The Nialler9 Dublin Halloween Gig Guide
Win free entry:
- Wednesday: Jennifer Evans @ Little Museum Of Dublin
- Friday: Lumo Club @ Bar Tengu, Yamamori Sushi (10pm)
How to enter free entry comps – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number (for late contact) 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 October 27
- Ruby Sessions: Róisín O / Saint Sister / Farah Elle Music / Floatinghome @ Doyle’s (9pm, €6)
[Acoustic Club] Long running singer-songwriter night in aid of Simon Community. - VANT @ Whelan’s (€14.50)
[Indie/rock] Buzzing UK indie – The Answer. - GoGoPenguin @ The Sugar Club (€20)
[Jazz] Acoustic electronica jazz trio presented by Music Network. - Randy Newman @ Vicar Street (€65)
[Classic] Would be interesting to see if you could last a whole show. Also Wednesday.
Wednesday October 28
- Jennifer Evans @ Little Museum Of Dublin (WIN TICKETS, €13)
[Singer-songwriter] Solo set from the London-based independent musician – ‘Colour Of Bruises’ - Planet Parade, Thumper @ Sin É (Free)
[Irish] Too Fools & Tadgh also playing.
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Thursday October 29
- The Academic @ Whelan’s (Sold out)
[Indie/rock] Mullingar boys. ‘Northern Boy’ - Unshaped Form @ Bello Bar (€10)
[Members of 3Epkano] Halloween inspired short film with fresh, newly composed,live musical accompaniment. - Juggernaut Music monthly feat: Kris Finnerty @ Sin E (Free)
[New music] Plus chance to win a 1 day recording session at Nightgroove Studios including engineer. - #GoldenBeck: Val Normal, Color // Sound & Travis Oaks @ The Workmans Club (€5/€8)
[Irish] New Irish music brought to you by Goldenplec and Claire Beck of TXFM. - Good Name: The Shaker Hymn @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[Rock] Cork Rock. Trophy Child. - Transmit presents: D. Carbone & Ascion Live @ Button Factory (€12, 10pm)
[Techno] “finely polished techno cuts”
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Friday October 30
- Lucy Rose @ Button Factory (€19)
[UK Folk] Like An Arrow. - Devil’s Night Disco – Goblin, I-F, The Horrorist, Umberto, Everything Shook @ District 8 (€15-€40)
[Horror/dark tunes] Goblin perform live scores of Suspira and Profondo Rosso - Richard Hawley @ Vicar Street (€33.50)
[Singer/songwriter] Sheffield dude. I Still want you. - Lumo Club @ Bar Tengu, Yamamori Sushi (€8, 10pm)
[Club] A new club night brought to you by Nialler9 and friends. Not a house and techno night. - The RnB Club @ The Grand Social (€6, 11pm)
[Club] Stevie G and Papa Lou playing ’90s R&B and neo-soul - Ghostbusters / Thriller screenings @ The Sugar Club (€12.50)
[Party] Live 80s music from DFUNK (1st ever performance) / DJs in main Room Sally Cinammon & Glamo - Pranks, Tank General @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Guestlist, Midnight)
[new Irish] Ghost – heavy rock. - Dekonstrukcionez presents: Rave de/Vilment @ The Wiley Fox (€5, 10pm)
[A tribute to the 90’s rave scene] The Nihilist, Alien Hand, Dj Father Fintan Stack - Mathew Jonson @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] Boiler Room Live show. - Techno & Cans: Pig & Dan @ Hangar (€12, 10:30pm)
[Techno] Fancy dress, cans and techno.
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Saturday October 31
- Best Coast, Talos @ The Academy (€23)
[Alt/rock] Bethany Cosetino’s Californian rock. - U:Mack Halloween Party: Basement Jaxx, the ORB Soundsystem @ Vicar Street (€30)
[Alternative] plus: Billy Scurry / Lasertom (live) / Adultrock (live) / LRB / Simon F / Mark Gill + More - Stomptown Brass @ Whelan’s (€10)
[Brass band] a nine-piece brass band spawned from the New Orleans tradition - CC Brez @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€12)
[Funk/pop] Republic of Loose musician – When it Feels Good. - U:Mack Halloween Party: Basement Jaxx, the ORB Soundsystem @ Vicar Street (€30)
[Alternative] plus: Billy Scurry / Lasertom (live) / Adultrock (live) / LRB / Simon F / Mark Gill + More - Retro Revival Indie Club @ Sweeney’s (9pm, €5)
[Garage/rock] The Urges + Gavin & Thee Icons + Gore Vidals & The Sex Beasts - Conor Walsh @ Unitarian Church (€10)
[Minimal / electronic] Listen to the elegant ‘The Front’ - The Discotekken Halloween Bash @ Tengu Izakaya, Yamamori Sushi (€10, 10pm)
[DJs] Frank B (Major Problems) Platinumray (Front End Synthetics) Papa Lou (The RnB Club) Eoin Cody (Discotekken), Manma Saor. - The 900 Club Halloween Ball @ The East Side Tavern (Free, 9pm)
[DJ] Vinyl record sets. Open deck policy. Fancy Dress. - Mother: Dark Mansion. Halloween Night @ No. 10 Ormond Quay (Sold out, 1opm)
[DJ] Party in a haunted Georgian mansion. Regular Mother also on. - Subject / Hidden Agenda: Moodymann, The Cyclist @ District 8 (€18)
[Dance] Two rooms also featuring Toby Kaar, Forrests, Galactic Beat Club & DJ Deece. - The Energy Collective Halloween Special @ Turk’s Head (€10, 9pm)
[Drum and bass] 3 Stages. 13 Acts. //Lucas B2B Quality Mark … Jula B2B Bren Moloney - Halloween bash Homebeat’s Emmet C, Bantum, Nialler9,Mick Pope, Tara Stewart, Karen Spellman @ The Odessa Club (€10, 11pm)
[DJs] Fancy Dress plus - Halloween @ Powerscourt/Pygmalion (€20)
[Dance/Electronic] Alex Niggemann, Baba Robijn, Sexshop, Colin Perkins, EVE, Aaron Nolan, Petrus - Blue Whale, Shrug Life, That Snaake @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Guestlist, Midnight)
[The Midnight Hour] Belfast and Dublin experimental / rock
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Sunday November 1
- Vinyl & Wine: Thriller @ The Liquor Rooms ( €10, 5pm)
[Album playback] Vinyl album playback and discussion. - A Night for Pieta House @ Olympia Theatre (€20)
[Fundraiser] In Tua Nua, Paddy Moloney of The Chieftains, Blink, The Pale, PictureHouse, Friends of Emmet, Tom Dunne of Something Happens, Niamh Crowther and The Songs in the Key of D Choir,
- McAlmont and Butler @ Vicar Street (€30)
[Mini-festival] Get Down Edits, Arveene, Paddy Hanna and more. - Deerhunter, Atlas Sound @ Button Factory (€26.50)
[Alt/rock] New album Fading Frontier has been well-received. - Sing Along Social: Nirvana’s Nevermind @ MVP (€5)
[Sing Along] After last month’s Alanis singalong, this edition encourages throat-straining singing to the grunge classic Nevermind.
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Monday November 2
- Pleasing Features 2nd Birthday @ The Workman’s Club Upstairs (Free)
w/ Amano, Naoise Roo, Segrasso and Cloud Culture
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