The best gigs and club nights in Dublin this week.
The Gig Guide is published weekly every Tuesday and features the best gigs in Dublin city, curated by Nialler9. All door times are 7:30pm/8pm unless stated. Follow links for ticket prices.
Your Ultimate Dublin Gig Guide.
What gigs are on in Dublin tonight?
Wednesday May 28th
Supergrass @ 3Olympia Theatre
Two nights celebrating the 30th anniversary of their debut album, I Should Coco.
Scissor Sisters @ 3Arena
A fun disco pop show. Alison Goldfrapp supports.
Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city [Listening Party] @ The Big Romance
Sold out listening party from Nialler9 and Andrea Cleary.
Kalandra @ The Grand Social
Shamanic folk and progressive rock Norwegian/Swedish band.
Curtisy x Hikii – Beauty In The Beast Listening Party @ Crowbar Terrace
Free entry with a pre-order of the mixtape.
Huun Huur Tu @ The Sugar Club
The legendary Throat Singing and world music group.
Tastemakers @ The Grand Social
BIMM, in partnership with Aiken Promotions, launch ‘Tastemakers’, to showcase talented emerging artists, and nurture new music industry teams.
Thursday May 29th
Cable Boy, Burglar @ Bello Bar
‘Purple (End Of The World)’ is the latest single from the Dublin self-described “goth disco” band.
Villagers @ The Helix
Darling Arithmetic 10th Anniversary acoustic show.
Supergrass @ 3Olympia Theatre
Two nights celebrating the 30th anniversary of their debut album, I Should Coco.
Ramper @ The Workman’s Cellar
Donegal indie alt-folk singer-songwriter.
Dublin Songwriting Circle @ The Black Sheep
The showcase and networking event, inspired by the successful Camden Songwriting Circle in London, looks to create a safe space for Dublin songwriters to present their works in progress and receive supportive and constructive feedback from the audience.
District x Hennessy: Future Of Irish Music Wrap Party @ Fidelity (9pm)
You wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of the legendary rapper, as this sound engineer did last week.
Winemom @ The Grand Social
Dublin nostalgic pop band. ‘Butterscotch Vibes’
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Friday May 30th
Travy @ Button Factory
Travy, of Travy and Elzzz and Gliders plays his first ever headline solo show. ‘FSSH’
Curfew @ The Workman’s Cellar
Dublin 3-piece alternative rock band’s latest single is the nostalgic ballad ‘Clones’
Max’s Lounge 3 @ United Arts Club
A themed evening of music and chat about the songs we love, hosted at the piano by Max Greenwood, featuring very guests Vyvienne Long and Kevin Nolan.
Stratford Rise, Oh Boland @ The Workman’s Cellar
Northern Irish emerging noise-rock band and Dublin garage lo-fi support.
Camera Obscura @ Whelan’s
Scottish retro indie band.
Inhaler, Blossoms, Gurriers, Scustin @ St Annes Park
All you need to know about the St. Anne’s Park concerts
Don Toliver @ 3Arena
Houston rapper and singer-songwriter
The Sweet Spot @ Crowbar Terrace (9pm – 2:30am)
Moesha explores the space where acoustic instrumentation meets jazz-influenced harmony and electronic experimentation. ‘FYH’
CUPRA – On The Pulse DJ Competition @ Yamamori Tengu (9pm)
Ngoni Egan, Síofra and comp winners.
Eamonn Doyle B2B Tr One @ Pawn Shop (11pm)
Intrinsic Rhythm night. Expect a trip through Detroit and Dublin techno.
Saturday May 31st
Forbidden Fruit Festival @ IMMA (2pm – 11pm)
Jamie xx, Caribou, Mall Grab, Glass Beams, Bricknasty, MOIO, Clara La San and more across five stages.
Panda Bear @ Button Factory
Animal Collective’s Noah Lennox brings his solo project to Dublin, off the back of acclaimed album Sinister Grift.
G.B.H @ Whelan’s
Original UK punk band formed in ’78. Support: Aoife Destruction and The Nilz, The Coathanger Solution
The Swell Season @ NCH
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova’s music project is back.
Chamomile Club @ As One (9pm – 1am)
Rising Dublin label featuring MOIO, Aby Coulibaly and Monjola presents Chamomile Sounds. A laid back night with with DJs, performances on a slick sound system.
Daphni @ Fidelity (9pm – 1am)
Yeah this sold out straight away.
Forbidden Fruit Night parties:
Spray, Kilimanjaro, Lbat, C.Frim, X Club and more @ various Dublin venues (11pm)
New Jackson @ Hang Dai (11pm)
David Kitt live and DJ set.
EELF: DJ Poolboi, sunflwr, Projektbau @ The Sugar Club (11pm)
American emo house producer and pals.
Bank Holiday Sunday June 1st
Forbidden Fruit Pre-Party @ Hen’s Teeth (noon to 6pm)
The line up has been curated with Smokey and features contemporary jazz and retro soul act Sultan Leroy, Dublin rapper IB Rebel, hip hop artist JarJar Jr & genre blending electro pop artist Kayleigh Noble. They will all play on the Hen’s Teeth terrace and warm up festival goers from 12pm.
Forbidden Fruit Festival @ IMMA (2pm – 11pm)
Underworld, Peggy Gou, Jazzy, Yaeji, Fcukers, Khakikid, Shiv, Cliffords and more across five stages.
Paradisco Pyjama Party @ The Market Bar (2pm – 11:30pm)
13 DJs including Soulnezz, Nicole Spagnol, Rocco and more.
Disturbing Day Party @ Opium Garden (4pm – 10pm)
DJ Jesse picks his favourite Irish tracks ahead of his party this Sunday.
SYSTEM:3 – Warehouse Edition @ The Complex (7pm – 2:30am)
Warehouse takeover with lineup of techno with an ambient and downtempo room. Dylan Fogarty & Aero B2B, Mode_1, Shannen Blessing, James Bennett, Sahana, AXXS, Trontsephore and more.
Djo @ 3Olympia Theatre
Stranger Things’ actor Joe Keery’s alternative pop indie project has one of the most streamed song of the year on Spotify last year. He’s on tour all summer and supports Noah Kahan in Marlay Park this summer.
Rew!nd: @ St Annes Park
Billy Ocean, The Boomtown Rats, ABC, Matt Goss, Boyzlife, Midge Ure, Tiffany, Toyah, Jerry Fish, Something Happens, All you need to know about the St. Anne’s Park concerts
The Swell Season @ NCH
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova’s music project is back.
Gem Beag: Aoibh, Painted Bulbs @ Anseo
Little Gem’s experimental weekly Sunday night.
Kelly Anne Byrne @ The Pyg (10pm)
Festival afterparty with the disco lover.
Electric Presents Graeme Park & Justin Robertson (Lionrock) @ Club No 22 (10:30pm)
Hacienda Manchester DJ night on St. Anne’s Street.
Forbidden Fruit Night parties:
Yaeji, Fcukers, Juicy Romance, Takuya Nakamura, and more @ various Dublin venues (11pm)
Soul Rotation, Ricky Chong @ Hang Dai Chinese (11pm)
Disco and deep house B2B.
Bank Holiday Monday June 2nd
Jorja Smith @ 3Olympia Theatre
The English artist whose music draws from R&B, jazz, soul and funky house.
JASMINE.4.T @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Trans singer-songwriterJasmine Cruickshank sings about the tangled joy, heartache, camaraderie and isolation of transfeminine life. Based in Manchester, she is the first UK signee to Phoebe Bridgers’ label Saddest Factory Records and her debut single ‘Skin on Skin’ was produced by Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus.
Song Cycle @ Whelan’s
Whelan’s singer songwriter night ‘Song Cycle’ offers a platform for acts to experiment, sing and share in the friendly informal setting of Whelan’s front window.
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.
