The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide: March 21st – 27th

All door times are 7:30pm/8pm unless stated. Check links for full prices.

Tuesday March 21st

Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (8:30pm)
Weekly Tuesday acoustic night in aid of Simon Community. See link for announced acts.

Ye Vagabonds – Nine Waves Film Premiere @ Lighthouse (6:30pm / 9pm)
The video production company Tiny Ark and the band Ye Vagabonds have collaborated on a visual accompaniment film to accompany the folk duo’s recent album Nine Waves

Finnegans Wake: Suite of Affections Vol. 2 by Roger Doyle @ James Joyce Centre
Musical and theatrical adaptation of Finnegans Wake by composer Roger Doyle.

Wednesday March 22nd

Get Me Lit @ The Workman’s Club
Afrobeats, Hip-hop, R&B, Rap, drill & more.

Charity gig in aid of D @ The Grand Social
Ellen Sleator, Teaze, Martina and the Moons, and Lola Rose take to the stage for a good cause – profits go to DaisyHouse Association, for homeless women.

Jani @ The Workman’s Cellar
Debut gig from alt-rock, synth pop artist with support Anna Leah, Andromeda I

Scoth @ Little Whelan’s
‘Hopeless Tourist’ residency this month. As featured in Irish songs of the week.

Jazz @ Juno
Jazz every Wednesday. Thomas Maxwell’s ‘Organ Donors’

Pizza Jazz @ Lucky’s
Live jazz trio on Meath Street.

Thursday March 23rd

Metronome: Zeropunkt @ NCH
NCH and Homebeat presents Zeropunkt who say “our music has been described variously as para-generic, neo-psychedelic, experimental and even neanderthal” . ‘Zeropunkt – Live in Guerrilla Sounds’

Autre Monde, A Lethal Black Ooze @ Drury Buildings
The Dublin indie-rock band shared their first single since 2020’s debut album Imaginary Museum with us last month.

BK Pepper, Glasshouse Ensemble @ Rathfarnham Castle
Dublin based composer BK Pepper is joined by the pop-centred neo-classical ensemble.

No Spill Blood, Percolator @ Whelan’s
Dublin Synth Metal Trio. ‘Eye Of Night’.

Sauce Gang Collective @ The Workman’s Club
Dublin alt band. Support: Four Way Mirror, Letterbox Kid & DJ Seán O’Brien & DJ SamB. ‘Kumbhakarna’

Giolí & Assia, Eve @ Centre Point
Sicilian indie-techno-pop with steel pan.

Les SalAmandas @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Cork-based folk duo. ‘Mary’s Got Issues’

Siobhán Franks @ Little Whelan’s
Dublin indie-pop artist. ‘Spill It All Over’

Is This It @ Crowbar
New music night: Ballroom Chancer, Ellen Sleator, Emma Williams, Eyejust

Lucy McWilliams, Amy Michelle @ Workman’s Cellar
20 year-old singer-songwriter from Dublin, based in Berlin. ‘Slow Dancing’

Live Jazz @ Dashi
Weekly live jazz night in the basement.

Maeve O’Neill @ The Magnet
DJ set in the Thomas Street bar.

Aletha @ Tengu (11pm)
High Energy UK DJ and Rinse FM resident.

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Friday March 24th

Fight Like Apes @ 3Olympia
Return of the Irish synth pop band of the 2000s.

Saige @ Workman’s Cellar
Irish pop artist releases a new EP today.

Weval @ The Workman’s
Dutch electronic duo. ‘Forever’

Dylan Flynn and The Dead Poets @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Five-piece jangle-pop and alt-rock band. ‘Running Away’

The District, KLDD, Insubs @ Whelan’s
Dublin indie pop band.

Five Lamps Arts Festival @ The Grand Social
Reylta, Pablo Santos, Bonnie Boux & more

Robert Forster @ Button Factory
Brisbane based author and singer-songwriter with The Go-Betweens.

Sid @ The Magnet
DJ set on Thomas Street

Amanita Pakchoyy @ Lucky’s (8:30pm)
DJ vibes on Meath Street.

Chill Pup, Anabanana @ All Good Wine Bar
You might recognise these two.

LoveShack w/Tara Kumar, Mango and Soul Jam @ The Grand Social (11pm)
Power couple on the decks alert.

Tengu x Tender present: Cormac @ Tengu (10pm)
The Queer Northern Ireland-born DJ is known for making HI-NRG, Italo + House. ‘Heartcore’

DJ Sofa @ Hang Dai Chinese
Dj vibes in the lovely spot on Wexford Street.

Sweatbox: HiFi SEAN @ Here & Now / Index (11pm)
Glitterbox / Defected euphoric house DJ.

Salome @ Wigwam (11pm)
Georgian born & Berlin based Salome moves between electro, trippy acid & driving techno. Support: Pauline, Juicy Selekta.

mixtress @ Racket Space (10pm)
Loose Tooth Dental Club present jungle and breakbeat DJ + support EMA, Eoin Boyle.

Colin Perkins & Bubbles @ the Pyg (10pm)
DJ vibes on South Willy.

Saturday March 25th

clay pigeon shooting @ The Workman’s Club
New Dublin indie-alt band. Support from Yard & Affection To Rent

Gina Birch @ Whelan’s
One half of The Raincoats, punk singer-songwiter

Kaya T @ The Workman’s Cellar
Irish pop artist with recent single ‘Insincere’

Psychotic Reaction @ Fibber Magee’s
Heavy and alt. Huntings, Petrichor, Curfew, Rory Gillanders Band.

Ezra Williams @ The Workman’s Club
Formerly known as Smoothboi Ezra. ‘Deep Routed’

Talos @ The Academy
Cork ambient pop artist. Talos samples Loah on new song ‘Solarr’

Say She She, Melina Malone @ The Sugar Club
New York modern disco soul trio who I heard from their 2022 song ‘Norma’. Afterparty.

Gash Collective: Saturn Returns @ Lucky’s (8:30pm)
DJ vibes on Meath Street.

Aoife Nic Canna @ The Magnet
DJ set on Thomas Street

Sid Manuel @ All Good Wine Bar
Sid is the man with the decks.

Pat Hyland @ Hang Dai Chinese
Dj vibes in the lovely spot on Wexford Street.

Backstory @ Commercial Rowing Club (10pm)
Donal Dineen’s night brings in DJ Sofa from Brussels for one of the best nights out in the city.

Leon Vynehall (All Night Long) @ Wigwam (11pm)
UK Electronic producer’s nights here, as with recent live and DJ shows, are always a big draw.

Djinn @ The Grand Social (10pm)
Manchester drum & bass DJ & Producer

Riot Code @ Here & Now / Index (11pm)
Derry techno duo. Support Sam Greenwood, Pauline, Bull Horris..

Tengu x Goblin Skate: Rory Milanes @ Tengu (11pm)
Tengu x Goblin Skate link up to bring you an evening to celebrate a night of music & videos with Killing time showcasing their new full length alongside quay skate co, with London based Skater & DJ, Rory Milanes.

NMS : The Lady Machine @ The Well (11pm)
Brazilian Techno DJ.

You’ll Know When You Get There @ Odeon (10pm)
80s hits with the original Ri-Ra crew

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Sunday March 26th

Channel Tres @ Button Factory
Compton house – Channel Tres blends the drive of Detroit techno and the silky-smooth grooves of Chicago house with the snarl of West Coast rap

SG Lewis @ 3Olympia Theatre
UK dance pop artist. ‘Oh Laura’

Martin Hayes And The Common Ground Ensemble @ NCH
Martin and band have an album dedicated to Dennis Cahill & Cahill’s mother Peggy

Gemma Hayes @ Whelan’s
21 years since the debut album Night On My Side from the Irish singer songwriter

Snoop Dogg @ 3Arena
The rap legend. Support D12, Versatile.

DenDo @ The Magnet
DJ set on Thomas Street

Henry Rollins @ Vicar Street
Former Black Flag man and spoken word artist will faithfully recount the events of his life in the brief pre-COVID period since the last tour and when things got even stranger over the last several months.

Tadhg Williams and the Friday Night Choir @ The Workman’s Cellar
Waterford Dublin-based singer-songwriter.