A great week of gigs for the punks in Dublin
This Weeks Dublin Gigs Mar 1 – 7
The calendar is filling up as plays, comedy nights and gigs return. Saturday night alone this week has you spoiled for choice. TenPastSeven and Shifting are launching their albums together in Bello Bar. It's their first chance to launch their respective records. Also that night is A Night of Songs and Stories which is a fund raiser for the campaign to keep Shelbourne FC in Tolka Park. For Those I love got many warranted positive reviews last year and here is a chance to hear some of those songs first hand from Dave Balfe. Oski Bravo will also be playing a set along with some guest speakers. It promises to be a cracker in the Button Factory. If that wasn't enough you also have a chance to see the newly renamed Gilla Band blow the roof of Whelans
For one night our souls were alive again
the next new low - button factory feb 19 2022 A Lazarous Soul + The Next New Low Button Factory / Feb 19 2022 So did that past 2 years really happen? You know those times when we couldn’t attend funerals, or visit people in hospital or for those in work who should but couldn’t … Continue reading For one night our souls were alive again
This weeks gigs Feb 1
Wow, kind of weird to be talking about gigs and looking at the schedule it seems like bands are starting to travel. Hopefully this is the road we stay on but let's not divide and we can look forward to getting back out there into packed rooms when we are happy to be out there in packed rooms
This Weeks Gigs Nov 1 -7
A list of this weeks appearances from punk rock, power pop, hip-hop, folk and some strange folk
This weeks gigs Oct 25 – 31
https://youtu.be/hhEX9n5DjZQ So the masks are coming off for Halloween once you are on the dancefloor. I was at the Wedding Present last week for a surreal moment. I could stand and dance and sing along, it was special. I was still masked up but much like the non-drinker in a group of teenagers I was … Continue reading This weeks gigs Oct 25 – 31
This weeks gigs October 18-24
While many of us have an eye on what is in store when the Government make their announcements on Friday Oct 22 with regard future restrictions, venue owners have to plan for the future. Is it one of vaccination passports and test as they try and open up their sector. DIY gigs are being hit hard as gatherings of people are being discouraged. We will keep dreaming. In the meantime here’s a list of conformed gigs for this week. Well, confirmed for now
This Weeks Gigs – Nov 12 – 18
It's a week for those interested in the more metal sound of punk / hardcore, with Agnostic Front bringing their street core sing along noise to the Voodoo. They are proud New Yorkers with a strong history including one of violence during a time when violence at gigs was par for the course. For those … Continue reading This Weeks Gigs – Nov 12 – 18
This Weeks Gigs – Oct 14 – 20
One big gig in Dublin this week is the tribute to David Berman. David Berman, pavement hero of the Silver Jews and the comeback king of Purple Mountains, passed on August 7. He left behind a corduroy suit made of a hundred gutters, jagged skylines of car keys, 50,000 beer cans and a wild kindness. … Continue reading This Weeks Gigs – Oct 14 – 20