Win free entry:
- Thursday: Bow Lane Sessions: Hamsandwich & RSAG @ Jameson Distillery
- Thursday: Boiler Room: New Jackson, The Cyclist, Sias and Magnier House Of Disco @ The Generator (WIN – click to enter, 7pm)
- Friday: LA Priest @ The Workman’s Club
How to enter free entry comps – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number (for late contact) in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig or Friday 1pm latest for weekend gigs.
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Tuesday December 1
- Django Django, Stealing Sheep @ Vicar Street (€22.50)
[Alt-indie] Shot Down. London Art-rock band. - The Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (9pm, €6)
[Acoustic club] Basciville / Rachael Lavelle / Leila Jane + more
Wednesday December 2
- Marina + The Diamonds, Wyvern Lingo @ The Academy (SOLD OUT)
[Pop] Welsh pop star. Frooty. Blue - The Magic Numbers @ Whelan’s (€21)
[Melodic pop] They have a Trim connection. - Kaleidoscope Night @ Bello Bar (€10)
[Contemporary/experimental] the music of Berio, Brian Eno, an Austrian yodeling fiddler, Telemann with recorder and bodhran, and music inspired by Irish artist George Vaughan. - Ye Vagabonds @ The Grand Social (€12)
[Folk] Old-fashioned folk duo. - Miles Graham @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€11)
[Pop] Sligo-based soul pop musician - Mumford and Sons @ 3Arena (€52)
[Pop] so that’s happening. Also Thursday.
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Thursday December 3
- Little xs For Eyes, Colour Canyon @ The Grand Social (€10)
[Indie/pop] Listen to their excellent 2nd album Everywhere Else. - Boiler Room: New Jackson, The Cyclist, Sias and Magnier House Of Disco @ The Generator (WIN, 7pm)
[Dance/electronic] Second outing for BR in Dublin. - Marina + The Diamonds, Wyvern Lingo @ The Academy (SOLD OUT)
[Pop] Welsh pop star. Frooty. Blue - Lianne La Havas @ Olympia Theatre (€25)
[Pop] Prince collaborator, great singer / Recent Blood album is good. - Bow Lane Sessions: Hamsandwich & RSAG @ Jameson Distillery (WIN TICKETS)
[Party] Once-off collaboration with special guests. - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble with Stomptown Brass @ The Sugar Club (€20)
[Brass] New Orleans brass bands week on Leeson Street. - Postponed: East India Youth @ Button Factory (€15)
[Alternative] Alt-pop multi-instrumentalist - Lissie @ Whelan’s (€18)
[Pop] Country folk pop – Hero. - Naoise Roo, Thumper @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€8)
[Alt/indie] Lilith album. - Big Daddy Kane @ Opium Rooms (€20)
[Rap] OG New York MC. - Mashed presents TR One @ The Grand Social (€5/€10, 11pm)
[Electronic] All vinyl techno set.
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Friday December 4
- Dublin Christmas Bazaar @ Block B (Free, Noon – 7pm)
[Market] 120 stalls, music, food and more. - Gaz Coombes @ Whelan’s (SOLD OUT)
[Indie-rock] Supergrass singer solo mission. - Cancelled: Tobias Jesso Jr. @ Button Factory (€20)
[Singer-songwriter] Piano-playing tall 70s-throwback singer and Adele collaborator. - LA Priest @ The Workman’s Club (€16.50)
[Electronic pop] Learning to Love is the jam. - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble with Interskalactic @ The Sugar Club (€20)
[Brass] New Orleans brass bands week on Leeson Street.. - Elephant @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€8)
[Folk/pop] Dundalk musician just-released Hypergiant album. Debuted here. - Ham Sandwich @ Christchurch, Dublin (SOLD OUT)
[Pop/rock] Apollo. - Sim Simma w/ Born Cheating & Chris Montana @ Wigwam (€5 before 10pm / €10 after)
[Dance] a night of bashment, bassline and boogie. - Rave Bash @ The Wiley Fox (€5/€10, 9pm)
[Dance] A load of DJs and UV paint. - Octave One @ District 8 (€15, 11pm)
[Dance] Detroit DJs & Pat Hyland, Giles Armstrong and Mark Gill - Abstract & Strictly Deep: Doorly @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] Hot Creations dance DJ/producer.
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Saturday December 5
- Dublin Christmas Bazaar @ Block B (Free, 11am – 6pm)
[Market] 120 stalls, music, food and more. - Young Hearts Run Free: Yule! @ The Co-Op, Newmarket Square (€22, BYOB), 7:15pm)
[Xmas show] Land Lovers, Switzerland, The Mess Around, DJ Dandelion, Paddy Hanna, White Collar Boy, Women’s Christmas, Dónal Lunny, Mossy Nolan & Colm McGowan, Stephen James Smith, Young Hearts DJ’s, Super Surprise Guests! - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble @ The Sugar Club (€10+ , 2pm-5pm)
[All Ages] New Orleans brass bands week on Leeson Street. - Jerry Fish Electric Slideshow @ Vicar Street (€26)
[Rock/n/roll] musical guests like Dublin’s finest rock ’n’ roll renegades The Minutes, New Orleans Funk Street collective Stomptown Brass, blues troubadour Johnny Stewart and the latin party hurricane that is the San Patricio Mariachi Band - Lethal Dialect @ The Academy 2 (€12)
[Rap] Superior Irish rap. - The Blades @ Olympia Theatre (€28)
[Post-punk] September Girls support. - Declan O’Rourke @ Whelan’s (€25)
[Singer-songwriter] Saturday and Sunday. - Retro Revival Indie Club: Night Trap, Galants, Hags, Magic Moogles, Vintage Psych Arrangement @ Sweeney’s (9pm, €5)
[Rock] Synth-pop and garagerock. - dRea, Red Kid @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
[Rock] Animal. - Vyvienne Long @ Button Factory (€tbc)
[Singer/songwriter cellist] Launch of Christmas single, - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble with Ajo Arkestra @ The Sugar Club (€20)
[Brass] New Orleans brass bands week on Leeson Street. - Funky Seomra 7th Anniversary @ Filmbase (€12)
[Club] Alcohol-free dancing. - Burning Up @ The Grand Social (Free, 11pm)
[Club] Disco dancing with Kelly-Anne Byrne and Graham Dolan. - Mother: Crazy P Soundsystem @ Copper Alley (€10/€12, 11pm)
[Club] Fun disco dance music. - Wolfgang Flür (Formerly of Kraftwerk) @ Voodoo Lounge (€20)
[Electronic] Eloquece: Complete Works album tour. - Scuba @ Button Factory (€10, 11pm)
[Sense] Hotflush producer and DJ. - Jimmy Edgar @ Opium Rooms (€10/€12, 11pm)
[Dance] Detroit-Berlin. Let Me Tell You - Shift @ The Mezz (Midnight, Free)
[Rock covers] Very fun covers of 80s hair metal. - Small Talk vs Strictly Deep @ Hangar (€10/€15, 11pm)
[Dance] Samuel Deep B2B Julian Alexander - Leon Vynehall, Henry Wu @ District 8 (€15/€20, 11pm)
[Electronic] House, techno, jazzy hip-hop influences.
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Sunday December 6
- Dublin Christmas Bazaar @ Block B (Free, 11am – 6pm)
[Market] 120 stalls, music, food and more. - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble @ The Sugar Club (€10+ , 2pm-5pm)
[All Ages] New Orleans brass bands week on Leeson Street. - Def Leppard And Whitesnake @ 3Arena (€60)
[Rock] Big 80s rock show. - The Boomtown Rats, Trouble Pilgrims @ Olympia Theatre (€39)
[Rock] 40th Anniversary Show - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble with Manden Express @ The Sugar Club (€20)
[Brass] New Orleans brass bands week on Leeson Street.
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Monday December 7
- Guy Garvey @ Olympia Theatre (€40-50)
[Indie/pop] Elbow man goes solo. Angela’s Eyes. - Changing Perceptions Of Irish Music @ Smock Alley (€8/€12)
[Contemporary/traditional] Gavin Brennan, Triona Marshall and the RTE ConTempo String Quartet - Ane Brun @ Vicar Street (€24)
[Pop] Scandinavian pop
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