The Nialler9 Weekly Dublin Gig Guide
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Tuesday February 7
- Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€5, 9pm)
Acoustic club night. Jupe, Nella, Elly D, Ger Murphy - Gangsta’s Paradise @ Opium Rooms (Free via FB)
Hip-hop night.
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Wednesday February 8
- Culture Vultures: We Cut Corners & John Cummins @ The Sound House (€12)
Music, chat in a salon-type environment with Tony Clayton-Lea. - Rhythm & Beats @ Opium Rooms (Free via FB, 11pm)
House, techno, hip-hop.
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Thursday February 9
- Goodnight Brooklyn – The Story Of Death By Audio @ Fumbally Stables (€8+)
Screening of documentary about NYC DIY space. - Gigonometry showcase @ The Workman’s Club (€5+)
Jack & the Darling Ones, The Sneaky Nixons, Wolves of Youth, Triggering. - Mongrel State @ The Bowery (€5)
Rock’n’roll band. - Postponed: Phases & Hidden Agenda: Tommy Genesis @ Wah Wah Club (€10, 11pm)
Canadian rap queen. Execute
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Friday February 10
- Rue, Landless, Jim Ghedi @ Bello Bar (€8)
Folk and trad. Duo from Lynched, a capella group, guitarist. - Ban Bam: Inni-K, Riona Sally Hartman, Selk @ Whelan’s (€15)
3 artists team up for a special show. - The False & The Fair @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Free before 10:30pm)
alt, post-rock, psychedelic band. - Princess Nokia, Lakerama @ Button Factory (€15)
New York underground rap. Brujas. - Spike Cello Festival 2017 @ Workman’s Club (€15)
Mary and The Pigeons, Lioba Petrie, Vyvienne Long - Mistake #02: Strength NIA, Pillow Queens, Skinner @ The Hut, Phibsborough (€6)
Three new-ish bands in a unique space. - 20 Years of Homework @ Hangar (10:30pm, €8+)
Daft Punk Appreciation Party - District Magazine: No Love Lost @ The Sugar Club (€10, 11pm)
Irish hip-hop night: Neomadic, Mythill Grim, Ganiyu, Bobofunk Soft Boy Records DJs - Melodic: Ian Pooley @ Tengu (10:30pm, €10)
Veteran DJ & producer from Germany. - Waze & Odyssey @ District 8 (€18, 11pm)
UK house duo. - Illum Sphere & Lsdxoxo @ Wah Wah Club (€8, 11pm)
Princess Nokia After Party - Vision Collector: Breen, Byron Dublin Digital Radio, Lolz @ Wigwam (€11, 10pm)
You & Me Boy, EP Launch Party
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Saturday February 11
- Carriages, Tomorrows, Mark Geary @ Thirty Four (Noon to 5pm, Free)
Thirty Four Café closes with one last gig. - Keaton Henson @ Olympia Theatre (€34.50)
Brittle English songwriter. - Caz9, Dashoda @ Whelan’s (€10)
Electronic pop – Running. - 5th Element and DoubleScreen @ The Academy 2 (€7+)
Irish rap. Album release show. - 7 Inches of Love – Valentines Weekend @ The Shaw (Free)
Baz Hickey playing love-themed 45s all night. - David Keenan, Stephen James Smith, Lemoncello @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
23 year old Irish Songwriter - Hugh Buckley & Cello Ireland, Rushad Eggleston @ The Workman’s Club (€15)
3 day Alternative Cello Festival - Radio Slave @ The Pygmalion (€10, 10pm)
Division presents.
- Flipside: Dj Fett Burger @ Tengu (€9, 10:30pm)
Der Opium Queen, Flipside DJs - B.Traits @ Opium Rooms (€12, 11pm)
BBC Radio One DJ + Eve, When We DiP Garden Takeover - OG Maco @ Wah Wah Club (€10, 11pm)
Atlanta hip-hop. Wah Wah moving to South William next week - Sense: Oscar Mulero @ Button Factory (€13, 11pm)
Boiler Room.
- Horse Meat Disco @ Wigwam (€16, 11pm)
A night of unadulterated disco music from some fine DJs.
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Sunday February 12
- Disco Brunch @ Drury Buildings (€28, 2pm)
The Gentleman’s Academy’s regular DJ and brunch - Mark Eitzel @ Whelan’s (€19)
I Love You But You’re Dead.
- Buffalo Sunn @ Toner’s (€, 4pm)
Alternative Sunday Social Club - Spike Cello Festival 2017 : Kevin Murphy (Slow Moving Clouds) @ The Workman’s Club (€15)
Dublin’s Alternative Cello Festival - Ye Vagabonds @ Fumbally Stables (€16)
Folk duo. Live Album Preview
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Monday February 13
- The Prince back catalogue should be on streaming services by now – dig in.
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