The best gigs & clubs in Dublin this week? It’s the Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide – running for over 15 years every week.
Dublin Gig Guide Highlights: Mac DeMarco, ROÍS, Gwenno, TOPS, Perfume Genius, Water From Your Eyes, Le Boom, Foxwarren,Kae Tempest, Shame, Baxter Dury, Hamilton Leithauser, Pebbledash, jasmine.4.t, Kiasmos, The Last Dinner Party, Slum Village.
Tuesday November 11th
Issue.03: Black Nylon / Last Apollo / Runner @ The Grand Social
MCD’s new music monthly night.
Hotline TNT @ The Workmans Club
Shoegaze and power-pop band. ‘Julia’s War’
Swim School @ Whelan’s
Scottish indie rock band. Support Burglar.
Pebbledash @ Curveball
Cork indie rock band who released their fine second To Cast The Sea In Concrete EP last week. Support: Anemone, Aoife Wolf.
Bonya, Circa, Public Warning @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Tramore 5-piece indie-rock band headline.
Wednesday November 12th
Baxter Dury @ Vicar Street
Allbarone English electronic pop artist. Sold out.
Cliffords @ The Academy
Cork indie-rockers on the up. ‘Bittersweet’
Gwenno @ Unitarian Church
Welsh indie-pop artist. ‘Utopia’
Will Paquin @ Academy 2
American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He drew attention in 2020 when his single ‘Chandelier’ spread widely on TikTok.
MOMMA @ The Workman’s Club
Brooklyn-based California indie band. ‘Bottle Blonde’
Rianne Downey @ The Sound House
Scottish country singer-songwriter. ‘Heart Of Mine’
shame @ Opium
English post-punk band.
The World Is a Beautiful Place And I’m Not Afraid To Die @ The Grand Social
American emo/indie post-rock band.
Mother of Pearl, Picture Postcard, Tonedeaf @ Bello Bar
Limerick shoegazers headline. So Long to Knowing
Tilt #36 @ Button Factory
Martina And The Moons, Delush and Alky. Free in.
David Geraghty @ O’Regan’s Keg Room
An Evening of acoustic Songs with the Bell X1 man.
The Offspring @ 3Arena
American pop-punk self-esteemers.
The Last Vinci, Blank Atlas @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Cork heavy-hitting alternative/stoner rock trio.
Réabbtacht Rave @ The Sound House (10:30pm)
Irish language meets the dance floor.
Thursday November 13th
Museum of the Moon @ Merrion Square (6pm – 10pm)
Mellow Tonics, Ficino, Ensemble Arveene. Luke Jerram’s glowing lunar sculpture is on display to Dublin’s Merrion Square for Science Week this week.
Zahra Haji Fath Ali Tehrani @ Daylight
An Iranian–Irish queer composer and multi-instrumentalist whose work moves through experimental sound, identity and contemporary composition. Zahra blends lo-fi jazz punk, shoegaze, and folk influences into raw, contemporary expressions of identity and queerness. Support: Grainnemir Abualrob, Viva Dean.
Foxwarren @ Opium
Canadian rock band featuring Andy Shauf.
Jensen McRae @ Button Factory
American folk singer-songwriter. Live at Mahogany’s.
Kae Tempest @ Vicar Street
English spoken word and rising artist Jacob Alon on support.
Perfume Genius @ National Stadium
Mike Hadreas’ alternative pop craft. ‘No Front Teeth’
Anamoe Drive @ The Grand Social
The solo project of singer Oisín Leahy Furlong from Dublin psych-pop band Thumper released a new album thank god it’s friday.
Tops @ The Workmans Club
Montreal indie band of the 2010s. Bury the Key Tour. ‘Falling On My Sword’
Aaron Rowe @ Whelans
Dublin singer-songwriter.
Jane Remover @ The Grand Social
Digicore hyperpop artist. ‘Dreamflasher’
Michael Buckley, Dylan Lynch, Leopoldo Osio & Dave Redmond & Alba (vinyl set) @ Tengu
Tengu Jazz night.
Friday November 14th
Museum of the Moon @ Merrion Square (6pm – 10pm)
Mellow Tonics, Fehdah, Bang Bike Sustainable DJ set. Luke Jerram’s glowing lunar sculpture is on display to Dublin’s Merrion Square for Science Week this week.
The Last Dinner Party @ 3Arena
English flighty pop band. ‘Sail Away’
RÓIS @ The Button Factory
RÓIS is a Fermanagh composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and electronic artist, who released the brilliant EP Mo Léan last year. ‘Did ye ever get The Ride at The Wake House?’
Le Boom @ Vicar Street
Irish electro pop live band.
Witch Post @ The Workman’s Club
American/Scottish alternative duo. ‘The Wolf’
The Wran @ Upstairs At Whelans
Waterford trad-fusion band.
Fizzy Orange @ The Complex
The Depot Sessions with Dublin six-piece retro indie band.
Smithereens, Avenue 68 @ Curveball
Cork Irish jazz, funk, and grunge fusion band.
Echo Northstar, Joe Maxi, imBau, Eppie @ The Sound House
RAW – Rising Artist Watch series.
Butler, Blake & Grant Dublin @ Ambassador Theatre
Bernard Butler (ex Suede), Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) and James Grant (Love And Money). Seated.
Protomartyr @ Whelans
American post-punk rock – A Decade of the Agent Intellect tour. two nights.
Hitmen, Beat Up Face, Colourview @ Mono’s Bar, Phibsborough
Abrasive noise-rock.
Bronagh Gallagher @ The Sugar Club
Northern Irish soul singer.
Stoat @ Little Whelan’s
Long-standing Irish alternative band. Support: Aoife Moriarty
The Stunning @ 3Olympia Theatre
Brewing up some form.
Slum Village @ The Bernard Shaw (11pm)
The legendary Detroit hip-hop group who formed with J Dilla as a core member play a rare Irish show presented by Outstraight and the Shaw.
Late Clubs
Kiasmos (DJ Set) @ Fidelity Studio (10pm – 1am)
SOLD OUT. DJ set from the Faroe Islands’ producer/DJ Janus Rasmussen, one half of Kiasmos.
Chaos In The CBD All Night Long @ Tengu (11pm)
New Zealand house duo.
JUSTDYL & EMMIE @ Chillers On The Green (11pm)
The Shed Residents try out a new venue – which I think was formerly The Well?
LOST x Hidden Love: DJ SWISHERMAN @ Wigwam (11pm)
Wigwam is 10: techno DJ.
Gaskin & Idemi @ Index (11pm)
Thursday show added. Newcastle house DJ.
Saturday November 15th
Daytime Dance Party @ The George (2pm – 8pm)
Mother & Absolut present an afternoon of disco, drag, and queer celebration. Line-up: Rocky T. Delgado, Glamo, Shrem, Crystal Queer, Manwelli, Naomi Diamond & Pixie Woo Performances & Hosting by: Shaqira Knightly & Anziety with The Mother Dancer.
Museum of the Moon @ Merrion Square (6pm – 10pm)
Glasshouse Ensemble – Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space, Elaine Mai, Algorave – Char Stiles & Jurgen Simpson. Luke Jerram’s glowing lunar sculpture is on display to Dublin’s Merrion Square for Science Week this week.
Lōwli @ Unitarian Church
Irish folk piano neoclassical contemporary composer and singer-songwriter Roisín Lowry launches debut album with a full band – the album is described as an introspective cycle, borne from processing a difficult experience internally.
Peer Pleasure, Trinkets @ The Racket Space
Fuzzed Up Presents Wexford seven-piece garage punk and Dublin five-piece indie band.
Affection To Rent @ Upstairs At Whelans
Dublin grungy rockers. New single is ‘Cathedral’
Cky (Camp Kill Yourself) @ Opium
Jess Margera’s American rock band are linked to the TV show Jackass.
jasmine.4.t @ Academy 2
Manchester singer-songwriter on Pheobe Bridges label.
Gweynn & Soria @ Kirkos
Live event alongside Cait Fahy’s Searching For The Eternal Buzz exhibition hich launches Thursday.
Frankie Cosmos @ The Button Factory
New York indie-rock four-piece. The band’s new song ‘Vanity’ was one ofthe best new songs of the week.
Protomartyr @ Whelans
American post-punk rock – A Decade of the Agent Intellect tour. two nights.
Nerina Pallot @ Bello Bar
British singer-songwriter.
The Fynches @ The Workmans Club
Irish folk-rock band.
Late Clubs
Firehouse Skank @ Mono’s Bar, Phibsborough (9pm)
Dub and reggae. T-Woc (Live), Firehouse Skank residents
Soundmate @ Yamamori Tengu (11pm)
With Paula GM — a Barcelona-born, vinyl-passionate selector whose sets are an electrifying journey through ‘90s house and early 2000s tech-house.
Faithless DJ Set @ Index (11pm)
UK ’90s dance massive.
Le Boom @ Centre Point (11pm)
Second Dublin show of the week after Vicar Street for the electronic poppers.
Intrinsic Rhythm x Time in Body @ Pawn Shop (10pm)
[techno/electro] Head Front Panel (John Heckle Live), Tr One, Eliza, Lolz, Maeve O’Neill.
Loose Connections @ Hang Dai Chinese (11pm)
South African Kwaito DJ Biko All Night Long.
Brat Rave @ The Workman’s Club (11pm)
Playing: Charli XCX (obvs), Chappell Roan, Rina Sawayama, Marina & The Diamonds, Sabrina Carpenter, Ashnikko, Kim Petras, Mitski and more.
Neffa-T, Capo Lee, Nick León (Live) @ Wigwam (11pm)
Stacked lineup with 8 deck grime wizard Neffa-T and MC Capo Lee. JWY, Máthair and Becky also on the bill.
Hannah Wants @ Block. (11pm)
British house music DJ.
Sunday November 16th
Bloop Groop: Play Away @ The Playground (5pm – 10pm)
An open all-hardware gig of live multi-genre electronic music, from ambient to acid techno.
Jæd @ Bello Bar
London based Irish-Puerto Rican musician Jennifer Evans plays a headline show following the release of 2024 debut album Loved the Gauntlet and There Was No Other Way.
Water From Your Eyes @ The Workmans Club
Sparkly alternative electronic pop duo. ‘Playing Classics’
corto.alto @ The Sugar Club
Scottish jazz Mercury Prize nominee.
Pile @ The Sound House
American indie rock band.
Antoni O’Breskey @ The Cobblestone
Pianist and composer playing with Paahto Cummins (Skipper’s Alley/Ispíní na hÉireann), Ross Chaney(RF Chaney/ John Francis Flynn) & Consuelo Nerea (VARO)
Late Clubs
Seventh State @ Tengu (9pm – 1:30am)
Keepsakes, Shannen Blessing, Ghouleee presents “Samhain Forever” – Live A/V Screening.
Monday November 17th
Hamilton Leithauser @ Button Factory
This Side of the Island Tour from the Walkmen solo singer.
Mac DeMarco @ National Stadium
The Canadian cheeky guitarist chap. Also Tuesday Nov 18th.
Christy Moore @ Vicar Street
Aye, he never stops.
A Dead Human, Politik, Burn Down The House, Bruiser @ the Sound House
Sound House Rising series.
Late Clubs
Ariose.Dublin presents: Night for Gaza @ Tengu (11pm)
Techno. Niall Kelly, Allison Rivera, Callum O Neill
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.
