The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // May 31 – June 6
Email to be in the draw for free entry:
- Friday: Out to Lunch presents Pender Street Steppers, Terriers @ Tengu (€12.50, 10pm)
- Saturday: InSight #3 Slipdraft @ Smock Alley (6pm)
- Saturday: Jungle (DJ set) with Lumo Club // Forbidden Fruit Night @ Wigwam (€17.50, 10pm)
- Sunday: Subject is 9 : Carl Craig & The Black Madonna @ Opium Rooms (11pm, €15)
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 May 31
- Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm)
[Acoustic club] Rosa Nutty // Chris Wilson // Harry Pane // Nella
Wednesday June 1
- Dither & Eidolon: Clu @ MART Gallery
[Audio & Visual Installations]“DITHER is a two part installation that explores the body as form. - Youbloom Music Festival & Summit @ Various venues (gigs from €20 / Conference + all gigs – €100)
[Festival/conference] My interview with the CEO . - Kaleidoscope @ Bello Bar (€10)
[Contemporary classical] The season finale will be broadcast live on RTÉ lyric fm’s The Blue of the Night,
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Thursday June 2
- The Beatyard Launch Party – Seas The Day @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[Launch] Rocstrong, We 3 Kings, The Beastie Buoys.
- Paul G. Smyth Solo Piano @ St. Lutheran’s Church (€10)
[album launch]’The Warning Signs’ – a solo piano release - Youbloom Music Festival & Summit @ Various venues (gigs from €20 / Conference + all gigs – €100)
[Festival/conference] My interview with the CEO .
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Friday June 3
Irish Festivals
- Youbloom Music Festival & Summit @ Various venues (gigs from €20 / Conference + all gigs – €100)
[Festival/conference] My interview with the CEO . - Forbidden Fruit @ Royal Hospital Kilmainham (59+ day ticket, 119 weekend)
[Festival] Stage times. Dizzee Rascal, Pusha T, Katy B, Leftfield and more - Open Ear @ Sherkin Island (€75)
[Festival] Electronic including Sunken Foal, Toby Kaar, Lumigraph, Sias, Meljoann and more
- Liberation, Apostille, Patrick Kelleher @ Tenterhooks (€8, BYOB)
[Rock] Alternative Australian, UK and Irish acts. - I Have A Tribe @ Whelan’s (€15)
[Singer-songwriter] Beneath A Yellow Moon was released last friday. - The Eskies @ Button Factory (€11)
[Rock/pop] gypsy folk - listen | compose | perform @ Henrietta Street (€12)
[Contemporary] Composer Karen Power // live improvisation and composition - Out to Lunch presents Pender Street Steppers, Terriers @ Tengu (€12.50, 10pm, WIN PASSES)
[Electronic] Plus Bong Gozling, Sias, Barry Redsetta
- Telephones: Gerd Janson @ Tengu (€15, 10pm)
[Forbidden fruit Night] festival wristband required. - The Malibu Club with Detroit Swindle @ The Grand Social (€15, 10pm)
[Forbidden fruit Night] festival wristband required. - Sense: Bodhi @ Button Factory (€15)
[Forbidden fruit Night] festival wristband required.
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Saturday June 4
Irish Festivals
- Forbidden Fruit @ Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin (59+ day ticket, 119 weekend)
[Festival] Stage times. Jungle, Battles, Kiasmos, Tame Impala & more - Open Ear @ Sherkin Island (€75)
[Festival] Electronic including Sunken Foal, Toby Kaar, Lumigraph, Sias, Meljoann and more - Down With Jazz 2016: Jazz Rising @ Meeting House Square, Dublin (€15/€25)
[Jazz/ Contemporary] Weird Glitches, Redivider, Toot Sweet and the Shadow Man & more
- InSight #3 Slipdraft @ Smock Alley (6pm/ 8pm – two shows, WIN PASSES FOR 6pm)
[Irish Composers’ Collective and Tonnta Music] combining contemporary Irish music with innovative lighting and visuals - Ports @ Whelan’s (€11)
[Indie] Formerly Little Bear. - Listener @ Hangar (€8/€12)
[Rock] Stairwells, M(h)aol, The Winter Passing - Jungle (DJ set) with Lumo Club // Forbidden Fruit Night @ Wigwam (€17.50, 10pm, WIN PASSES)
[Afterparty] tickets in advance on site / limited tickets on door. - Sense: Tale Of Us, Dorian James @ Button Factory (€15)
[Forbidden fruit Night] festival wristband required. - The R&B Club: Colm K, Dj Flip & more @ Tengu (€15, 10pm)
[Forbidden fruit Night] festival wristband required. - Kiasmos DJ set, Bondax, Mmoths (DJ) & Clu (DJ) @ The Grand Social (€15, 10pm)
[Forbidden fruit Night] festival wristband required. - Sense: Freddie Gibbs @ The Sugar Club (€15)
[Forbidden fruit Night] festival wristband required.
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Bank Holiday Sunday June 5
Irish Festivals
- Forbidden Fruit @ Royal Hospital Kilmainham (59+ day ticket, 119 weekend)
[Festival] Stage times. Underworld, Flume, maya Jane coles, Tiga & more - Open Ear @ Sherkin Island (€75)
[Festival] Electronic including Sunken Foal, Toby Kaar, Lumigraph, Sias, Meljoann and more - Down With Jazz 2016: Jazz Rising @ Meeting House Square, Dublin (€15/€25)
[Jazz/ Contemporary] Snowpoet, Zaska, Richie Buckley & more
- June Bank Holiday Sunday Party @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
[Party] Twinkranes, Autumns, Easy Tide & DJs. - Darren Emerson @ The Wiley Fox (€15)
[dance] Former Underworld man plays as the band are playing Forbidden fruit. awkward? - Strictly Deep – Sonny Fodera (Defected) @ Hangar (€15, 11pm)
[Deep house]Support Kaily & Jade - Legends of the Old Skool @ Tivoli theatre (€27.50, 3pm – la)
[Rock/pop] The Boss returns. Friday/ Sunday - Subject is 9: Carl Craig & The Black Madonna @ Opium Rooms (11pm, €15, WIN PASSES)
[Electronic] Galactic Beat Club, Joe Morrissey, Mode_1, Cailín - Pyg Sundays presents Butch @ The Pygmalion (€10)
[Dance] Cocoon recordings. - Discotekken: FunkinEven, Manden Express and Worries Outernational @ Button Factory (€15, 11pm)
[Forbidden fruit Night] festival wristband required. - Curve: Groove Armada Dj set @ Button Factory (€18, 11pm)
[Forbidden fruit Night] festival wristband required. - The Deece Series: Jackmaster @ Button Factory (€18, 11pm)
[Forbidden fruit Night] festival wristband required. - This Greedy Pig: Tiga b2b Jori Hulkkonnen @ The Sugar Club (€18, 11pm)
[Forbidden fruit Night] festival wristband required. - Ame Live @ Wigwam (€18, 11pm)
[Forbidden fruit Night] festival wristband required.
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Monday June 6
- Boiler Room Dublin @ Undisclosed location (REGISTER)
[Dance] Sunil Sharpe, DeFeKT, Ellll, Daire Carolan B2B Sonel Ali
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