The 7-day gig guide to Dublin music and events this week.
Highlights: Simonetti Horror Project, Swans, Jack Of Diamonds festival, Lord Huron, Andrés, Slane and elsewhere No Way Back in Galway and Nialler9/Feel Good Lost in West Cork.
If you’re looking for tickets to sold out gigs try #ticketfairy on Twitter.
Ticket freebies this week:
- Wednesday Aug 14th: Simonetti Horror Project aka Claudio Simonetti of Goblin, School Tour, DJ/VJ Stefano ‘Giallo’ Galvino @ Button Factory (€24.50)
- Thursday Aug 15th: Swans @ Button Factory (€24.50, WIN TICKETS)
- 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. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig.
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Tuesday August 13th
- The Plateau Sessions @ The Workman’s Upstairs Bar (Free)
[Open mic] Ultan Conlon, Shanokee and Cronin
Wednesday August 14th
- Simonetti Horror Project aka Claudio Simonetti of Goblin, School Tour, DJ/VJ Stefano ‘Giallo’ Galvino @ Button Factory (€24.50, WIN TICKETS)
[Live soundtracks] perform the horror movie scores of Suspiria,Goblin, Profondo Rosso, Tenebre, Dawn of the Dead ,Creepers,Rollers,Hallow’een - Ryan Francesconi, Mirabai Peart + Maud In Cahoots @ Whelan’s (€11)
[Folk] Portland musician Francesconi released album on Bella Union last year. ‘Parallel Flights’.
Thursday August 15th
- Booka Brass @ Whelan’s (Free, 7pm)
[Brass] Dublin-based New Orleans brass band play free in the window of the pub. - u:mack presents Swans @ Button Factory (€24.50, WIN TICKETS)
[Rock] Plus special guest Josephine Foster accompanied by Gyda Valtysdottir. - Happy Mondays @ Live At Leopardstown (€15, 8:45pm)
[Baggy] A heavy dose of Madchester nosatalgia at a racecourse. - Zebra: Go Swim, The Notas, Thieves @ Whelan’s (Free entry on FB)
[Indie] Three Irish bands for free. - Happy Mondays DJ set @ The Academy (€12.50, 11pm)
[Indie] Bez DJing some Hacienda / Manchester classics.
Friday August 16th
Festivals
- Jack Of Diamonds Rhythm & Roots festival @ various venues (Free)
60 acts in 10 venues over three days including The Hot Sprockets, Gavin Glass, The Urges, I Draw Slow, Prison Love The Eskies.
- DJ iZem’s Dublin Tropical @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[DJ] Global vibes: beats, funk, Latin and hip-hop. - Macka B @ Twisted Pepper (€12, 11pm)
[Reggae] Longtime skanking singer and creator of the great ‘The Power Of The Mind’. - Cait And Orlando, White Collar Boy @ Pacinos (€3, 10pm)
[DJs] 3 Dolla Party reconvenes for a once-off - BITCHES @ The Odessa Club (€5, 8:30pm)
[ Scruff Pop] London duo with support from Ryan Doyle and Fight Like Apes DJ set.
Saturday August 17th
Festivals / Specials
- Jack Of Diamonds Rhythm & Roots festival @ various venues (Free)
60 acts in 10 venues over three days including The Hot Sprockets, Gavin Glass, The Urges, I Draw Slow, Prison Love The Eskies. - Into The West: I Am The Cosmos, Toby Kaar, Daithí, Floating Joints, Stevie G @ Connollys, Leap, West Cork (€13.50, BYOB, 8pm -late)
Nialler9 & Feel Good Lost present a special gig in the heart of West Cork . - No Way Back @ Undisclosed location, Galway (Free)
A special party by Drop Everything and Atelier 1991 in a NAMA-fied block outside Galway with Frank B, White Collar Boy, Bande Apartment, Sally Cinnamon, Ghostboy & more - Eminem @ Slane Castle (€79.50)
Yep. Plus Plan B, Earlwolf: Tyler and Earl Sweatshirt, Yelawolf, Slaughterhouse and Chance The Rapper.
- The Fall @ Button Factory (€22.50)
[Rock] Mark E Smith and whomever he hasn’t fired yet. - Floating presents: Nanu Nanu, Benny Smiles @ Voodoo Lounge (€10/ €5 cheaplist, 9pm)
[Rock] New Irish music night in the new Voodoo Lounge. - LAPD @ National Concert Hall (€35)
[Trad] Liam O’Flynn, Andy Irvine, Paddy Glackin, Dónal Lunny. - Hidden Agenda: Andrés @ The Button Factory (€7, 11pm)
[Dance] Most people are familiar with ‘New For U’ and that’s a good start. - Pogo/Bedlam presents Ame (DJ set) @ Twisted Pepper (€12/€10, 11pm)
[Dance] DJ/production duo of Kristian Beyer and Frank Wiedemann. Plus Shane Linehan and Conor Hanson.
Sunday August 18th
Festivals
- Jack Of Diamonds Rhythm & Roots festival @ various venues (Free)
60 acts in 10 venues over three days including The Hot Sprockets, Gavin Glass, The Urges, I Draw Slow, Prison Love The Eskies.
- Maker: DIY electronics and synth building @ Storm Studio (€39 up, 9:30am/1pm)
[Workshop] Build your own instruments - 12 Sundays @ The Bernard Shaw (3pm, Free)
[Party] Indecent Cigar Emporium live. - Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba @ The Sugar Club (€18/€20)
[African] Two of Mali’s finest musicians - Lord Huron @ Whelan’s (€16)
[Indie] Widescreen indie-Americana. Support Conor Linnie.
Monday August 19th
- Regina Spektor @ Olympia Theatre (SOLD OUT)
[Indie] Spektor does the theme tune for Orange Is The New Black. First Irish gig in 6 years. - Randy Newman @ Vicar Street (€65)
[Pop] Famous singer-songwriter and composer returns
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.
