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Gig guide: Live music for the week ahead

Little Matador will play an acoustic set for the Stay Human benefit on Thursday at The Empire in Belfast
Little Matador will play an acoustic set for the Stay Human benefit on Thursday at The Empire in Belfast

Today

Geoff Tate – The Empire, Belfast.

Andrew Weatherall, David Holmes – God's Waiting Room, Maple Leaf Club, Belfast.

Parapa Palace, Saint Sapphire, Viper Wine – Festivus, The Pavilion, Belfast.

Christian McNeill – The Nerve Centre, Derry.

Wednesday December 28

Portrush Brawl 10th Anniversary – Line-up announced Dec 25, Atlantic Bar, Portrush.

Duke Special – Bronte Music Club, Rathfriland.

Move D – The Glassworks, Derry.

Thursday December 29

Little Matador, Empty Lungs, Beauty Sleep etc – Stay Human benefit for Refugee Rescue, The Empire, Belfast.

Ryan McMullan – The Black Box, Belfast.

Civil Simian, Third Smoke, Jonny Solari – The Eglantine, Belfast.

Friday December 30

Bry, Tessa Violet – The Mandela Hall, QUBSU, Belfast, 6.30pm, 14+

Ryan McMullan – The Black Box, Belfast.

Saturday December 31

Goldie Fawn, Owen McGarry – The Black Box, Belfast.

NI Soul Troop, Pocket Billiards, Aggressors BC – The Empire, Belfast.

Anto & The Echoes, Mosmo Strange, Golden South – Charlie's Bar, Enniskillen.

Thursday January 5

Death of a Salesman, No Great Loss, Heel of Achilles – The Eglantine, Belfast.

Friday January 6

Steve Davis & Kavus Torabi – The Black Box, Belfast.

Saturday January 7

The Dodge Brothers – The Black Box, Belfast, 2pm & 8pm.

The 4 of Us – Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen.

Sunday January 8

Pauline Scanlon – The Black Box, Belfast, 2pm.

Amiina – Fantomas live soundtrack, The Black Box, Belfast, 8pm.

Tommy Emmanuel – The Ulster Hall, Belfast.

Thursday January 12

Otherkin – Voodoo, Belfast.

Hello Casanova, Sleeping Outside, The Haze – The Eglantine, Belfast.

Friday January 13

Sister Ghost, Paranoids, Wasps etc – Gifted, The Empire, Belfast.

Na Leanai – The Black Box, Belfast, 1pm.

Paul Casey & Band, Ports, Paddy Nash & The Happy

Enchiladas etc – Homegrown 2017, The Millennium Forum, Derry.

Saturday January 14

Ruts DC – The Black Box, Belfast.

James Yorkston, Withered Hand, The Pictish Trail – The Black Box, Belfast.

Glen Hansard – Seamus Heaney Home Place, Bellaghy.

Sunday January 15

Ulaid with Duke Special – The Belfast Suite, The Black Box, Belfast.

Amanda Rheaume – The Black Box, Belfast, 3pm.