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.
What gigs are on in Dublin tonight?
Tuesday May 6th
Rachel Sermanni @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Scottish based singer/songwriter.
What is Social Media’s Role in Music in 2025? @ The Big Romance
District host a panel discussion.
Echo Exchange @ Pawn Shop (10pm – 3am)
Free in. A new regular Tuesday weekly night, featuring House, Garage, Techno and Bass.
Wednesday May 7th
Michael Cera Palin, Problem Patterns @ The Workman’s Club
Atlanta emotive indie-punk trio.
Luca Fogale, Luz @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Canadian singer-songwriter who is compared to bon Bon Iver and Coldplay.
Twin Peaks night @ The Big Romance
Celebrating the music of David Lynch’s iconic TV show.
Timber Timbre @ Whelan’s
Cancelled: Canadian songwriter’s cinematic blend of gothic folk and noir pop.
Someday Club @ The Grand Social
New mid-week indie club. Free in.
Thursday May 8th
AIM Ireland Connects @ NCH
AIM Connects brings together Ireland’s independent music sector and night-time economy for an international summit.
FINE, Stella And The Dreaming @ Bello Bar
Fine is a singer-songwriter and producer from Denmark. This gig is part of Foggy Notions Imbibe Series
King Creosote @ Button Factory
Scottish songwriter, “DIY pop voyager, ancestral seaside home restorer, squeezebox lothario, Fife for lifer, diamond miner, hijacker of hearts,”
Paul Noonan (Bell X1), SASO @ The Church of St. Catherines & St. James, Dublin 8
Culture Date with D8 gig.
Hayden Thorpe & Propellor Ensemble @ The Grand Social
Former Wild Beasts frontman is on his third solo album Ness, made in collaboration with best-selling nature writer Robert Macfarlane. ‘Doom Orchid’
Secret Sessions curated by Tebi Rex @ The Sound House
The night will explore themes of endings and points of transition with three secret acts.
Mongoose, From The Glen, Final Girl, Redder Herring @ Fibber Magees
Sky Rocket Promotions events live music night.
Calum Agnew @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Dublin pop songwriter.
RECO, TroyOkay, Avenue 68, Fly Parts @ Crowbar Terrace
RECO, are a Dublin four-piece alt-rock band blending post-punk, shoegaze, and classic rock influences.
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Friday May 9th
Daybreak Morning Rave @ The Playground (6.45am – 8.45am)
An early morning dance with DJs Ceese and Nialler9 as part of Culture Date With Dublin 8.
Danny Groenland @ The Sugar Club
burning rome album launch with a 10-piece band(brass section and 3 backing vocalists) from the Dublin-based soul artist. ‘Never Going Home’. Support: Meghan Murray.
First Friday Music Night 3 @ Rascal’s Brewery
Culture Date with Dublin 8. Live music with Geansaí, Natalie Moran, Driving Blue.
Irish Women in Jazz Live Podcast & Concert Series @ The Dublin Liberties Distillery (7pm)
Culture Date with Dublin 8.
Armlock @ Bello Bar
Melbourne indie dream pop band.
Getdown Services @ The Workman’s Club
The Bristol duo’s music is a fun mix of slacker pop, indie-disco, funk and rock. ‘Eat Quiche, Sleep, Repeat’ is their new jam. They play Cork too.
The Bureau De Change Song Contest @ 3Olympia Theatre
The brainchild of well-known comedian Tony Cantwell, the night combines gags and music and can only be described as a mock Eurovision parody party- with a little more skin on show.
Zimmer90 @ Whelan’s
French electronic indie pop band. Sound a bit like AIR at times.
Phibsborough Bopping Centre @ The Back Page
Phizzfest. Ria Rua, Monday’s Child, Gush, Antinomy.
Mo Cultivation Live @ Crowbar Terrace (9pm)
There are no headliners and no warm-ups – just a carefully curated lineup of surprise DJs bringing us on a journey from start to finish.
STOP THE LIGHTS! @ Hen’s Teeth (Sold Out)
Kelly-Anne Byrne B2B Ruth Kavanagh.
Bitten Twice presents: 100 Means 200 @ Daylight (10pm)
A celebration of fast music and mind bending electronics featuring Italian producer VIBRISSE and local sets from Roo Honeychild, DJ IPhone Charger (Rory Sweeney), Julia Louise KnifeFist.
United Against Racism: @ Yamamori Tengu (11pm)
Rhyzine, Moving Still, StrangeLove + more
Swiftogeddon @ The Grand Social (11pm)
The Taylor Themed Club Night.
Saturday May 10th
Dublin City Tape & Record Fair @ The Circular
Vinyl and tape browsing.
Daybreaks @ The Grand Social (2pm – 8pm)
Dublin Breakbeat All-Dayer with Plump DJs, Dj Mog-Y, Dj XS & Nebulah, Rob Le Nan.
Ice Machines – Synth Workshops @ The Racket Space (all dayer and night show)
Synth workshops during day and live performances at night with CIRCUIT3, Polydroid, 100POEMS and more.
TP2 Patterned Turbulence: Studio Open Day @ ThinkPunk, Goldenbridge Industrial Estate, Inchicore.
DJ Fizzy Waters, Marea DJs collective, Tacky Cardia DJs Laetitia Deering and Robbie Kitt throughout the day. Culture Date With Dublin 8.
Throwing Shapes Turns One @ Mill Street (7pm – Midnight)
Ricky Chong, Sally Cinnamon, Selky.
Lumo Club @ Hen’s Teeth (8pm – 12.30am)
Lumo Club is a fun-first club night. We play disco, edits, electronic, pop, Italo disco, ’80s jams, 90s/2000s dance, current bangers, curveballs and classics. Lumo is a house party-style club night in the best night spaces in Dublin that brings the soundest dancing crowd around. Lumo Club Residents: Nialler9, Gavin Elsted and Simon Roche.
Mnemonic Pulse, Human Lanterns & Jonathan Deasy @ Bello Bar
Culture Date with Dublin 8. Experimental music night presented by Enthusiastic Eunuch & The Goo.
Lael Neale @ The Workman’s Cellar
LA-based Virginia artist’s latest album on Sub Pop covers reverbed retro garage rock, motorik Beach House-esque dream pop, psych, tape loops Mellotron and Omnichord ballads anchored by Neal’s wavy high register.
Jóhann Jóhannsson: Drone Mass @ Pavilion Theatre
Dublin Premiere Performance Chamber Choir Ireland & Crash Ensemble.
Slither All Night Long: THE FINALE @ Tengu (11pm)
€1 party tickets available.
Jenny Greene @ 3Olympia Theatre (11pm)
Late night DJ show from the Presenter of Electric Disco and The Greene Room on 2FM.
Bedlam: Harrison BDP @ Wigwam (11pm)
Lo-fi house vibes, deep, hypnotic grooves, and straight-up dancefloor heat.
Sunday May 11th
A Monster Meeting in D8 @ Goldenbridge Cemetery (1pm)
Agitate, Agitate, Agitate! Featuring Peter M.Smith, Jim Roche, Sive, John Cummins, Roxanna Nic Liam, Louise Mulcahy. Music and Poetry celebrating Daniel O’Connell. Culture Date with Dublin 8.
Jóhann Jóhannsson: Drone Mass @ Pavilion Theatre
Dublin Premiere Performance Chamber Choir Ireland & Crash Ensemble.
Soccer Mommy @ Vicar Street
Nashville alternative songwriter and musician Sophie Allison. ‘Driver’
Rival Consoles (Live) @ Centre Point (11pm)
UK producer Ryan Lee West releases a new album Landscape from Memory July 4th via Erased Tapes. ‘Catherine’
Fox in Rain, Empty Internet + Aoife & The Willows @ Crowbar Terrace
An eclectic night of music, blending jazz & soul on a blanket of pop and hip-hop.
Monday May 12th
Elijah Fox @ Unitarian Church
Solo Improvised from Pianist and producer.
The Road To The Great Escape @ Whelan’s, The Grand Social, and The Workman’s Club.
Allie Sherlock / Jo Hill / Odhran Murphy / Arcy Drive and more
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.
