How to enter ticket comp – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig or Friday 3pm latest for weekend gigs.
Tuesday July 15
Hall & Oates @ Olympia Theatre (SOLD OUT)
[Pop] You can’t go to that, no oh. (Pictured)
Ham Sandwich @ Whelan’s (€17.50)
[Indie] Part of the Whelan’s 25 series of gigs.
Emily Portman Trio @ The Odessa Club (€10/€12)
[Folk] English folk music.
Wednesday July 16
Cat Power @ Olympia Theatre (€33)
[Rock] Fully-seated show from Chan Marshall.
Thursday July 17
Phosphorescent @ The Workman’s Club (€20)
[Indie/rock] “country jams with claustrophobic electronica and mournful Mariachi horns”
3Epkano perform to Metropolis @ National Concert Hall (€15, WIN TICKETS)
[Live score] 3Epkano celebrate their 10th year in existence by soundtracking the Fritz Lang sci-fi epic. (Pictured)
The Academic @ The Grand Social (€8)
[indie/Rock] Young Mullingar band about to take off. Bear Claws.
Bombino @ Twisted Pepper (€16)
[African] A Tuareg guitarist whose latest album is produced by Dan Auerbach.
Theo Parrish:Teddy’s Get Down @ The Sugar Club (€20)
[Electronic] Full set with live band which features Amp Fiddler revisiting old and new Sound Signature classics.
Longitude Festival @ Marlay Park (€59.50 day/€149.50 for weekend)
[Festival] Bonobo, Ben Howard, Bombay Bicycle Club, George Ezra, Parquet Courts, Snakehips, I Am The Cosmos & More.
Gavin Clark, Shane Meadows’ The Living Room @ Button Factory (€20)
[Live/Screening] UNKLE collaborator plays live and screening of Shane Meadows’ Warp Films short featuring Clark.
Hipdrop presents Toast Cat, Bunk @ Bello Bar (€8/€10)
[Jazz/funk] A group of Jazz/Funk musicians who draw inspiration from all of Jazz’s children whether it be Funk, Boogie, Soul, Hip-hop, Afro-beat or Neo-Soul.
WERK Heat Rash @ The Chapel, IMMA (8:30pm, €20)
[Performance/art/club] THISISPOPBABY’s promisea blistering haze of neon, discotheque, live art and performance. Hosted by Panti with DJ Chewy.
Longitude Festival @ Marlay Park (Day ticket sold out / €149.50 for weekend)
[Festival] Haim, Disclosure, Chvrches, Hozier, Le Galaxie, Koreless, Eagulls, Nonono, Talos, The Academic, Tvvins and more. (Pictured)
Breakfast Club @ The Dark Horse Inn (7am, €10)
[DJs] Giles Armstrong, Simon Conway, Mark Murphy.
Casa Bacardi After-Parties with Rich Medina @ The Sugar Club (€12.50/11:30pm)
[DJ] hip-hop, house, soul, afrobeat, funk, breaks and dance classics. €7 with Longitude ticket / €10 without.
Longitude Festival @ Marlay Park (€59.50 day/€149.50 for weekend)
[Festival] Massive Attack, James Vincent McMorrow, Banks, First Aid Kit, Rudimental, Mano Le Tough, Bondax, Julio Bashmore, Broods and more.
Hotter Than July @ Meeting House Square, Temple Bar (Free, 2pm – 7pm)
[world music] Improvised Music Company & Big Bang Festival West African-inspired Dublin band Manden Express, new trad from Ensemble Eriu, Coisceim Dance, the Balkan flavour of North Strand Kontra Band along samba dancers and bluegrass.
Owen Pallett @ Whelan’s (€20)
[indie/alt] The violinist and composer extraordinaire sticks around after his shows with The National. (Pictured)
Sim Simma! @ The Twisted Pepper (6pm, Free)
[Reggae] Reggae, dancehall and afrobeat club. Johnny Dread, Tadhg Byrna Bwoi, Frankie Grimes.
Monday July 21
OKO/ Alarmist @ Whelan’s (€10)
[Alt/jazz] The experimental side of post-rock/jazz new Irish music. (Pictured)
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