Win guestlist here:
- Thursday: Maverick Sabre @ The Bowery (€25)
- Thursday: AE MAK, Laoise Lumo Club DJs @ The Sugar Club (€12)
- Sunday: Kormac @ The Sugar Club (€15)
To enter: Email [email protected] with the gig above in the subject line and include your name in the email.
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Tuesday April 25
- Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€5, 9pm)
Karms, Leila Jane, Lisa Marie, Waiting For Smith - Colin Stetson @ The Workman’s Club (€18)
Saxophonist and multireedist who has played with Bon Iver& Arcade Fire. - Therapy? @ Whelan’s (€15)
90s NI rockers. Acoustic set. - The Wapshot Chronicles @ Ri Rá (Free before 11pm)
Jimmy Rouge, Telephones DJ’s Fio N Jio Upstairs Dáire O’Shea Brady Matt Finnegan Luca Shapiro Ryan
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Wednesday April 26
- The Big Moon @ The Academy 2 (€13)
UK indie-rock. Sucker. - The Optimists, For Foresters, Girl Talk @ Workman’s Club (€4+)
Single launch
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Thursday April 27
- Maverick Sabre @ The Bowery (€25, WIN PASSES)
His only show in Ireland for 2017 - AE MAK, Laoise Lumo Club DJs @ The Sugar Club (€12, WIN PASSES)
Alt-pop duo launch their new single. - Vinyl & Wine: Gorillaz’ Humanz @ The Dean (€30 with album)
Exclusive listening party for the Gorillaz album. - Youth Mass, Pillow Queens @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
Dublin indie rock. - SOMA #007 ft. Oh Joy @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Free)
Indie club night - The Handsome Family @ Vicar Street (€30)
True Detective-bumped married songwriters. - Songs & Stories: Declan Guckian, Ailie Blunnie @ Bello Bar (€10)
Two Leitrim musicians. - UFO Club x Empty Spaces: Kris Wadsworth @ Wah Wah Club (Free)
Launch for this.
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Friday April 28
- Snarky Puppy @ Vicar Street (€33.50)
Cool US jazz ensemble. - Jagwar Ma @ The Academy (€21)
Indie electronic Aussies. Ob1. - Diatribe Launch Series 2017 @ The Complex (€15)
two performances to celebrate the release of new recordings by Benjamin Dwyer - Zebra, PolyGlove, Konchevska @ Bello Bar (€10)
“Electronic vibes and ambience” - Joe Chester & friends @ Unitarian Church (€15)
Turning Pirate presents - S.O.D Presents: UNITÉ @ Wigwam (€5)
A night of hip-hop, freestyles & more - Dabbledoo Music Showcase Night @ The Sugar Club (€8+)
Attention Bebe, Frankie Grimes and Killian Redmonk DJs - Fiction Peaks @ The Grand Social (€10)
Launch of album Citizen. - Emma Lou & The Agenda @ The Workman’s Club (€8)
Retro soul pop - Liquid Disco @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
A night of Italo and cosmic disco with Lumo’s Gavin E and Mix & Fairbanks’ Rob Smyth. - DJ Deece @ Wah Wah Club (Free)
All night long. - Lime & Fancy @ Wigwam (Free)
Club night. 80s pop mixed with your faves from the early 90s & a juicy slice of Italo Disco. - Subterranean Desires @ MVP (Free)
Post Punk, Synth, Minimal Wave Monthly Club Night - Legends Of The Old Skool ‘Clubland Live’ @ Vooodoo (€30)
With Ian Van Dahl, Dee Dee, Flip & Fill, DJ Spiral and more. - DIP @ Tengu (€5, 11pm)
Cait, Enda and Robbie all night. New mix. - Empty Spaces Mansion Party w/Kris Wadsworth @ Private Manor (€40)
3 rooms on the night, Garden and Outdoor Patio - Waze & Odyssey, Bontan @ Opium Rooms (€11, 10:30pm)
The Ball Afterparty, Boots & Kats - Prins Thomas @ The Pygmalion (€10, 10pm)
Norwegian nu-disco cosmic disco. - Paper Trail Presents: Hot Cops & Just Mustard @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Free, Midnight)
New rock’n’roll. Dumbo.
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Saturday April 29
- The Early Shift @ Ned Scanlon’s’ (7am)
Rollover party. Also Monday. - Dublin Ska Festival @ The Grand Social (€20, 7pm)
Two days of Ska bands. - Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak @ 3Arena (Sold out)
R&B, pop and funk with the best support act going. - Paper Trail Records: Birthday Bonanza @ Lock 6 (4pm, €5+)
Record label party with DJs. - Percolator, Ten Past Seven @ Bello Bar (€10+)
Sestra Album Launch. Shoegazey post-punk - Snarky Puppy @ Sugar Club (€30)
Cool US jazz ensemble. - Rejjie Snow @ The Academy (Sold out)
Irish rapper on the up. Flexin.
- The Winter Passing @ Whelan’s (€10)
irish pop punk. - The Disconauts – Dex And Percussion @ Yamamori Tengu (€10, 10:30pm)
Denizens of sleazy disco and purveyors of the finest house music - The Pictures: Stop Making Sense @ Laughter Lounge (€6, 10:45pm)
+ DJs and - Matrixxman @ Wah Wah Club (10pm, €10)
American techno DJ. - Daithí @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
new single Aeroplane. - Mother @ The Hub (€10, 10pm)
Tunes for Chechnya fundraiser. Ruth Kavanagh & Glamo
- Backstory @ Jigsaw (€10)
Donal Dineen’s club night
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Sunday April 30
- May Disco Brunch @ Drury Buildings (2pm-4pm – food, 4pm dancing)
Disco Brunch DJs: Ghostboy, Rocky, Chewy & Gianni - Nocturnes with Ella Naseeb @ Bello Bar (€10)
Pearse McGloughlin’s solo project - Dublin Ska Festival @ The Grand Social (€20, 4pm)
Two days of Ska bands. - A4 Sounds’ Secret Sonic Cinémathèque: Bealtaine Edition @ A4 Sounds (€10, BYOB)
Robyn Bromfield, Fergus Cullen, Diarmuid MacDiarmada, Andy Mooney - Niamh Regan @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
Sweet folk voice launches new EP. - The May Banker FREE Party @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
Just Mustard, Curious Kid, Bodies - SYLK EP Launch @ Discotekken (€10)
Woweembeem after. Cigarettes & Sex. - Sing Along Social: Britney vs Justin @ MVP (€8)
Singalong to Ms Spears and Mr. Timberlake’s greatest hits. - Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak @ 3Arena (Sold out)
R&B, pop and funk with the best support act going. - Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals @ The Academy (€26)
Short P.A. with 3 songs live and DJ set. - Out To Lunch with Ron Morelli @ Tengu (10:30pm, €6+)
Ron Morelli [L.I.E.S. – New York] with Barry Redsetta [Major Problems – Galway] - François K @ The Pygmalion (€10, 9pm)
NY disco DJ legend. - Woweembeem @ Wah Wah Club (11pm, €10)
Replete, Papa Lou & more. Afrobeat, reggae, kwaito and more - Kormac @ The Sugar Club (€15, WIN PASSES)
new single I Believe. - Moodymann @ District 8 (€20, 11pm)
House producer legend returns. Galactic Beat Club, Sage, Mode_1
- New Jackson, Dip Djs @ Button Factory (€15)
From Night to Night album launch. - Bodytonic & Squig Present: Frits Wentink @ Wigwam (€12. 10:30pm)
I don’t know this lad but he’s prolific in alias stakes.
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Monday May 1
- The Early Shift @ Ned Scanlon’s’ (7am)
Rollover party. Also Saturday. - Moody Monday Sessions @ The Pyg
House and techno with Syl Black, Maggie Rose, Colin Devine & more - Wheatus @ Whelan’s
After the weekend you’ve had, this seems appropriate.
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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.
