Win free entry:
- Friday: Daithí, Le Boom @ The Workman’s Club
- Friday: Out To Lunch presents Mr. Ties (all Night Long) @ Bar Tengu (10pm)
- Saturday: Doe Paoro @ The Academy 2
- Saturday: Lumo Club with Richie Egan DJ set @ Bar Tengu, Yamamori (11pm)
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 8
- Kojaque, Dah Jevu @ Whelan’s (€5)
[Hip-hop] A new breed of Dublin rap. - The Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (9pm, €6)
[Acoustic club] Special guests promised. - Lennon Live @ The Grand Social (€10)
[Cover night] 35th Anniversary Special as performed by The Johnny Rayge Band.
Wednesday December 9
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- Hermitage Green @ The Sugar Club (€18)
[Pop] Also Thursday. - Tom Robinson @ Whelan’s (€20)
[Singer-songwriter] Solo mission from BBC Six Music presenter. - Anderson, Sinead White @ Button Factory (€10)
[Folk/pop] Listen to debut album Patterns. - Dolittle presents I Have A Tribe @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
[Indie/piano] EP Launch show – Medicine From Calgary - Ailbhe Reddy, Callum Orr, Gary O’neil @ Bello Bar (€15)
[new Irish] in aid of the Irish cancer society - Hot on the Heels of Love: Girls Names, Wounded Healer, Somadrone, School Tour @ IMMA
[a nocturnal counterpart to What We Call Love exhibition ] curated by Paraic E. Moore.
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Thursday December 10
- Therapy? @ Button Factory (€28)
[Rock] Also Friday. - Gigonometry: Let’s Set Sail, New Mellow, No Audio Dialogue, David King @ The Workman’s Club (€8)
[New music] New Irish music lineup - Good Name: Me & My Dog @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[new music] Indie pop from Dublin. - Planet Parade @ Whelans Upstairs (midnight, Free)
[Alternative] Superb atmospheric pop. - A Christmas Carol with Unshaped Form @ Bello Bar (€10)
[Instrumental] Formerly 3Epkano with specially composed music for the night. - Weathertop+Rabbit Hole presents Rave 01 @ Dublin City (Free)
[Dance] 1000 person capacity legal Rave at Undisclosed Location
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Friday December 11
- Dublin Christmas Flea 2015 @ Point Village (Noon – 7pm)
[Market] Over 100 stalls of local design, art, food, music and more. - Kodaline, Little Hours, Gabrielle Aplin @ 3Arena (SOLD OUT)
[Pop] Also Saturday. - Sample Answer @ The Academy 2 (€12)
[Pop] Singer-songwriter loop pedal pop from Dublin/London. - Happy Mondays @ Vicar Street (€)
[Madchester] Pills ‘n’ Thrills And Bellyaches live. Also Thursday. - Daithí, Le Boom @ The Workman’s Club (€15, ENTER TO WIN TICKETS)
[Dance] Galway man delivering great dance pop. Mary Keane’s Introduction. - The Jimmy Cake, Sunken Foal, Percolator @ Bello Bar (€12)
[Alt/rock] Listen to the Jimmy’s recent Master album. - The Riptide Movement @ Whelan’s (€23)
[Rock] Also Saturday. & Sunday. - Christmas Special: Standy By Me, Motor City, and Soul and Funk 45s DJs @ The Sugar Club (€20)
[DJs/Screening] 5 Piece soul and funk band - I Draw Slow @ Unitarian Church (€16)
[Folk] Christmas show. - Out To Lunch presents Mr. Ties (all Night Long) @ Bar Tengu (€10, 10pm, ENTER TO WIN TICKETS)
[Electronic] resident at well-known Berlin club night ‘Homopatik’ and is know for his extended, expansive sets. - Homebeat: Klubnacht @ The Goethe Institut, Merrion Square (€7/€10)
[Electronic] Irish and German electronic music w/ Lake People, Neil Flynn & Carriages in a unique location. - Room 19 presents: Denney @ Hangar (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] Hot Creations DJ. - Curve present Adam Beyer @ Button Factory (€20)
[Dance] First set since Forbidden Fruit last year - Bicep @ District 8 (€18, 11pm)
[Dance] Makers of one of the tunes of the year – ‘Just’ - Hot Since 82 presents Knee Deep @ Pygmalion (€30, 10pm)
[Dance] Hot Since 82, Hybrasil, Will Kinsella, Colin Perkins, Sexshop, Aaron Nolan, Petrus Steil
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Saturday December 12
- Dublin Christmas Flea 2015 @ Point Village (11am – 6pm)
[Market] Over 100 stalls of local design, art, food, music and more. - Dublin Christmas Bazaar @ Block B (Free, 11am – 6pm)
[Market] 120 stalls, music, food and more. - Jape, Pleasure Beach @ Vicar Street (€18)
[electro/pop] With Booka Brass Band joining the band. Richie DJing at Lumo after. - Saint Sister, Rachel Lavelle @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€12)
[All Ages] Atmosfolk Celtic harp duo. - Doe Paoro @ The Academy 2 (€15, WIN FREE PASSES)
[LA electro singer-songwriter] Nostalgia. - Jose Gonzalez, This Is The Kit @ The Academy (€26)
[Folk] Leaf Off / The Cave. - Kodaline, All Tvvins, Gabrielle Aplin @ 3Arena (SOLD OUT)
[Pop] Also Friday. - Dolittle presents: Overhead, The Albatross, Race The Flux, Participant @ The Workman’s Club (€12)
[Post-rock] Watch the latest video. - Lumo Club with Richie Egan DJ set @ Bar Tengu, Yamamori (€10, 11pm, ENTER TO WIN PASSES)
[Club] Our Christmas bash moves downstairs with a Funktion One soundsystem to boot. PARTY - Motel @ Wigwam (11pm)
[Club] First of the new regular night. - Mother @ Copper Alley (€10/€12, 11pm)
[Club] Kelly Anne-Byrne. - Danny Krivit, Billy Scurry @ The Grand Social (€12, 10pm)
[Dance] NYC Body And Soul club DJ and established house legend. - Fish Go Deep @ Opium Rooms (€10/€12, 11pm)
[Dance] Brilliant Cork selectors of house music. - Shift @ The Mezz (Midnight, Free)
[Rock covers] Very fun covers of 80s hair metal. - Sense with Helena Hauff & Sunil Sharpe @ Button Factory (€8, 10pm)
[Dance] Super banging techno - Dystopian Showcase @ District 8 (€18, 11pm)
[Electronic] Rodhad, Vril and Don Williams
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Sunday December 13
- Dublin Christmas Flea 2015 @ Point Village (11am – 6pm)
[Market] Over 100 stalls of local design, art, food, music and more. - Smithfield Christmas Market Fair @ The Generator (Free, non – 7pm)
[Market] stalls, music, food and more. - El Vy @ Vicar Street (SOLD OUT)
[Alt/rock] The National’s Matt Berninger / Brent Knopf of Menomena - I can’t believe you haven’t seen…SOUPY NORMAN @ The Sugar Club (€10)
[Charity screening] with special guests BARRY MURPHY & MARK O’DOHERTY - Blood Red Mountain Band @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
[Roots/folk] plus guests Jem Mitchell and Stephen James Smith
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Monday December 14
- The Vaccines @ Olympia Theatre (€23)
[Indie/pop] Date changed from the 8th to the 14th - The Wailers @ The Academy (€32)
[Reggae] Bob’s backing band continue to play. - Gavin James @ Whelan’s (SOLD OUT)
[Pop] Singer-songwriter
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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, 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.
