The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // April 15th – 21st
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Ticket freebies this week:
- Wednesday: San Fermin, Spies, Slow Skies @ Whelan’s
- Saturday: Bang The Box 2nd birthday: Anthony Naples @ Twisted Pepper (€10, 10:30pm)
- Sunday: MUD: Rub-A-Dublin Reggae Festival #2 @ Twisted Pepper (€15, 6pm)
- Sunday: Subject presents Legowelt @ The Grand Social (€10/€15)
How to enter – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig.
Tuesday April 15th
- Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (9pm, €6)
[Acoustic/folk] Long running night.
Wednesday April 16th
- San Fermin, Spies, Slow Skies @ Whelan’s (€15, WIN TICKETS)
[Alternative] Alt-rock, sweeping chamber pop and contemporary classical music. Sonsick.
Thursday April 17th
- Madlib DJ Set @ The Sugar Club (€22)
[DJ] The prolific Beat Konducta on the decks. - The Young Folk @ Whelan’s (€10)
[Folk] Trad folk Dublin band. - Karmacloud @ The Back Loft (€10)
[Folk] Once Loved, Twice Shy / Berklee-born folk music. - Free State 8 @ Project Arts Centre
[New classical] Crash Ensemble’s up and coming composing talent performance. - Junior Spesh Holy Thursday: Talkboy x Arenas, The Bedroom, Cockpuke & Ben Bix//Feather @ Twisted Pepper (€8/€5)
[Electronic] Fine lineup of Irish electronic-leaning talent.
Good Friday April 18th
Festivals
- Barn Dance VII @ Secret location (€60, BYOB)
Krystal Klear, Fritz Kalkbrenner, The Minutes, ShedJamie Jones, DJ Yoda and more.
- Backwards On Good Friday @ Backwardville by Bus (4pm, BYOB, €25-€30)
[Dance] Undisclosed location with Shane Linehan, Lerosa and more. - Vision Collector: Matthew Styles @ Secret Dublin 2 location (€20, 11pm)
[Dance] 75-capacity party til 7am.
- Ensemble Eriu @ 12 Rutland Place (€10, 9pm, BYOB)
[Trad] Highly recommended - Psychotic Reaction Presents: Good Friday @ The Annex, Applerock Studios (€TBC, BYOB)
[Rock] SOnance HOtel / New Gods / The Weathermen / The Pacifics + more TBA - Good Fridays: Sunken Foal, Trev Nuremberg @ Block T (€12/€10)
[Electronic] Ambulance (Trevor O’Reilly and Duncan Murphy) share a billing and a stage for the first time in many years. - Resurrection Ruckus @ Seomra Spraoi (€10, 9pm, BYOB)
[DJs] Alien Hand, Chris Chapman, Bonz, Executive Steve The Scaldy Madonna, Finnalicious Zyme (visuals)
Easter Saturday April 19th
Festivals
- Phaseone Festival @ The Dock, Carrick On Shannon, Leitrim (€25 per day / €60 weekend)
Electronic arts and music festival. Sid Le Rock, White Collar Boy Boat Party, SertOne, Clu, Hidden Agenda, Imploded View, Nialler9. - Airbound Festival @ On A Boat, London (£30)
Lasertom, TR-One, Get Down Edits, Shocko, Adultrock, L’il Dave, Chewy ,Sorca Lou and more
- Breakfast Club presents: Slow Burn @ The Dark Horse Inn (7am-1pm)
early morning rising, late night continuation. Plus Con Allen & Cian Coburn - Record Store Day Special Events @ various (Free)
[Instores] See full list for Ireland. - Elastic Witch Closing Party @ Twisted Pepper (3pm, Free)
Jape, I Am The Cosmos, Girls Names, Squarehead, Twinkranes & more. Tears on the dancefloor… - Record Store Gay @ Outhouse, Capel Street (12-late)
Le Galaxie, Kate’s Party, I Heart The Monster Hero, Patrick Kelleher, French Bird, The Late David Turpin, Gar Cox, Sleep Thieves, Lo Fires and many more - A Tribute to Levon Helm @ The Sugar Club (€14.50)
[Rock] A tribute to The Band’s legendary drummer. - Ham Sandwich @ Olympia Theatre (€19.90)
[Indie] The band returned with Illuminate recently. - Lucius @ The Workman’s Club (€15)
[Indie] Vintage indie pop soul music. Full KEXP performance. - King Khan and The Shrines @ Whelan’s (€16.50)
[Rock] Raucous garage rock, soul and funk preacher. - Daithí @ The Button Factory (€12, 11pm)
[Dance] House fiddle pop musician - Bang The Box 2nd birthday: Anthony Naples @ Twisted Pepper (€10, 10:30pm, WIN TICKETS )
[Electronic] Trilogy Tapes signed producer. Plus Barry Redsettaz, Prince DJ celebration, Sean Fitz. - Wingnut Records celebration @ Bello Bar, Portobello (9pm, €6)
[Rock] No Spill Blood, The River Fane, Bouts and Bitch Falcon. - FucknFilthy & All City Records @ Pacino’s (€5, 10pm)
[DJs] Mel Keane, Luke B, Joshua Gordon, Frankie Grimes, David Kennedy and more.
Easter Sunday April 20th
Festivals
- Phaseone Festival @ The Dock, Carrick On Shannon, Leitrim (€25 per day / €60 weekend)
Electronic arts and music festival. Terranova, Andrea Parker, Daithí, Donal Dineen, King Kong Company, Nanu Nanu
- MUD: Rub-A-Dublin Reggae Festival #2 @ Twisted Pepper (€15, 6pm, WIN TICKETS)
[Electronic/Soul] Trojan Soundsystem, General Levy, Worries Outernational Soundsystem, Dirty Dubsters,Screening of “Marley Man” & more.
- GALCHER LUSTWERK, Hidden Agenda DJs @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 8pm)
[DJs] 12 Sundays regular night.
- Chet Faker @ Button Factory (€15)
[Electronic/Soul] Aussie musician just released his Built On Glass LP. - For Jaysis Sake @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
[Bands] The Notas, Ben Bix, People of Nothing, My Mind Races, Calzone Kelly - The Building Society: Foundation Party Series 001: Jay Daniel @ Tengu Bar @ Yamamori Sushi (€12, 11pm)
[Detroit house] Royal Insanity is my jam. Two rooms with Bobofunk & Finn Merrins. - Choice Cuts presents Dublin Afrobeat Ensemble @ The Sugar Club (€10)
[Soul/funk] Plus, Manden Express, Truth and Soul DJ Akalepse, Izem, Will Dempsey - Discotekken, Forza Italo Easter Electro Extravaganza @ Pacino’s (€10, 11pm)
[DJs] Defekt, Barry Donovan (Lunar Disko) Paudi Ahern (TEST), John Mahon (12 Sundays) and more.
- Subject presents Legowelt @ The Grand Social (€10/€15, WIN TICKETS)
[DJs] Boiler Room set. - Sense presents Bodhi @ The Academy (€8-€15)
[Dance] Welsh electronic duo.
Monday April 21st
- Day of rest. Amen
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