The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (Nov 29th - Dec 5th)

Highlights: SBTRKT, Clock Opera, Skrillex (seriously, it’s sold out but so much fun), Wild Beasts, Goodtime, Bachelorette, Donal Dineen Small Hours wake, Boddika, Pearson Sound, Bombay Bicycle Club.

A list of recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend gigs in the comments as this post gets a lot of eyes every week.

Ticket giveaways:

• Friday December 3rd: Clock Opera @ Academy 2
• Friday December 3rd:  Goodtime album launch, Angkorwat, Bill Blood @ The Grand Social
• The Magic Band (Captain Beefheart) @ Button Factory
• Saturday December 3rd: Laser Tom & The Blast Crew, The Ghandis @ Crawdaddy
• Saturday December 3rd: SBTRKT @ The Workman’s Club

• How to enter – Email [email protected] with your preference of gig (if more than one) along with your full name, and phone number before 6pm on Thursday to be in with a chance to win.

Tuesday November 29th

• Gavin Friday @ Olympia Theatre (€27.90)
• Ruby Sessions : Danny Burns, Hellfire Cub, Soundproof, The Late Fragments @ Doyle’s (9pm, €6)
• Rua Unplugged @ Anseo (9pm)
• Little Dragon, White Hinterland @ Button Factory (€15)
• A night for Mic Christopher: The Frames, The Mary Janes And Friends @ Vicar Street (€26)
• Runaway Go @ Whelan’s (Free)

Wednesday November 30th

• The Lost Brothers @ The Workman’s Club (€5)
• IMTV Awards @ The Sugar Club

Thursday December 1st

• Pinback, JP Inc, Dudley Corporation @ The Button Factory (€16.50)
• The Holy Roman Army, Kaplin @ The Grand Social (€5)
• Bachelorette, Trophy Boyfriend @ Whelan’s (€8)
• Forward / Slash: We Are Losers @ Bernard Shaw (Free)
• The Drums, Cloud Control @ The Village (Heineken Green Spheres lottery tickets only)
• Green Spheres afterparty: Tieranniesaur, The Drums DJ set @ Whelan’s (Free with stub or €5, 11pm)

Friday December 2nd

• Aloe Blacc @ Olympia (Heineken Green Spheres lottery tickets only)
• Clock Opera @ Academy 2 (win tickets above)
• Dead School,  Zombie Computer, LAMP @ Crawdaddy
• Goodtime album launch, Angkorwat, Bill Blood @ The Grand Social (Win tickets above)
• The Magic Band (Captain Beefheart) @ Button Factory (€26.50)
• Donal Dineen’s Small Hours Wake: Katie Kim, David Kitt, Cian Nugent and Beautiful Unit @ The Joinery (€8, BYOB)
• Cassette ’80s Night @Pod & Chocolate Bar (€8, 11pm)
• Skrillex @ The Academy (Sold out)
• MUD: DJ Yoda, Pearson Sound, DJ Kormac  & more @ Twisted Pepper (€18, 10.30pm)
• Donal Dineen Small Hours Burial @ The Grand Social (11.30pm)

Saturday December 3rd

• Laser Tom & The Blast Crew, The Ghandis @ Crawdaddy (Win tickets above)
• Cathal Coughlan & Luke Haines present North Sea Scroll @ The Sugar Club (€20)
• Wild Beasts @ The Academy (Heineken Green Spheres lottery tickets only)
• Rainy Boy Sleep @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
• Elastic Witch & Bodytonic present: Demdike Stare, Angkorwat, School Tour, Gib Cassidy @ Twisted Pepper (€15, 8pm)
• We Are Electronic: Instra:mental (Boddika), Barry Redsettaz, Mark Allton & More @ Twisted Pepper (€12, 10.30pm)
• SBTRKT @ The Workman’s Club (Win the last pair above, 11pm)

Sunday December 4th

• Bernard Shaw 5th Birthday: Optimo DJs @ The Bernard Shaw (2pm, Free)
• Record Fair @ Whelan’s (Free, 1pm)
• One For The Road: Road Records documentary @ Whelan’s (€8)

Monday December 5th

• Alexi Murdoch @ Crawdaddy (€13/€15)
• Bombay Bicycle Club @ Vicar Street (€20)

Niall Byrne

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,  Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter,  and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.

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