The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // Jan 4 – 11

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Monday January 4

• The 30th Vibe for Philo @ Vicar Street (€40)
  [Rock] The annual Phil Lynott celebration.

Tuesday January 5

• Emily Kavanagh, Brian Farrell @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€12)
  [Singer-songwriter] NYC musician.

Wednesday January 6

• Morning Gloryville with Donal Dineen @ Hangar (6:30am-10am, €10)
  [First Fortnight ] Morning Rave til you have to go to work.
• Kaleidoscope’s Little Christmas @ Bello Bar (€10)
  [Contemporary/classic] celebrating Women’s Christmas traveling from JS Bach to Mozart to Irish contemporary classical and jazz.
• A Nollaig na mBan @ Smock Alley (€5)
  [Storytelling/song] The Evertides, Olwen Fouéré, Sonya Kelly, Trival Cahoots, Alison Spittle and many others.

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Thursday January 7

• A Post Christmas Cracker @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
  [Performances]  Mr. Vast, DJ Aidan Kavanagh (Bollywood Set with performance from Serpents Mystiques + special guests) DJ d808 ( Dimitri Wolf)

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Friday January 8

• Therapy Sessions: We Cut Corners, Saint Sister, Jennifer Evans @ The Workman’s Club (€5)
  [First Fortnight] Poets will include Dee Campbell, South London spoken word artist Molly Case
• The NÓS Music Awards @ The Sugar Club (€15)
  [Awards] eclectic concert & the first ever music awards for contemporary Irish language acts.
• Sim Simma @ Wigwam (€5 before 10pm, €10 after)
   [Reggae & Dancehall] Reggae Yoga before 

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Saturday January 9

• It Made You @ St. Patrick’s Hall (€5)
  [First Fortnight] Live performance featuring Sean aka ‘Doctor’ Millar, Gavin Glass, Kevin Nolan & more.
• AE MAK @ Sin É (Free)
  [Electro/pop] Debut headline gig – I Can Feel It In My Bones
• Kathleen Turner @ Whelan’s (€12)
  [Singer-songwriter] Support Emma Langford.
• Rebel Rebel @ The Grand Social (€12)
  [Dublin Bowie Festival] Covers band.
• Warehouse @ The Wiley Fox (€5/€10, 9pm)
  [Club] 2 rooms of DJs.
• Impromptu: Special Request @ Opium Rooms (11pm, €10)
  [Dance] XL Recordings house and techno stalwart Paul Woolford.
• Motel @ Wigwam (11pm, €10)
  [Club] w/ Conor Dunne & Shane Mannion 
• Burning Up @ The Grand Social (Free, 11pm)
  [Disco Club]Kelly Anne Byrne’s disco night 

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Sunday January 10

• Co-Motion @ St Stephen’s Green (2pm, Free)
  [First Fortnight]  share  personal songs with a stranger via headphones. 
• Spooky Ghost @ The Grand Social (€12)
  [Dublin Bowie Festival] Festival guest of honour Gerry Leonard interviewed by Tony-Clayton Lea

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Monday January 11

• Quiet night.

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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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