Win guestlist here:
- Thursday: Booka Brass @ The Sugar Club (€17.50)
- Friday: Out To Lunch with Sassy J @ Tengu (€12.50, 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 28
- Jens Lekman @ Whelan’s (€25)
Swedish singer-songwriter with a decent fanbase. - Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€5, 9pm)
Vernon Jane, Dan Owen, Paula Cox, Paul Creane & The Man Whom, Penrose
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Wednesday March 29
- Stormzy @ Olympia Theatre (Sold out)
Grime king. - Repeal It! #2 – The OB Live @ The Bowery (€10)
Heathers, Mongoose, Laoise, Ruth. - Dermot Kennedy @ The Sugar Club (€15)
New single – All My Friends. - Scoops @ Whelan’s (€8)
Indie and pop
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Thursday March 30
- Run The Jewels @ Olympia Theatre (sold out)
Killer Mike & El-P go hard as ever. - Booka Brass @ The Sugar Club (€17.50, WIN GUESTLIST)
New live set and Irish tour date The Parish Tour. - Planet Parade, Farah Elle, Laoise @ Whelan’s (€10)
Launch of album debuted here Mercury. - Hvmmingbyrd, Maria Kelly, Dreaming Of Jupiter @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
‘Legacy‘ Music Video launch - Naoise Roo, Rosa Nutty, Montauk Hotel, RUTH, i am niamh, Davina Brady @ The Grand Social (€5)
Women who rock night. - Ensemble Music present Siobhra Quinlan + SFiiiNX Sinfonia @ Fumbally Stables (€8)
Soprano and composer Síobhra Quinlan’s debut concert with her newly formed chamber ensemble. - Tongue Bundle @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
Good Name night. - Trackstar the DJ (Run The Jewels) @ The Sugar Club (€10, 11pm)
RTJ afterparty. - Soma #006 ft. Easy Tide @ Whelan’s (Free)
DJ set from lo-fi garage trio - The Midnight Disco presents: A D8 with LK @ District 8 (€5+, 10pm)
Shall Not Fade, Hokkaido Dance Club
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Friday March 31
- Scullion @ The Sugar Club (€25)
Irish trad band. - No Spill Blood, Jogging, Horse @ Bello Bar (€10)
Synth-rock style. - The Blades @ Whelan’s (€28)
Launch of vinyl-version of MODERNISED. - Haley Bonar @ The Workman’s Club (€16)
US indie-rock. - Elastic Witch presents Subterranean Desire @ MVP (Free)
New monthly night of Post-punk, wave, minimal synth, new beat, electro, and no hit wonders. - Deece Series: Jordan @ Wah Wah Club (€5+, 11pm)
Belfast Nocturne label boss, and The Night Institute resident. - Le Boom @ Whelan’s (Guestlist, 11:30pm)
Brilliant electro-pop duo. - Bodytonic & Trpcs present: Seb Wildblood @ Wigwam (€5+, 10pm)
Church label boss - Enrico Sangiuliano @ District 8 (€18, 11pm)
House producer - Out To Lunch with Sassy J @ Tengu (€12.50, 10:30pm, WIN GUESTLIST)
+ Daire Carolan. - Dusky, Kim Ann Foxman, Kaily @ Button Factory (€10, 11pm)
3-way house and techno headliner - HiFi SEAN @ Sweatbox (€10, 11pm)
DJ & Producer, member of Soup Dragons
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Saturday April 1
- Darling @ Tower Records (Free, 1pm)
Album launch - BIMM Dublin All Ages Gig @ The Workman’s Club (Free, 1pm)
Jafaris, Le Boom, Farah Elle, Thumper. - Frances @ Whelan’s (€16.50)
Uk singer playing songs from her just-released debut - Windings + Autre Monde & Girlfriend @ The Grand Social (€10)
Retro Revival Indie CLub. - PrYmary Colours @ Sin É (Free)
EP launch “Do You Want It” - Jimmy Rouge & Quinton Campbell @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
The Boots & Kats Party #005 - Brassica @ Wah Wah Club (€5, 11pm)
Grey Matter presents Bicep collaborator. - Gash Collective: Lolz, Cáit, Dreamcycles and Elll @ Wigwam (€10, 10:30pm)
Follow on from the day workshops for female DJs / producers - Soul Fusion – A Celebration of Soul Music @ Tengu (€10, 10pm)
3 rooms of soul DJs incl. Kelly-Anne Byrne, Billy Scurry, Terry Jones, Get Down Edits
- Mano Le Tough All Night Long @ District 8 (€18+, 11pm)
The wandering Wicklow man returns.
- Division presents Hito, Eve, Will Kinsella @ The Pygmalion (€10, 10pm)
Japanese, Berlin based, electronic music artist and vinyl DJ - Le Galaxie April Fools Day Party @ The Sugar Club (€12, 11pm)
Le Galaxie DJs promise this will be their “MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME”.
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Sunday April 2
- A Night For Pieta House @ Olympia Theatre (€20)
In Tua Nua, The 4 Of Us (acoustic), Duke Special, Christy Dignam (Aslan), Conor O’Brien (Villagers), Jerry Fish (An Emotional Fish), Bagatelle, Mundy, The Pale, Blink, Pugwash, and Friends of Emmet,
- Little Hours @ Smock Alley Theatre (€)
irish folk pop duo.
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Monday April 3
- Culture Vultures – Heathers, Lenny Abrahamson & Tara Flynn @ The Sound House (€14)
Salon-style chat and music.
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
