Dublin Gig Guide: October 6th to 12th. Highlights: Sloucho, Morcheeba, Music in the Mountains, Violet Grohl, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Arab Strap, Cabaret Voltaire, Blab Social all-ages, Jinx Lennon, KILIMANJARO, Godwin, The Wran, Ibibio Sound Machine, Cinder Well, d_Abdu, Cardinals….
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🔗 Dublin venues, clubs and bars – A Nialler9 guide
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Tuesday October 6th
TILT #42 @ Button Factory
A three-act night with yes chef!, Grá and Stratford Rise.
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Muldoon’s Picnic @ National Concert Hall
The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon curates and hosts an evening of poetry, prose and music, with Paul Brady, Anne Enright, Neil Jordan and Iarla Ó Lionáird. The house band, Aldoc, features Horslips members Barry Devlin and Jim Lockhart. One night only.
The HU @ 3Olympia Theatre
Mongolian rock band.
Heaven’s Above @ Anseo Upstairs
Freakbeat, Power Pop, Punk Rock and Jangle club night every Tuesday. First night.
Wednesday October 7th
Cabaret Voltaire @ The Academy
The Sheffield industrial and electronic pioneers play The Academy.
Cardinals, Chameleon @ Whelan’s
Beavertown present Soundtrack Stories, with the Kinsale band Cardinals and producer/singer Chameleon on the bill. Hosted by Dublin comedians Meg Reilly and Ross McCarney, you’ll have the chance to share the opening line of a story from your own life. It might be a narrow escape, a chance encounter, a disastrous date, or something that seemed like a brilliant idea at the time. Meg and Ross will chat with selected storytellers throughout the night and, if they’re up for it, invite them to take the mic and tell the rest of the story.
Unofficial Cabaret Voltaire Afterparty @ Pawn Shop
Lerosa and Eliza play an afterparty for the Academy show.
Thursday October 8th
d_abdu, Goldbug @ Bello Bar
Ex Bricknasty musician launches debut album of Elliott Smith-esque singer-songwriter music.
Dice. @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Australia indie-rock. ‘Cooler’
Dancehall Arís @ The Sound House
Open Decks night.
REVOLVE S2: Molly Donnery, All Things Eve + Cruel Sister (DJ Set) @ The Grand Social Ballroom
Contemporary folk musician, German-born singer-songwriter and more.
Crash Test Dummies @ Vicar Street
The Canadian band behind ‘Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm’ play Vicar Street.
TUDJ x DCU DJ presents: LILI @ Yamamori Tengu (11pm)
TUD & DCU DJ Societies combine forces to present the South London DJ.
Friday October 9th
Music in the Mountains @ Various venues, Dublin Mountains
The third edition runs through to Sunday across eight venues in the Dublin Mountains, with trad, folk, singer-songwriter and blues shows. Friday features Dónal Dineen’s Backstory with Seamas Hyland, Niwar Ismat Issa, Méabh McKenna; Liam Ó Maonlaí, Paddy Casey with Q.bana and more.
Ibibio Sound Machine @ Button Factory
The genre-defying afro-futurist collective blend West African rhythms, electronic textures, disco, post-punk and global club energy.
The Wran @ The Workman’s Club
Comeragh Mountains Banjo-heavy drone trad band.
The Bluetones @ Whelan’s
The Britpop band behind ‘Slight Return’ play the main room.
Cinder Well @ Bello Bar
Foggy Notions present the folk artist behind the music for TV show Small Prophets.
Jinx Lennon, Wasps V Humans @ Thomas House
Jinx Lennon border schizo fffolk punk provider joins verbose hook laden spoken word duo Wasps V Humans to provide a noise filled night.
Paranoid Visions @ Thomas House
Dublin elder punks. Subverse Reality album launch.
Clubs and DJs
Clash Del Comfort @ Commercial Rowing Club (9pm)
Club Comfort and Sunburst Sound go head to head in a sound system clash beside the Liffey, DEEZY, THXTTI with Selky and Roo Honeychild.
Stacked: KiNK b2b Raredub & Nikki Nair @ Wigwam
KiNK plays back to back with Raredub and Nikki Nair and more. Actually stacked lineup.
Block x Omni: Enzo Siragusa @ block. (11pm)
DJ, producer & Fuse London party starter with Jake Fitz.
Spraoi Mór with David Vunk @ Yamamori Tengu (11pm)
Acid to techno, Italo disco to electro with David Vunk with Holten and Dar Molloy.
Jyoty @ Centre Point (11pm)
Eclectic multi-genre internet DJ JYOTY. With JWY and Blkcnvs.
Cailín x Sarah Lennox x SEMAE @ The Racket Space (11pm)
Serves as the official closing party for the first round of the vinyl workshop with Ed Tr One and Tadhg (Dublin Modular).
Sounds + Visuals by SPACES: SLOUCHO and more @ The Sugar Club (11pm)
A/V immersive showcase headlined by SLOUCHO with support from DJs/ Producers 2step.png and Texas-Plant.
Music. Fashion. Brat. @ The Workman’s Club (11:30pm)
A Charli XCX late night at the Workman’s Club.
Whelan’s Indie Club with Silent Disco & Karaoke @ Little Whelan’s (10:30pm)
Indie club night, with silent disco and karaoke.
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Saturday October 10th
Rocktoberfest @ Rascal’s (1pm – 10pm)
Guest Irish beers and German lagers, with the city’s best rock and alternative music DJs Joe Donnelly, Dan Cullen and more.
Paint Records Open Air 02 @ The Bernard Shaw (2pm – 10pm)
With Laughing Man, Pat Hyland, Sarah Lennox and more. Running from 2pm – 10pm, the day brings together a selection of Dublin selectors for eight hours of deep house, stripped-back rhythms and rolling grooves.
Music in the Mountains @ Various venues, Dublin Mountains
The third edition runs through to Sunday across eight venues in the Dublin Mountains, with trad, folk, singer-songwriter and blues shows. Saturday features The Bonny Men and more.
Jake Xerxes Fussell @ Button Factory
Reared in Georgia and now based in North Carolina, Fussell is a devoted interpreter of folk songs drawn from a personal store of favourites. He has released five studio albums.
Clubs and DJs
KILIMANJARO @ Pygmalion (11pm)
Zambian-heritage, Glasgow-raised London afro house DJ/
Stretch presents: Godwin All Night Long @ Daylight (11pm)
An all night set from Limerick-based DJ, Producer and co founder of the label 4 The Heads That Know.
49th & Main & Friends @ Wigwam (11pm)
Kilkenny indie dance electronic songwriters take over the venue. Plus DiebyVeg, Swoose, Caolan Ryan, Aika Mal, Howtin.
camoufly @ The Racket Space (11pm)
Eclectic masked electronic producer.
Being Sarah’s Basement ft. Analog @ Sin É (11pm)
Hardware electronic music in the basement at Sin É.
Ben Hemsley @ Index (11pm)
British electronic DJ with Chantel Kavanagh.
Tengu x Artificial presents: Malin Genie @ Yamamori Tengu (11pm)
With EMMIE and Wiseguy.
Whelan’s Indie Club with Silent Disco & Karaoke @ Little Whelan’s (10:30pm)
Indie club night, with silent disco and karaoke.
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Sunday October 11th
BLAB Tape Social @ Rascals Brewing Company, Inchicore (2:30pm)
A daytime, all-ages event celebrating cassette tape culture, with stripped-back sets from CABL, Goldbug, Hotgirl’s Ashley Abbedeen and Last Apollo. The show is recorded straight to tape, and 25 limited edition copies will be duplicated in the room. There is also a cassette tape fair, listening stations and a BLAB photo exhibition, and the BLAB004 line-up will be announced for November. Free entry.
Tim Wheeler (Ash): Acoustic Solo Set @ The Grand Social
The Ash frontman plays a solo acoustic set.
Violet Grohl @ Green Room at The Academy
The singer-songwriter, daughter of Dave Grohl, brings her Be Sweet To Me tour to Dublin.
Music in the Mountains @ Various venues, Dublin Mountains
The festival closes with Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Myles O’Reilly at Johnnie Fox’s; MayKay, Fiach, Anamoe Drive, Holly Munro @ The Step Inn; Calum Agnew & Lily May @ The Golden Ball Pub…
Organ Freeman @ The Big Romance (6pm)
Live jazz every Sunday. Breffini (DJ) from 9pm.
Big Fat Slut @ Pawn Shop (10pm)
Free entry all night 🪩 for t-girls, dykes, queers, gays, fats, femmes, t-boys, theys, sluts, trade & allies 🫦 21+
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Monday October 12th
Morcheeba @ Vicar Street
The trip-hop duo return for their first Dublin headline show in 18 years, with Alex Cornish in support. Presented by Selective Memory. Sold out.
Arab Strap @ Whelan’s
The Scottish duo of Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton play for Foggy Notions. Sold out.
Song Cycle @ Whelan’s Bar
Whelan’s weekly free singer-songwriter night.
Jazz Jam @ Arthur’s
A weekly jazz jam, with an opening set from a different band each week followed by a jam session.
🔗 Dublin venues, clubs and bars – A Nialler9 guide
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.
