Email to be in the draw for free entry:
- Sat Oct 22: Lumo is One: Claire Beck, Le Boom, Cinema and more @ Tengu (€10, 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.
Skip to day: Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon
Tuesday October 18
- Simone Felice @ The Workman’s Club (€18)
[Singer/songwriter] The Felice Brothers musician. - Ruby Sessions Niall Thomas, Brian McGovern, Darling @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm)
[Acoustic showcase] Read my interview with Conor Ruby Sessions.
Skip to day: Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon
Wednesday October 19
- Le Butcherettes @ The Workman’s Club (€16)
[Rock] garage-punk from El Paso. Support The Picturebooks. - Oneman, Princess Nokia, Theo Kottis @ Button Factory (Free)
[Electronic/hip-hop] Wavvy Spice in the house. - Saramai, Rosa Nutty @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10 with EP)
[Folk/chamber pop] EP Launch. Trees.
Skip to day: Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon
Thursday October 20
- Cate Le Bon @ The Workman’s Club (€18.50)
[Alt] Crab Day is the Welsh lady’s latest. - Porches @ Whelan’s (€15)
[indie] U.S. indie/electronic/alt-pop. - Sleaford Mods @ Vicar Street (€22.90)
[Punk poetry] Nottingham sparse art rock.
- #shawis10: Reeps One, September Girls, Bitch Falcon & MyNameIsJohn @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[Free show] celebrating 10 years of the Shaw with beatboxing, rock and Rusangano Family DJ.
- The Afro/Funk Dance Hall Ball @ The Sugar Club (€10)
[Afro/funk] Ájo Arkestra and Strange Attractor
Skip to day: Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon
Friday October 21
- No Idle Day: Magical Mystery tour: Spook of the 13th Lock, Dónal Lunny @ Secret Location (€22+, 6.45pm)
[Young Hearts Run Free festival] + Annie Tierney and bus conductor Alison Spittle.
- The Young Folk @ The Academy (€17.50)
[Folk/pop] The band recently signed a US deal.
- Abra @ The Sugar Club (€16.50)
[Electronic] Banging R&B electronic. Cry Baby.
- Psykick Dancehall @ Bello Bar (€6+)
[Alt/rock] Sister Ghost/ That Snaake / Thumper.
- No Idle Day: Donal Dineen, No Monster Club, Shrug Life, The Run-Ons @ Secret Location (€11+)
[Young Hearts Run Free festival] followed by a DJ set from the wonderful Donal Dineen
- Wastefellow (Live) & Homebeat DJs @ Bernard Shaw (Free, 9pm)
[Electronic]Part of Shaw’s 10th birthday. - Felabration2016 Ubuntu @ The Sugar Club (€13.50)
[Afroboats, Highlife music.] Karl Hector;Yankari; PalmWine & More - Carron @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€5)
[Folk] Celtic dolk duo. - Bad Soup: Vernon Jane, Le Boom,Other Creatures and more @ The Grand Social (€6)
[Bands, DJs and Art ] Alex Smyth, Long Island Sound, and more - Curve presents Adam Beyer @ Button Factory (€17.50, 11pm)
[Electronic] Barry Redsetta, Long Island Sound, Papa Lou + more. - Discotekken: Soichi Terada & Shanti Celeste @ Tengu (€16.50, 10:30pm)
[New club] 3 room party with DJ Ciara Brady and guest Kelly-Anne Byrne - Neon Neon @ The Academy (Free on RSVP for first 100, 11p,)
[New club] 3 room party with DJ Ciara Brady and guest Kelly-Anne Byrne - Session Victim, Eve Showcase @ Opium Rooms (€5+, 11pm)
[Dance] Germany house / Female-lead showcase. - Subject presents: Levon Vincent @ Wah Wah Club (€8, 11pm)
[Electronic] The Grand Social’s late-night club hosts. - Dense & Pika @ District 8 (€18, 11pm)
[Electronic] Colt
Skip to day: Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon
Saturday October 22
- Cathy Davey @ Whelan’s (€21.50)
[Irish alt pop] ‘New Forest’ Album Launch Tour
- No Idle Night: R.S.A.G., Cian Nugent, Paddy Hanna, Woodpigeon and more @ Bello Bar (€15)
[Young Hearts Run Free festival] + radio listening event and drummers talk. - Lingo Festival: Sage Francis, Ophelia, 5th Element @ The Workman’s Club (€19)
[spoken word/rap] US rapper heads this wordy bill. - Lumo is One: Claire Beck, Le Boom, Cinema and more @ Tengu (€10, 10pm, WIN PASSES)
[Club] 1st birthday over two floors also with Kim Keating and Lumo DJs. - John Daly @ Wigwam (€8+, 11pm)
[Electronic] Album Launch on All City. + Daire Carolan and Sonel Ali.
- James Zabiela @ Opium Rooms (11pm, €10)
[Electronic] Impromptu & Moodybeats, Conor Feeney
- Sense with Sulta Selects @ Button Factory (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] Denis Sulta & Adesse Versions. - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Dj Deece @ District 8 (€18, 11pm)
[Dance] Could do with some new music from this guy.
Skip to day: Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon
Sunday October 23
- Jinx Lennon, Wasps & Humans @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
[Punk/alt] Dundalk man releases 2 albums this week: Magic Bullets Of Madness To Uplift The Grief Magnets and Past Pupil Stay Sane
- No Idle Day: The Sunday Game – Across the Sea @ The Yacht Tavern, Ringsend (6pm, €16)
[Young Hearts Run Free festival] a screening of the film Atlantic, the 150th Banter event, with Jim Carroll interviewing Mícheál Ó’Muircheartaigh, a panel discussion featuring Dublin GAA star Michael Darragh Macauley, musical performances by Shrug Life, The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock, some singing in rounds, a nostalgia-flavoured spread by Aoife Forkful, DJ sets by Nialler9
Skip to day: Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon
Monday October 24
- Hooton Tennis Club @ The Grand Social (€15)
[Indie] UK indie.
Skip to day: Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon
