Yukimi Little Dragon Photo from the Crack Magazine shoot by Tom Andrew
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Tuesday July 14
- Bunny Wailer @ Button Factory (€28.50)
[Reggae] Irish times interview. two dates. - Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (9pm, €6)
[Acoustic club] Rhodes / Fiach Moriarty / Overcoats / Kurtis Wade.
Wednesday July 15
- The Growlers @ Whelan’s (€16)
[American rock] With support Oh Boland. - Kling Klang @ The Wiley Fox (Free)
[Alt/experimental DJ] A new night for enquiring music lovers with Somadrone. - Bunny Wailer @ Button Factory (€28.50)
[Reggae] Irish times interview. two dates. - Rhodes @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€15)
[Singer-songwriter] English man with swelling music – ‘Your Soul’ - Anton Newcombe And Tess Parks @ The Sugar Club (€20)
[Hazed Rock] Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman with new project. Cocaine Cat.
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Thursday July 16
- Wood Quay Summer Sessions: Sinead White & Cry Monster Cry @ DCC Amphitheatre, Wood Quay (1pm, Free)
[Lunchtime gigs] Look out for some Nialler9 / Happenings gigs here in August/September - Unshaped Form [formerly 3epkano] @ Bello Bar (€10)
[Film/live score] Inspiring film shorts from the silent era with live accompaniment.
- Bunoscionn @ Whelan’s (€10)
[Folk/reggae/pop] Kildare band with pop take on many influences including trad. - Good Name: Night Trap @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[Synth/pop] They need Someone Like You.
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Friday July 17
Festival
- Longitude @ Marlay Park (€59.50 per day, €149.50 for weekend)
Hozier, SBTRKT, Metronomy, Todd Terje, Little Dragon, Leon Bridges, Ibeyi, Young Fathers, Haelos and more
- Beck’s Rhythm Series: The Soul Rebels + Stomptown Brass @ The Sugar Club (€17.50)
[Brass] New Orleans style brass band. - Listen at Wellington @ The Wellington, Baggot Street (€10)
[Jazz/classical..] Miriam Ingram, Justin Carroll, Cathal Roche and Izumi Kimura - Loud Mouth @ the Bernard Shaw (Free)
[DJs] w/ edit;erase, DJ M-1, Luke Kane and Ed F - Kirkos Ensemble, Ensemble Music: Blackout Concert #3 @ RIAA (€25)
[ A gig in darkness] Music by Harry Patch by Sebastian Adams / food by Gruel Guerilla. Friday and Saturday. - Daylight Disco Aprés Longitude @ Pacino’s (€5/€10, 10pm)
[DJs] Hubie Davison (Leisure System), Daire Carolan ( All City) and more. - T/A/S/T/E @ The Grand Social (Free, 11pm)
[DJs] House and cosmic disco. - Sweatbox: John Power @ The Hub (€7 before midnight/€9 after, 11pm)
[DJ] Dublin via Sydney house DJ. - MUD: Bodytonic Present Mind Against @ Twisted Pepper (€12, 10:30pm)
[Dance] Berlin based Italian brothers Alessandro and Federico Fognini. Fabric mix. - Lauren Lane @ Opium Rooms (€10, 10pm)
[1st Birthday Weekender] Hollywood house DJ. Cool Kids.
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Saturday July 18
Festival
- Longitude @ Marlay Park (€59.50 per day, €149.50 for weekend)
Alt-J, Caribou, Jungle, Glass Animals, Years & Years, Pusha T, Hudson Mohawke, Le Galaxie, Girl Band, Daphni, Toro Y Moi and more.
- Big Bang Festival – Sona Jobarteh from Gambia @ The Sugar Club (€15)
[International] Sona Jobarteh from Gambia (Kora with five-piece band) An Tara (Tommy Hayes and Matthew Noone; Indian Sarode and percussion) - Tim Finn @ Whelan’s (€27)
[Solo] Acoustic show from the Crowded House man - Kirkos Ensemble, Ensemble Music: Blackout Concert #3 @ RIAA (€25)
[ A gig in darkness] Music by Harry Patch by Sebastian Adams / food by Gruel Guerilla. Friday and Saturday. - Exploding Eyes, No Spill Blood, The Fontaines @ The Barrack Inn (€8, BYOB)
[Rock] Plus Thee Penny Dreadfuls - Dip 1st Birthday @ Yamamori Sushi (€5/€7 , 10pm)
[DJs] DJs and special guests. - Vision Collector & Signal Code Present a Longitude After Hours @ Twisted Pepper (€10, 10:30pm)
[Party] Dave Hargadon, (Signal Code, Lunar Disko) Phil Long, (Signal Code, Lunar Disko) & Justin Cullinan. (Vision Collector) - The Building Society presents: Ejeca & Chambray @ Hangar (€15/€18, 10pm)
[Dance] Belfast rugged house DJ. - Interskalactic Midnight Live @ The Sugar Club (€10, 11pm)
[Ska] Fun Dublin Ska band. - Church Dublin: Vladamir @ The Meeting House (Free, 11pm)
[Dance] With Dave Byrne and Cian Murphy Djing.
- Basementality @ South William Bar (Free, 11pm)
[Dance] Getting down in a dark basement with Groovement Soul DJs) - Dream Wife @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Midnight, comment for guestlist)
[Indie] Danceable indie choral trio from Iceland and UK. Believe.
- Krystal Klear, DJ Deece @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
[1st Birthday Weekender] recently produced a track with Chic and Michael McDonald, - Sense: Bodhi @ Button Factory (€8/€10, 11pm)
[Dance] UK producer of you guessed it, house music.
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Sunday July 19
Festival
- Longitude @ Marlay Park (€59.50 per day, €149.50 for weekend)
Chemical Brothers, James Blake, Wild Beasts, Kaytranada, Cashmere Cat, Young Wonder, EMBRZ and more.
- An Evening with Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell @ NCH (SOLD OUT)
[Country] in support of their new album The Travelling Kind (Nonesuch) - Loose Ends: Mr Freeze All Day Party @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 3pm)
[80s theme] Purple Music – Prince Tribute Set , Mike Black, Al Murphy and more - Hotter Than July @ Meeting House Square (Free, 2pm)
[IMC / DCC event] 10-piece salsa band Havana ‘Che, trad meets hip-hop Jiggy, multicultural percussion project Rithim, Balkan beats with Yurodny and more. - SÖKO Presents Henry Krinkle @ Soder + Ko (€10 with Longitude wristband, 11pm)
[Dance] Stay
Monday July 20
- Give it a rest.
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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, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
Thanks. Saturday Button Factory links to the previous Sat event.