The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // April 30th - May 6th

Highlights: Camden Crawl Dublin festival, The Beatyard festival, Alt-J/Hundred Waters, Angel Olsen, Thee Oh Sees, Daedelus, Shit Robot/The Field, Why? and more. 

Ticket freebies this week:

A pair of passes to Daedelus (Friday), The Field/Shit Robot, Ocho (Sunday). Full details of each show and how to enter below.

• 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 before 5pm the day before the gig to enter.

If you’re looking for tickets to sold out gigs try #ticketfairy on Twitter.

Gig playlist

Listen to a Soundcloud set of artists playing Dublin this week…

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Tuesday April 30th

• Amplify: The Business of Music #2 @ The Grand Social (Free, 6:30pm)
  [Talk] A series of music industry talks where a speaker talks about their subject for 20 minutes. 
• Happenings: This is How We Fly @ The Fumbally (€20)
  [Contemporary Folk]  Food plus Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh on fiddle & hardanger fiddle, Seán Mac Erlaine on clarinets & live electronics, Nic Gareiss on percussive dance, and Petter Berndalen on drums and percussion.

Wednesday May 1st

• Candice Gordon @ The Workman’s Club  (€8)
  [Soul/pop] Launch of  vintage sounding Before The Sunset Ends EP.
• The Listening Room @ The Joinery  (Free, 7pm- 8:30pm)
  [Radio] Free easy night of radio broadcasts.
• Kaleidoscope @ Odessa Club  (€12, 8:30pm)
  [Classical] Contempary and classical performances

Thursday May 2nd

• Skinny Wolves: Angel Olsen, Lisa O’Neill, Bill Blood @ Whelan’s (€10)
  [Folk] Off-kilter Chicago folk and solid local support.
• John Blek & The Rats @ Tower (Free, 6pm)
  [Folk] Country-folk six-piece from Cork.
• Dexys @ Olympia Theatre (€33.90)
  [Pop] Cabaret vintage soul-pop from Kevin Rowland and friends. For fans only.
• Unknown Mortal Orchestra @ Academy 2 (€14)
  [Indie] Psychedelic indie-rock from Portland. 
• Blood Red Mountain Band @ The Grand Social  (€8)
  [Country] Country Soul and rock’n’ roll.
• The Beatyard: Hudson Mohawke, Maya Jane Coles @ Twisted Pepper (€25,10:30pm)
  [DJ] If you have money to get a ticket, go to this.

Friday May 3rd

• Camden Crawl Dublin opening party: New Young Pony Club, Dirty Beaches Windings, Tropics, Big Deal @ Whelan’s ( €20)
  [Launch] Eclectic lineup for CC Dublin’s opening party. 
• Alt-J, Hundred Waters @ Olympia Theatre  (Sold out)
  [Indie] well, this will be a good one. Excellent Nialler9 mainstays on support. 
• Phizzfest: Pugwash @ Botanic House  (€10)
  [Pop] Harmony laden classic Dublin  pop band.
• I Hear A New World @ Samuel Beckett Theatre   (€10, 7:30pm)
  [Experimental] Trinity College M.Phil in Music and Media Technologies graduate show.
• Harmonic: John Grant @ Vicar Street (€23)
  [Alternative] Touching tragicomic songs from the big man.
• Daedelus, Orquesta @ The Sugar Club (€12.50, 11pm, WIN TICKETS)
  [Electronic] Ninja Tune’s button wizard and part-time dandy.
• The Beatyard: Giles Peterson, DJ iZem & more @ Twisted Pepper (€16, 11pm)
  [DJ] BBC 6 Music Radio presenter of soul, funk and jazz. 

Saturday May 4th

• The Beatyard: Optimo All-Dayer @ The Bernard Shaw  (Free, from 3pm to late)
  [DJs]  Glasgow DJs plus support to late. 
• Phizzfest: Open the Gates all-dayer  @ Phibsborough pubs  (Free, 4:30pm)
  [DJs and talks] !Kaboogie, Eomac, Firehouse Skank,  Fran Harnett, Aoife Ni Canna & a screening of As An Talamh: Notes On Rave.
• Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin  @ 15 venues  (€33-€55, 7pm)
  [Festival]  Bands include Echo & The Bunnymen, Fight Like Apes, Fionn Regan, Heathers, Toby Kaar, Tropics & more. 
• Phizzfest: Seán MacErlaine/ Petter Berndalen Duo @ All Saint’s Church, Phibsborough (€10)
  [Contemporary] Three quarters of This Is How We Fly.
• Thee Oh Sees @ Whelan’s (€16.50)
  [Rock]  Alternative rock from San Fran band. 
• Nialler9 Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin Party @ Sweeneys Upstairs and basement (festival ticket)
  [Festival] Adultrock, White Collar Boy, Ghosts, Sleep Thieves, Terriers, Owensie + VRY Special Guests
• Abstract’s Bank Holiday : Guy Gerber @ The Pygmalion  (€8, 10pm)
  [Dance] Part of a 4-day festival also featuring Jay Haze and White Collar Boy.
• Subject & The Beatyard: Marcel Dettman @ Twisted Pepper (€14/€16, 10.30pm)
  [Electronic] Bergain DJ Plus Barry Redsettaz, Joma and Austin Molloy.
• Flush: Paleman @ The Underground, Kennedys (€8, 10.30pm)
  [Dance] Bass/techno from Manchester Swamp 81 producer. 

Bank Holiday Sunday May 5th

• Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin  @ 15 venues  (€33-€55, 7pm)
  [Festival] Bands include Darkstar, Black Lips, Ships, The Pictish Trail, Noceremony///, & loads more.
• 12 Sundays: Gaye Pride @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
  [Live] Willa Lee, Brian Deady, Butter, Indecent Cigar Emporium and more celebrate the music of Marvin Gaye. 
• Nialler9 Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin Party @ Sweeneys Upstairs and basement (festival ticket)
  [Festival] Amateur Best, Ships, Come On Live Long, Liza Flume, Slow Skies, HUNK!
• Forza Italo @ The Odessa Club (€10, 6pm)
  [DJs] Italo disco with Fred Ventura and Alden Tyrell.
• Ocho @ Pepper Canister Church (€10, WIN TICKETS)
  [Electronic] Soulful electronic band. 
• Ajo Arquesta, Madu, T-Woc @ The Sugar Club (€10)
  [Soul/funk] A Dublin Afrobeat Ensemble gig.
• The Field, Shit Robot @ Button Factory (11:30pm,€22.50, WIN TICKETS )
  [Dance] Ambient techno and Irish dance on DFA records.
• The Beatyard: Tensnake, Magic Touch, Kelly Anne Byrne, Ghostboy @ Twisted Pepper  (€15, 10:30pm )
  [Dance] Disco and electro. ‘Mainline’ featuring Syron.

Bank Holiday Monday May 6th

• The Specials @ Olympia Theatre (€49.65)
  [Ska] Still skanking. 
• Harmonic: Why? @  Whelan’s (€18.50)
  [Alternative] Poetic indie-rock. Always worth seeing. 

Niall Byrne

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,  Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter,  and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.

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