The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide
Ticket giveaways:
- Friday: Happenings & Nialler9 present Minimum Maximum: I Have A Tribe, Stomptown Brass & Saint Sister @ Civic Offices Amphitheatre (€5, 6:30pm-9pm)
- Saturday: Peanut Butter Wolf (Stones Throw) & Breakbeat Lou @ The Sugar Club (€12, 9pm)
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 Aug 25
- Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (9pm, €6)
[Acoustic club] TBC
Wednesday Aug 26
- Quiet time.
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Thursday Aug 27
- #Goldenbeck: Corner Boy, Carron, Mongrel State @ The Workman’s Club (€5)
[Folk] New Irish folk double bill.
- Wand @ Whelan’s (€16)
[Rock] Los Angeles rock band. Guests Race The Flux.
- Good Name: Galgo & Kiki @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[Free show] Argentine musicians armed with vibrant rhythms and acoustic melodies,
- Richard Richard, Hot Cops @ Whelan’s (€5)
[Rock] Dundalk rock band with support from upcoming NI band.
- Scavenger with 18+ & Bambooman @ The Wiley Fox (€8/€10)
[Electronic] Wonky electronic duo on Houndtooth. Makers of tunes like Dry
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Friday Aug 28
- Happenings & Nialler9 present Minimum Maximum: I Have A Tribe, Stomptown Brass & Saint Sister (pictured) @ Civic Offices Amphitheatre (€5, 6:30pm-9pm)
[Afterwork outdoor gig] Take in some Irish music at DCC near Christchurch to start your night out. http://minimummaximum.net - Sufjan Stevens @ The Helix (SOLD OUT)
[Alt-folk] Will be heavy on songs from recent album Carrie & Lowell - Kate’s Party @ Bello Bar (€6)
[Indie/pop] Support from Spines, Stairwells and Glassgears. - A Tribe of Nomads: The Gathering Episode III (w/ Simi Crowns) @ The Workman’s Club (Vintage Room) (€5)
[Rap] Featuring: Zeinab & Sequence - Misha Freshin ft. MynameisjOhn, Redmonk & more @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[DJs] Irish producers and DJs with an emphasis on beats. - Shift present ‘This Is Spinal Tap‘ @ The Sugar Club (€10)
- [Rock/film] Screening of the film and a covers set from 80s band Shift.
- Subject is 8: Subject x Bodytonic – Marcel Dettmann @ District 8 (€15/€20, 11pm)
[Techno] Berghain’s Techno titan playing all night. - Dubfire @ Button Factory (11pm, €15)
[Dance] Iranian American house and techno DJ and producer.
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Saturday August 29
- Sufjan Stevens @ The Helix (SOLD OUT)
[Alt-folk] Will be heavy on songs from recent album Carrie & Lowell - Protex, Baby Shakes, The #1 @ Bello Bar (€10)
[Rock] Good Vibrations Belfast punk, US powerpop and Dublin garage-r0ck. - Abstract Day Party #1 with Volkoder @ TBA (2pm – late, €8/€10)
[Dance] Hot Creations’ Volkoder leads a lineup of 9 DJs. - Aaron Anthony, Kicking Bird @ The Workman’s Club Bar (€5)
[Folk] Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival Launch
- Corner Boy @ Abner Browns
[Barbershop gig] Wexford folk band. - The Jimmy Cake @ Hangar (€13.50, Free for funders)
[Album launch] with very special guest drummer Charles Hayward (This Heat/Camberwell Now) and Twinkranes - Peanut Butter Wolf (Stones Throw) & Breakbeat Lou @ The Sugar Club (€12, 9pm, WIN TICKETS)
[Hip-hop]+ Wildstyle Screening + BBOYS & Special Guest DJ Mek
- Subject is 8: Subject x Abstract – Lil Louis @ Opium Rooms (11pm, €12/€25)
[Dance] “The Founding Father of House” - Mix & Fairbanks / Groovement Soul @ The Grand Social (Free, 11pm)
[DJs] The Loft and the Ballroom. - Hidden Agenda with Cyril Hahn @ District 8 (SOLD OUT)
[Dance]Support DJ Deece. - Sense: A Guy Called Gerald @ Button Factory (€12-€15, 11pm )
[Dance] Dance music master.
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Sunday August 30
- Grace Wilde @ Whelan’s (€5/€10)
[Signer/songwriter] North Co. Dublin based band, showcasing the music of singer songwriter Audrey Fay - Soda: Ted Apollo @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 2pm)
[DJ] Ted Apollo is one third of Dublin band, Cloud Castle Lake Expect rare soul, funk, disco, afrobeat and a smidge of boogaloo. - Vinyl & Wine presents: Back to Black @ The Liquor Rooms (€10, 5pm)
[Album playback] + a special guest discussion panel about the album, the artist and the ‘Amy’ documentary
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Monday August 31
- The Polyphonic Spree @ The Academy (€23)
[Alt/choir] 15th Anniversary tour performing ‘the Beginning Stages Of…’ in its entirely plus other songs
Special guests No Monster Club
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