The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (January 24th – 30th)
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.
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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