The Nialler9 Weekly Dublin Gig Guide
Win Free passes:
- Friday: Mr Scruff @ Button Factory
- Friday: Art’s House: Artwork @ Wah Wah Club (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 March 7
- The Gloaming @ NCH (Ltd. tickets)
Seven night run. 1/7. Album #2. - Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€5, 9pm)
Scoops, Moon looks on, Lisa Lambe, IMLÉ - The Amazons @ Whelan’s (€13)
indie and rock - Zig Zags, Guilty Optics, Exploding Eyes @ The Grand Social (€12)
US indie rock Ty Segall produced - The Comet is Coming @ The Sugar Club (€15)
London-based future jazz trio - MINE Anthology Launch Night @ The Workman’s Club (€5+)
with Tara Flynn, Sarah Maria Griffin, Linda Kavanagh, AE MAK (pic) and Mongoose. All proceeds go to the Abortion Right Campaign.
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Wednesday March 8
- The Gloaming @ NCH (Ltd. tickets)
Seven night run. 2/7. Album #2. - Wild Child @ Whelan’s (€15)
Texas indie-pop duo.
- Kaleidoscope Night International Women’s Day @ Bello Bar (€12)
Clara Schumann, Nadia Boulanger, Rebecca Clarke, Amanda Feery & more - For Foresters @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€5+)
Donegal atmospheric alt-rock. Towels.
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Thursday March 9
- The Gloaming @ NCH (Ltd. tickets)
Seven night run. 3/7. Album #2. - RTE Choice Music Prize Live @ Vicar Street (€26.50)
Feat. performances from All Tvvins, Bantum, Wallis Bird, The Divine Comedy, Lisa Hannigan, Katie Kim, Overhead, The Albatross, Rusangano Family and We Cut Corners.
- Bringing It All Back Home: A Retrospective with Nuala O’Connor, Philip King @ 73 Merrion Square (Register)
Irish Traditional Music Archive with Donal Lunny and programme makers. - Good Name: Caoilian Sherlock (Floating Joints) @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
Rock’n’roll ballads. - Oddisee @ The Sugar Club (€15)
Hip-hop. Beneath The Surface Tour feat. Olivier St. Louis
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Friday March 10
- SPECTRUM: ‘Is music genre dead, or does it just smell funny?’ @ Whelan’s Parlour Bar (Free to Spectrum ticketholders, 4pm)
Professor Matthew Causey from TCD will lead a public seminar examining this question. - SPECTRUM: Ronan Guilfoyle’s ‘Hands’ @ Whelan’s (€15)
Contemporary jazz. As part of Spectrum 2017. - The Gloaming @ NCH (Ltd. tickets)
Seven night run. 4/7. Album #2. - Montauk Hotel, Naoise Roo @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
EP launch of 80s indie throwback band. Black Dress. - RRIC: Field Tri, Dott, Skinner, Danny Carroll @ Tivoli Backstage (€8)
Patrick O’Laoghaire’s piano balladry. - TRILL 001 @ Tengu (€10, 11pm)
new hip-hop night. - Mr Scruff @ Button Factory (WIN PASSES)
5 hour set all-night long. - Bicep, Hammer, DJ Deece @ District 8 (€20, 11pm)
Sold out show of three Irish dance acts on a high. - Art’s House: Artwork @ Wah Wah Club (€10, 10:30pm, WIN PASSES)
UK DJ and former Magnetic Man. - Abstract & Sense present Lee Foss @ Opium Rooms (€12+. 11pm)
Hot Creations label owner
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Saturday March 11
- The Gloaming @ NCH (Ltd. tickets)
Seven night run. 5/7. Album #2. - SPECTRUM: Dans Dans & Hedvig Mollestad Trio @ Opium Rooms (€13+)
Belgian jazz instrumental trio / Norwegian jazz-rock. Spectrum 2017.
- Gypsies On The Autobahn @ Whelan’s (€10)
New album out from the Dublin indie-rock band. Hidden. - F Festival: Hvmmingbyrd, Laoise, Kevyn, Pillow Queens, Ruth & more @ The Mercantile (TBC)
Female-fronted festival of music and arts. - F Festival: Paths, Sylk, Caz9, Elly D, El Grey and more @ The Generator (TBC)
Female-fronted festival of music and arts. - Blossoms @ The Academy (€16)
That song that TXFM played lots you know it. - Chikuni Space Race with SpudGun, Niwel Tsumbu, Ben Bix & Fakoli @ O’Reilly Theatre (€7+)
A night of Afrocentric music and culture for a good cause. - Young Earth, The Girl Talk, The Fresco Future @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€5+)
Dublin indie pop. Got A Secret. - ONRA presents Chinoiseries III Live, Colm K & more @ The Sugar Club (€12.50+)
Launch of third LP in the series of Japanese-sampling beat productions. - Flipside: PLO Man @ Tengu (€8, 10:30pm)
Acting Press Berlin. - Grayscale: Clu, Mr Mitch & Rachel Noble @ Pillar Room, Rotunda Hospital (€15+)
A not-for-profit series of events that aims to highlight audio-visual art in Ireland. - Division & Culture Shock present Saoirse @ The Pyg (10pm, €10)
Upcoming Irish DJ. - F_Festival Presents Plutonic Dust Live @ The Grand Social (€)
Closing Party.+ female DJs and more - SPECTRUM club: Kobina & White Collar Boy @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10, 11pm)
WCB new song ‘Mount Koya’ - 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 12
- The Gloaming @ NCH (Sold out)
Seven night run. 6/7. Album #2. - Hamilton Leithauser @ The Workman’s Club (SOLD OUT)
The Walkmen singer.
- SPECTRUM:Izumi Kimura & Barry Guy @ Hugh Lane Gallery (Free, noon)
An intimate, duo concert with two fearless, world-class improvisers - SPECTRUM: Paul G. Smyth & Evan Parker, Cian Nugent @ Opium Rooms (€13+)
Irish pianist in collaboration with saxophonist Evan Parker
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Monday March 13
- The Gloaming @ NCH (sold out)
Seven night run. 7/7. Album #2.
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