Email to be in the draw for free entry:
- Friday: I Am Niamh, Rosa Nutty, Mythil Grimm @ Bello Bar
- Friday: Fight Like Apes @ Whelan’s
- Sunday: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble @ The Sugar Club
- Sunday: Christmas songs Sing Along Social @ MVP (7.3pm, €8)
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 Dec 6
- Vinyl & Wine presents: Declan O’Rourke @ Liquor Rooms (Sold Out)
Listening party and interview with artist. - HearOne @ Whelan’s (Free)
New music showcase: TADGH, NC Grey, Caleb Kunle, Good Time Villains, GTV Nile St. James, Erica Cody - Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm)
Acoustic club: Dan Owen // Eve Belle + secret guest this week.
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Wednesday December 7
- The Courteeners @ The Academy (€22)
Manchester indie-rock - Kaleidoscope Night Christmas Edition @ Bello Bar (Sold out)
Salon music series - 100 Minds: Heroes In Hiding @ The Grand Social (€10)
All proceeds will go to Temple Street Children’s Hospital. Album launch on Saturday. - Quarter Deck Vinyl Wednesdays @ The Bowery (Free)
Vinyl DJ night with Baz Hickey & guests.
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Thursday December 8
- Gossip Folks: Missy Elliott Print Exhibition @ Tropical Popical (6:30pm)
James McGuirk has created a series of original typeface prints that will be on display and for sale
- Talos @ Whelan’s (€13)
Cork man Eoin French makes beautiful music. Your Love Is An Island’ - The Strypes, Barq @ Olympia Theatre (€31)
Cavan boys rocking out. - Heathers @ St. Ann’s Church (€16)
Twin alt-pop duo. - Roy Ayers @ The Sugar Club (€24)
Vibraphonist/vocalist - Lisa O’Neill @ National Concert Hall: Kevin Barry Room (€20)
Irish singer-songwriter. Potholes In The Sky. - Foy Vance @ The Academy (€18)
Bangor singer-songwriter - In Their Thousands, Rosa Nutty @ The Sound House (€10)
Alternative, Folk & Rock Band From Donegal - Braata! @ The Wiley Fox (Free)
Ska, reggae and rock steady DJs. - GEO #02 – Brooklyn Hip Hop @ Hangar (€5/€10)
A new Dublin collective showcasing the best of global vibes.
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Friday December 9
- The Annual Yuletide Throwdown @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
Xmas-themed 45s from Boogie An Domhain X Eighty Eight Records - I Am Niamh, Rosa Nutty, Mythil Grimm @ Bello Bar (€10, WIN PASSES)
Launch of new single Bellend.
- Fight Like Apes @ Whelan’s (WIN PASSES)
Last ever gig from the synth punk pop culture band. - Overhead, The Albatross @ Vicar Street (€20)
Dublin post-rock instrumentalists playing biggest show yet. - Lisa O’Neill @ National Concert Hall: Kevin Barry Room (€20)
Irish singer-songwriter. Potholes In The Sky. 2nd show. - No Spill Blood @ The Grand Social (€8)
Synth-rock Irish band. - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble @ The Sugar Club (€24)
3 shows this week. Brass band and Dubin regulars. Rich Medina & DJ Scope afterparty. - Cast @ The Academy (€23.50)
Britpop is back. - Greg Wilson @ Wigwam (€15/€18, 11pm)
UK DJ known for disco, electro and deep knowledge. - Mr. G & Jeremy Underground @ District 8 (€18, 11pm)
UK house DJ leads this night. - Craig Richards @ The Pygmalion (€10, 9pm)
Fabric resident. - Erol Alkan / Zehr Gut presents LUX @ Wah Wah Club (€8, 11pm)
Hidden Agenda present the UK influential DJ & Phantasy Sound owner.
- Andhim @ Button Factory (€15, 11pm)
+ Long Island Sound and Deep Blue. - Tijana T / Sirus Hood @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
Abstract presents Serbian house and techno & French DJ + Eve – all-female DJs. - Four Four launch @ Hangar (Free, 11pm)
Techno – Jamie Behan, RSCH 14, Nathan Jones, Pablo Disco Bar.
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Saturday December 10
- DDR Crizzmazz Party Record Fair @ Jigsaw (4pm, donation)
Record fair and DJs Barry Redsetta (Major Problems), Dreamcycles, OBW, Staxx Lyrical - Mark Geary, Hvmmingbyrd @ Abner Brown’s (Free, BYOB)
All Tvvins, The Academic, Kodaline, Picture This. - Lisa Hannigan @ Vicar Street (€28)
2 nights. Irish singer-songwriter released third album At Swim. - Bleeding Heart Pigeons @ The Workman’s Club (€13)
Limerick alt-rock trio. - Placebo, Minor Victories @ 3Arena (€50)
Yep. The 3Arena lads. - Masta Ace & Lord Finesse @ Voodoo Lounge (€22)
Old-schoolhip-hop - Charles Hayward, The Jimmy Cake, Percolator @ Bello Bar (€15)
This Heat drummer solo set & alt & Krautrock Irish bands. - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble @ The Sugar Club (€24)
3 shows this week. Brass band and Dubin regulars. - Gerd Janson, Tiger & Woods @ Opium Rooms (€12, 11pm)
A very good lineup indeed. - Telephones Office Christmas Party @ Tengu (€10, 11pm)
Up: Sim Simma / Down: Al Murphy, Pear, Jomalou - Ivan Smagghe @ Pygmalion (€10, 9pm)
Former Black Strobe member/DJandselector. - Loud Trax – Footwork & Juke @ Wigwam (€4+, 11pm)
Trax from lables like the Teklife CREW, Hyperdub , Polish Juke, Planet Mu, Dance Mania Records - Baba Stiltz, Kutmah, DJ Deece & This Greedy Pig @ WahWah (€5, 10:30pm)
“the missing link between Yung Lean and DJ Haus”
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Sunday December 11
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- Land Lovers, No Monster Club @ The Bowery (€5)
Last ever gig from Land Lovers. - Christmas Sing Along Social @ MVP (7.3pm, €8)
from Wham! to Mariah, and The Pogues to The Ronettes. Funds for Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). - Vinyl & Wine presents: Songs of Leonard Cohen @ Liquor Rooms [SOLD OUT]
Listening party. - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble @ The Sugar Club (€17.50, WIN PASSES)
Cosmic, celestial and spiritual jazz set - Lisa Hannigan @ Vicar Street (€28)
2 nights. Irish singer-songwriter released third album At Swim. - Caoimhin O Raghallaigh & Cormac Begley @ Unitarian Church (€20)
C + C Music factory of trad and experimental music.
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Monday December 12
- Colm Mac Con Iomaire @ Christ Church Cathedral (€25+)
Frames member and fiddler plays his enchanting solo music.
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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.
