The Dublin Gig Guide – Christmas & New Year’s Eve Edition

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Thursday December 26th

District: Neighbourhood Watch Christmas Party @ The Bernard Shaw (€5+)
District Magazine host a night of new local music in the new Shaw.
St. Stephen’s Day Extravaganza @ Lucky’s (Free, all-day)
Pizza & tunes with Moving Still, Colin Devine and more.
Backstory: Donal Dineen vs Pablo Santos @ The Big Romance (€5+)
All vinyl DJ battle.
Decent Perks @ Pyg (€6+)
DJ Deece and Colin Perkins team up for the night in Pyg.
Krystal Kear @ District 8 (10pm, €16+)
The synthy disco king. Don’t sleep on this.
Index: Techno & Buckfast @ 39/40 (10pm, €6+)
If you wake up after Christmas and decide you need about 10 tons of kick drum in your face.
Folamour @ Button Factory (11pm, €13+)
Watch a recent Boiler Room from the house/disco DJ.
Levon Vincent, Perc, Subject DJs @ Wigwam (11pm, €13+)
Boiler Room’.

Friday December 27th

Aslan @ Vicar Street (Sold Out)
As per the Goodbye Charlie Moonhead tour.
Royal Yellow @ The Romance (Free, 9pm)
Vinyl selections from Mark O’Brien
Paddy Casey @ Whelan’s (€23+)
Irish singer-songwriter. ‘Saints & Sinners’.
Rub A Dub Hi-Fi @ The Bar, Dun Laoghaire (Free)
The D&B/UK collective come to the Borough for a free one.
Jingle Balls @ Fibbers (10pm, €5+)
For the rock kids.
Souletiquette @ Tengu (10.30pm, €8+)
The Dublin based crew are hosting a trap special to mark the occasion.
Meridian: Chantel Kavanagh @ 39/40 (11pm, €10+)
Live At Boxed Off’ mix.
Reiner Zonneveld @ Opium Club (11pm, €19+)
Boiler Room
Greg Wilson @ Lost Lane (11pm, €11+)
Engish DJ most strongly associated with the early 80s electro scene.
Common Ground: D7 Takeover @ 39/40 room 2 (11pm, €7+)
Local heads taking over.

Saturday December 28th

Kidsyard Family Rave @ Jam Park (€12+)
Get em started young.
Goldenplec Block Party @ The Sugar Club (€15)
All-star fundraiser for our peers featuring an all-star cast playing rap, soul and R&B.
Henry Earnest, Sean Being, Bambi @ Dublin Unitarian Church (€10+)
This local bill is headed by Softboy Records bedroom pop artist.
Dr. Rubinstein @ Pyg (€10+)
High-energy acid tracks and spacey electro. Boiler Room
M(h)aol, Rosa Tralee @ Tengu (€5+)
‘Clementine’
Moot Tapes @ Lucky’s (Free)
Irish ambient and alternative electronica label does a showcase.
Felonies, Love Buzz @ Sin E (€5+)
‘Berlin Blues’
Talk Like Dog, Tung In Cheek @ The Harbour Bar (Free)
Two hard-hitting new Irish rock bands.
Eamonn Doyle @ The Big Romance (Free)
Irish photographer,D1 Recordings DJ and all-round music head.
Homebeat: Shiv, Lil Brendan, Homebeat DJs @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
Headed up by Emerging Irish R&B artist.
The Dublin Legends @ Vicar Street (€36+)
A new generation take on the mantle that the Dubliners left off.
Brave Giant @ Workmans Club (€11+)
Irish indie-folk act. ‘Lordy Lord’.
Groovefest Christmas Party @ The Parlour Bar, Whelan’s (€8+)
The festival DJs throw themselves into the Christmas spirit.
Pear x HA: D. Tiffany, Fio Fa @ Tengu (10pm, €5+)
Some of the hardest working local techno selectors in the city.
The Neighbourhood Xmas Social: Wastefellow, Oli @ The Lighthouse, Dun Laoghaire (10pm, €5+)
Headed up by Softboy Records electronic wizkid.
A Celebration Of Red Records @ Button Factory (10.30pm, €19+)
Dance label Red Records is celebrating 30 years of existence with a big blow out.
End Of Years 90s Party @ Turks Head (10.30pm, €10+)
Over 30s. If cheesy bangers are your thing.
Mick Willow Presents House Works @ Twenty Two (11pm, €10+)
Ironically enough, Twenty Two will be over 23s on the night. Go figure.
Mother @ Lost Lane (11pm. €5+)
LQBTQ+ club night of the home of disco in the city.
Human Error & Sense: Long Island Sound, Adult Store, Bill Mango @ Wigwam (11pm, €6+)
Dublin house duo.
Index: Dubfire @ 39/40 (11pm, €13+)
‘Boiler Room’.
Mano Le Tough, John Talabot, Avalon Emerson, New Jackson @ District 8 (11pm, €20+)
Mano Le Tough B2B John Talabot is frankly ridiculous.

Sunday December 29th

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Magazines, Jake Regan, Handsome Eric @ The Underground (€5+)
He is in fact, very handsome.
3 Bucks Left @ The Workmans Club (€12+)
What remains of Hardy Bucks do a live show.
Amelie Lens, Hybrasil @ District 8 (10pm, €27+)
‘Awakenings’.
HIDDEN @ The Soundhouse (11pm, €6+)
Local heads organise a house night.

Monday December 30th

Have a rest. Watch some Star Wars and eat Celebrations on your couch.

Tuesday December 31st – NYE

Lumo Pub NYE @ The Circular, Rialto (Free)
Lumo DJs take over The Other Hand while Forza Italo take the other room.
Another Love Story NYE @ Killyon Manor, Meath (Sold Out)
BYO party in the manor with bus transport and DJs all night.
Club Comfort New Year’s Eve Party @ The Bernard Shaw (free)
The Dublin crew bring their party to the Bernard Shaw for an evening of club bangers. Resident DJs Roo Honeychild, Baliboc and DJ Selky are behind the decks with special guests TBA.
Dublin Digital Radio does NYE @ The Sound House (€8+/€13+)
The DDR crew ring out the year at The Sound House with DJ sets from R. Kitt, OBW and Faro. P.
NYE @ The Sugar Club (€20)
2 room party featuring Arveene, Kelly-Anne Byrne, Marcus O’Laoire, Bantum Live / Dj Set, Sim Simma & more
New Year’s Dublin Countdown concert @ CHQ (€37)
Ash, Lisa McHugh, Aimee & more
NYE: Floorplan, Or:la, DJ Deece, Cousn & more @ District 8 (€25/€35)
Or:la, DJ Deece and Cousn team up with Squig, Mulljoy, Eve and Ste and Flynn for an all-night techno extravaganza headlined by Detroit techno boss, Robert Hood aka Floorplan
Index New Years Eve: Cleric + more TBA @ 39/40 (€10)
Welcome in the New Year with an evening of dark techno from Cleric and more guests to be announced
NYE with Dusky, Brame & Hamo + more @ Pyg & Powerscourt (€25)
House and techno all night long with Irish rising stars
Colours: NYE Party @ The Lighthouse (€5/€8/€10)
Colours close out the year in Dun Laoghaire with special guests Sputnik One, Shaky Shack, Hank LW, Son Orbis, the Colours residents and an extra special midnight secret act
Woweembeem presents Cooks But We’re Chefs, Jackie Beverly, Moving Still & more @ Bello Bar & Hang Dai (€10)
Join Woweembeem for a diverse night of soul, jazz, disco, folk, afro, latin and world music. This is a super-stacked NYE line-up kicking off with live sets at the Bello Bar before moving to Hang Dai for late-night bops.
And So I Watch You From Afar @ Whelans (€27.50)
And So I Watch You From Afar celebrate the ten year anniversary of their debut self-titled album with a very special full performance. Support TBA
Pillow Queens @ Workmans (€16)
The rising Irish punks perform at Workmans’ NYE party.
Al Gibbs & Jenny Greene @ Opium Club (€15/€20)
Irish radio’s finest join forces for a night of dance classics

Wednesday January 1st

- New Year’s Day Concert w/ Kíla, Wyvern Lingo, Brian Deady and Luz @ Meeting House Square (free)
  Fix your New Year’s hangovers with a free daytime concert as part of New Year’s Festival Dublin.
- NYD @ Wigwam (€5+)
  Featuring performances from AMA, April, Bobbi Arlo, Jorge II & many more.
- Long Island Sound, Mango @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
  There’s somebody from early ever well known Dublin collective doing a set in the Shaw on New Years Day.

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