The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide
Ticket giveaways:
- Thursday: Beck’s Rhythm Series: Bilal, Loah @ The Sugar Club (€17.50)
- Saturday: Beck’s Rhythm Series: The McCrary Sisters @ The Sugar Club (€18)
- Saturday: Beck Rhythm Series: Kool Keith & Kutmasta Kurt @ The Sugar Club (€15, 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 21
- Vincent Cross @ Abner Browns Barbershop (Free)
[instore] American roots and blues songwriter - We, the Oceanographers, Elephant, Mark Corcoran @ The Odessa Club (€8)
[Rock/folk] DIY bedroom rock band from Dundalk, Co. Louth. - Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (9pm, €6)
[Acoustic club] TBC
Wednesday July 22
- Pecha Kucha Night: Summer @ The Sugar Club (€5)
[Short talks] speakers get 20 slides, and 20 seconds to explain each. With music from Emmet Homebeat. - Boo! @ The Wiley Fox (Free)
[new monthly night] coldwave, synthpop, darkwave…
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Thursday July 23
- Wood Quay Summer Sessions: O Sister & Bunoscionn @ DCC Amphitheatre, Wood Quay (1pm, Free)
[Lunchtime gigs] Look out for some Nialler9 / Happenings gigs here in August/September - Berkeley Fundraiser @ The Academy (€25)
[Fundraiser] Jape, Mundy, Daft Funk, Vann Music, Heroes in Hiding, DJ Deece, Dublin Gospel Choir and many more.
- Radiomade Live @ Berlin (Free)
[new music] Pre-Knockanstockan Gathering with Travis Oaks, Rob Walsh & Bob Glynn
- Goldenbeck: The Statics, Gavin And Thee Icons @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
[new Irish music] Goldenplec and Claire Beck TXFM’s monthly live music night.
- Get Folked: SignA, Let’s Set Sail @ The Grand Social (€5)
[Folk] ‘Lines’ + John Flynn & Macdara Yeates (Skipper’s Alley)
- Beck’s Rhythm Series: Bilal, Loah @ The Sugar Club (€17.50, WIN TICKETS)
[Jazz/soul] Kendrick Lamar collaborator and soulful jazz vocalist. - Good Name: Slow Riot // Fonda @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[Rock] City of Culture. - Scavenger with Scratcha DVA & Lee Bannon @ Twisted Pepper (€10, 9pm)
[Party] Uk Funky DJ / Ninja Tune electronic + Glacial Sound, Rosbeg, Higgins (Well Known) Whatch.
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Friday July 24
Festival
- Knockanstockan Festival @ Blessington Lakes (€80 weekend)
Stage Times
- GodHatesDisco, Fierce Mild @ The Grand Social (€10)
[Experimental/rock] Launch of Great Radio LP. - Ed Sheeran @ Croke Park (Sold Out)
[Pop] Support Bell X1, Gavin James. Also Saturday. - White Noise 500 – Dave Clarke, Marcel Fengler, Sunil Sharpe @ The Academy (€20, 11pm)
[Dance] A celebration of Dave Clarke’s long running RTE techno show. - Burning Up @ The Grand Social (Free, 11pm)
[DJs] Kelly-Anne Byrne’s (TXFM/Today FM) disco night - DJ Isleo’man & DJ Muscles @ Opium Rooms Garden (€10, 11pm)
[DJs] Lumigraph in DJ guise + Daire Carolan. - Josh Wink @ Opium Rooms (€10, 10pm)
[Dance] A higher state.. wha?
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Saturday July 25
Festival
- Knockanstockan Festival @ Blessington Lakes (€80 weekend)
Stage Times
- Beck’s Rhythm Series: The McCrary Sisters @ The Sugar Club (€18, WIN TICKETS)
[Soul/roots] featured on Buddy Miller and Patty Griffin’s spiritual albums as well as singing with Dr John, Bob Dylan, The Mavericks and more. - Ed Sheeran @ Croke Park (Sold Out)
[Pop] Support Bell X1, Jamie Lawson . Also Friday. - Dogs @ Berlin bar (free)
[Indie] new single Drift. - Shrug Life, Switzerland @ Bello Bar (€5, €8 with cassette)
[Indie] Launch of Popical Island-released The Grand Stretch EP. - Fiction Peaks EP Launch @ Kennedy’s (€5 with free EP)
[Indie] + Magic Moogle’s Vintage Psycho Arrangement + Journeyman aka Tom GoDti NaChonaile. DJ after. - Beck Rhythm Series: Kool Keith & Kutmasta Kurt @ The Sugar Club (€15, 11pm, WIN TICKETS)
[Rap] New show from The man behind the aliases Dr. Octagon / Dr. DOOOM / Black Elvis. - Squid Inc. pres Soft Rocks @ Tengu Izakaya (€8/€10, 10pm)
[Dance] a Brighton-based re-edits collective.
- TRUSS @ The Twisted Pepper (€12/€14, 11pm)
[Dance] R&S label producer with support Giles Armstrong, Eavan. - Hidden Agenda & The Building Society: Étienne De Crécy @ Hangar (€15 , 10:30pm)
[Dance] French touch producer back in Ireland for first time in 5 years.
- 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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Sunday July 26
- secretsundaze @ The Pygmalion (9pm, €5/€10)
[Party] Giles Smith James Priestly Galactic Beat Club + All Day party before in secret location?
Monday July 27
- Give it a rest.
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