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Ticket giveaways this week:
- Thursday: 3Epkano perform to Metropolis @ National Concert Hall (€15)
- Friday: Contour, I’m Your Vinyl @ The Grand Social (€10)
- Saturday: Subject & Abstract: Leftfield @ Opium Rooms, Liberty Lane (€15, 11pm)
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.
- The Stunning @ Bulmers Live at Leopardstown @ Leopardstown Racecourse (€15)
[Live] Every Thursday of the summer racing and music season. - 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.
Friday July 18
- 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.
- The National, Phosphorescent, @ Iveagh Gardens (€42)
[Indie/rock] Ireland loves Brooklyn maudlin indie-rockers. (Pictured) - Wave Forza presents Dust – Live and Alessandro Adriani @ The Odessa Club (€10/€12)
[Italo] “the most insane live act we have ever featured” // “elements of analogue techno, future acid, and art-house digital noise” - 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. - Good Fridays: Rainsfear, Magic Pockets, Cholera House @ Block T (9pm, €10, BYOB)
[Electronic] Curated by George Brennan. David Donohoe and David Lacey do their drum/synth improv thang. - Casa Bacardi After-Parties with Dublin Afrobeat Ensemble @ The Sugar Club (€10, 9pm)
[Afrobeat] Dublin’s Afrobeat band. Casa Bacardi afterparty €7 with Longitude ticket / €10 without. - Contour, I’m Your Vinyl @ The Grand Social (€10, WIN TICKETS)
[Electronic] Lush vocalised electronic. Debut live show. - 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. - I Heart The Monster Hero, Holy Sparks, Night Trap> @ The Workman’s Club (€10/€15 with album)
[Indie-rock] – Rhythm & Pals Album Launch - 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. - Firehouse Skank Meets Rootical, Roots Reggae Inna Soundsystem Style @ The Pint (10pm, €5 before midnight, €8 after)
[Reggae] Firehouse Skank and Rootical link up for this one-off show. Full sound system will be in effect. - MUD: Benefit present Max Graef @ The Twisted Pepper (10:30pm, €10)
[Dance] Berlin producer with jazz-influenced house grooves. - Low Steppa @ Button Factory (11pm, €9.50)
[Dance] House DJ. Drifting.
Saturday July 19
- 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. - The National, Owen Pallett @ Iveagh Gardens (€42)
[Indie/rock] Ireland loves Brooklyn maudlin indie-rockers. - Rocstrong @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€5)
[Alt/pop] The Congolese /Dublin musician behind ‘Go Head’.
- Brazilian Rhythms with Mulêketú and Forró da Ilha @ The Sugar Club (€10)
[Samba/funk] A fusion of samba reggae, maracatu, funk and the drum throwing acrobatics of the Pelourinho drummers. - 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. - White Collar Boy Social: The Third Policeman @ The Grand Social (Free, 11pm)
[Electronic] New monthly night from WCB. - Buffalo Sunn, Death In The Sickroom @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Guestlist)
[Rock] Midnight Hour sets. - Staunch @ The Hub (€10, 11pm)
[DJs] With renowned Irish DJ John Daly playing a 4 hour set. - Subject & Abstract: Leftfield @ Opium Rooms, Liberty Lane (€15, 11pm, WIN TICKETS)
[Dance] DJ set. Venue to be announced.
Sunday July 20
- 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) - Kevin Devine, Paddy Hanna @ Whelan’s (€13)
[Rock] Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter.
