The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (New Year’s Eve edition)
A list of recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin and especially New Year’s Eve . All times are 7.30pm /8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend gigs not listed in the comments.
Thursday December 29th
- Primal Scream Screamadelica, Adrian Sherwood @ The O2 (€44)
- The Amazing Few UFO show @ The Grand Social (€5)
- Rootical Soundsystem @ The Grand Social (€6)
- The Dubliners @ Vicar Street (€42)
- BigDishGo/Shock: Donal Dineen,Billy Scurry + more @ Kennedy’s (€8, 10pm)
- I Love Acid Dublin Showcase @ Twisted Pepper (€12, 10.30pm)
Friday December 30th
- The Dubliners @ Vicar Street (€42)
New Year’s Eve – Saturday December 31st
- NYE: This Greedy Pig, Toejam and more @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 4pm)
- Max Cooper & DJs @ U Bar (Free, 6pm)
- New Year’s Eve Dublin: Paul Brady, Damien Dempsey, Riverdance, Bressie, MC Michelle McGrath & more @ Bank of Ireland, College Green (€10)
- Jape, New Jackson @ Whelan’s, Dublin (€20)
- Ham Sandwich, The Riot Tapes @ The Village (€15)
- Banquet New Years Eve Party: The Riptide Movement, Leaders of Men, Gypsies on the Autobahn and Banquet DJs @ Tripod (€15)
- Transmission NYE @ Button Factory (€15)
- Dublin Gospel Choir @ Christchurch Cathedral (€30-€39)
- Animal Disco: Not Squares, Two Door Cinema Club DJ set @ Auntie Annie’s, Belfast (£8, 9pm)
- Alex Metric, Japanese Popstars & more @ Queens Students Union, Belfast (£20)
- And So I Watch You From Afar, Daithi, Enemies, Sleep Thieves, Toby Kaar & Lost Chord @ Roisin Dubh, Galway (€25)
- Mixed Tape New Year’s Eve Party: Lisa Hannigan, James Vincent McMorrow, Jerry Fish, Fred, Rhob Cunningham, Gavin Glass & more @ Vicar Street (€35)
- The Hot Sprockets, the Stoney Brokes & more @ The Grand Social (€7)
- New Years Eve with Kila @ Dolan’s Warehouse (€22)
- Le Galaxie, Tieranniesaur, Last Days of 1984, Funeral Suits @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
- Not Saying Boo and Eleven Eleven: Alarmist, Overhead, the Albatross, Bantum, Lorem Ipsum, Barry Redsettaz, Don Rosco, Marcus Ignored B2B Bingo & more @ Twisted Pepper (€12)
- Kool Thing, Magic Pockets, Ships @ Block T (€12)
Sunday January 1st
- 12 Sundays All Day Soiree @ The Bernard Shaw
- A Twisted New Year’s Day: Blawan, Mosca, Kormac, Sunil Sharpe, Barry Redsettaz and more @ Twisted Pepper (€40 open bar, 2pm)
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