The Nialler9 Weekly Dublin Gig Guide
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Ticket giveaways:
- Wednesday: All Tvvins @ Whelan’s
- Thursday: Bipolar Sunshine @ Whelan’s
- Friday: Inni-K @ The Grand Social
- Friday: Booka Brass Band @ Vicar Street
- Friday: Subject presents Derrick May @ Twisted Pepper (10:30pm)
- Saturday: Subject at Pogo: Randomer @ The Twisted Pepper (10:30pm)
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.
Tuesday March 24
- Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (9pm, €6)
[Acoustic club] Basciville, Galia Arad, Tadhg, Carron.
Wednesday March 25
- Blue Moon Lost Wednesdays @ RHA Gallery (€15, 3 free beers, 6pm)
[Gallery multi-room gig] Blackbird Events curates Aoife UnderWater, Columbia Mills and Sleep Thieves, Ghostboy and more. - Searchlight Showcase @ Button Factory (Free, 7pm)
[New bands] Luna Luna, Franko Franko, Men Of Twenty, Kicking Bird and more - All Tvvins @ Whelan’s (€12, WIN TICKETS)
[indie/pop] Thank You is the duo’s recent excellent single. - Doctor Millar, Buffalo Woman, and Tig Linn @ Project Arts Centre (€12/€15)
[Electronic] A Doctor Millar set featuring collaborations. - Jennifer Evans @ Odessa Club (€10)
[indie/jazz/folk] With guest The Gathering Doubt. - Niamh Crowther @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€8)
[Singer-songwriter] Promising new singer-songwriter from Meath. - Another Side: Interstellar Funk @ Twisted Pepper (€6/€8, 10:30pm)
[DJs] All vinyl sets. Shane Linehan, Timmy Nolan, Nathan Jones, & Cutting Moments. (Daire Carolan B2B Sonel Ali – All City Records
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Thursday March 26
- Young Fathers @ The Academy (€18.35)
[Rap] Scottish rap trio and sonic assault purveyors. - Bipolar Sunshine @ Whelan’s (€14, WIN TICKETS)
[Pop] Approaching anthemic indie pop - #GoldenBeck 1st Birthday: Loah, Stomptown Brass & Bunk @ The Workman’s Club (€5/€8)
[New music] Sierra Leone/Irish singer, big brass band and smooth Stax funk? YES - Sleater Kinney, Women’s Christmas @ Vicar Street (€30)
[Rock] Influential riot grrl trio - Scavenger @ The Grand Social (€6)
[New bands] Wastefellow, Auxiliary Phoenix, King Tortoise - Note Productions presents the Duo Series, Concert 3 @ NCH (€15)
[Contemporary] saxophonist Evan Parker and pianist Paul G. Smyth, - Good Name: MOOT Present Kobina @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[DJs] + MOOT DJs Replete & Richie !K - Strictly Deep & Room 19 presents Cera Alba @ The Twisted Pepper (€10/€12, 10:30pm)
[Dance] Newcastle DJ
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Friday March 27
- Ensemble Assembly: Niwel Tsumbu’s RiZA + AnTara @ Block T (€10)
[African/pop] The new project from Congolese Guitarist Niwel Tsumbu in collaboration with Loah, Feather, members of Ensemble Ériu, Treelan, and more, combining their African music roots with Western Pop. - The Handsome Family @ Whelan’s (Sold out)
[Roots/folk] Yep, the True Detective theme songwriters. - Inni-K, Sive @ The Grand Social (€10/€12, WIN TICKETS)
[Pop/folk] Album Launch of The King Has Two Horse’s Ears. - Cloud Castle Lake @ The Workman’s Club (€12.50)
[indie/atmospheric] Dublin trio. - Fang Club @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€6)
[Rock] Loud boys - Booka Brass Band @ Vicar Street (€19, WIN TICKETS)
[Brass] Support from Zaska with very special guests… - The Co-Present Live featuring Catscars, Twinkranes (DJ Set) @ The Workman’s Club (€6)
[Alternative] Broadcast live on Radiomade.ie - Misha Freshin #1 Sunken Foal & Jimmy The Hideous Penguin @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[DJ] a brand new monthly DJ/Beats/Hip-hop night - Encore !!! presents Made of Stone @ The Sugar Club (€)
[Screening/DJ afterparty] Stone Roses film and DJs include DJ Mek, Johnny Moy, DJ Scope, Aidan Kelly, Pete Dancer and more TBA - Bowie vs. Freddie – There Can Only Be One! @ Odessa Club (€8)
[DJs] Today Fm’s Ed’s Songs Of Praise x Le Galaxie’s Michael Pope. - Subject presents Derrick May @ Twisted Pepper (€14/€16, 10:30pm,WIN TICKETS)
[Dance] Detroit dance music originator. Niall Cleary on support. - Melodic presents: Matthias Meyer @ The Grand Social (€8-€12, 11pm)
[Dance] “Watergate Berlin’s fastest rising talent returns” - George Fitzgerald @ Button Factory (€15, 11pm)
[Dance] English producer with support from Colin Perkins.. - Pyg presents Fango [Kompakt] @ Pygmalion (€10, 10pm)
[Dance] Italian DJ and producer. - Abstract presents: The Collective Part III @ Opium Rooms (€8/€10, 11pm)
[Local crews take over] Strictly Deep, All-City Dublin, Malibu Club, Abstract, Southpaw - DOPE S#!T / Drank @ Pacino’s (Midnight, €8/€10)
[Dance] Mike Kearney, Rob Smyth, Rob Le Nan, Cici B / Quality Mark, Don Rosco & Stacks
and more.
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Saturday March 28
- The Discotekken Space Jam Party: Space Dimension Controller @ The Sugar Club (€6-€15)
[Screening/electronic/DJs] Plus Louis Scully (Discotekken), Baz Hickey (DJ, Boogie An Domhain), Mike Black (DJ, Delicious Mix Sessions) - Third Smoke, Elephant, We Are Oceanographers @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€8)
[Indie/rock] People Are Messy. - No Spill Blood @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
[Synth rock heft ] with guests Leo Drezden + Cholera House - The Run Ons, Galants, Switzerland @ The Mercantile (€TBC)
[indie/rock] Hear Open Window at Thumped. - Mishka Shubaly @ The Mezz (€TBC, 9pm)
[Singer-songwriter] Author and musician. feat Cait O’Riordan - Bedlam Residents Party @ The Pint (€8/€10)
[DJs] Luke Redmond, Theo Keefe, Charlie Garrett, Long Island Sound, Jack Thompson, Sarah Mooney, Mitzi, Emaleigh, Theoloque - Hidden Agenda: Snakehips & Objekt @ Hangar (€10/€15, 11pm)
[Electronic] Plus Chloe Martini, Hubie Davison, DeFeKT (Electronic Explorations) and Jamie Behan (Electrobastardo/Cork) - Black Butter Records At Sense @ Button Factory (€10-€15, 11pm)
[Dance] Kant, Applebottom, Wayward, Sam Sure - Major Problems & Con Artist present Out To Lunch: Traxx (Chicago), Simon Conway and more @ Bar Tengu (€, 9am)
[Djs] Good DJs playing long sets over two rooms. Sound. - Abstract: Prins Thomas, Stephen Manning @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] Cosmic disco vibes. and Shake on support. - Subject at Pogo: Randomer @ The Twisted Pepper (€12-€14, 10:30pm, WIN TICKETS)
[Electronic] L.I.E.S. & Hemlock producer. - Connection & District 8 present Truncate & Zadig @ District 8 (€10-€20, 11pm)
[Dance] Techno night
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Sunday March 29
- Taking The Dog For A Walk @ The Workman’s Club (€pay what you like, 5pm)
[Screening] Conversations with British Improvisers (music film screening) - SODA : Loose Ends @ The Bernard Shaw (6pm, Free)
[DJs] The monthly Loose Ends boogie woogie. - Classic Vinyl Sunday presents The Band @ Twisted Pepper (€10, 5pm)
[Playback] Plus Gavin Glass’ new album premiered in full. - Pyg Sundays presents Mark E @ Pygmalion (€10, 9pm)
[DJs] House producer and DJ.
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Monday March 30
- Are you watching Fortitude?
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