The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // April 1st – 7th
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Ticket freebies this week:
- Saturday: Mouse On Mars + Sunken Foal [Live] & Solar Bears [DJ Set] @ Button Factory (€12/€10)
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Tuesday April 1st
- Danny G sings Marvin Gaye @ The Odessa Club (€10)
[Soul] Plus guest Edel Meade
Wednesday April 2nd
- Kaleidoscope Night @ The Odessa (€12)
[Contemporay/classical] Brahms, Sax Quartet and more.
- Colurfest: Clu (live) @ Twisted Pepper (€8)
[Electronic] A/V duo play live plus guests.
Thursday April 3rd
- Miles Kane @ The Academy (€26.40)
[Indie] Something to do with the Arctic Monkeys at one point? - Laura Elizabeth Hughes @ Whelan’s (€11)
[Folk/acoustic] Young Dublin singer-songwriter.
- The Notas, Other Creatures, Carriages @ The Grand Social (€7/€5)
[Indie] Three upcoming Irish bands on the same bill. - Junior Spesh: Lil Silva @ Twisted Pepper (10:30pm, €10)
[DJ] Night Slugs DJ and producer.
Friday April 4th
- The Joinery off-site: European Sensoria Band and more @ Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall (€10)
[Improvised] & Colm O’Hara David Donohoe, Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh, Gavin Duffy, Cian Nugent. - The Riptide Movement @ Vicar Street (€19.50)
[Rock] Former buskers find fame and chart success. - YoungheartsRunFree DJ night @ Project Arts Centre (9:30pm – 12:30am, Free in )
[DJS] Siobhán Kane, Daragh O’ Halloran and Peter Toomey for Simon Community. - Skinny Wolves: Girls Names and Squarehead @ Whelan’s (€12)
[Indie-Rock] Two of the best bands in Ireland. - Rocstrong, AudioFires @ 4 Dame Lane (Free)
[Irish] A chance to see the guy behind ‘Go Head‘ play live. Plus Jelly Mouth and KRB. - Duke Dumont @ The Academy (€19.90, SOLD OUT, 11pm)
[Dance] Chart-topping dance producer’s gig is well sold out. - Gary’s Gang: Mark Forshaw, Paudi Ahern @ Sweeney’s (Free, 10:30pm)
[Dance] Wild house and techno UK DJ. - MUD: Bodytonic & Bedlam: Shadow Child @ Twisted Pepper (10:30pm, €12/€10)
[DJs] Plus Bedlam DJs, Absys Records w/ Reza (Metalheadz) Ricky Force, Sho & Domel - Alias Empire @ Whelan’s (€TBC, After midnight, Guestlist)
[Alternative] Irish electro-rock.
Saturday April 5th
- Breakfast Club 3rd Birthday with Patrice Scott @ The Dark Horse (€10, 7am-1pm)
[Dance] Detroit DJ House Dj and Mark Murphy.
- State’s Faces of 2014: The Animators, Affleck, Joshua Burnside @ The Mercantile (Free, 9pm)
[New music night] Three new bands for free. More. - John Blek and The Rats, Hidden Highways @ The Workman’s Club (€8)
[Folk/Country] Six-piece Cork country/folk band and Limerick folk duo. - Rollerdiskotekken: David Kitt DJ, Barry Redsettaz, Louis Scully @ Spin Disco, The Long Mile Road (€14, BYOB)
[DJing/ skating] Skate til midnight, dance til 3am. 70s disco & ’80s pop
- Mouse On Mars + Sunken Foal [Live] & Solar Bears [DJ Set] @ Button Factory (€12/€10)
[Electronic] German eccentric duo headline. - SOS: Pat Hyland, Giles Armstrong, Toby Kaar, Galactic Beat Club, 4WRD GRAD @ Pacino’s At Night (€10)
[DJs] Disco, house and techno.
- SOS: Pat Hyland, Giles Armstrong, Toby Kaar, Galactic Beat Club, 4WRD GRAD @ Pacino’s At Night (€10)
[DJs] Disco, house and techno.
- Abstract presents David August, Willo, Colin Perkins, Breen @ The Pygmalion (€10-€15)
[Dance] Rising house music producer. - Totally Dublin presents 90s Club Night @ IMMA (€10, SOLD OUT)
[90s rave] Donal Dineen (2FM), Adrian Dunlea (Sir Henry’s, Cork), Haroon Mirza and the Totally Dublin DJs. Afterparty. - Pogo: Culture Shock: Mr G @ Twisted Pepper (€14/€12, 10:30pm)
- [Dance] Mr G live in the Boiler Room. Plus Guests.
Sunday April 6th
- 12 Sundays: Loose End @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 8pm)
[DJs] Laid back Sunday vibes with Al Murphy. - Our Vinyl Weights A Ton @ The Sugar Club (€12.50)
[Film Screening] Stones Throw film screening + Q&A with Peanut Butter Wolf.
Monday April 7th
- Kurt Vile & Pall Jenkins @ Whelan’s (€20, SOLD OUT)
[Indie/rock] The American alt-musician plays solo with the Black Heart Procession member on support.
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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.