The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // Feb 23 – 29
Email to be in the draw for free entry:
- Friday: Lumo Club @ Bar Tengu (€10, 10pm)
- Saturday: Texture #1 Presents: Matthew Dekay, 24-Hour Party People @ The Sugar 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 February 23
- Shearwater, Cross Record @ Button Factory (€15)
[Indie/rock] contemporary indie rock / reflective songwriting - Fat White Family, Shame @ Whelan’s (€19)
[Rock] Raucous UK rock with a good live rep. - Ruby Sessions: w/ Gabrielle Aplin, Róisín O, Basciville, Bairbre Anne @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm)
[Acoustic showcase] Read my interview with Conor Ruby Sessions.
Wednesday February 24
- Foxes @ Whelan’s (€21.50)
[Pop] Better Love. - Tim Stiles of Passion Party, Gin ‘N’ Juice @ The Mezz (Free)
[Hip-Hop] Satirical hip-hop band & Dublin hip-hop cover band.
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Thursday February 25
- Good Name Presents:Lakerama @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[New Irish Limerick/Cork footwork electronic duo. - Mixtapes from the Underground, BARQ & Kojaque @ The Workmans Club (€5)
[New Irish music] Live Irish hip-hop and soul. - Bute Launch Party @ The Wiley Fox (€4/€6, 10pm)
[Club] Underground sounds. Mix & Fairbanks, Ghosts, Ramona Deeka
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Friday February 26
- Preston Reed @ The Grand Social (€15)
[Guitarist] Your dad loves him. - My Tribe, Your Tribe, Bad Sea @ Sin É (Free)
[Indie/rock] ‘Garden Song‘ Tour . - Lumo Club @ Bar Tengu (€10, 10pm)
[Club] The Lumo Club Chart brought to you by Nialler9, Si Roche and Gav E.
- Hannah Wants @ The Academy (€20)
[Dance] “The undisputed queen of 2014” – Mixmag. - Film @ Filmbase (€12)
[Techno] Jon Hussey Pineal Navigation Doug Cooney - Move D & Shanti Celeste @ Opium Rooms (€15, 11pm)
[Dance]+Twitch DJs [Belfast] - John Digweed @ Button Factory (€18, 9pm)
[Dance] Flew high in the 90s. World No 1 DJ in 2001
- Sim Simma: Outlook Festival Dublin Launch Party @ Wigwam (€5-€8, 11pm)
[Latin] w/ Docktah Irie, Tim Timma, Johnny Dread and Shabba - Craig David @ Wright Venue
[Garage/Pop] Rewind. Bo.
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Saturday February 27
- Thirty Four Saturdays:Tiz Mcnamara @ Thirty Four (Free, 2pm)
[Live] a series of Saturday afternoon gigs in the new Café space. - The Gloaming @ National Concert Hall (Sold out)
[Contemporary/trad] Ahead of second album release, the supergroup play 45 sold out gigs. - Texture #1 Presents: Matthew Dekay, 24-Hour Party People @ The Sugar Club (€10-€15, WIN TICKETS)
[Club] HomeBeat & Melodic present a new club night with on select international artists & choice homegrown talent playing heartfelt house and electronica. - CC Brez, Her Alibi @ Whelans (€12.50)
[Album Launch] Soul funk pop – her Alibi. - Backstory: Donal Dineen, Dara Mulhern (Power FM) @ Jigsaw (€5 before midnight)
[Club] Donal Dineen’s exploration of music past, present and future. Playlist. - Downtownsounds 15th Birthday Hooley @ The Grand Social (Free, 11pm)
[DJs] w/ Jimmy B, Fanto, Pablo and Louche - Flipside: DJ Fett Burger @ Tengu (€8/€10, 10pm)
[Dance] All night long. - Motel: Dan Shake @ Wigwam (10pm, €8/€12)
[Dance] Boiler Room - Sense: Dekmantel Soundsystem @ Button Factory (Free, 11pm)
[Dance] 3-hr Set - Pyg presents Joey Negro @ The Pyg (10pm, €TBC)
[Dance] Disco house UK DJ.
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Sunday February 28
- Bowie Singalong @ MVP (SOLD OUT)
[Singalong] Best of Bowie - The Gloaming @ National Concert Hall (Sold out)
[Contemporary/trad] Ahead of second album release, the supergroup play 45 sold out gigs. - Casual Agenda, The Klares @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
[Pop/rock] Young rock bucks, - Pyg Sundays: Greg Spring, Handsome Paddy @ Pygmalion (€5)
[DJs] Possibly starts early in the evening.
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Monday February 29
- The Gloaming @ National Concert Hall (Sold out)
[Contemporary/trad] Ahead of second album release, the supergroup play 45 sold out gigs.
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