The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide (Bank Holiday festival edition)
Ticket giveaways:
- Friday: Jeru The Damaja @ The Sugar Club
- Saturday: Out to Lunch with Veronica Vasicka, Willie Burns, Lumigraph , Ellll, Mariah Black @ Yamamori Sushi (€15, 10pm)
- Saturday:Subject is 8: Subject x Surge – Robert Hood aka Floorplan @ District 8 (€15-€20, 11pm)
How to enter ticket comps – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number (for late contact) in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig or Friday 1pm latest for weekend gigs.
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Tuesday July 22
- Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (9pm, €6)
[Acoustic club] TBC
Wednesday July 29
- Feel Good Lost & KPB present Jófríður Ákadóttir & Dream Wife @ The Odessa Club (€8)
[Folk/alt] Icelandic double bill featuring Samaris musician and edgy pop duo. - Bad Sea, Overcoats @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€6)
[Folk/indie] Dublin duo & New York duo. - Secret Songs: Cathy Davey, Ye Vagabonds, Paddy Hanna, Pete Pamf @ Project Arts Centre bar (€9)
[new monthly night] performing their favourite obscure songs to a small audience - Kling Klang @ The Wiley Fox (Free)
[new fortnightly club] Art rock/post punk and alt. DJ Gareth Averill.
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Thursday July 30
- Wood Quay Summer Sessions: Elephant & The Flaws @ DCC Amphitheatre, Wood Quay (1pm, Free)
[Lunchtime gigs] Look out for some Nialler9 / Happenings gigs here in August/September - Good Name: MOOT Present Joni @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[Electronic] Listen to Joni – Running + Moot Residents
- Radiomade Live @ Berlin (Free)
[new music] Dublin City Rounders, Sarah Red and Carla & Ozzy
- Ys Festival @ The Academy (6pm – 3am, €16)
[Rock mini-festival] Alarmist, Wounds, new Secret Weapon, Red Enemy, Leo Drezden, Otherkin and more.
- Babylon Radio with Boom Child & Ray Wingnut @ Sweeney’s Bar (Donation)
[Fundraiser] The Third Policeman, The Ballad of Adam and Eve & more. - Furtive: Contour, moossmann, Core Minimal, Barbosa @ Twisted Pepper (€8/€10, 9pm)
[Electronic] Live Electronica from Four Irish acts + Visuals and DJs.
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Friday July 31
Festivals
- Castlepalooza @ Charleville Castle, Tullamore (€99+)
Alex Metric, Frank B, Clu, Rocstrong, Mr Whippy and more - Indiependence @ Mitchelstown, Co.Cork (€49 day / €119 for weekend)
Stage times: Basement Jaxx, Jape, Mark Lanegan, RSAG, Get Down Edits, Ghostboy…
- Headless Kross, Slomatics, Venus Sleeps @ Tenterhooks, Newmarket Square (€8, BYOB)
[Rock] Doom, sludge and psychedelic rock. - Once in a Blue Moon @ Freemason’s Hall (SOLD OUT)
[Music/talks] Cian Nugent & The Cosmos, The Imogen Gunner Trio, short films and talks centred on Astronomy. - Jeru The Damaja @ The Sugar Club (€15 , WIN TICKETS)
[Rap] Performing from his albums The Sun Rises in The East & The Wrath of the Math. w/ DJ Scope & Handsome Paddy - The Co-Present Late sessions @ The Workmans Club (11pm, Free)
[Late night] Feat: NAOISE ROO and FERGAL MC KEE (Dj Set) - Martinez @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] Swedish/Danish House Music & Techno DJ/Producer - Not Squares, White Collar Boy DJs @ Hangar (Free, 10:30pm)
[Alt/electronic] Dublin launch of Bolts LP. Listen here. - Retro Electro @ Pacino’s (€10)
[House and techno] DJs Graham Byrne, Shano, Starvinnmarvin, Brian Kelly, Dave Manning. - Free Tech Party @ Sweeney’s Bar (free)
[House] Fury Division, Emma Dilemma, Nev Freeman, Jeremias, Ifunkus, Niall Dewe Shakur. - Church Dublin: Lammas @ The Meeting House (Free, 11pm)
[Music/talks] DJs Dave B and Sean Merrigan. Photos from last time. - Big Dish Go @ South William underbelly (Free, 11pm)
[DJs] Conor and Gavin Feeney’s new monthly residency.
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Saturday August 1
Festivals
- The Beatyard @ Dun Laoghaire pier (€58/€95 for weekend)
Sister Sledge, Lindstrom, Meltybrains?, Madlib, I Am The Cosmos, Telephones and more.
- Dublin Rock-N-Roll Festival @ Dame District, The Thomas House (Free)
[Rock ‘n’ roll] Hot Rod car show, Mongrel State, The Delta Bombers, The Polecats. Also Sunday. - Castlepalooza @ Charleville Castle, Tullamore (€99+)
Aeroplane, Jape, Late Nite Tuff Guy, Hercules & Love Affair, I Have A Tribe, Not Squares and more - Indiependence @ Mitchelstown, Co.Cork (€49 day/ €119 for weekend)
Stage times: Ash, Embrace, All Tvvins, Ham Sandwich, Wyvern Lingo, Fish Go Deep, Colm K..
- Dublin Rock-N-Roll Festival @ Dame District, The Thomas House (Free)
[Rock ‘n’ roll] Hot Rod car show, Mongrel State, The Delta Bombers, The Polecats. Also Sunday. - Sal Vitro, Kicking Bird, The Shades @ Whelan’s (€8/€12 with album)
[Blues rock] Wear it Out. - This Must Be The Place: Marc Almond @ NCH (€40-€50)
[Solo] Soft Cell singer sings songs from new album The Velvet Trail. - Out to Lunch with Veronica Vasicka, Willie Burns, Lumigraph , Ellll, Mariah Black @ Yamamori Sushi (€15 , 10pm, WIN TICKETS)
[Electronic] Minimal Wave boss (new XLR8r mix) heads this impressive lineup. - Nightflight residents @ The Grand Social (Free, 11pm)
[Disco] Residents night – deep disco and boogie.
- Pogo: Beatyard present: JG Wilkes B2B Eamon Harkin @ The Twisted Pepper (€12, 11pm)
[Dance] Optimo DJ back to back with Mister Saturday Night DJ. Good tunes guaranteed. - Subject is 8: Subject x Surge – Robert Hood aka Floorplan @ District 8 (€15-€20, 11pm, WIN TICKETS)
[Techno] Alias of Robert Hood.
- Discotech: Tiago Black @ Opium Rooms (€8/€10, 11pm)
[Dance] Brazilian Discotech co-founder Tiago Black takes to the decks for a night of house, techno and miami bass.
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Bank Holiday Sunday August 2nd
Festivals
- Dublin Rock-N-Roll Festival @ Dame District, The Thomas House (Free)
[Rock ‘n’ roll] Motorcycle rally and live music all day. - The Beatyard @ Dun Laoghaire pier (€58/€95 for weekend)
Four Tet, Neneh Cherry, Rusangano Family, Midnight Magic, Horse Meat Disco, Barrington Levy and more.
- Castlepalooza @ Charleville Castle, Tullamore (€50 day ticket)
Fight Like Apes, Of Montreal, Hare Squead, Tu-Ki, DJ Deece, Paul White, Alexander Nut.. - Indiependence @ Mitchelstown, Co.Cork (€49 day – Sunday sold out / €119 for weekend)
Stage times: Kodaline, The Academic, Kelly-Anne Byrne, Stevie G, The Young Folk…
- A Straight Up No Messin’ August Banker! @ The Workman’s Club (Free, 2pm)
[Live bands] Galants, Spines, The Fontaines and more. - eat a Peach presents John Daly Live, The Cyclist @ The Grand Social (€10, 11pm)
[Electronic] Stephen Mahoney, Vladimer Miler Jr., Dip djs - eat a Peach presents John Daly Live, The Cyclist @ The Grand Social (€10, 11pm)
[Electronic] Stephen Mahoney, Vladimer Miler Jr., Dip djs - Ashley Beedle @ The Meeting House (Free, 10pm)
[DJs] with support from Keep Schtum. Expect every thing from House and Disco to Hip-Hop cuts. - Abstract & The Rnb Club present K15 @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
[Electronic] R&B soul and beats. k15. - District 8 Presents: Four Tet & Rift & Conor Feeney @ District 8 (€30, 11pm)
[Beatyard After-Party] Discount offered to Beatyard ticketholders. - Sim Simma @ Twisted Pepper (€10, 10:30pm)
[Beatyard Afterparty] Frankie Grimes, Burnah Boy, Johnny C and all the Simma crew will be in effect. - Pyg & Powerscourt presents Claptone @ The Pyg (€20, 11pm)
[DJ] The man responsible for the popular Gregory Porter remix.
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Bank Holiday Monday August 3rd
- Dandy Warhols @ The Academy (€25)
[Rock] Who goes to see the Dandy Warhols in 2015?
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