The Nialler9 Weekly Dublin Gig Guide (in association with Zaconey)

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Ticket giveaways:

• Good Friday: BD Festival @ Glendalough, Co. Wicklow (€64.50, 4pm)
• Saturday: The Reflex @ The Meeting House (€5 after 10pm)
• Saturday: Hidden Agenda: Dj Koze + Romare (Live) @ District 8 (€10, 11pm)

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 31

• Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (9pm, €6)
  [Acoustic club] Jack O’Rourke, November Pearls and more.
• A Place To Bury Strangers @ The Workman’s Club (€15)
  [Rock]  Straight.
• Nicki Minaj @ 3Arena (€44+)
  [Pop] The Pinkprint Tour.

Wednesday April 1

• Ghostpoet, The Notas @ Button Factory (€15)
  [Alt]  Recent album Shedding Skin is a worthwhile experience.
• Kaleidoscope Night present “Music For The Curious Ear” @ Odessa Club (€12)
  [Contemporary] Internationally acclaimed percussive dancer, Nic Gareiss (This Is How We Fly)
• Niall McCabe Band @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
  [folk/pop] Soulful Irish folk pop. 
• Bodytonic & Demented present: Antwon @ The Twisted Pepper (€5/€15)
  [Rap] Alt rap with a hardcore background. Don’t Care.
  

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Thursday April 2

• Inni-K @ Tower Records (6pm, Free)
  [Vinyl launch] with live set.
• Hypnotic Brass Ensemble @ The Sugar Club (€12.50)
  [Brass] The Heritage EP 1 and 2 live.
• Otherkin, Pockets, No Monster Club @ The Grand Social (€10)
  [Indie/rock] Launch of Ay Ay single.
• Hail The Ghosts, Middle Kid @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
  [Alt]  The National-indebted indie rock.
• Good Name: Holy Thursday with Tongue Bundle @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
  [Rock] live punk rock.

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Good Friday April 3

Festival

• BD Festival @ Glendalough, Co. Wicklow (€64.50, 4pm,WIN TICKETS)
  [BYOB Festival] Leftfield DJ set, Jape, Benoit & Sergio, Omar S and more.

• Hunt & Gather: Nuit Blanche: Heathen @ Secret Location (€15)
  [Night market/party] Groovement Soul, Jay Broseph DJing and a night market.
• Sober Sessions @ The Fumbally Exchange (€10)
  [Folk/] Miriam Donohue and Stephen James
• Everything Shook @ ATRL, Dublin (€14)
  [Alt/vocal]  Support comes from Sunken Foal, Hauer and Donal Dineen.
• SignA @ Fumbally Stables (€10)
  [Folk/electronic]  Check out Lines from the EP.

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Saturday April 4

Festival

• Phase One Festival @ The Dock, Carrick On Shannon (€30 per day, €55 for weekend)
  [Electronic Festival] Horse Meat Disco, Sleep Thieves, Ghosts, Fish Go Deep and more

• Breakfast Club @ The Dark Horse Inn (7am, €10)
  [Early club] Costelloe (Signal Code) Johno (Archetype) Liam Mc hugh (Mbrship Dublin)
• Manden Express @ The Sugar Club (€6-€15)
  [Afrobeat] Dae – Ajo Arkestra, Dj Scope & Lex Woo.
• Courtney Barnett @ Whelan’s (SOLD OUT)
  [Indie/rock] Australian alternative songwriter.
• Túcan @ Button Factory (€12)
  [Instrumental]  Towers LP launch. Watch the video for their Massive Attack cover.
• 5th Element & Funzo @ Twisted Pepper (€5)
  [Hip-hop]  Faces – 5th Element / Funzo / Costello / Brass Phantoms / Ollie Bell / Siy
• Retro Revival  @ Sweeney’s (€5, 9pm)
  [indie/rock]  Wizards of Firetop Mountain + New Gods + Sissy + Slim Jim & The Bonebrea.
• Alarmist, Leo Drezden @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
  [Instrumental] Jazz, rock, synths and prog. 
• Abstract presents: Pillowtalk – Live @ Opium Rooms (11pm, €10-€15)
  [R&B/Soul/Boogie] San Francisco three­ piece live band.
• Nightflight @ The Grand Social (11pm, Free)
  [DJs] Disco and boogie; house and techno. 
• King Kong Company  @ Button Factory (€10, 11:30pm)
  [live electronic] Donal Dineen + Travis Bickle
• The Reflex @ The Meeting House (€5 after 10pm ,WIN TICKETS)
  [DJ] UK pop and disco edits.
• The Building Society presents Discotopia @ Hangar (€5, 10pm)
  [Post-apocalyptic disco party] Louis Scully Discotekken, Kelly-Anne Byrne Today FM/TXFM and Cut & Sew.
• Pogo: Funkadelic & Initial present Mark Archer & Makoto @ The Twisted Pepper (€10-€12, 10:30pm, )
  [Dance] Former Altern-8 DJ
• Hidden Agenda: Dj Koze + Romare (Live) @ District 8 (€10, 11pm,WIN TICKETS)
  [Electronic/dance] German dance producer and Ninja Tune field-recording producer.

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Easter Sunday April 5

Festival

• Phase One Festival @ The Dock, Carrick On Shannon (€30 per day, €55 for weekend)
  [Electronic Festival] Jape, Donal Dineen, Nanu Nanu, Hauer, Electro Sensitive Behaviour

• DabbledooMusic Website Launch Party @ Twisted Pepper (€10/€15)
  [Party] Interskalactic, TongueBundle, DabbledooMusic Intro, Frankie Grimes, Eomac, Spaces !Kaboogie djs
• For Jaysis Sake @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
  [Rock] The Dead Sets, Segrasso, The Minutes’ Mark Austin
• J Rocc @ The Sugar Club (€12.50, 11pm)
  [DJ] Rescheduled date for the Stones Throw DJ
• Tongue In Chic @ House (10pm, Free)
  [Disco covers] Jess Kav’s Chic covers band
• The Building Society presents: Art Department @ Hangar (€15-€20, 11pm)
  [DJs]  Canadian techno/house Kenny Glasgow and  No.19 label owner – Jonny White.
• Disco Bunny Ball @ The Grand Social (10pm, Free)
  [DJs] Kelly-Anne Byrne, Mix and Fairbanks.
• Small Talk presents Small Talk & Friends All Day Party @ The Pint (€10, 1pm)
  [Dance] All day party with DJs from Weather Top, Koma Records and Unknøwn.
  
• The Irish Pub (screening), Ensemble Ériu (live)  @ The Sugar Club (€6/€12)
  [Screening/music/talk] & Banter w/ Jim Carroll.
• Sense & Welcome – Mosca & Kowton @ Button Factory (€8-€13, 11pm)
  [Dance]UK garage, funk and house.
• Genius Of Time, Jeremy Underground @ District 8 (€15/€18, 11pm)
  [Dance] Subject x Motion x Connection presents live old-school house & more.
• The Disco Agenda @ Copper Alley (10:30pm, €10)
  [DJs] Disco Brunch DJs VS Hidden Agenda DJs

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Bank Holiday Monday April 6

• SFA OK @ Garage Bar (Free, 8pm)
  [DJs] A celebration of all things Super Furry Animals with DJs Nialler9, Louche, Trev, D-Reills, Stephen Donnelly, Eadaoin Dooley and Andy Marke

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Niall Byrne

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.

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