The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide
Email to be in the draw for free entry:
- Saturday: This Greedy Pig & Radiomade Present: Heartbeat with Clu, Lumigraph & more @ Tara Street (€15)
- Saturday: Mother: Nialler9 @ Copper Alley (€10, 11pm)
How to enter free entry comps – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number (for late contact) in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig or Friday 1pm latest for weekend gigs.
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Tuesday June 7
- Candi Staton @ The Sugar Club (€27.50)
[Soul] Hallelujah Anyway (Larse Vocal) Young Hearts Run Free 40th anniversary tour - Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm)
[Acoustic club] Ailbhe Reddy, Ele & more
Wednesday June 8
- Candi Staton @ The Sugar Club (€27.50)
[Soul] Hallelujah Anyway (Larse Vocal) Young Hearts Run Free 40th anniversary tour - Neil Young and The Promise of the Real, Layra Marling @ 3Arena (€65+)
[Rock] 3 hour show could be expected. - Bryan Ferry, Roisin O @ Olympia Theatre (€71+)
[Rock/pop] respected former Roxy Music man. Expensive. - Mudhoney, Bob Log III @ Whelan’s (€23)
[Alt-rock] US rockers fresh from Primavera
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Thursday June 9
- Gigonometry: Protobaby, District Daze, Field Trip, Elly D @ The Workman’s Club (€5/€8)
[showcase] new music showcase.
- Bryan Ferry, Roisin O @ Olympia Theatre (€71+)
[Rock/pop] respected former Roxy Music man. Expensive. - Brass Phantom, New Mellow,@ Whelan’s Upstairs (€5)
[Indie rock ] lastest tracks – City Of Wolves - Shrug Life, Oh Boland, Junk Drawer & That Snaake @ Sweeney’s (€5)
[Rock]Billed as A Litany of Failures
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Friday June 10
Irish Festivals
- Belsonic: Chemical Brothers, Erol Alkan, Phil Kieran, Schmutz @ Titanic Belfast (£38)
[Festival series] Faithless & Le Galaxie play Saturday.
- Popular Music Studies in Dublin @ St. Patrick’ College (10.30am – 1:30pm)
[Forum] an interdisciplinary forum on Approaches to Popular Music Studies in Dublin and beyond. - BIMM Live @ District 8, Tivoli (Free, 6pm)
[College showcase] 34 bands, 4 Djs & 3 venues
- Repeater:Dj sets from Lumigraph, Melly + Sias @ 41 St. Anthony’s Road, Fatima (5pm, €5)
[BYOB party] All three will be launching their respective new records on the night. Art installations, zines, prints, t-shirts and records on show and for sale from Cliona Ni Laoi, Gary Merrin, Coilin O’Connel and Miles Reilly.
- Kate Tempest: Writers @ Smock Alley (6pm, €7)
[Talk/] Presented as part of The Gutter Bookshop’s ‘Writers at Smock Alley’ series - Feile Afro Culture Summit : Tony Allen & more @ Button Factory (€23.50)
[Afrobeat] Colours Afrobeat Foundation+Ajo Arkestra+FAKOLI - Lera Lynn @ Whelan’s (€15)
[Country] Jools Holland performance - Hawk, Elm, Maria Kelly @ Avenue (€5)
[New Irish] A fine trio of new Irish music acts. - Techno & Cans @ Hangar (€8/€10)
[techno] and cans. self-explanatory. Church 3rd Birthday downstairs.
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Irish Festivals
- B.A.R.E in the Woods @ Portarlington, Co. Laois (€40+)
[Festival] The Sugar Hill Gang, Natty Wailer, King Kong Company, raglans, Dah jevu & more
This Greedy Pig & Radiomade Present: Heartbeat @ Tara Street (€15, WIN PASSES)[Party] Clu DJ set, Lumigraph, White Collar Boy, This Greedy Pig DJs, Daire Carolan.
- Neon Wolf, Laura Duff @ Whelan’s Upstairs (SOLD OUT)
[Indie] A Place To Call Home. - Word Up Collective @ Bello Bar (€7)
[Rap collective] STAY GOLD, Sam Ojo, Tebi Rex, NC Grey - Daddy Long Legs @ The Grand Social (€15)
[ rock n’ blues] Ubangi Stomp Club presents - The Hipshakes, No Monster Club, Field Trip, Thumper @ Sweeney’s (€7, 9pm)
[Rock]Retro Revival show of rock and garage rock. - Flipside: Hashman Deejay (Mood Hut) @ Wigwam (€10, 10pm)
[Dance] Support comes from Flipside’s Kav and Mark Murphy.
- Mother: Nialler9 @ Copper Alley (€10, 11pm, WIN PASSES)
[Club] Mother turned 6 last week and they kindly asked me back to play once more. - Telephones: Alexander Nut, Alice DJs, Epoch @ Tengu (€5/€10)
[Club] Eglo Records boss/DJ & an all-day schoolyard party. - Eve Showcase with Anna @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
[Female DJ night] Brazilian DJ + Jessica Eve, Lauren
- Division v Culture Shock: Mood II Swing @ Pygmalion (€10,10pm)
[Dance] Mood II Swing, Aaron Nolan, James Rogers
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Sunday June 12
- Nothing. Unless you count Nelly at Vicar Street. And you shouldn’t.
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Monday June 13
- We-Bloom: AikJ / Damola / Axiom @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
[rap/hip-hop] new Irish music.
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