Jazz @ Lucky’s
Jazz band live in the Meath Street pub.
UCD DJ Collective @ The Grand Social (11pm)
Ella B2B Rory K, Haute B2B RAJ RTM.
Thursday September 26th
GIG for GAZA @ Liberty Hall
with Damien Dempsey, Roisin El Cherif, Mona El Farra, Stephen Rea, Maighread and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Paddy Glackin, Sean Potts
Bullpen, The Washing Machines, Oshone, Han @ Bello Bar
Skyrocket promotions gig.
Marc Almond @ 3Olympia Theatre
Soft Cell long gone solo.
Theo Fitzgibbon @ The Workman’s Cellar
Pop songwriter ho has a knack of bothering the public with renditions of his recent single ‘Caroline’.
BIMM | Welcome Back Showcase @ The Grand Social
Callum Wall, Molly Buchan, Clefsico, DJ Colleen Heavey
Dublin Songwriting Circle @ The Black Sheep, Capel Street
Open songwriter night.
Stereo MCs @ Button Factory
Sold out show of 2 from the ’90s electronic hip-hop group.
Martin Carthy @ The Unitarian Church
English folk music stalwart.
Jägermeister ‘Save The Night: The Irish Edition @ The Sound House (10pm)
Kaycee b2b DART, Kjinn Ruan. Rathaus with JWY, DJ Get Lucy, Climbwallsweird.
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Friday September 27th
Godspeed You! Black Emperor @ National Stadium
Canadian post-rock supremos. Support: Tashi Dorji. First Irish performance since 2016.
Seisiúin Le Cairde Presents; Fómhar @ The Hut, Phibsborough
Dollface, Natalie Moran, Hannah McGinn.
Soma Sound @ Hen’s Teeth
Vivian Trindade, a Brazilian singer songerwriter plays live plus resident DJs.
Sleepover Club: Non-Stop Noise @ The Workman’s Cellar
Unstuck, Blue Slate, racecarbed.
The Coronas @ The Workman’s Club
Mini Thoughts & Observations album launch tour.
Stereo MCs @ Button Factory
Sold out show of 2 from the ’90s electronic hip-hop group.
Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve @ Vicar Street
Four nights. 100 songs in four different programmes.
Rocky @ Love Tempo
Mother DJ in the bar on Thomas Street.
Heartache Hotel @ Farrier & Draper (10pm)
2RnB and Slowjams with DJs Alice Ugbah, Silentjee, Dansie, Uzumaki
Dance Rink @ Farrier & Draper (10:30pm)
Trance. Tech house. DJs Jude Bradshaw, DJ Get Luc(y), Gareth Breslin, Viki Dos Santos
Honeypot: Vlada & Rhyzine @ Tengu (11pm)
Expect all things deep and obscure, house, electro, minimal techno and trance from Vlada for HONEYPOT club night + community ran by and for gay girls and friends.
DJ FuckOff, Eugene McCauley & Puzzy Wrangler @ Wigwam (11pm)
The Lounge + The Shed Residents present New Zealand Berlin-based bass producer.
Summertime Sadness Club @ The Workman’s Club (11.30pm)
A night dedicated to Lana Del Rey and Sad Girl anthems.
Saturday September 28th
Dublin City Tape & Record Fare @ The Circular (12-5pm)
Browse the sellers’ collection of LPs and tapes.
Pure Bliss, Pending, Selenite and The Pearls @ The Sound House (1pm – 4pm)
All Ages Show 14+
Pizza Jazz All Day Party @ Lucky’s (2pm)
Indoors and outdoors affair, Dublin jazz movers and shakers and jazz adjacent players. O’Regan All Stars, Michael Buckley, Wastefellow DJing afer. Free in.
Deadletter @ The Grand Social
Yorkshire six-piece post-punk band with a bit of a danceable vibe that take inspiration from The Fall, Gang Of Four and Talking Heads. They also play Limerick this week. Basht support.
Melts @ Button Factory
Dublin garage paych rock band celebrate their second album Field Theory, released in April.
Bedrooms @ Whelan’s
Dublin alternative guitar trio whose music touches on shoegaze, indie and rock.
Matthew & The Atlas @ Whelan’s
Solo tour from the folk rock musician.
Wombo, Punches Pilot, Dream Boy @ The Workman’s Cellar
Three piece indie rock band from Kentucky.
Nick Lowe @ NCH
English singer-songwriter aka “the headmaster of British rock”. Lorraine Nash supports.
Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve @ Vicar Street
Four nights. 100 songs in four different programmes.
Graham Dolan @ Love Tempo
Galway open format DJ and lover of good tunes.
s______m presents: 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 @ Daylight Glasnevin
Leftfield sounds with Apu Nanu (Greece), Yem Gel (UK), Rory Sweeney, polyp, Aoifish, Hustler Barbie.
ddr. presents @ Boh’s Bar, Phibsborough (10pm)
Cathy Flynn, Little O, Alba
Anziety presents Brat – Autumn Demure Edition @ The Grand Social (10pm)
Charli XCX themed club night.
Woozy @ Tengu (11pm)
Dublin bass dub night and label with re:lax (re:ni & Laksa), EMA
Dave Clarke @ Index (11pm)
English techno legend. Plus Cailín, Niall Kelly.
Mother @ Lost Lane (11pm)
Weekly old-school club night for disco-loving LGBTQ+ family & their friends.
Dublin Drum & Bass Gathering @ The Racket Space (11pm)
A night of drum and bass with local DJs presented by Stage73 and Absys Records
Flygerian Independence Day Party @ The Grand Social (11pm)
Afro-Beats // Amapiano // Dancehall // Hip-Hop // RnB with DJ Ahmed, Dee Jay T, DJ Uzumaki, DJ Fizzy & SB Drumz.
Slither: Clouds @ Wigwam (11pm)
Rave techno duo.
Indie Sleaze Disco @ The Workman’s Cellar (11.30pm)
Indie Sleaze / Nu-Rave / Alternative / Electro-Pop / Electronic / Disco Punk / Dance Classics. Join DJs Claire Beck and Nialler9 for a night of indie sleaze disco tunes from your favourites back in the day to present day.
Featuring the likes of:
LCD Soundsystem, Caribou, The Rapture, Interpol, Klaxons, The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Soulwax, Wet Leg, CSS, Peaches, Gossip, Death From Above 1979, Fcukers, Hot Chip, M.I.A, Charli XCX, Vampire Weekend, Arctic Monkeys, Todd Terje, Fontaines D.C., Foals, Bloc Party, Tame Impala, Jamie XX, Florence And The Machine, The Chemical Brothers, Jungle, Jape, Talking Heads, Le Galaxie, Fight Like Apes, Disclosure, The Knife, Daft Punk, MGMT, Purple Disco Machine, MSTRKRFT, Justice, Robyn, Underworld, The Prodigy…
Sunday September 29th
Prime House @ The Sound House (3pm – 10pm)
Rooftop Daytime Party playing house music.
Palmistry @ St Finian’s Church (5:30pm)
Ambient and experimental night. Hybridized pop music from Palmistry. Plus Felix Lee, Famous Tex, gweynn (fka Dreamcycles), Asa Nisi Masa, Pixieteeth.
Emmy Shigeta B2B Nialler9 @ Fidelity (6pm)
Sunday DJ residency with Emmy and a guest.
Crack Cloud @ Whelan’s
Canadian indie-garage-punk-rock band.
The Dandy Warhols + The Black Angels @ The Academy
American psych-rock double header.
The Go! Team @ Button Factory
20 years since debut album Thunder, Lightning, Strike.
Gem Beag @ Anseo
Experimental music night. Kate O’Neill plays as Lucky Cloud.
A Grand Sunday Social Skank @ The Grand Social (8:30pm)
Free in. DJ Sets from Del Bionic & Chef Behan. Reggae, Rocksteady, SKA and 2tone.
DJ EGG @ Love Tempo
Dyke Night DJ.
Asahi Afterhours @ Tengu (11pm)
Tadhg K b2b Bull Horris & Matthew day b2b Riggz Castillo
Monday September 30th
Song Cycle @ Whelan’s
Whelan?s weekly singer-songwriter night.
Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve @ Vicar Street
Four nights. 100 songs in four different programmes.
Duff McKagan @ The Academy
Guns ‘n’Roses fella yep.
