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The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide – August Bank Holiday edition

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide – August Bank Holiday edition

Highlights: Festival weekend with All Together Now / D8 In The Garden / Indiependence / Blues, Roots and Brass Festival // The Hidden Cameras, Onion Boys, Yard, Róisín McKeown, Rudy, We Are Scientists.

All door times are 7:30pm/8pm unless stated. Check links for full prices.


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Tuesday August 1st

Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (8:30pm)
Weekly Tuesday acoustic night in aid of Simon Community. See link for acts playing every week.

Lulu’s Jazz Club @ Whelan’s
River Daughter is an emerging jazz trio comprising three recent graduates of DCU’s Jazz & Contemporary Music course


Wednesday August 2nd

Róisín McKeown, Rudy

Sheep, YARD, Emily Beattie @ The Workman’s Cellar
Launch of Sheep’s single Terms of Surrender.

Róisín McKeown, Rudy, Jaq Reidy @ The Sound House
Sound House Rising Series.

Teenage Bottlerocket @ The Grand Social
US punk rock band.

Liquid Beat @ Dashi (7pm – 1am)
Queer electronic night. Free in.


Thursday August 3rd

Onion Boys

Onion Boys, Mickey Chaos, Unstuck, Rising Damp @ Fibber Magees
Alternative rock and electronic.

The Flavours, Susi Pagel, Yer Ma, Don’t Tell Mum, Michelle Grimes @ The Sound House
Final of the Electric Picnic win-a-slot competition.

Flublah @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Irish post-rock band.

Emmet O’Brien @ The Workman’s Club
Spoken word with support from Anna D, Nomanticz, The Poet Geoff, and more

Speakers, Anie Valentine, Light Grey @ The Workman’s Cellar
Hella-Mini Tour. Irish pop-punk and alternative triple bill of catchy guitars, melodramatic vocals and shameless early 2000s nostalgia

Live Jazz @ Dashi
Weekly live jazz night in the basement with band leader Dylan Lynch of Soda Blonde/Moondiver and friends.

The Showcase @ The Grand Social
Open-mic night.


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Friday August 4th

Jessie Ware.

Festivals

All Together Now @ Curraghmore, Waterford
Friday features Lankum, Jessie Ware, Todd Terje, Annie Mac, Lumo Club & more. See all our previews here.

Indiependence @ Mitchelstown, Cork
Featuring The Coronas, Belters Only, King Kong Company, Erica Cody, Paul Woolford and more.


Blues, Roots and Brass Festival @ Whelan’s
Mary Stokes, Mr Castle Blues, The Flying Monkeys. Free in.

WLIN Underground @ The Grand Social
Trap and hip-hop night with Braydee /DJ Spaqz.

The Hidden Cameras @ The Workman’s Club
Foggy Notions & GAZE International LQBTQIA Film Festival presents the Canadian songwriter. ‘Ban Marriage’.

We Are Scientists @ Opium
New York City rock band.

Crush The House @ The Sound House (11pm)
Techno, hard style.

Barista Boy & Fizzy Waters @ The Pyg (11pm)
Double DJ header.

Back to the 80s @ The Workman’s Club (11.30pm)
80s pop party.

Berlin Fridays @ Lost Lane (11pm)
Recently kicked off Berlin-inspired electronic club.


Saturday August 5th

Sugababes

Festivals

All Together Now @ Curraghmore, Waterford
Saturday features Jamie xx, Caribou, Sugababes, Fight Like Apes, Pillow Queens, Palms Trax and more. See all our previews here.

Indiependence @ Mitchelstown, Cork
Featuring Anne-Marie, Inhaler, Jax Jones, Raye, All Tvvins and more.



D8 In The Garden – Charlotte de Witte @ Palmerstown House (1pm – 10:30pm)
+ Len Faki, KAS:ST, Cailín, Moduse, seboro, & Deni_sova, Nocturnal Animals

We Are Still Young @ The Workman’s Rooftop (1pm – 5pm)
Pop punk and emo 2000s anthems.

3M – Music Machines Masters @ The Sound House & Afterparty (4pm – late)
12 producers and DJs playing house and techno.

Blues, Roots and Brass Festival @ Whelan’s
Grainne Duffy, Dublin Blues Cartel, Dirty Vultures. Free in.

Mayfair Saturdays @ The Ball Room, The Grand Social (11pm)
Afrobeats party with DJ Ahmed.

Oblivion x 712 Presents : CULT + Support @ Wigwam (11pm)
A night of techno.

Rave U.S. @ The Racket Space (11pm)
Techno, hardstyle, rave.

HOTBOXX: Techno Rave @ The Sound House (11pm)
DJs playing techno inside a cage.


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Sunday August 6th

James Murphy

Festivals

All Together Now @ Curraghmore, Waterford
Sunday features Iggy Pop, James Murphy, Beak>, Le Boom, Biig Piig, Saint Sister and more. See all our previews here.

Indiependence @ Mitchelstown, Cork
Featuring Two Door Cinema Club, Editors, Cian Ducrot, Jenny Greene, Adelphi Music Factory, Fya Fox and more.


D8 In The Garden – CamelPhat, Kerri Chandler @ Palmerstown House (1pm – 10:30pm)
Rebuke, Obskur, Jeremy Underground, GRL, Eve, Sarah Mooney

Reclaim the Mainframe @ 777 (3pm – 1am)
777 concrete garden party with Unai Trotti, Con & Cian, Bruno Grecchi, Prøwl

Blues, Roots and Brass Festival @ Whelan’s
Louisiana Six. Free in.

Little Gem @ Anseo
Little Gem Records experimental music night.

Outset @ Red Cow Warehouse Complex (9pm – 3am)
Trym, Franck, Azyr Pawlowski, Faster Horses, Aeron, Black Traffic, DJ Fingerblast, TainT

Hidden Love X Hybrid Events present: Lars Huismann @ Wigwam (11pm)
2000s techno / Detroit techno / “tribal grooves”


Monday August 7th

Song Cycle @ Whelan’s
Whelan’s weekly singer-songwriter night



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