The Nialler9 Weekly Dublin Gig Guide
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Ticket giveaways:
- Friday 20th: Peace @ Whelan’s (€16.35)
- Saturday 21st: Ned Doheny @ The Sugar Club (€20)
How to enter ticket comp – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number 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.
Wednesday March 18
- Culture Vultures 1st birthday with Neil Hannon @ Odessa Club (€15)
[Salon] A chat and some songs with the Divine Comedy man - Don’t Look Down @ Twisted Pepper (Free before 11pm, )
[Electronic] Nathan Jones & Cian Byrne Little and more.
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Thursday March 19
- StandUp4Love: Marriage Equality fundraiser @ Vicar Street (€10-€20)
[Fundraiser] Panti Bliss, Ham Sandwich, The RubberBandits, Hudson Taylor, Tara Flynn, Davina Devine, Avenue Q, Vann Music & ‘The Big Gay Couch’ discussion panel
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Friday March 20
- White Sage Listening Party @ Oliver Cornet Gallery, Cavendish Row (Free)
[Listening party] The EP will be accompanied by a film by White Sage. - Groom, Rural Savage @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€5)
[Indie/rock] Last ever gig from Groom 🙁 - Peace @ Whelan’s (€16.35, WIN TICKETS)
[indie] UK indie-rock band. - The Co-Present live feat Women’s Christmas, Segrasso, The Evolution Project @ The Mezz (Free)
[Indie/Rock] Each event is to be broadcast live on Radiomade.ie - Gavin James @ Olympia Theatre (Sold Out)
[Folk/pop] Dublin singer-songwriter - Rusangano Family (God Knows, MynameisJohn & MuRli), Naive Ted @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
[Rap] Scintillating live performers. New track Wasteland. - Blacklip presents: Sleeper @ The Pint (€8/€10, 10:30pm)
[Dub] Industrial/dub. - Mud: Bodytonic present Blawan & Sunil Sharpe @ Twisted Pepper (€13/€15)
[Dance] Two techno heavyweights. - Blond:ish @ Opium Rooms (€8/€10, 11pm)
[Dance] London-based Montreal dance DJs.
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Saturday March 21
- Concrete Soup Improv Music Afternoons @ Block T (4pm, €8 with CD)
[Improv] A special performance by free jazz undergroundists DIVE DIVER (John Picardo & friends). - Ned Doheny @ The Sugar Club (€20, WIN TICKETS)
[Soul/rock] Jackson Browne, band member and Malibu musician on his first ever European tour. – ‘Get It Up For Love’ - Columbia Mills @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
[Indie/rock] Screamadelica and The Jesus & Mary Chain are references for this Bray duo. - Idlewild @ The Academy (€17.50)
[indie] Scots rockers return. - Kila @ Whelan’s (€20)
[Trad/world] Headline gig after their recent well-received Suas Síos album. - Discotekken’s Fundraiser for everyone who’s not a racist party @ The Grand Social (€5/€10)
[Eclectic] Dublin Afrobeat Ensemble, Mixtapes from The Underground, Musicanti, Thandiwe Sonqolo and DJs. - ZASKA @ The Mezz (Free, 9pm)
[Funk/rock] Rap, Rock and Funk. - Sense & Bedlam: Citizenn @ Button Factory (€5-€13, 11pm)
[Dance] ‘A New Jack Swing project that got progressively housier’. - T/A/S/T/E DJs @ The Grand Social (Free, 11pm)
[Djs] House | Disco | Techno | Cosmic. - Loud Mouth & Bodytonic: Rustie (Live) & the LM Compilation Launch Party @ The Twisted Pepper (€15, 10:30pm)
[Electronic] A Rustie live show and a launch of the latest Loudmouth comp. - John Talabot, Marc Piñol & Dani Baughman @ District 8 (€10-€20, 11pm)
[Dance] – Hivern Discs Showcase.
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Sunday March 22
- Nialler9 and Stevie G present Vinyl Love in aid of Marriage Equality @ The Odessa Club (€10 suggested donation, Starting at Noon til late)
[DJs] Over 30 DJs playing 7×7 or 12 x 12″s with DJs Donal Dineen, TXFM Dublin, Discotekken, Paul McLoone, Hidden Agenda, All City, Mother Club, Sally Cinnamon, Choice Cuts, Young Hearts Run Free, Adultrock and loads more. - SODA with a little Dip @ The Bernard Shaw (6pm, Free)
[DJs] Cáit & Robbie will be filling the Bernard Shaw dance floor with disco boogie and house. - Sim Simma @ Twisted Pepper (Free, 7pm)
[Reggae/Afrobeat] Brazilian special including the weekly Forró dance classes, a Brazilian market & caipirinha. - Mick Flannery @ Olympia Theatre (€27)
[Folk] originally postponed from October. - Independents Day Afterparty @ Tenterhooks (€5)
[Rock] Wild Rocket, Cruising and Woven Skull - Pyg Sundays presents Rayko @ Pygmalion (€5/€10, 9pm)
[DJs] Spanish disco producer with Kelly-Anne Byrne b2b Colin Perkins on support.
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Monday March 23
- We’re all wrecked.
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