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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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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