Gig Listings Northern Ireland 2015

Your guide to all the best music gigs from Northern Ireland. If you have a gig you would like us to list here please send the details to: gigs@chordblossom.com

Thurs 10 September

• Getting to Know…Silences – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast
• SONI: Gone All Year, So Long Until The Seance, The Bayonettes, We Turned, We Drew – The King’s Head, Belfast

Fri 11 September

• Paddy Nash & The Happy Enchiladas, Malojian – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
• Wookalily – No Alibis Bookstore, Belfast
• Love Buzz: Phil Taggart, Tearsmile, Gerry Norman, J Ryan McCormick & DJ Pete Sampres – TBWNN, Belfast

Sat 12 September

• Tucan, Ryan Vail, Jealous of the Birds – SS Nomadic, Belfast
• Refugees Welcome – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast
• Mike Tramp, Lucer – Diamond Rock Club, Ahoghill
• Willard Grant Conspiracy – Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
• Twitch: Joy Orbison & Job Jobse – QUBSU, Belfast

Mon 14 September

• Art Garfunkel – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
• Dan Owen – Voodoo, Belfast

Tues 15 September

• State Champs – QUBSU, Belfast
• Sam Amidon – Black Box, Belfast

Wed 16 September

• LA Guns – Voodoo, Belfast

Thurs 17 September

• Glasgowbury Presents: Ciaran Lavery, Marc O’Reilly – Culturlann, Derry
• W.A.S.P. – Limelight 1, Belfast

Fri 18 September

• SOAK, Sea Legs, Jessica Doherty – Playhouse Gallery, Derry
• Culture Night 2015 – Various venues, Belfast

Sat 19 September

• Mirador: Young Aviators, Gascan Ruckus, Gone All Year – TBWNN, Belfast
• Danko Jones, The Amorettes – Limelight 2, Belfast
• Glasgowbury Presents: Ciaran Lavery, Marc O’Reilly, Celine Murphy – Cornstone Loft, Derry

Sun 20 September

• Sleaford Mods – Black Box, Belfast

Wed 23 September

• The Strypes – Nerve Centre, Derry

Fri 25 September

• Chordblossom presents: Riot Upstairs, Palm Tree Dynamite & Susie Blue – TBWNN, Belfast
• The Thin Air: Girl Band, Paddy Hanna & Blue Whale – QUBSU, Belfast
• Wheatus – Limelight 1, Belfast
• Jackmaster, Space Dimension Controller, Jordan – Limelight 1, Belfast
• Volume Control: Clash of the New Breeds – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast

Sat 26 September

• Ports, Jessica Doherty – Echo Echo Dance Theatre, Derry
• Twitch: Hunee – QUBSU, Belfast
• Owen Denvir EP launch, Rachael Boyd, Hannah McPhillimy – Sunflower Bar, Belfast

Sun 27 September

• JamJar Series: Gaze is Ghost, Matilde Mareiles – Black Box, Belfast
• Rich Robinson, Empire Music Hall, Belfast

Mon 28 September

• Bullet For My Valentine – Ulster Hall, Belfast
• Paradise Lost – Limelight 1, Belfast

Wed 30 September

• Don McLean – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
• Green Monkey – Limelight 2, Belfast
• 100 Onces, Stonemasons, Rosseau, Maan Klub – Empire Music Hall, Belfast

Thurs 1 October

• Gifted: Geoff Hatt & the Rockpool Band, Dani, Jealous of the Birds, My Pilot – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
• Jeff Finlin – Errigle Inn, Belfast

Fri 2 October

• The Orb – Limelight 1, Belfast
• Albert Hammond – Millennium Forum, Derry
• More than Conquerors, David C Clements – Mandela Hall, Belfast
• Album launch: Girls Names, Documenta – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
• Ports – Black Box, Belfast
• Making Monsters, Not Today, Mosmo Strange, Paro – Top of the Town, Omagh
• Coma, The Hyena Kill, Fear The Fallen, Zebedy, Emigra – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast

Sat 3 October

• Maverick, Stereo Nasty – Diamond Rock Club, Ahoghill
• Eddie and the Hot Rods – Voodoo, Belfast
• Making Monsters, Axecatcher, The Bayonettes – Atlantic Bar, Portrush
• Best Boy Grip album launch – Bennigan’s, Derry

Sun 4 October

• The Lemonheads – Limelight 2, Belfast

Wed 7 October

• Weird Al Yankovic – Limelight 1, Belfast
• Shizznigh: Empty Lungs single launch,  Bitch Falcon, Apartments, Junk Drawer – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
• Declan Sinnott – Black Box, Belfast

Thurs 8 October

• Heroes Before The Fall – Voodoo, Belfast
• Gun – Limelight 2, Belfast

Fri 9 October

• The Couth EP launch – Hudson Yard, Belfast
• Editors – Limelight 1, Belfast
• Cast – Limelight 2, Belfast
• Making Monsters, By Conquest or Consent, Death of a Salesman, Dream Awake – QUBSU, Belfast
• Andy Sheppard Quartet – The MAC, Belfast
• Paul Hartnoll (Orbital) – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
• Kathryn Williams, Michele Stodart – Black Box, Belfast

Wed 14 October

• Joe O’Sullivan – Empire Music Hall, Belfast

Thurs 15 October

• Sharon Shannon – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
• Andy Irvine – Black Box, Belfast
• Darwin Deez – Limelight 2, Belfast

Fri 16 October

• Johnny Marr – Limelight 1, Belfast
• The Bohicas, The Late Twos – Voodoo, Belfast
• Bell X1 – Empire Music Hall, Belfast

Sat 17 October

• Mutoid Man – Voodoo, Belfast
• Bell X1 – Guildhall, Derry
• Georgie Fame – Black Box, Belfast

Mon 19 October

• Ezra Furman – Limelight 2, Belfast

Thurs 22 October

• Glenn Hughes – Limelight 1, Belfast
• Acid Mothers Temple – Voodoo, Belfast
• The Jeremiahs – Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast

Fri 23 October

• Steve Earle and the Dukes, The Mastersons – Limelight 1, Belfast
• Father John Misty, Anna B Savage – Mandela Hall, Belfast
• Robin Rimbaud (Scanner) & Joel Cadbury (south/UNKLE), DJ Stuart Watson – Black Box, Belfast

Sat 24 October

• Beach House – Mandela Hall, Belfast
• Band of Friends – Limelight 2, Belfast
• English Dogs, By Any Means, Acid Age – Voodoo, Belfast
• Marlon Williams – McHugh’s, Belfast

Thurs 29 October

• Lucy Rose – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
• Simone Felice – Strand Arts Centre, Belfast

Fri 30 October

• The Minutes – Sandinos, Derry
• Shizznigh: Deany Darko, The Vibes, Duellists, Mons Olympus – TBWNN, Belfast

Sat 31 October

• Halloween Hoedown with Hayseed Dixie – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
• Mandy Bingham, Katharine Philippa, Alice McCullough – Braid Arts Centre, Ballymena
• The Minutes – Atlantic Bar, Portrush
• Shine’s 20th Birthday – QUBSU, Belfast

Sun 1 November

• Cara Dillon – Lyric Theatre, Belfast

 Wed 4 November

• Ricky Ross – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
• Years & Years – Mandela Hall, Belfast
• Slaves, Baby Strange – Limelight 1, Belfast

Thurs 5 November

• Everything Everything – Mandela Hall, Belfast

Fri 6 November

• Flight Facilities – Mandela Hall, Belfast
• Hot Chip – Limelight 1, Belfast
• Daniel Ellesworth – Sunflower Bar, Belfast

Sat 7 November

• Lonely The Brave – Limelight 2, Belfast
• Sweet, Mud II – Waterfront Hall, Belfast

Sun 8 November

• Brian McFadden – Empire Music Hall, Belfast

Mon 9 November

• Will Young – Waterfront Hall, Belfast

Wed 11 November

• Chic featuring Nile Rodgers – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
• Y & T, Sweet Savage – Limelight 1, Belfast
• Mandolin Orange – Sunflower Bar, Belfast

Thurs 12 November

• Wyvern Lingo – McHugh’s, Belfast
• VerseChorusVerse & David Lyttle, Donal Scullion, Jess Edlin, Junior Johnson & Colm McIntyre – Empire Music Hall, Belfast

Fri 13 November

• Wyvern Lingo – Atlantic Sessions, Portrush

Sat 14 November

• Northern Ireland Music Prize 2015 – Mandela Hall, Belfast
• The Quireboys – Diamond Rock Club, Ahoghill
• Stiff Little Fingers – Ulster Hall, Belfast

Sun 15 November

• Andy McKee – Black Box, Belfast

Wed 18 November

• U2 – SSE Arena, Belfast

Thurs 19 November

• U2 – SSE Arena, Belfast

Fri 20 November

• Joanne Shaw Taylor – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
• Malojian, Robyn G Shiels – Braid Arts Centre, Ballymena
• Ceaseless Blight, Knifedoutofexistence, Unyielding Love, Disconnect, Shrouded – TBWNN, Belfast
• The Grahams – Errigle Inn, Belfast
• Itziarren Semeak, Pocket Billiards, Aggressors BC – Voodoo, Belfast
• Son of the Hound – Atlantic Bar, Portrush

Sat 21 November

• Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats – Limelight 2, Belfast
• Clutch – Limelight 1, Belfast
• The Proclaimers – Mandela Hall, Belfast
• Mercury Rev, Nicole Atkins – Strand Arts Centre, Belfast

Tues 24 November

• The Thin Air Tuesday Throwdown with R51 – Lavery’s, Belfast

Wed 25 November

• Titus Andronicus – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
• Dune Rats – Voodoo, Belfast

Thurs 26 November

• Mary Coughlan – Black Box, Belfast
• Prides, Fatherson – Limelight 2, Belfast
• Rachel Sage – Black Box Belfast

Fri 27 November

• Electric 6 – Limelight 2, Belfast
• Nothing But Thieves – QUBSU, Belfast
• Damien Dempsey, Barry Kerr – Atlantic Bar, Portrush
• Angelic Upstarts, Hooligan, Barney – Voodoo, Belfast
• Delorentos – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
• Chordblossom Exposure #08 – Sintasia, Heroes Before The Fall & Little Neddy Goes To War – TBWNN, Belfast

Sat 28 November

• Peter Hook & The Light – Mandela Hall, Belfast
• Bagatelle – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
• Lo Mejor, Lady J – Diamond Rock Club, Ahoghill
• Malojian, Mandy Bingham – Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart
• Mirador: Two Glass Eyes, Window Seats, Craft Work – TBWNN, Belfast

Tues 1 December

• The Prodigy, Public Enemy – Odyssey Arena, Belfast
• Marina and the Diamonds  – Limelight 1, Belfast
• Lissie, Ryan O’Reilly  – Limelight 2, Belfast

Wed 2 December

• Simply Red, Natalie Imbruglia – Odyssey Arena, Belfast
• Django Django – Nerve Centre, Derry

Thurs 3 December

• Ruth Trimble – Black Box, Belfast
• Gifted: Wookalily, The Mansion, Sons of Guns – Empire Music Hall, Belfast

Fri 4 December

• The Magic Numbers  – Limelight 2, Belfast
• Bap Kennedy & Band – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast
• Emerald Armada EP launch, Loris, A Bad Cavalier, Jealous of the Birds – Limelight 1, Belfast
• Four Fours Showcase – Empire Music Hall, Belfast

Sat 5 December

• Stray From The Path  – QUBSU, Belfast
• Lumiere, The Whileaways – Duncairn Cultural Centre, Belfast
• TUSKS, Venus Sleeps (Joint Album Launch), Small Hawk Orchestral – Voodoo, Belfast
• David Lyttle Presents… – Nerve Centre, Derry
• Malojian, Hannah McPhillimy – No Alibis Bookstore, Belfast

Mon 7 December

• Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Black Star Riders – Odyssey Arena, Belfast
• The Bonnevilles, The Groundlings, The Strange Museum, Buffalos Bay – Empire Music Hall, Belfast

Tues 8 December

• Hollie McNish – Black Box, Belfast

Wed 9 December

• Colm Mac Con Iomaire – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
• Kodaline – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
• The Vaccines – Limelight, Belfast

Thurs 10 December

• Chordblossom Christmas Show in aid of the Children’s Hospice – Redeemer Central, Belfast

Fri 11 December

• La Galaxie, In An Instant – QUBSU, Belfast
• Fear Factory – Limelight, Belfast

Sat 12 December

• Therapy? – Limelight, Belfast
• GiggingNI: EQ1NIX, Deadlights, Viper Wine & Sous Le Monde – The Pavilion, Belfast

Mon 13 December

• Declan O’Rourke – Empire Music Hall, Belfast

Mon 13 December

• Declan O’Rourke – Empire Music Hall, Belfast

Thurs 17 December

• Grainne Duffy – Black Box, Belfast
• Enter Shikari – Limelight, Belfast
• A Northern Light, R51 & Kris Marsden – Whites Tavern, Belfast

Fri 18 December

• Rews, Waldorf and Cannon, Mosa, Black Mono – TBWNN, Belfast

Sat 19 December

• Glen Hansard – Ulster Hall, Belfast
• The Answer – Diamond Rock Club, Ahoghill
• Steffi & Virginia – Mandela Hall, Belfast
• The Late Twos, Buffalos Bay, The Remedy – The Longfellow, Belfast

Sun 20 December

• The Coronas – Ulster Hall, Belfast
• Ash, Otherkin – Empire Music Hall, Belfast

Mon 21 December

• David C Clements – Empire Music Hall, Belfast

Tues 22 December

• Ciaran Lavery with strings – The MAC, Belfast
• Gary Lightbody solo show – Waterfront Hall, Belfast

Wed 23 December

• Ciaran Lavery with strings – The MAC, Belfast

Sat 26 December

• Go Swim (single launch) – TBWNN, Belfast
• Shine – QUBSU, Belfast

Tues 29 December

• Bad Manners – Limelight, Belfast

Thurs 31 December

• NI Soul Troop’s Suited & Booted NYE special – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
• Rhinos – The Pavilion, Belfast
• Robyn G. Shiels, Hornby Ban Jovi, Heliopause & Joe (Documenta) DJ – Sunflower Bar, Belfast

Fri 1 January

• Andy Smith – Atlantic Bar, Portrush

Thurs  7 January

• Gifted: Wolf Like Me, Sullivan & Gold, No Oil Paintings, Palaces – Empire Music Hall, Belfast

Fri 8 January

• Pretty Cartel, Monkee Man, Parapa Palace, The Sun Shadows, DJ Johnny Red – Empire Music Hall, Belfast