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)
