The best of the live music gigs around Ireland this week.
Who: Wallis Bird
Date: 20 January
Where: Roisin Dubh, Galway
The ridiculously talented Wallis Bird heads out west for what promises to be a scintillating gig in Galway. The Roisin Dubh is a great live venue and someone like Wallis Bird is going to take the roof off the place.
https://youtu.be/nggFEZoKl28
Clip via MOUNT SILVER RECORDS
Who: Black Sabbath
Date: 20 January
Where: 3Arena, Dublin
Ozzy Osbourne and his band of merry men return to Dublin for a big live show at the 3Arena. Metal veterans they may be, but they will rock the venue to its foundations and it will be loud. Very loud.
https://youtu.be/5s7_WbiR79E
Clip via Black Sabbath
Who: Bell X1
Date: 21 January
Where: Olympia Theatre, Dublin
When a national treasure of a band plays in national treasure of a venue, you've got yourself a pretty special gig. Bell X1 return to the Olympia for what could already be one of the gigs of 2017.
https://youtu.be/xa78BMHajPM
Clip via Bell X1
Who: Otherkin
Date: 21 January
Where: Kasbah Social Club, Limerick
Dublin indie band Otherkin are forging a great reputation following a brilliant performance at Longitude and their star is on a continuous ascent.
The folks of Limerick are in for a real treat with this gig in the Kasbah as they are surely destined for big arenas in the years ahead.
https://youtu.be/-RtFrTmpYrQ
Clip via OTHERKIN OK
Who: Jameson Bow Street Sessions
Date: 26 January
Where: Sugar Club, Dublin
Okay, we get that this is outside of the time frame of this weeks gig listing, but there's a reason for it. We want to give one JOE reader a chance of winning tickets for them and four of their friends as well as an overnight stay.
Following from 2016’s series of gigs, Jameson Bow St Sessions are back on January 26th 2017! Presented by Jameson and supported by Hot Press, Bow St Sessions are a series of unique live shows that celebrate unexpected and original collaborations in Irish music. Bow St Sessions returns to Dublin, to the intimate surroundings of The Sugar Club. The line-up will see three bands who have made a serious mark on the Irish music scene over the last year – Booka Brass, Barq and Soulé.
Your evening will start at the Generator Hostel for pizza and a whiskey tasting, before you set off for the Sugar Club to spend the night taking in some of the country’s finest bands. To top it off, we’ve got accommodation at the Generator when the night is over.
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