The Nialler9 Weekly Dublin Gig Guide
Win Free entry:
- Friday: Hennessy Lost Fridays: Valerie Francis, Bad Bones, Lime & Fancy DJs & more @ RHA Gallery
- Saturday: Orchid Collective, Beauty Sleep @ Unitarian Church
- Saturday: Telephones & Dekmantel Soundsystem @ Tengu (10:30pm)
To enter: Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name 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 February 28
- Kehlani @ The Academy (€25)
New US pop singer. - Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€5, 9pm)
New music night. - Wild Nothing @ Whelan’s (€18.50)
US indie and rock atmospherics. - Drive By Truckers @ Vicar Street (€28.50)
US indie rock
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Wednesday March 1
- Rews @ Whelan’s (€12)
NI pop rocking duo. Meet You In The Dark. - Kreator + Sepultura @ Vicar Street (€40)
Hard lads. - Socialise Dublin : The Music Edition @ The Sugar Club (€8)
9 speakers talking about music for 9 minutes + Nialler9 DJ & best Irish music videos
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Thursday March 2
- No Encore Live: Bantum DJ, We Cut Corners, Windings, Farah Elle & more @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
Headstuff’s music podcast goes large and live. May Kay, Mick Pope.
- Basciville @Odessa Club (€6)
Sweetheart Rodeo.
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Friday March 3
- Hennessy Lost Fridays: Valerie Francis, Bad Bones, Lime & Fancy DJs & more @ RHA Gallery (€20, WIN GUESTLIST)
Return of the gallery-set series of music and creativity. - I Have A Tribe @ Whelan’s (€15)
Patrick O’Laoghaire’s piano balladry. - Scene + Heard: Pine The Pilcrow @ Smock Alley (€10)
Cello, Piano, Violin & Vocals with Dance. Also saturday.
- Emma Pollock & RM Hubbert @ The Workman’s Club (€12)
Gig coinciding with Glasgow music scene doc – Lost In France in IFI afterparty. Irish dates.
- Syrias Vibes – Downtownsounds Discoversary w/Tim Lawrence @ Teacher’s Club (€10)
DJ sets from Tim, Pablo ( Fatty Fatty) and Fanto - Oddsocks @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
Funk-pop. Why You Trying. - Detroit Swindle @ District 8 (€18, 11pm)
Dutch house duo - Bodytonic Label Night: Adultrock @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
DJ set. - 25 Years of Experience @ Hangar (€10, 10:30pm)
The Prodigy Appreciation Party - We are Just Us presents Half Baked Showcase @ Tengu (€10, 10:30pm )
Greg Brockmann, Sam Bangura, Seb O’Toole, Eve Djs - Abstract & Bedlam present Paul Woolford @ Opium Rooms (€12, 10:30pm)
Boots & Kats, Daser. His last visit was in September.
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Saturday March 4
- Vision Collector @ Chocolate Factory (4pm, BYOB, €20)
Berlin house and techno. Afterparty in Wigwam.
- Benjamin Francis Leftwich @ Whelan’s (€17.50)
UK singer-songwriter - Hot Cops, Thumper, Shrug Life, Chinese Newspaper @ The Grand Social (€6/€8)
Retro Revival indie club. Garage indie rock. - Dublin Digital Radio-DDR Presents: Striking Sounds @ JIGSAW (€10, BYOB)
Everything Shook, Naoise Roo, Flecks, BARQ & MORE - Orchid Collective, Beauty Sleep @ Unitarian Church (€15, WIN PASSES)
Dublin-based folk harmonic rock. - Telephones & Dekmantel Soundsystem @ Tengu (€10, 10:30pm, WIN PASSES)
Duo behind one of the best fests in Europe. - Empty Spaces with Flowdan @ The Grand Social (€9, 11pm)
English grime MC, worked with The Bug. - Sense with George Fitzgerald @ Button Factory (€18, 11pm)
Regular visitor to Sense plays 3 hour set. - Do Not Sleep Dublin @ District 8 (€20, 11pm)
Darius Syrossian and friends. - Division X Subject present Tama Sumo @ The Pygmalion (€10, 10pm)
Panorama bar resident. - Pear Presents: Beautiful Swimmers @ Wah Wah Club (€10, 11pm)
Expect soulful dance, old school house and some feel good tracks all night long
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Sunday March 5
- Young Hearts Run Free present Benoit Poulard, Somadrone @ Bello Bar (€12+)
Kranky label American singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist.
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Monday March 6
- The Gloaming @ NCH (sold out)
Trad supergroup.
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