The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (February 21st – 27th)

Highlights: Lightbox’s night of electronic producers, Django Django, First Aid Kit, Ghostpoet & Alt-J,  Grand Pocket Orchestra album launch, Somadrone, Grouplove and Sleigh Bells.

This is the weekly list of recommended gigs taking place over the next seven days in Dublin published every Tuesday. All times are 7.30/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend events not present in the comments below.

Ticket giveaways:

• Wed Feb 22nd: Grouplove @ The Academy
• Sat Feb 25th: Rabble: Ruckus #3: A Grimey Dublin Affair: Major Grave, A-Force , and Lady Grew, Don Rosco, Temper Mental MissElayneous, Street Literature, Willa Lee, Gary O’Brien @ King 7, Capel Street
• How to enter – Email [email protected] along with your full name, your preference of gig and phone number before 2pm on Wednesday to be in with a chance to win.

Tuesday February 21st

• John Oates (of Hall & Oates) @ Whelan’s (€22.50)
• An audience with Howard Marks @ The Button Factory (€15)
• Rua Sessions @ Anseo (9pm, Free)
• Ruby Sessions : Nanu Nanu, Saccade, I’m Your Vinyl @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
• Youngheartsrunfree presents “Friendship/ the importance of radio” with  Donal Dineen, John Kelly, Uillean piper Leo Rickard and Aidan Wall (Hipster Youth, Soil Creep) @ Unitarian Church (€10)

Wednesday February 22nd

• U:mack present Kylesa, Circle Takes the Square, KEN Mode @ Button Factory (€16)
• Ghostpoet, Alt-J @ Whelan’s (€17)
• GroupLove @ The Academy (€16.50 – WIN TICKETS ABOVE)

Thursday February 23rd

• Django Django @ The Grand Social (Sold out)
• Kathleen Edwards @ The Academy (€13)
• WCB Present Trophy Boyfriend @ The Pygmalion (9pm, Free)
• The Lost Brothers @ The Odessa Club (€10)
• Junior Spesh reggae, dancehall @ The Twisted Pepper @ Twisted Pepper (Sold out, 10.30pm)

Friday February 24th

• Grand Pocket Orchestra in-store @ Tower Records (1pm)
• Zombie Circus @ Sweeneys (Free)
• Grand Pocket Orchestra album launch, Ginnels, We Are Losers @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€7 or €10 with album – listen here)
• The War On Drugs @ Whelan’s (Sold out)
• Cashier No. 9 @ The Academy (€13.60)
• Sensoria: Paper Dollhouse, School Tour,  Be Honest @ The Joinery (BYOB, €10)
• Scratch Perverts @ The Village (€12.50/€14, 11PM)
• MUD: Spectrum is 3: Artificial Intelligence, Mark System / First Second Label: Kaleid, Ickis Mirolo, Boya & Bobofunk[b2b] @ Twisted Pepper (€8 discount list, 10.30pm)

Saturday February 25th

• Delorentos @ The Button Factory (€15)
• First Aid Kit, Samantha Crain @ The Workman’s Club (sold out)
• Dem Fools, Katie & The Carnival, Good Hands @ The Grand Social (€5)
• Hands Up Who Wants To Die, Magic Pockets, Ginola, Poino, Bridges Of Madison County & more @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
• Somadrone, I Am The Cosmos, Angkorwat @ Unitarian Church (€10)
• Rabble: Ruckus #3: A Grimey Dublin Affair: Major Grave, A-Force , and Lady Grew, Don Rosco, Temper Mental MissElayneous, Street Literature, Willa Lee, Gary O’Brien @ King 7, Capel Street (€8 before 11, €10 after, WIN TICKETS ABOVE)
• Arthur Baker + Jon Carter Aka Monkey Mafia  @ The Underground, Kennedys (€10)
• Lightbox: SertOne, Bantum, Tenaka, Reid, Simon Bird, Monto, Feel Good Lost with DJs Nialler9, Jim Carroll, Logikparty, Ian Maleney and Dan Hegarty  @ Twisted Pepper (€5, 8pm)
• Pogo: Steffi, Prosumer @ Twisted Pepper (€15/€12, 10.30pm)

Sunday February 26th

• 12 Sundays Wattstax screening @ Bernard Shaw (Free, noon)
• Saucy Sundays @ The Grand Social (Free, 5pm)
• Communion: Leaders Of Men, Gabriel And The Hounds, Rae Morris  Little Xs For Eyes, Ross Breen @ The Academy 2 (€12.50)
• Band Of Skulls @ The Academy (€16.50)
• The Old Triangle: Christy Moore, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Karan Casey and Niall Vallely & more @ The Abbey ( €20/€40)
• Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (Free, 9pm)

Monday February 27th

• Sleigh Bells @ The Academy (€17.50)
• Rammstein @ The O2 (€59.80)

Niall Byrne

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, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.

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