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Ticket giveaways this week:
- Thursday: Beck’s Rhythm Series presents Ghostface Killah @ The Sugar Club (€17.50)
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 8
- The Ben Folds Orchestra Experience @ National Concert Hall (€25-€40)
[Rock] Featuring His New Piano Concerto. - The Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (9pm, €5)
[Club] Ron Pope, Liza Flume, Bairbre Anne, Danielle Elizabeth.
Wednesday July 9
- The Brian Jonestown Massacre @ The Academy (€22.90)
[Rock] Recent and decent album from the US band removes them from Dig! somewhat.
- The Sisters Of Mercy @ Vicar Street (€35)
[Rock] Touring 80s English rock band. - New Natives: CPNHGN, Eulogys, Ad Asteris @ The Grand Social (€5)
[Rock] Three new bands a month.
Thursday July 10
- Beck’s Rhythm Series presents Ghostface Killah @ The Sugar Club (WIN TICKETS, €17.50)
[Rap] Up Close and Personal with Wu-Tang rapper. Q&A and Deep cut show.
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Ellie Goulding, Angel Haze, Danny Brown @ Marlay Park (€49.50)
[Pop] Started in the Twisted Pepper now they’re here. - Peter Hook & The Light @ Bulmers Live at Leopardstown @ Leopardstown Racecourse (€15)
[Live] Every Thursday of the summer racing and music season. - Night of the Machines VI @ Twisted Pepper (€8)
[Electronic] KuBO, Night Trap, Circuit3 and more.
Friday July 11
- State Presents Faces Of July: Wonder Villains, The Statics, Handsome Handsome @ The Mercantile (Free, 9pm)
[Alternative] Derry pop punk, 60s inspired rock) and harmonic folk rock. - Sweeneys 5th Birthday with the Strypes @ Sweeneys (Free)
[Rock] Kicking Bird, Richie Farrell & The Last Tribe, Betty Swing Machine, Redwoods, Leading Armies, St. John The Gambler & Conor Linnie & special guests. - Raising Holy Sparks, Be Honest, Diarmuid MacDiarmada @ The Joinery (€8, BYOB)
[Experimental] drone, folk, free jazz, field recordings… - Christy Moore @ Iveagh Gardens (€44)
[Folk] Máirtín O’Connor, Cathal Hayden, Séamie O’Dowd & more. - Jet Setter, Tandem Felix @ Bello Bar (€6/€10 with 7″ single)
[Rock]Launch of ‘Not Yet’ Single. - Good Fridays with Catscars, Hauer @ Block T (9pm, €10, BYOB)
[Electronic] Synth and cinematics. - Young Hearts Run Free Records Night @ Project Arts Centre (9pm, Free but donations welcome)
[DJ] Young Hearts Run Free DJs Peter, Daragh and Siobhán. - State’s Midnight Hour: Simi Crowns, Hare Squead @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Guestlist, 11:30pm)
[Rap] Dublin rap double bill. - MUD: Weathertop Festival present Kris Wadsworth @ The Twisted Pepper (€12, 10:30pm)
[Dance] Tech house DJ and lots of DJ support.
Saturday July 12
- Lethal Dialect album preview party @ The Grand Social (€10)
[Hip-Hop] Playing his new album 1988 live in full for the first time with a live band. Hear Headstrong. - City Spectacular: Go Metro Music Stage @ Merrion Square (Free)
[Live] Prison Love, The Young Folk, Dublin Afrobeat Ensemble and more.
- Arctic Monkeys, Jake Bugg, Miles Kane, Royal Blood @ Marlay Park (€61.50)
[Rock] An all UK rock lineup in the Park. - Little Green Cars @ Iveagh Gardens (€28)
[indie] My, how they’ve grown. - The Very Most, Mumblin’ Deaf Ro, Big Monster Love @ The Pop Inn (€8, BYOB)
[indie/folk] A night of magic songwriting is promised. - Thomas House is 3 @ Thomas House (Free)
[Live/DJs] Gary Day (Morrissey) and Matt McManamon (Dead 60s). Friday night also. - Beck’s Rhythm Series present Souljazz Orchestra, Manden Express @ The Sugar Club (€12.50/€15, 9pm)
[African/Afro] Soul, Jazz, Afro, Latin and Caribbean rhythms / West African band. - Midnight hour: Night Trap, I Heart The Monster Hero @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Guestlist, 11:30pm)
[Alt]Listen to Monster Hero’s Rhythm & Pals album. - Shackleton, Richie Kaboogie @ The Grand Social (€16, 11:30pm)
[DJs] U:mack presents the Skull Disco don. - Hidden Agenda: Tom Trago & Presk @ Button Factory (€12, 11pm)
[Dance] Amsterdam House DJ/ producer with Amsterdam support.
- Mother presents Optimo DJs @ Copper Alley Niteclub (€10, 11pm)
[Club] Glasgow’s finest DJs pay a visit. With Ghostboy on support.
- Pogo: The Building Society: Ejeca & Sunil Sharpe @ The Twisted Pepper (€15, 10:30pm)
[Dance] Belfast techno and house DJ with a local legend.
Sunday July 13
- Forza Italo Finale: Coppa Del Mundo Speciale @ The Odessa Club (Free, 7pm)
[Italo] A good place to watch the World Cup. - City Spectacular: Go Metro Music Stage @ Merrion Square (Free)
[Live] Fox E and the Good Hands, Interskalactic,Colours Afrobeat Foundation, Booka Brass Band
- 12 Sundays: Shane Mannion @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 6pm)
[club] A long aul set from the Pogo man.
Monday July 14
- Bastille Day Celebration Concert : Jeanette Byrne – No Regrets @ The Sugar Club (€15)
[Bastille Day like] – The Music of Edith Piaf
