The Nialler9 Weekly Dublin Gig Guide: St. Patrick’s Edition
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- Saturday: Young Blood: Rusangano Family, Hare Squead, Kojey Radical, Stephen James Smith, Katie Laffan @ NCH (€18+, WIN PASSES)
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Tuesday March 14
- The Gloaming @ NCH (Ltd. tickets)
Seven night run. 7/7. Album #2. - Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€5, 9pm)
Third Smoke, Neev Kennedy, Sion Hill, John Byrne - Cider Wasps, Silk Road @ Whelan’s (€5+)
Alt rock . Hummingbird. - Homebeat: Participant, Sails @ The Little Museum Of Dublin (€10+)
Sampler’ EP Launch
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Wednesday March 15
- Joan As Police Woman @ Button Factory (€24.50)
With Benjamin Lazar Davis
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Thursday March 16
- St. Patrick’s Festival presents: A Page of Madness @ Trinity College (€10+, 6pm)
Asian silent film scored by Matthew Nolan and Seán Mac Erlaine. - Cat Power @ Vicar Street (€26.50)
Solo performance. - Jameson Bow St Sessions @ The Academy (Win)
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, All Tvvin, Brian Deady - The St. Patrick’s Two Nighter @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
Free Sunshine Acid, Beach, Vicious Fish and Djs - Awesome Tapes From Africa, Farah Elle & Fakoli at Woweembeem @ The Sugar Club (€13)
parties and podcasts promoting afrobeat, reggae, latin & rare grooves. - The Crayon Set @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€6)
7 piece alternative pop band from Dublin. - Good Name: Le Boom @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
Electro-pop duo - Lime & Fancy: A Good Heart @ Wigwam (Free, 10:30pm)
80s, 90s pop music and Italo without shame. - Hidden Agenda Presents: Joe Goddard @ Wah Wah Club (€13, 10pm)
Hot Chip producer on his solo tip. - The Deece Series #8: Baba Stiltz & Steven Julien @ The Grand Social (€10)
FunkinEven guests at DJ Deece’s series. - Souletiquette X Friends @ Tengu (€10+, 7pm)
Jafaris, Papa Lou, Erica Cody, Super Silly, NC Grey, Mango, Loud Motive and more - Pyg’s 8th Birthday with Derrick May and tINI @ The Pyg (€25)
+ Colin Perkins, Will Kinsella, Sexshop, Aaron Nolan, Eve Dj’s - Ejeca @ District 8 ·(10pm, Sold out)
NI House DJ and producer.
- Leftfield (DJ Set) @ Opium Rooms (€15, 10pm)
Neil Barnes in town for a DJ set. - Ben Sims @ Index (€12, 10pm)
New venue in Voodoo Lounge with Niall Cleary, Doug Cooney - Betty & Phases present: Hidden Spheres & Hmeflght (Live) @ Wigwam (€5+, 10pm)
Dutch DJ on Distant Hawaii / Rhythm Section.
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Friday March 17
- Telepaddy’s @ Pallas Studios yard day / Tengu night (€10+, 2pm – late, BYOB)
Papa Lou (Woweembeem) Disco É Cultura JOMA (Telephones) Fio’n’Jio (Pear) - Reeling In Your Ears @ Wigwam (Free)
1991 music party. - Sing Along Social @ MVP (€5, 4pm)
Paddy’s Day special of Irishness. Followed by free Melodic Guilty Pleasures party. - Repeater DJs, Fulton & Gold, Bodytonic DJs, Pear DJs @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, noon)
All day party - Higher Vision Festival @ Bellurgan Park (€75+, 2pm)
BYOB dance festival: Ejeca, Dimitri From Paris, Julio Bashmore, Dense & Pika, FJAAK. - Full Irish: 14 bands, 2 stages @ Whelan’s (3pm, guestlist)
Pillow Queens, Oh Joy, Pretty Beast,Wolves Of Youth and more. - This Ain’t No Disco New York @ The Sugar Club (6pm, Free, ticketed)
St. Patrick’s Festival present screening of Donal Dineen and Myles O’Reilly’s new online music show episode shot in New York. - The St. Patrick’s Two Nighter @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
The Notas, Kelly-Anne Byrne and more. - Gianni, Kelly-Anne Byrne, Pablo, This Greedy Pig @ Wah Wah Club (€5 before 12, €10 after, 9pm)
Upstairs and downstairs with DJs. - Daft Punk Appreciation Party @ Hangar (€10, 10pm)
10 years of Alive. - David Holmes presents God’s Waiting Room @ The Sugar Club (€15)
Belfast producer and composer DJ set - Kojaque, Phases, Distortion & Hidden Agenda @ The Grand Social (€ , 9pm)
+ Phare live and more - Buffalo Soul @ Tivoli Backstage (9pm)
Bob Marley Tribute - Soundstream @ The Pygmalion (€10, 1pm)
Berlin house. + Hubie Davison B2B Colin Perkins, James Rogers, Syl Black, Nitetales - Tale Of Us @ District 8 (2pm-10pm, €25)
+ Moduse, Mulljoy (Melodic), String & Bates, Phases DJ’s, Lui Rwego - Foals (DJ Set), Nialler9, Mix & Fairbanks, Ciara Brady @ Opium Rooms (6pm, €15+)
Edwin Congreave of the band + Marcus O’Laoire - Tinfoil @ District 8 (€10+, 1opm)
Techno. Sunil Sharpe & DeFeKT, John Heckle. - Jayda G & Dip DJs @ Wigwam (€12.50, 10:30pm)
Major Problems, Con Artist Production presentation. - Sense @ Button Factory (Free, 11pm)
residents b2b.
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Saturday March 18
- The Revolution Will Not Be Televised @ Smock Alley Theatre (11am-5pm, €5+)
Discussions, performances curated by Siobhan Kane. Spook of the Thirteenth Lock, Emmet Kirwan, Donal Dineen, Aoife McElwain. - Young Blood: Rusangano Family, Hare Squead, Kojey Radical, Stephen James Smith, Katie Laffan @ NCH (€18+, WIN PASSES)
St. Patrick’s Festival. A night of young Irish voices, rappers and poets. - Music for 18 Machines @ St. Patrick’s Cathedral (€18)
St. Patrick’s Festival. reimagines Steve Reich’s piece with 18 synths and visuals. Documentary.
- Third Smoke @ Whelan’s (€10)
Alt folk-rock. Ms. Summer Breeze. - Melodic presents: Patrice Baumel @ Tengu (€10, 10:30pm)
- Kompakt DJ and producer.
- Division presents Rich NxT @ The Pyg (10pm, €10+)
London DJ and keyboardist. NXT002
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Sunday March 19
- Lee Scratch Perry @ Whelan’s (€25)
He’s 80s years of age now is Lee.
- Ears Open: Meljoann & Everything Shook @ Tivoli Backstage (€7)
Wonky electronic funk R&B and harmony doom-laden alternative music - Bear’s Den @ The Academy (€)
British folk rock band - Electric Avenue Vol II @ Ukiyo (9pm)
Generic People, Eamon Barrett and more - Martyn @ The Pygmalion (€10+)
Dutch electronic producer + Frankie Grimes and Robbie Kitt
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Monday March 20
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