The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (February 28th – March 5th)
Highlights: Rubberbandits, Little Xs for Eyes, Daughter and Ben Howard, Florence + Machine with The Horrors, Ninja Tune night with Luke Vibert & DJ Food, Annie Mac, Red Bull Music Academy with Just Blaze, Tanya Morgan, Lambchop, Mossy Nolan.
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:
- Friday March 2nd: Phantom Live: This Club @ Academy 2 ( 11pm)
- How to enter – Email [email protected] along with your full name, your preference of gig and phone number before 4pm on Thursday to enter.
Tuesday February 28th
- Rua Sessions @ Anseo (9pm, Free)
- Ruby Sessions @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
- Andy Irvine @ The Grand Social (€18)
Wednesday February 29th
- Maverick Sabre @ The Academy (€19.90)
Thursday March 1st
- Rubberbandits @ The Academy (€15)
- Banter: Rip It Up & Start Again: debate on future of journalism @ Twisted Pepper (€5)
- Randy Newman @ Vicar Street (€55 – €65.45)
- Social Rising: Yeh Deadlies, Ana Gog & Hello Moon @ The Grand Social (€5)
- Rónán O Snodaigh @ The Workman’s Club (€15)
- Thursdaze: Little Xs For Eyes, The Riot Tapes, Acrobats Of Desire, Niamh Ham Sandwich DJ set @ Whelan’s (€6)
- Junior Spesh: Annie Mac @ The Twisted Pepper @ Twisted Pepper (€10, 10.30pm)
Friday March 2nd
- Florence + The Machine, The Horrors, Spector @ The O2 (Sold Out)
- Randy Newman @ Vicar Street (€55 – €65.45)
- I Draw Slow @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
- Choice Cuts: Tanya Morgan, The Bodegas Brovas @ Twisted Pepper (€5)
- Ben Howard, Daughter @ The Academy (Sold out)
- Ninja Tune: Luke Vibert, DJ Food A/V Set, T-Woc @ The Village (€18/16)
- Glimmermen with Autumn Owls, Family Planning @ Whelan’s (€7)
- Hassle Merchants @ The Grand Social (€10)
- Phantom Live: This Club @ Academy 2 (WIN TICKETS ABOVE, 11pm)
- The Horrors DJ set @ The Grand Social (€5, 11.15pm)
Saturday March 3rd
- Red Bull Music Academy: Just Blaze, Kerri Chandler @ Spencer Dock (Tickets , 1pm)
- Lambchop , Cortney Tidwell @ Vicar Street (€28)
- The Leisure Society, Dan Michaelson and The Coastguard @ Whelan’s (€15)
- Elastic Witch presents Patrick Kelleher, No Monster Club @ Twisted Pepper (€5)
- The North Sea, Dott, The Debutantes, The Strypes and Death in the Sickroom @ Sweeney’s (€5)
- Carol Keogh, Cat Dowling @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€9)
- Maccabees, We Cut Corners @ The Academy (Sold out)
- RBMA: Just Blaze, Krystal Klear, Olan All City @ The Academy Green Room (€10)
- Mossy Nolan album launch @ Odessa Club (€15 with album)
- Nanu Nanu @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10, midnight)
- Pogo: Inigo Kennedy, Shifted, Barry Redsetta / Quarter Inch Collective pres. First Thought Best Thought, Cloud Castle Lake (DJ Set), Ickis Mirolo / Discotekken ‘The last ever Loft Party’ Mixtapes From The Underground @ Twisted Pepper (€15/€12, 10.30pm)
Sunday March 4th
- 12 Sundays J Dilla tribute Day @ Bernard Shaw (Free, noon)
- Saucy Sundays Junah, Fear Of Folk, Tom Cooney & more @ The Grand Social (Free, 5pm)
- Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (Free, 9pm)
Monday March 5th
- Earth, Mount Eerie and Ô Paon @ Button Factory (€15)
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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, 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.