The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (February 7th – 13th)
Highlights: Tune-Yards, BLONDES, Balam Acab, Musicmaker Social, Michael Kiwanuka, !Kaboogie Sixth Birthday with Miss Dynamite.
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 February 10th: !Kaboogie Sixth Birthday: Miss Dynamite, Champion, Lakker, Replete @ Twisted Pepper
- How to enter – Email [email protected] along with your full name, and phone number before Noon on Thursday to be in with a chance to win.
Tuesday February 7th
- Chewing On Tinfoil @ Whelan’s (€7)
- Rua Sessions @ Anseo (9pm, Free)
- Ruby Sessions: Bipolar Empire, The Fresh Kills & more @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
Wednesday February 8th
- Albert Niland @ Whelan’s (€13)
Thursday February 9th
- Cathy Davey @ Whelan’s (€21.50)
- Dropkick Murphys @ Vicar Street (€25.90)
- Forward/Slash Presents: R. Kelly Appreciation Session @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
- White Collar Boy Present CLU Live w/The Black Dot DJ set @ The Pygmalion (9pm, Free)
- Junior Spesh Presents: Nexx Vs B-Side @ The Twisted Pepper @ Twisted Pepper (€6)
Friday February 10th
- Great Lakes Mystery, Magic Pockets @ The Joinery (€8, BYOB)
- Loud Mouth Collective: edit;erase, DJ M-1, The Archetype, visuals by C.F. Meister @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
- Back To The Left, Family Planning @ The Electric Lounge (€5 , 9pm)
- Musicmaker Social: Katie Kim, Axis of, Mia Sparrow, Tenaka, We Arrive Alive @ The Mercantile (9pm, Free)
- Automatic Tasty, Lunar Disko DJs @ The Sweeney Mongrel (Free, 11pm)
- !Kaboogie Sixth Birthday: Miss Dynamite, Champion, Lakker, Replete @ Twisted Pepper (Win tickets above, €12/€15, 10pm)
Saturday February 11th
- Alabama 3, Oddsocks Revival @ Button Factory (€24.50)
- The Minutes @ The Academy (€12.50)
- The Harder They Come ~ Ska Night @ King 7, Capel Street (€5)
- Bodytonic & Eleven Eleven: Balam Acab (Live), Angkorwat @ Twisted Pepper (€12,8pm)
- Swords @ The Grand Social (Free)
- Michael Kiwanuka @ The Sugar Club (€14.50)
- Surge Present Andy Stott, Barry Redsettaz, The Candidates @ Twisted Pepper (€12, 11pm)
- Fatty Fatty & Radiomade Presents: Beautiful Swimmers, Le Galaxie + Shocko ( €10, 11pm)
Sunday February 12th
- 12 Sundays: BLONDES & more @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, noon, Blondes on at 9.30pm)
- Saucy Sundays @ The Grand Social (Free, 5pm)
- Triúr: Peadar Ó Riada, Martin Hayes and Caoimhin Ó Raghallaigh @ Abbey Theatre (€25)
- tUnE-yArDs, Thread Pulls @ Button Factory (sold out)
- Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (Free, 9pm)
Monday February 13th
- Lights, Nightbox @ The Academy 2 (€15)
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