The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide // April 10th – 16th
Highlights: Honningbarna, Andrew WK, Sea Of Bees, Tinariwen, Not Squares, Elaine Mai, Melodica Deathship, Alphabet Set 10th anniversary and We Cut Corners.
This is the weekly list of recommended gigs taking place over the next seven days in Dublin published every Tuesday. All times are 7.30/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend events not present in the comments below. If you’re looking for tickets to sold out gigs try #ticketfairy on Twitter.
Tuesday April 10th
- Ruby Sessions: Junah, Gavin James, Bairbre Munnis @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
- Girl Band, Spies @ The Grand Social (€5)
- Andrew WK @ The Academy (Sold Out)
- Honningbarna, Bouts @ Whelan’s (€10)
Wednesday April 11th
- Jay Brannan @ Button Factory (€12.50)
- Liz Lawrence @ Whelan’s (€12.50)
- Windings, Hello Moon, Ginnels @ Whelan’s (€8)
Thursday April 12th
- Hey Rosetta @ The Sugar Club (€12.50)
- Pugwash @ Odessa Sessions (€10, 9pm)
- Tinariwen @ NCH (€20-40)
- Junior Spesh: USA Party @ The Twisted Pepper (€6)
Friday April 13th
- Handel’s Messiah @ Fishamble Street (1pm)
- The Strypes @ Tower Records (2pm)
- Scribble: Loud Mouth Collective @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 8pm)
- Cujo Family, Cocaine Ponytail @ Button Factory (Free)
- 100 Days to KnockanStockan @ The Grand Social
- The Spook of The Thirteenth Lock, Cian Nugent, Drunken Boat @ Whelan’s (€12)
- Not Squares, White Collar Boy, Michael Le Galaxie DJ set @ Button Factory (€5, 11pm)
- Melodica Deathship, Estel, Pulled Apart, Magic Pockets @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€7, €12 with CD/vinyl)
- Phantom Live: Kopek, Kowalski @ The Academy Green Room (€5)
- MUD: Hertz-U & PT Connection present Fierce, Aka Aka @ Twisted Pepper (€12, 11pm)
Saturday April 14th
- Whelan’s Record Fair @ Whelan’s (Free, 1pm-5pm)
- Handel’s Messiah @ Adam & Eve’s Church (1:30pm)
- 35 Years Of Punk screening and bands @ Twisted Pepper (€7, 7pm)
- Nighthawks: Jinx Lennon, Shane Hennessy, Conall Bailey, Ellie McMahon & more @ Cobalt Cafe (€)
- Junah EP launch with CFit, @ The Grand Social (€5)
- Elaine Mai, Leanne Harte @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Free)
- We Cut Corners, Come On Live Long @ Whelan’s (€10)
- Sea Of Bees @ Academy 2 (€11.50)
- Alphabet Set Decade: Gretta Gunn, Dekeft, Ilex, DJs @ U Bar (Free, 9pm til late)
- !Kaboogie Presents: H-ci and Warren Knowles @ King 7, Capel Street (€5 before 12, €7 after)
- Ghost Estates,The North Sea,Palookavill Djs,Failsafe Films @ Moxie Studios, Pembroke Row (€10, BYOB)
- Crazy P @ The Sugar Club (€16)
- Pogo: Function (Sandwell District) and more @ Twisted Pepper (€12, 11pm)
Sunday April 15th
- 12 Sundays: @ Bernard Shaw (Free, noon til late)
- Saucy Sundays @ The Grand Social (Free, 5pm)
- Hidden Highways, Owensie @ Stag’s Head (€8)
- Autumn Owls, Bouts, At Last An Atlas @ Whelan’s (€7)
Monday April 16th
- Relax.
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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.