Highlights: Richard Fearless of Death In Vegas, Lisa O’Neill, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Certain Three Tour, Quompilation launch and Grandmaster Flash.
A list of recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend gigs not present in the comments below.
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Tuesday January 24th
- The Secret Sisters @ The Sugar Club (€15.50)
Wednesday January 25th
- Temple Bar Tradfest: Lisa O’ Neill @ The Button Factory (€15)
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Tripod (€20)
Thursday January 26th
- Temple Bar Tradfest @ various venues
- Pugwash @ The Odessa Club (€10)
- Forward/Slash: Bantum @ The Bernard Shaw (FREE)
- The Dying Seconds, CFit @ Crawdaddy (€5)
- Soil Creep, Rhino Magic, Desperadow @ The Electric Lounge (€5, 9pm)
- Junior Spesh: Electronic Rock Ireland @ Twisted Pepper (€5, 10pm)
Friday January 27th
- Temple Bar Tradfest @ various venues
- Temple Bar Tradfest: The Dubliners 50th Anniversary Concert @ Christchurch Cathedral (€20-40)
- Quompilation #2 Launch Party: The Ambience Affair, Cloud Castle Lake, No Monster Club, Simon Bird, Girl Band, Ginola, Turning Down Sex and Rhino Magic @ Crawdaddy (€)
- Grandmaster Flash @ The Village (€12.50)
- Glider @ The Workman’s Club (Free, 10pm)
- Zombie Circus: Skuzzi Port, The Violet Roadkills, DJ Mog-Y @ The Sweeney Mongrel (€)
- Hoot Night: Ozzy vs Disco @ The Sugar Club (€)
- Cirque De La Mode (in aid of Aware): White Collar Boy & Lorem Ipsum @ The Grand Social (€5, Fancy Dress)
- The Certain Three 2012 Tour: Katie Kim, The Lost Brothers and Puzzle Muteson @ The Workman’s Club (€12)
- Jeff Mills @ The Button Factory (€22.50, 11pm)
Saturday January 28th
- Temple Bar Tradfest @ various venues
- Temple Bar Tradfest: The Dubliners 50th Anniversary Concert @ Christchurch Cathedral (€20-40)
- Heritage Centre @ The Grand Social (€8)
- Saso, Little Green Cars @ The Sugar Club (€10, €5 student discount)
- Haiti Fest: The Shoos, BiPolar Empire, Raglans, Damo & Ivor & more @ Whelan’s (€20)
- The Walpurgis Family (album launch), Boa Morte, Jonny Fun @ Crawdaddy (€10 with free album)
- Yard / Eleven Eleven: Lorem Ipsum, Last Days of 1984 & Soil Creep @ Twisted Pepper (€5 , 10pm)
- Big Dish Go: Richard Fearless DJ set, Nialler9, Conor Feeney @ Kennedy’s (11pm, €12)
Sunday January 29th
- 12 Sundays @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 2pm)
- Saucy Sundays @ The Grand Social (Free, 4.30pm)
Monday January 30th
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and Bantum plays The Bernard Shaw on Thursday! 8pm & FREE 🙂
He was already listed? 🙂
God that’s a great ‘Clap your hands’ song. I thought they’d go on to be massive.
… and Junah are playing the Workman’s Club on Thursday night as part of the “Control” relaunch night. It’s free in too! 🙂
Rhino Magic + Soil Creep + Desperadow are playing Electric Lounge on Thursday. Gig of the year probably
https://www.facebook.com/events/324630664235784/
Cool Thanks Aidan. No listings for that venue yet.
Irish Music Award Winner Life Achievement Award Winner PADDY KEENAN with Eamonn de Barra (Damien Dempsey Band) James Riley and Special Guests to night Monday 13th Feb at 9pm
support – DIT Trad Soc Ensemble Members Adm €12
Concessions €8 Students/Sen Cit with ID
Harcourt Hotel, 60 Harcourt St Dublin 2.
Harcourt Sessions at Harcourt Hotel Harcourt St tonight with Paddy Keenan – 9pm