Live Music in Dublin – 15-1-18

So, this week we lose the Bowie and First Fortnight Festival and what are they replaced with? Very little really. We do have a star studded birthday party for Shane MacGowan, with Nick Cave and Johnny Depp in town, but otherwise there’s not a lot going on. We’d recommend This is the Kit, and there is also the Ones to Watch Festival of new bands at Whelans.

TradFest is on the horizon (24th to 28th of January).

Gigs of the Week –
Perspectives: Shane MacGowan 60th Birthday Celebration – NCH
This is the Kit – Whelans
ONES TO WATCH 2018 – Whelans
Cloud Castle Lake – BelloBar

Mon 15 Jan
Perspectives: Shane MacGowan 60th Birthday Celebration – NCH
Celebrating David Bowie – Olympia Theatre

Tue 16 Jan
The Godmother – Whelans
Pierce Turner award winning musician – NCH
Motionless In White – Academy
6LACK – Olympia Theatre

Wed 17 Jan
This is the Kit – Whelans
NCH: Sing Out! – NCH

Thu 18 Jan
The Kooks – The Olympia Theatre
Steel Panther – Academy
The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan – NCH
ONES TO WATCH 2018 – Whelans

Fri 19 Jan
The Kooks – The Olympia Theatre
Davina and the Messengers – Button Factory
ONES TO WATCH 2018 – Whelans
RTE NSO Rachmaninoff, Dean, Stravinsky – NCH

Shadow Child – The Button Factory

Sat 20 Jan
The Kooks – The Olympia Theatre
The Kahoots  – Button Factory
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – NCH
ONES TO WATCH 2018 – Whelans
Cloud Castle Lake – BelloBar

Sun 21 Jan
ONES TO WATCH 2018 – Whelans
Mary Coughlan & Band – Vicar Street
August Alsina – Olympia Theatre

Mon 22 Jan

The Sleeping Queen – National Concert Hall

Tue 23 Jan
Lau – Whelan’s
Charlie Landsborough – National Concert Hall

Wed 24 Jan
Brooklyn Rider and Martin Hayes – National Concert Hall
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams – Whelan’s
Wallis Bird – Whelan’s
Ben Prevo – The Bowery, Rathmines
Public Service Broadcasting – The Academy

Thu 25 Jan
Andy Irvine & Donal Lunny – St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin
Tradfest Music Trail – Temple Bar
Jarlath Henderson Band – St Michan’s Church, Church Street
Elder Island – The Workman’s Club
Stockton’s Wing – The Merchant’s Arch, Dublin
Terry Woods & Pete Cummins (upstairs) – Whelan’s T
The 4 of Us – Whelan’s

Fri 26 Jan
Judy Collins – St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin
Alan Stivell – Dublin Castle
Steve Wickham – St Michan’s Church, Church Street
Lord Huron – Vicar Street
Pierre Bensusan – City Hall, Dublin
Stockton’s Wing – The Temple Bar
Life and Music of Edith Piaf – National Concert Hall

Sat 27 Jan
Tradfest Gala Night – Dublin Castle
The Legend Of Luke Kelly Show – Vicar Street
Martha Wainwright – St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin
Maria Doyle Kennedy – St Werburgh’s Church
The Johann Strauss Gala – National Concert Hall
Rosborough – Whelan’s
The Oh Hellos – Whelan’s

Sun 28 Jan
Folk Gala – Dublin Castle
The Weather Station – The Grand Social
This Is How We Fly – St Michan’s Church, Church Street

Future Gigs

Wed 24/01/18 – Public Service Broadcasting – Academy

Sun 28/01/18 – Weather Station – Grand Social

Mon 29/01/18 – Wed 31/01/18 – Erasure – Olympia

Mon 29/01/18 – Willy Vlautin – Whelans

Tue 30/01/18 – Jeff Tweedy – Vicar Street

Tue 30/01/18 – Hayseed Dixie – Whelan’s

Sat 3/02/18 – The Pale – Whelans

Sun 4/02/18 – Beth Orton – Whelans

Tue 6/02/18 – British Sea Power – Whelans

Thu-Fri 15 & 16/02/18 – Jake Bugg – Whelans

Mon – Thurs – 5-8/03/18 – The Gloaming – NCH

Wed – 7/02/18 – Kendrick Lamar – 3Arena

Tue 13/02/18 – Wed 14/02/18 – Paul Weller – Olympia

Tue 13/02/18  – The Front Bottoms – Vicar Street, Dublin

Sat 24/02/17 – Duke Special – The Unitarian Church

Sat 24/02/17 – Elbow & John Grant – 3 Arena

Mon 26/02/18 – Nils Frahm – NCH

Fri & Sat 09-10/03/18 – Randy Newman – Vicar Street

Sun – 11/03/18 – Damien Jurado – Whelans

Sun – 25/03/18 – Dream Wife – Workman’s Club

Sat & Sun 31/03/18 & 1/04/18 – Big Thief – Whelans

Wed 04/04/18 – Toto – Vicar Street

Fri 06/04/18 – Arcade Fire – 3Arena

Fri 20/04/18 – Courtney Marie Andrews – Whelans

Tues 8/05/18 – Brad Mehldau  – NCH

Fri 18/05/18 – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Tivolie

Wed 23/05/18 – Scott Matthews –  The Sugar Club

Mon- Tue 28-29/05/18 – Father John Misty – Vicar Street

Tue 29/05/18 – Ezra Furman – Tivoli Theatre

Tue 5/06/18 – LCD Soundsystem – Malahide Castle

Sat 9/06/18 – Gorillaz – Malahide Castle

Fri & Sat 15 & 16/06/18 – The National & Guests – Donnybrook Stadium

Sun 17/06/18 – Future Islands – Donnybrook Stadium

Sat 7/7/18 – The The –  Iveagh Gardens

Thu 13/09/18 – Fri 14/09/18 – Sarah Millican – Olympia