The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // September 16 – 22

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Ticket giveaways:

• Thursday: The Santa Rita Concerts: Kate Ellis @ Little Big Museum (€15)
• Friday: Junior Spesh & Twin: The Heatwave, Palms Trax @ The Twisted Pepper (€12/€10, 1opm)
• Friday: Bedlam Second Birthday: Ejeca, Paul Woolford @ Tivoli Theatre (€12/€15, 11pm)
• Friday: Seth Troxler @ The Academy (€25.40, 11pm)
• Saturday :Pantha Du Prince @ Opium Rooms (€12, 11pm)

How to enter ticket comp – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig or Friday 1pm latest for weekend gigs.

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Tuesday September 16

• Lucky Bones, We Raise Bears @ Whelan’s (€10)
  [Rock] Country, folk and dusty rock. Preview.

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Wednesday September 17

• Gig For Gaza: The Minutes, Buffalo Sunn, Youth Mass, The Eskies, Mongoose  @ The Sugar Club (€15)
  [Benefit] hosted by Today FM’s Paul McLoone with a DJ set from TXFM’s Claire Beck.
• Moxie @ Whelan’s (€14)
  [Trad] New young trad band.
  

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Thursday September 18

• Night: Hilary Woods @ Smock Alley Theatre Boys School (€13/€11)
  [Fringe Festival] Former JJ72 bassist delves into her new multimedia song project. Til Saturday.
• First Aid Kit @ Olympia Theatre (€25)
  [Folk] Swedish sisters display their harmonic folk pop. 
• The Santa Rita Concerts: Kate Ellis @ Little Big Museum (€15, WIN TICKETS)
  [Folk]  A solo performance featuring specially commissioned music for cello and electronics.
• Rhob Cunningham @ Button Factory (€12)
  [Folk]  Launch of his album The Window & Day.
• RM Hubbert, Mossy Nolan  @ The Workman’s Club Vintage Room (€8)
  [Folk/indie] Glasgow guitarist and Irish new-trad musician.
• Welcome: Two Charming Men @ The Twisted Pepper (€6/€8, 10pm)
  [Dance] Kildare producers head up lineup.

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Friday September 19

• Culture Night @ all over Dublin
  [Special Events] See the music highlights including No Way Back, Clu, Delorentos, Chequerboard, I Have A Tribe and more.
• Maud in Cahoots in Concert @ Smock Alley Theatre (€15)
  [Fringe Festival] Theatrical alt-pop to Dublin’s oldest theatre to launch their new single.
• Kevin Herm Connolly @ Anseo (€5, 7pm)
  [Launch] Launch of new single Shotgun. Joining him will be Bennie Reilly and Leslie Keye.
• Hauer EP launch @ The Bernard Shaw (9pm, Free)
  [Electronic] Listen to the Esperbyte EP.
• Interskalactic @ Whelan’s (Free)
  [Ska] 10 Piece Old-Skool Jamaican Ska Band
• Fox Jaw @ The Grand Social (€7)
  [Rock] Launch of Ghost’s Parade album.
• Seth Troxler @ The Academy (€25.40, 11pm,WIN TICKETS )
  [DJ] World renowned DJ stands up so much he got DVT from DJing.
• Abstract present Deetron @ Opium Rooms (€10-€15, 11pm)
  [Dance] Swiss techno DJ and producer who produces warm techno with the soul of Detroit.
• Junior Spesh & Twin: The Heatwave, Palms Trax @ The Twisted Pepper (€12/€10, 11pm, WIN TICKETS)
  [Dance] UK Dancehall / Berlin Acid-Tech producer.
• Clap! Clap! @ Pacino’s (€12/€10, 11pm)
  [Dance] Lo-fi Italian electronic producer.
• Bedlam Second Birthday: Ejeca, Paul Woolford @ Tivoli Theatre (SOLD OUT, 11pm, WIN TICKETS)
  [Dance] Tasty double bill for the ‘lam.

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Saturday September 20

See Also

New Galway festival AISÉIRÍ features Shampain, Just Mustard, One Leg One Eye and more

• BlueFire Street Fest 2014 @ Smithfield Square (Noon – 8pm, Free)
  [Festival] Celebration of diversity with Mutefish, Dublin Afrobeat Ensemble, North Strand Kontra Band, Justine Nantale, Gyp~y Rebel Rabble, Manden Express, Tig Linn, Markas Carcas (Mark Flynn), Aztec Jackal and Leading Armies.
• Cloud Castle Lake, Somerville  @ Whelan’s (€10)
  [Indie/rock] Launch of long time coming Dandelion EP.
• James Yorkston @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
  [Folk] Scottish folk maestro.
• Potion Of Oblivion: DJs Somadrone, Anthony Patterson (Twin Kranes) and Cian Murphy (I Am The Cosmos) @ Block T (€5 )
  [Club] guest DJ’s the music featured will explore electronic music vast history over the past 50 years – from minimal wave, cosmic, disco, avant garde, krautrock, library music.
• Small Talk presents//001 @ The Pint (€14/€12, 9pm)
  [Dance] with Special Guests Nicholas & Sisterhood
• Pogo: Archetype present Delano Smith @ Twisted Pepper (€12, 10:30pm)
  [Dance] A Detroit original DJ.
• Pantha Du Prince @ Opium Rooms (€12, 11pm)
  [Electronic] German electronic don and multi-rooms with Space Camp DJs.

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Sunday September 21

• Dragonforce @ Whelan’s (€21.50)
  [Speed metal] You would go for the laugh.

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Monday September 22

• Vance Joy @ The Academy (SOLD OUT)
  [Folk/pop]  Dude sells out a big venue off the back of Riptide.

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