Ticket giveaways:
- TBC
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 Sept 22
- Brand New @ Vicar Street (€30)
[Rock] Alt-rock. - Joel Plaskett, Mo Kenney @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€12)
[Singer songwriters] Canadian double bill.
Wednesday Sept 23
- Seekae @ Whelan’s (€15.50)
[Soul] Atmospheric electronic music on Future Classic// Another. - Rhob Cunningham @ Fumbally Stables
[Singer-songwriter] Last Ditch Innovations of a Falling Man launch
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Thursday Sept 24
- Blood Red Mountain Band @ Whelan’s (€10)
[Bluegrass/folk] New album launch. - Good Name: Moot Present Cleveland Mike @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[Electronic] Monthly club run by Replete. - The Strypes @ The Academy (€24)
[Rock] Rolling back the years. - Girl Band album launch @ The RAGE / Record Spot (Pre-order album to get in )
[Rock] Holding Hands With Jamie // possible live set? - Hammer @ Button Factory (€5+, 11pm)
[Dance] Bicep collaborator/ Dahlia is the jam.
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Friday Sept 25
- Minimum Maximum: Attention Bébé, Hare Squead, Katharine Philippa @ Civic Office Amphitheatre, Wood Quay (€5, 6pm – 9:30pm)
[Outdoor gig] Outdoor gig curated by Nialler9 with Happenings. - Unleashed Festival @ The Grand Social (€22.50)
[Rock festival] Red Enemy, Heart of A Coward, Beholder and more. - Ports @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
[Folk/indie] Formerly Little Bear // Gameplay. - Leon Bridges @ Olympia Theatre (€21)
[Soul] Dallas soul kid // Better Man. - A Lazarus Soul, September Girls @ The Mercantile (€9)
[Rock] Dublin bill. - The Ground Will Shake, Neon Atlas, Riot Tapes @ The Workman’s Club (€5)
[new irish] New Irish music bill. - Misha Freshin #6: T-Woc, Jeremy Murphy, Kevin Blake @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[DJs] Beats and bass with Ray Wingnut’s new club. - Spires That In The Sunset Rise @ Bello Bar (€11)
[Pop]With guest Katie Kim. // Wide Awake - Technotic 10th Birthday @ Hangar (€6-€10, 10:30pm)
[Dance] Fran Harnett, Jon Hussey, and more. - Hidden Agenda: Bondax & Friends @ Button Factory (€15, 11pm)
[Dance] UK pop-edged dance duo/ All I See - Under The Influence @ Sweeney’s Bar (Free, 10:30pm)
[Dance] Yet another house and techno night? Come on everyone.
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Saturday Sept 26
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra @ Whelan’s (Sold Out)
[indie/rock] Recently bestowed album of the week - Friends Forever: Ensemble’s 1st Birthday: Loah, Simon Bird, Conor Walsh, Dublin Laptop Orchestra @ Freemason’s Hall (€15 , 6pm – 11pm)
[Birthday] Also serves as a fundraiser for Ensemble Records. - Fjokra, Leo Dresden, The Wild The Youth @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€5)
[new Irish] Get Amongst It. - Tech Noir @ The Generator (10pm, €8+)
[80s party] 80s music and Terminator screening. - Jacco Gardiner @ The Workman’s Club (€12.50)
[Psychedelic pop] ‘baroque pop’ from Dutch producer/multi-instrumentalist //Find Yourself - The Winter Passing @ The Grand Social (€10)
[Pop/punk] Daisy - The Henry Girls @ Unitarian Church (€16)
[Trad/folk] Accompanied by Liam O’Maonlai, Marty Smyth & Leila Jane - Anti Racist Fundraiser: David Kitt, Dirty Dubsters, Johnny Moy, DJ Scope, Calvin James, This Greedy Pig @ The Sugar Club (€10+, 9pm)
[For Refugee crisis] Al Keegan, Mark Kavanagh, TASTE DJs, Aoife Nic Canna and more. - Sense: Boddika @ Button Factory (€10+, 11pm)
[Dance] techno man is back for his regular checkin. - The 900 Club with Nialler9 and guests @ Eastside Tavern (Free, 9pm)
[Vinyl night] Open deck night with Nialler9 DJ set from 12 – 1. - Hidden Agenda & Bodytonic: Simian Mobile Disco DJ set @ District 8 (€10+, 11pm)
[Dance] Uk dancefloor stalwarts have dropped off in popularity but still deliver live. - Midnight Hour: Squarehead @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Guestlist, Midnight)
[Indie/rock] Rare show from the Respect album makers. - Abstract presents Oliver Dollar @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] Soulful Berlin house. Shout Away.
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Sunday Sept 27
- Vinyl and Wine: Hounds of Love @ The Liquor Rooms (€10, 5pm)
[Vinyl playback ] 30th Anniversary Celebration. - Aine Cahill @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
[Pop] The rising Cavan singer behind Black Dahlia. - Sunday Soul with Danny G & the Major 7ths @ Bello Bar (€6-€8)
[Soul] + Pia Dunne - Blank Realm @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
[Psych rock] War On Drugs/Tom Petty-style with more psych. - Pyg Sundays presents Moon Boots @ Pygmalion (€5, 9pm)
[Dance] Cosmic disco and house DJ
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Monday Sept 28
- Wheatus @ Whelan’s (sold out)
[Morto for ya] is the crowd full of dirtbags too?
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
