Live Music in Dublin – 06-01-20

A new year, and lots of new gigs around the streets of Dublin.

It’s a quiet time of year but we do have a few festivals with the David Bowie Festival (Jan 8th – 12th) and the First Fortnight Festival.

Gigs of the Week –
1. Jerry Fish – The Purty Kitchen – Fri
2. Christy Moore – Vicar Street – Various
3. In The Middle Of (with Lisa Lambe) – Dublin Unitarian Church
4. I Heart Bowie – Whelans – Wed

Dublin Venues: – 3Arena – National Concert Hall – Olympia Theatre – Bord Gáis Energy Theatre – Vicar Street – The Academy – Button Factory – Whelans – Sugar Club – Sound House – Unitarian Church – Pepper Canister Church (St. Stephen’s Church) – The Workman’s Club – The Grand Social – Lost Lane

Tues 07 Jan
Christy Moore – Vicar Street

Wed 08 Jan
Christy Moore – Vicar Street
Fiach Moriarty, Oliver Cole, Ham Sandwich, Barry O’Brien, and Colm Lynch – Whelans
Lisa Lambe – Old Court House
I Heart Bowie – Whelans

Thurs 09 Jan
Lisa Lambe – Old Court House
Nicetry – Whelans

Fri 10 Jan
The High Kings – Hotel Kilmore
Chewing on Tinfoil/ Erica Freas and Cruiser (LK) – Whelans
Jerry Fish – The Purty Kitchen
Rebel Rebel – The Academy
London Boys – The Sugar Club
Body Void and Bismuth (UK) Destriers – Bello Bar
Con Murphy – Whelans
Train Room – The Grand Social
In The Middle Of (with Lisa Lambe) – Dublin Unitarian Church
The Bowie Ball – Heroes From Mars (Live) Dublin Bowie Festival Present 2020 – Whelans

Sat 11 Jan
Wage War – Green Room, The Academy
Woody Woodmansey and Tony Visconti – Olympia Theatre
Craig Cooney Aaron J, Blain, Aideen, and Wax White – The Workman’s Club
Amy Naessens – Upstairs at Whelan’s
Outside – The Workman’s Club

Mon 13 Jan
Christy Moore – Vicar Street
David Keenan – Olympia Theatre

Tues 14 Jan
Slipknot and Behemoth – 3Arena
Christy Moore – Vicar Street

Wed 15 Jan
Snow Patrol – Olympia Theatre
Peter Broderick – The Big Romance
The Three Amigos – Vicar Street
Ones To Watch – Whelans

Thurs 16 Jan
Adam Fleming/ Dermot Lambert – The Cobblestone Pub
Mob Wife/ Problem Patterns – The Workman’s Club
Ones To Watch – Whelans

Fri 17 Jan
Tyler Childers – The Grand Social
Endor – Button Factory
Whitney – Queen of the Night – Olympia Theatre
Ones To Watch – Whelans

Sat 18 Jan
Lee Fields & The Expressions – Button Factory
Mary Coughlan – The Abbey Tavern
Elder Druid, Venus Sleeps, Grey Stag, Coroza, and Slung from a Tree – Fibber Magee’s
The Liberties – The Purty Kitchen

Sun 19 Jan
Ryan Bingham – Liberty Hall
070 Shake – The Workman’s Club
Bagatelle – Vicar Street

Tues 21 Jan
Caravan Palace – Vicar Street

Wed 22 Jan
Bruno Major Eloise – The Grand Social
Hothouse Flowers, Jon Boden, and Screaming Orphans -Olympia Theatre
Insomnium – Whelans
John Craigie – Lost Lane
Petrol Girls Sister Ghost – Whelans
Pádraig Rynne and tara breen – Dublin City Hall

Wed 22 Jan – Sun 26 Jan
Tradfest 2020 Seth Lakeman – Button Factory

Tradfest 2020 Sound of the Sirens – Lost Lane, Dublin, Ireland

Future Gigs –

Jan 09 2020 – Thu – Glasshouse: the Berlin Trilogy Re-Imagined – Sugar Club

Jan 21 2020 – Tues – Perspectives: Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn – NCH

Jan 23 2020 – Thu – The Felice Brothers – Whelans

Feb 01 2020 – Sat – Isobel Campbell – Liberty Hall Theatre

Feb 06 2020 – Thu – Beak – The Button Factory

Feb 9 2020 – Sun – Perspectives: Imagining Ireland – NCH

Feb 13 2020 – Thu – Explosions In the Sky

Feb 13/14 2020 – Thu – Fionn Regan – Whelans

Feb 14 2020 – Fri – Black Midi – The Button Factory

Feb 27 2020 – Thu – The Murder Capital – Vicar Street

Feb 28 2020 – Fri – Damien Jurado (Solo) – Liberty Hall Theatre

Mar  01 2020 – Sun – Sleater-Kinney – Vicar Street

Mar 03 2020 – Tues – A Winged Victory for the Sullen – NCH

Mar 14 2020 – Sat – Perspectives: Martin Hayes and the Common Ground Ensemble – NCH

Mar 21 2020 – Sat – The Lost Brothers – Vicar Street

Mar 28 2020 – Sat – Elbow – 3Arena

Mar 28 2020 – Sat – Perspectives: Laurie Anderson – Radio Play – NCH

Mar 29 2020 – Sun – Perspectives: Laurie Anderson – Here Comes The Ocean

Mar 29 2020 – Sun – Agnes Obel – Vicar Street

Apr 02-04 2020 – Thu – David Gray – White Ladder the 20th Anniversary Tour – 3Arena

May 01 2020 – Fri – Gogo Penguin – Vicar Street

May 03 2020 – Sun – Bon Iver – 3Arena

May 06 2020 – Wed – The Handsome Family – Liberty Hall Theatre

May 08/09 2020 – Fri/ Sat – Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – 3Arena

May 24 2020 – Sun – Tindersticks – NCH

May 31 2020 – Sun – Perspectives: Damon Albarn – NCH

Jun 01 2020 – Mon – Perspectives: Damon Albarn – NCH

Jun 26 2020 – Fri – Kaleidoscope 2020 – Russborough House

Jul 04 2020 – Sat – Fontaines DC – Iveagh Gardens

Jul 10 2020 – Fri – Damien Dempsey – Iveagh Gardens

Jul 11 2020 – Sat – Caribou – Iveagh Gardens

Jul 18 2020 – Sat – Pixies – Iveagh Gardens

Jul 31 2020 – Aug 02 2020 – All Together Now