The Nialler9 Weekly Dublin Gig Guide
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Tuesday January 10
- Bowie RAW @ The Grand Social (€17.5o)
A night of acoustic Bowie songs - V&A Exhibition: David Bowie Is @ Lighthouse Cinema (€15, 9pm)
Screening of exhibition film.
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Wednesday January 11
- IMP HOUR: Bitch Falcon & talks @ The Sugar Club (€12.50)
Music and talks: Jess Kavanagh BARQ, Anna Cosgrave Repeal Project, Soft Boy Records DJs - Royal Wood, The Man Whom @ Whelan’s (€10)
Canadian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer
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Thursday January 12
- Lee Fields & The Expressions @ The Sugar Club (€25)
Badass soul singer. New album Special Night is king. - Whelan’s Ones to Watch 2017 @ Whelan’s (€5 per day, €10 for 4 days)
60 new Irish acts over 4 days over 3 stages. Tonight includes Katie Laffan, Laoise, Maria Kelly and more - Gigonometry: Just Mustard, Emma Lou & the Agenda, Young Earth, Sean Rooney @ The Workman’s Club (€5)
New music showcase.
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Friday January 13
- First Fortnight Therapy Sessions: Paddy Hanna, Tongue Bundle, Stephen James Smith @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
Curated by Girl Band. - Whelan’s Ones to Watch 2017 @ Whelan’s (€5 per day, €10 for 4 days)
60 new Irish acts over 4 days over 3 stages. Tonight includes Ruth, Farah Elle, Soulé, Wastefellow. - The Beatles: A Hard Day’s Night + 8 Days A Week @ The Sugar Club (€12.50)
Double film screening. - Mother & The Repeal Project: Dance for Choice @ District 8 (10pm, €10/€15)
Jenny Greene, Hidden Agenda DJs, Kelly Anne Byrne, Billy Scurry & Sally Cinnamon, Sing Along Social and spoken word with ‘Come Repeal with Us’ from the guys at Come Rhyme with me
- Tongue In Chic @ The Bowery (FREE)
Chic and disco cover band. - Jacob B @ Button Factory (€12, 11pm)
House DJ with Laser show - Codework present: Folamour @ The Sound House (10:30pm, €8/€10)
French dude releasing on All City this year. Love Frequencies. - Phases present Al Zanders @ Wigwam (11pm, €6/€8)
Long Gone. support: Long Island Sound Phases DJs
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Saturday January 14
- Whelan’s Ones to Watch 2017 @ Whelan’s (€5 per day, €10 for 4 days)
60 new Irish acts over 4 days over 3 stages. Tonight includes Hot Cops, Bodies, Motions, Odu. - Webloom 1st Birthday: Super Silly @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
Plus Melina Malone, Mimi Lane. - Overhead, The Albatross, Windings, Otherkin @ Button Factory (€12)
First Fortnight’s Big Gig. - R19: Fela VS Onyeabor @Wigwam (11pm, €5)
A Celebration of African Music - Better.Living @ The Sound House (€8 after 12, 11pm)
Residents play disco, house and techno - Kelly-Anne Byrne presents: Kon @ Wah Wah Club (€8)
Disco edit DJ with KA on support. - Flipside: a.p.Prods @ Tengu (€5)
Italian DJ. support: Mark Murphy & Daire Carolan. - DJ Seinfeld @ Hangar (10:30pm, €12)
Ones to watch 2017.
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Sunday January 15
- Whelan’s Ones to Watch 2017 @ Whelan’s (€5 per day, €10 for 4 days)
60 new Irish acts over 4 days over 3 stages. Tonight includes Sonnets & Sisters, Niamh Crowther, Fields. - Sing Along Social: Boy Bands @ MVP (€5/€8)
A First Fortnight special. Backstreet Boys, Take That, N*Sync and more. - JoJo @ The Academy (€17.50)
Yep, that Jojo.
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Monday January 16
- Cage The Elephant @ The Academy (€24)
Trouble.
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