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SUMMARY:Live Music at M.J. Wright - Declan Kennedy!
DESCRIPTION:Bringing the best of Dublin’s live music to your new local in the beating heart of Dublin City Centre! \n\n\n\n\nWEEKLY LIVE MUSIC \nYou can find the best of Dublin’s live music daily at M.J. Wright – your new local in the beating heart of Dublin City Centre. \nJoin us every Tuesday night from 8pm for live music with Declan Kennedy! \nFree entry!
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/live-music-at-m-j-wright-declan-kennedy/
LOCATION:M.J. Wright\, 17 South Great George's Street\, Dublin 2\, Leinster\, D02 HD76\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Jazz,Music,Rock & Indie,Trad & Folk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260603
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270101
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SUMMARY:Live Music at M.J. Wright - Keith Grogan!
DESCRIPTION:Bringing the best of Dublin’s live music to your new local in the beating heart of Dublin City Centre!
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/live-music-at-m-j-wright-keith-grogan/
LOCATION:M.J. Wright\, 17 South Great George's Street\, Dublin 2\, Leinster\, D02 HD76\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Music,Pop,Trad & Folk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260604
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270101
DTSTAMP:20260727T113410Z
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SUMMARY:Live Music at M.J. Wright - Jimmy Coup & Brian Grace!
DESCRIPTION:Bringing the best of Dublin’s live music to your new local in the beating heart of Dublin City Centre! \n\n\n\n\nWEEKLY LIVE MUSIC \nYou can find the best of Dublin’s live music daily at M.J. Wright – your new local in the beating heart of Dublin City Centre. \nJoin us every Thursday night from 8pm for live music with Jimmy Coup & Brian Grace! \nFree entry!
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/live-music-at-m-j-wright-jimmy-coup-brian-grace/
LOCATION:M.J. Wright\, 17 South Great George's Street\, Dublin 2\, Leinster\, D02 HD76\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Metal,Music,Rock & Indie
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260605
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270101
DTSTAMP:20260727T113214Z
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SUMMARY:Live Music at M.J. Wright - Colm Lynch!
DESCRIPTION:Bringing the best of Dublin’s live music to your new local in the beating heart of Dublin City Centre! \n\n\n\n\nWEEKLY LIVE MUSIC \nYou can find the best of Dublin’s live music daily at M.J. Wright – your new local in the beating heart of Dublin City Centre. \nJoin us every Friday night from 9pm for live music with Colm Lynch! \nFree entry!
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/live-music-at-m-j-wright-colm-lynch/
LOCATION:M.J. Wright\, 17 South Great George's Street\, Dublin 2\, Leinster\, D02 HD76\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Celtic,Music,Pop,Rock & Indie,Trad & Folk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260608
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270101
DTSTAMP:20260727T113342Z
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SUMMARY:Live Music at M.J. Wright - Donal Kirk & Anto Drennan!
DESCRIPTION:Bringing the best of Dublin’s live music to your new local in the beating heart of Dublin City Centre! \n\n\n\n\nWEEKLY LIVE MUSIC \nYou can find the best of Dublin’s live music daily at M.J. Wright – your new local in the beating heart of Dublin City Centre. \nJoin us every Monday night from 8pm for live music with Donal Kirk & Anto Drennan! \nFree entry!
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/live-music-at-m-j-wright-donal-kirk-anto-drennan/
LOCATION:M.J. Wright\, 17 South Great George's Street\, Dublin 2\, Leinster\, D02 HD76\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Funk,Music,R&B,Rock & Indie
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260701
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261202
DTSTAMP:20260625T084434Z
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SUMMARY:Common Ground @ EPIC
DESCRIPTION:Common Ground: Ireland and the EU is a new multimedia exhibition exploring how Ireland’s membership of the European Union has shaped the country socially\, culturally and economically over the past few decades. The exhibition also looks at the impact Ireland has had across Europe\, telling stories of migration\, opportunity\, equality\, education and cultural exchange through immersive displays and personal stories. \n  \n\n\nIreland joined the European Economic Community (EEC) – as the EU was then known – on January 1\, 1973\, after a referendum endorsed by 83% of voters. It was then among the poorest and most underdeveloped countries in western Europe\, with a population just over half of its current size. \nIreland’s accession proved to be the most consequential economic milestone in the half century since Irish independence\, but it also set in motion far-reaching social and cultural change. EU legislation has driven improvements in workers’ rights\, for example\, and set binding targets for climate action. Irish people have studied and built new lives across Europe\, while many Europeans have since made their homes here in Ireland. \nAs Ireland assumes the EU presidency in 2026\, this new multimedia exhibition explores how a small island nation has extended its influence across Europe\, and how Europe\, in turn\, has profoundly shaped modern Ireland. \nFeatured Stories:\nEqual Pay \nStudying Abroad \nAn Ghaeilge \nEntry to this exhibition is included in general admission tickets.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/common-ground-epic/
LOCATION:EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum\, 1 Custom House Quay Dublin\, Dublin
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Culture,Exhibition,History
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261127
DTSTAMP:20260720T082018Z
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SUMMARY:Late Evening Discovery Tours at the Museum
DESCRIPTION:Explore the exhibitions of glittering gold and silver artefacts\, and the archaeological mysteries of Ireland’s national archaeological collection.Tours will discuss the stories of discovery of some of Ireland’s most famous objects\, such as the Coggalbeg Lunula\, Broighter Hoard and the ‘Tara’ Brooch and some of the less well-known gems\, such as the mysterious Corleck Head. \nTours are at 17:00 and 18:30 and 45 minutes duration. No booking is required and are on a free and first come\, first served basis. Meet in the Reception\, on the ground floor. Wheelchair accessible. Children must be fully supervised by a parent or adult who is in loco parentis. \nIf you prefer to explore by yourself\, this an opportunity to discover the exhibitions at a more relaxed quieter time and enjoy what the museum has to offer.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/late-evening-discovery-tours-at-the-museum/
LOCATION:National Museum of Ireland- Archaeology
CATEGORIES:Art,Arts & Culture,Culture,Dublin By Dusk,Experience,History
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261212
DTSTAMP:20260715T102953Z
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SUMMARY:Dublin by Dusk at the National Museum of Ireland
DESCRIPTION:Join The Museum of Ireland for late opening until 20:00 on the last Thursday of every month* at the National Museum of Ireland\, Collins Barracks and Kildare Street. \nEnjoy a special evening experience with something for everyone-whether you’re passionate about history\, art\, or simply looking for a unique night out in the city. \nExplore the museum after hours and discover fascinating exhibitions in a relaxed and atmospheric setting. \n*Due to the “Wider then Pictures” concert Series there will be no “Dublin by Dusk” Late Opening at Collins Barracks in August.  \n  \nLate Evening Tours at Collins Barracks:\nThursday 30 July 2026 | 17:30 – 18:15 | 19:00 – 19:45 | All Ages | No Booking required\nNational Museum of Ireland\, Collins Barracks\, Dublin 7 \nExperience a bespoke Slow-Looking tour at the National Museum of Ireland\, Collins Barracks curated by Sheila Robinson\, National Museum of Ireland Tour Guide. \nJoin us for a reflective and slow-looking tour of the National Museum of Ireland\, Collins Barracks\, where one of our expert guides\, Sheila Robinson\, shares her personal favourite stories and objects from the collection. Exploring how artefacts can spark memory\, emotion\, and connection\, we invite you to experience history through storytelling that speaks to the heart as well as the mind. \n  \nLate Evening Tours at Kildare Street:\nThursday 30 July 2026 | 17:00 – 17:45 | 18:30 – 19:15 | All Ages | No Booking required\nNational Museum of Ireland\, Kildare Street\, Dublin 2 \nExplore the exhibitions of glittering gold and silver artefacts\, and the archaeological mysteries of Ireland’s national archaeological collection. Tours will discuss the stories of discovery of some of Ireland’s most famous objects\, such as the Coggalbeg Lunula\, Broighter Hoard and the ‘Tara’ Brooch and some of the less well-known gems\, such as the mysterious Corleck Head. \n  \nCrafted Encounters – Embroidery Workshop – How to Make a Celtic Bat:\nThursday 29 October 2026 | 18:00 – 19:30 | Booking Required | €‎30\nNational Museum of Ireland\, Collins Barracks\, Benburb St\, Dublin 7\nJoin textile artist BeAlice for a hands-on embroidery workshop and create your own Celtic bat design while learning traditional and contemporary stitching techniques. Inspired by the ancient Irish festival of Samhain\, this beginner-friendly workshop is a fun way to celebrate the Halloween season. All materials are provided\, and you’ll leave with the skills and confidence to continue and complete your project at home. \nBook Your Tickets Here! \n  \nCrafted Encounters – Traditional Korean Cloth Gift Wrapping Workshop:\nThursday 26 November 2026 | 18:00 | Booking Required | €‎45\nNational Museum of Ireland\, Collins Barracks\, Benburb St\, Dublin 7\nDiscover bojagi\, a traditional Korean wrapping cloth reimagined for modern\, sustainable living as part of the Dublin by Dusk initiative. Rooted in centuries of cultural practice\, bojagi was historically used to wrap and protect objects\, symbolising care and good fortune. Today\, it offers a reusable and environmentally conscious alternative to disposable packaging. This hands-on workshop introduces both the cultural heritage and contemporary applications of bojagi\, guiding participants through a series of practical wrapping techniques using a variety of textiles. You will learn how to adapt these methods for everyday use—from gift presentation to functional carrying. \nBook Your Tickets Here!
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/dublin-by-dusk-at-the-national-museum-of-ireland-2/
LOCATION:National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts & History\, Collins Barracks \, Benburb St\, Dublin 7\, D07 XKV4
CATEGORIES:Art,Arts & Culture,Culture,Dublin By Dusk,Experience,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270326
DTSTAMP:20260720T081529Z
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SUMMARY:Visit the Reading Room | Dublin By Dusk
DESCRIPTION:Explore one of Ireland’s great literary spaces\, usually reserved for researchers with an NLI Reader’s Ticket. \nVisit the Reading Room at the National Library of Ireland on Kildare Street\, open from 5:00pm to 8:30pm (last admission at 8:15pm)\, and experience the historic building after hours. \nThe Reading Room will remain open until 8:30pm on the last Thursday of each month. \nThe award winning exhibition Yeats: The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats will remain open until 8.30pm on every Thursday of Dublin By Dusk. \nAs part of the programme the Live Aid Exhibition in the National Photographic Archive will also stay open late. See more details here.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/visit-the-reading-dublin-by-dusk/
LOCATION:National Library of Ireland\, 7-8\, 7-8 Kildare St\, Dublin 2\,
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Culture,Dublin By Dusk,Experience,History,Literature
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261127
DTSTAMP:20260715T113402Z
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SUMMARY:EPIC Late Museum Opening | Dublin By Dusk
DESCRIPTION:Experience one of the best evening attractions in Dublin’s Docklands. During Dublin By Dusk\, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum offers visitors the chance to explore Irish history after hours\, making it an ideal option for date nights\, after-work activities\, cultural evenings and summer experiences in Dublin city centre. \nThis new city-wide initiative that see many cultural attractions around Dublin City Centre stay open late on the last Thursday of each month. \nAs the sun begins to set over the River Liffey and the Docklands takes on its golden evening glow\, discover the stories of the Irish diaspora in one of Dublin’s most atmospheric cultural spaces\, the EPIC Museum. \nWhether you’re meeting friends after work\, planning a date night\, or simply looking for something different to do on a bright summer evening\, EPIC will be open until 9pm (last entry at 7:45pm) on last Thursday of every month\, between now and November. Better still\, tickets are just €10 for all visitors. \nLocated in Dublin’s historic Docklands\, EPIC is within walking distance of the Jeanie Johnston Famine Ship\, Custom House\, River Liffey waterfront and Samuel Beckett Bridge.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/epic-late-museum-opening-dublin-by-dusk/
LOCATION:EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum\, 1 Custom House Quay Dublin\, Dublin
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Culture,Dublin By Dusk,Experience,History
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261127
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SUMMARY:Late Opening Tours @ Dublinia | Dublin By Dusk
DESCRIPTION:We will be open from 5pm to 9pm\, inviting visitors to step back in time and experience life in Viking and Medieval Dublin. Explore the museum after hours with engaging guided tours and Living Historians who bring the city’s fascinating past vividly to life. \nGet your tickets at the door\, or buy them online for a discount here Dublin By Dusk Tickets \nWhiskey and Living History\nFor those looking for something extra special\, join our exclusive ticketed Whiskey and Living History Night — a memorable evening of medieval discovery featuring an immersive Living History tour\, followed by a guided whiskey tasting in a breathtaking 150-year-old medieval building\, celebrating Ireland’s renowned distilling heritage.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/62209/
LOCATION:Dublinia\, St Michaels Hill Christ Church\, Merchants Quay\, Dublin 8
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Dublin By Dusk,Experience,History,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260730T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261120T000000
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SUMMARY:6 Tracks\, a Series of Conversations\, Music and Performance at Hen’s Teeth
DESCRIPTION:Night-Time Economy Grassroots Music Venues Support Scheme\nHen’s Teeth is delighted to announce the return of 6 Tracks – their much-loved conversation and performance series – in their Blackpitts venue for a new show event season running monthly from July through November 2026. \nEach evening\, a musician sits down with hosts Laura Twagirayezu (aka Big Cheeks) or Sally Cinnamon to talk through six tracks – the songs that have shaped their sound\, their life\, the way they hear the world and how it impacted their craft\, followed by a live performance into the evening. Think Tiny Desk meets Desert Island Discs. \nThe series will begin with the incredible Sorcha Richardson on Thursday\, 30th July. 6 Tracks will then continue monthly with a line up of Ireland’s most talented and inspiring artists\, including Efé\, Brigid Mae Power\, Saoirse Miller and a very special guest to close out the series to be announced. \n6 Tracks at Hen’s Teeth is kindly supported by the Department of Culture’s Night-Time Economy Grassroots Music Venues Support Scheme. \n\n  \nEvent details\nDoors from 6:30pm till late \nWhen? Monthly from July – November\, full line up and dates below \nTickets: €15 per night including booking fees from Eventbrite. \nWhere: Hen’s Teeth\, Blackpitts\, Dublin 8\, D08A9FD \n\nAbout the Acts\nSorcha Richardson (30th July)\nSorcha Richardson is an Irish singer and songwriter. She rose to critical acclaim from her debut album First Prize Bravery\, which was an evocative depiction of young adulthood\, a time during which she ventured from home in Dublin to New York\, Los Angeles and back again. Her follow up album Smiling Like an Idiot cemented her status as one of Ireland’s most revered songwriters and saw her tour North America\, Europe and Australia\, both as a headliner and as a special guest for artists such as Snow Patrol\, Mitski and Dermot Kennedy. \nShe returns this September 2026 with her third album\, Draw The Outline. Made after relocating to West Kerry\, it’s her most intimate and reflective record to date – trading synth-led textures for acoustic guitar\, woodwinds\, saxophone\, Hammond organ and piano\, and turning her gaze inward. \nBrigid Mae Power (27th August)\n \nBrigid Mae Power’s music never quite settles on solid ground. The Irish singer-songwriter sits between past and present\, between traditional and modern forms\, between the heaven in her voice and the earthbound epiphanies of her words. There’s something distinctively Irish in her sound\, delivered with a freshness and emotional rawness that feels entirely her own. \nShe’s released three albums to date\, including her acclaimed 2022 record Head Above the Water\, which was Rough Trade’s Album of the Month and earned praise from Pitchfork\, Mojo\, Uncut\, The Guardian and The Irish Times. Her albums blend traditional folk and country into something that feels both personal and wide-reaching. \nHer most recent record\, Songs for You\, is a heartfelt collection of covers dedicated to her father\, reworking songs by Roy Orbison\, Tom Verlaine\, Neil Young and Cass McCombs into something minimal\, intimate and entirely her own. \nEfé (24th September)\n \nEFÉ is an Irish artist hailing from Dublin. EFÉ released her debut EP What Should We Do This Summer in October 2020 which was recorded in her bedroom with the help of her friends. Her music is a sunny slice of bedroom pop\, evoking images of blue skies on a summer’s day using shimmering synth pads and funky\, modulated guitar tones. EFÉ sets herself apart from other artists with the unique and playful groove that provides the grounding for her DIY style\, and definitely marks her as one to watch from the emerging Irish scene. Her music is effortlessly nostalgic\, pulling on indie-tinged memories of the late 1990s and early 2000s. \nAfter signing to US label Fader; home to artists such as Clairo – she leaned further into her rock influences for her most recent single releases in 2024\, Truth Truth\, 2000Seven and you say that I’m crazy\, lo-fi indie tracks that make space for guitars to soar. As she puts it\, “In earlier projects I was scared to go full force with the rock sound\, but this year I thought\, let me just do it.” \nSaoirse Miller (29th October)\n \nSaoirse Miller is a Dublin-based singer-songwriter and producer whose music is rooted in Irish folklore and mythology and a lifelong fascination with the otherworldly. Her sound – spanning experimental folk\, ambient textures and ethereal vocal production – is less about genre and more about world-building\, creating somewhere else entirely to disappear into. \nInfluenced by Florence and the Machine\, Grouper\, Lisa O’Neill and the poetry of W.B. Yeats\, Saoirse writes songs that transform personal feeling into something mythic. Her connection to place runs deep – her grandparents are from Mizen Head in West Cork\, and it’s a landscape she returns to again and again\, in her music as much as in life. \nHer debut EP\, Birds\, was written and produced entirely by Saoirse herself\, with each track designed to blend and interlude into the next as one continuous body of work. Mixed and mastered to tape by Karl Barnes\, Birds channels Irish traditional music and folklore through an electroacoustic lens\, resulting in a sound that feels both faded and familiar. \nAbout Laura Twagirayezu\nRwandan-born and Dublin-based\, Laura is a curator\, DJ and cultural connector whose work consistently brings depth and warmth to questions of music\, identity and community. Whether she’s hosting her own Lobby Lectures series\, curating listening events through her gallery UMUTI:MA\, or moving between Afrobeats\, Amapiano\, Soul and R&B in the DJ booth – she understands music as a lens. 6 Tracks is a natural home for that kind of conversation. \nAbout Sally Cinnamon\nSally Cinnamon is one of Dublin’s most well known DJs\, a fixture of Dublin’s nightlife since 2001. Her sets are genre-spanning by design\, moving fluidly between afrobeat\, techno and dubstep\, with a strong undercurrent of retro and psychedelic sound that gives her selections a relatability for all. She has also turned her hand to presenting\, hosting the Hennessy Sound Lounge\, where she interviewed Irish artists including David Kitt\, Pillow Queens\, Vivienne Dick and BP Fallon about the records that shaped their work. \nAbout Hen’s Teeth\nHen’s Teeth creates contemporary cultural experiences from Blackpitts in Dublin 8. The crew has got a love for art\, music\, food and culture and the space where they all come together – whether that’s through their own gallery & event space or for some of the interesting folks and brands that they collaborate with across the world. Previous music events include Hennessy Sound Lounge\, Move Slow & 6 Tracks. \n\nTickets & more information available at www.hensteethdublin.com
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/6-tracks-a-series-of-conversations-music-and-performance-at-hens-teeth-2/
LOCATION:Hens Teeth
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260923
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261108
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SUMMARY:ANIMALS
DESCRIPTION:“The law\, Noel. Without it\, all of us are animals in the jungle. Killing and eating and riding whatever we think we can get away with.” \n\n\nPrepare to suspend your disbelief. Then let it dissolve completely. \nUnstable realities resemble our wildest imagination in this absurdist spectacle – writ large and set loose on the national stage. \nANIMALS is a riotous and kaleidoscopic world premiere commissioned by the Abbey Theatre and based on the critically acclaimed short fiction of award-winning contemporary Irish writer Blindboyboatclub (The Gospel According to Blindboy\, Boulevard Wren\, Topographia Hibernica)\, adapted by Dan Colley (Lost Lear\, A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings). \nHidden mythologies emerge as we follow Erskine Fogarty and his fridge-freezer on the long road to Limerick\, the vengeful Pamela Furlong become a dogman\, a poitín maker haunted by a cormorant\, and a dangerous liaison between two titans of Irish history. \nThe bizarreness of life is unmasked in this roaring and roaming new work that wonders aloud if the rowdy kids down the back of class might have been onto something all along. \n  \n\nCredits:\n\nFrom the short stories of: Blindboyboatclub\nAdapted and Directed by: Dan Colley\nSet Design: Owen Boss\nCostume Design: Saileóg O’Halloran\nLighting Design: Suzie Cummins\nComposition and Sound Design: Alma Kelliher\nVideo Design: José Miguel Jimenez\nSpecial Effects Design: Richard Babington\nMovement Director: Jessie Thompson\nAccess Design: Dee Roycroft\nDramaturg: Ruth McGowan\nVoice Director: Andrea Ainsworth\nAssistant Director: Ursula McGinn\nAssistant Costume Design: LaurA Fajardo Castro\nCasting: Barry Coyle and Dawn Mac Allister\nPublicity Artwork: Sarah Moloney
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/animals/
LOCATION:Abbey Theatre\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Drama,Film & Theatre,Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTSTAMP:20260520T095218Z
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SUMMARY:MEREDITH by Erica Murray
DESCRIPTION:Set against the backdrop of a single Sunday afternoon in County Meath\, Meredith is a darkly comedic drama that peels back the layers of a family held together by secrets\, shared history\, and a stubborn refusal to age gracefully. Meredith is written by Erica Murray and directed by Annabelle Comyn as part of Dublin Theatre Festival.   \nMeredith’s daughter\, Noelle\, attempts to manage her mother’s recovery with rigid rules and downstairs beds\, Meredith is busy exploring the world of online dating\, lending money to mysterious men and striking up a flirtatious “friendship” with her eccentric new neighbour\, Terry.  \nThe arrival of Meredith’s grandson Lorcan\, who is under a self-imposed “house arrest” after his own run-in with trouble sets off chain reaction of revelations. As the sun sets\, the family must confront a series of crises\, from cyber-scams and drug debts to long-buried grievances about a mother who once walked away. \n“Why must the words vulnerable and old always go together?” \nOpening on 30 September\, with previews from 25 September. It runs till 1 November.  \n  \n  \nABOUT THE WRITER:\nERICA MURRAY \nErica is from County Limerick\, Ireland. She holds a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College Dublin and an MFA in Playwriting from The Lir Academy. While in college\, she wrote her first play called Bunk which won the Irish Student Drama Award for Best New Writing. She is a previous member of the Soho Theatre Young Writers Group\, Lyric New Playwright’s Programme and the Six in the Attic programme at Irish Theatre Institute. \nIn 2018\, her play; The Cat’s Mother\, toured to London\, Edinburgh and Dublin Fringe where it won the Fishamble Award for Best New Writing and was subsequently nominated for the Stewart Parker Trust Award. \nIn 2019\, she was the Channel 4 Writer-in-Residence at The Lyric Theatre in Belfast where her second play All Mod Cons premiered. The new play she wrote while on this residency won the Sonia Friedman Award. \nHer play The Loved Ones premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival 2023 in a co-production between Rough Magic and The Gate Theatre to critical acclaim. It was remounted in 2025 and went on an Irish national tour. \nIn 2024\, she wrote a play for young audiences for The Abbey Theatre called In Real Life which has been performed across many primary and secondary schools around Ireland. It is currently touring again this May.\nThe Loved Ones has been recently produced in Buffalo at the Irish Classical Theatre Company and is currently about to be produced at the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York. \nErica currently has a residency at the National Theatre Studio in London.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/meredith-by-erica-murray/
LOCATION:Gate Theatre
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Drama,Film & Theatre,Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261002
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261115
DTSTAMP:20260629T103241Z
CREATED:20260629T103241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260629T103241Z
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SUMMARY:Visions
DESCRIPTION:“You are neither your former nor your future self\, she thinks\, you’re that little sliver of overlap.” \n\n\nA historic ballroom in the city centre. A sparkling relic of the past threatens the launch of a modern start-up. Relationships fray\, values are tested\, and secrets spill out. \nWith the world outside inching closer to the edge\, five people must imagine what comes next. \nCan you see it too? \nLyrical\, bold and timely\, visions is a sweeping world premiere play written by Eoghan Quinn (colic\, The Jesus Trilogy\, Bears in Space) and directed by Claire O’Reilly (Hothouse\, Emma\, BÁN). \n\n\nCredits:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCast includes: Derbhle Crotty\n\n\nWritten by: Eoghan Quinn\nDirected by: Claire O’Reilly\nSet and Costume Design: Katie Davenport\nLighting Design: John Gunning\nComposition and Sound Design: Anna Clock\nMovement Director: Simone O’Toole\nDramaturg: Ruth McGowan\nHair and Make Up: Tee Elliott\nCasting: Barry Coyle and Dawn Mac Allister\nVoice Director: Andrea Ainsworth\nAssistant Director: Julia Sirna-Frest\nPublicity Image: Patricio Cassinoni
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/visions/
LOCATION:Abbey Theatre\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Drama,Film & Theatre,Theatre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261023
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261116
DTSTAMP:20260326T093720Z
CREATED:20260326T093720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T093720Z
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SUMMARY:Deirdre O’Kane - All The Rage
DESCRIPTION:Storied Management presents one of Ireland’s favourite comedians\, Deirdre O’Kane\, back on tour with All The Rage\, her brand-new\, sharp and fiercely funny show\, touring Ireland and the UK from autumn 2026. \nDeirdre O’Kane brings All The Rage to 3Olympia Theatre Dublin on Friday 23rd October\, Saturday 24th October\, and Sunday 15th November 2026. \n  \n\n\nIn a world that feels slightly off its axis\, O’Kane takes on the everyday and the epic in equal measure. From domestic mishaps to larger historical wrongs\, from heartbreak to the annual chaos of getting Christmas wrong\, nothing escapes her attention. With her trademark wit and sharp eye\, she turns irritation\, absurdity and outrage into beautifully observed stand-up. \nExpect a fast\, fearless show from one of the best in the business – honest\, mischievous and very\, very funny. \nNever one to stray too far from her stand-up roots\, alongside all of Ireland’s major festivals\, Deirdre has performed at renowned international festivals in Edinburgh\, Montreal\, and Melbourne\, where her shows have received rave reviews. \nDeirdre is also a regular on prime-time television\, having appeared on The Deirdre O’Kane Show (Sky)\, Last One Laughing Ireland (Amazon)\, Gogglebox Ireland (Virgin)\, Richard Osman’s House Of Games (BBC)\, QI (BBC) and Moone Boy (Sky). \nDon’t miss your chance to experience All The Rage – a whirlwind of hilarity and sheer entertainment that will have comedy audiences of all ages in stitches from start to finish. \n“Unique star quality.” – The Guardian \n“This positive\, slick\, sparkling show is a tonic.” – Irish Independent \n“Applause follows her all the way down the street.” – The Scotsman \n“Won the audience over from the moment she opened her mouth” – Metro \n“It’s a pleasure and a privilege to witness O’Kane” – The Reviews Hub
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/deirdre-okane-all-the-rage/
LOCATION:3Olympia Theatre
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Film & Theatre,Theatre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261029
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTSTAMP:20260119T094144Z
CREATED:20251208T142704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T094144Z
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SUMMARY:James Joyce Centre Walking Tours
DESCRIPTION:Guides from the James Joyce Centre take you through Dublin\, exploring the history of the city and the various locations described by Ireland’s greatest writer\, James Joyce.\n\nThough Joyce lived most of his life outside of Ireland\, Dublin would provide the backdrop for virtually all of his work. On a stroll around the inner city\, our guide will explain the real-life inspiration behind some of Joyce’s most celebrated writing\, demonstrating just how central the streetscape of the ‘Hibernian metropolis’ was to the author’s life and art. The tour visits such stops as Belvedere College\, the Gresham Hotel\, the James Joyce Statue\, Davy Byrnes\, and the National Library.\n\nThis is an excellent and fun introduction to Joyce in a bustling part of the city.\n\nThe James Joyce Centre offers two tours: Introducing Joyce’s Dublin and Footsteps of Leopold Bloom.\n\nEvery Thursday\, Friday & Saturday at 11 am. Duration 2 hours.\n\nAdmission to the James Joyce Centre is included. \nThe James Joyce Centre is supported by the Department of Culture\, Communications and Sport.
URL:https://dublintown.wpenginepowered.com/event/james-joyce-centre-walking-tours/2026-10-29/
LOCATION:The James Joyce Centre
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTSTAMP:20260119T094144Z
CREATED:20251208T142704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T094144Z
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SUMMARY:James Joyce Centre Walking Tours
DESCRIPTION:Guides from the James Joyce Centre take you through Dublin\, exploring the history of the city and the various locations described by Ireland’s greatest writer\, James Joyce.\n\nThough Joyce lived most of his life outside of Ireland\, Dublin would provide the backdrop for virtually all of his work. On a stroll around the inner city\, our guide will explain the real-life inspiration behind some of Joyce’s most celebrated writing\, demonstrating just how central the streetscape of the ‘Hibernian metropolis’ was to the author’s life and art. The tour visits such stops as Belvedere College\, the Gresham Hotel\, the James Joyce Statue\, Davy Byrnes\, and the National Library.\n\nThis is an excellent and fun introduction to Joyce in a bustling part of the city.\n\nThe James Joyce Centre offers two tours: Introducing Joyce’s Dublin and Footsteps of Leopold Bloom.\n\nEvery Thursday\, Friday & Saturday at 11 am. Duration 2 hours.\n\nAdmission to the James Joyce Centre is included. \nThe James Joyce Centre is supported by the Department of Culture\, Communications and Sport.
URL:https://dublintown.wpenginepowered.com/event/james-joyce-centre-walking-tours/2026-10-30/
LOCATION:The James Joyce Centre
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261103
DTSTAMP:20260119T094144Z
CREATED:20251208T142704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T094144Z
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SUMMARY:James Joyce Centre Walking Tours
DESCRIPTION:Guides from the James Joyce Centre take you through Dublin\, exploring the history of the city and the various locations described by Ireland’s greatest writer\, James Joyce.\n\nThough Joyce lived most of his life outside of Ireland\, Dublin would provide the backdrop for virtually all of his work. On a stroll around the inner city\, our guide will explain the real-life inspiration behind some of Joyce’s most celebrated writing\, demonstrating just how central the streetscape of the ‘Hibernian metropolis’ was to the author’s life and art. The tour visits such stops as Belvedere College\, the Gresham Hotel\, the James Joyce Statue\, Davy Byrnes\, and the National Library.\n\nThis is an excellent and fun introduction to Joyce in a bustling part of the city.\n\nThe James Joyce Centre offers two tours: Introducing Joyce’s Dublin and Footsteps of Leopold Bloom.\n\nEvery Thursday\, Friday & Saturday at 11 am. Duration 2 hours.\n\nAdmission to the James Joyce Centre is included. \nThe James Joyce Centre is supported by the Department of Culture\, Communications and Sport.
URL:https://dublintown.wpenginepowered.com/event/james-joyce-centre-walking-tours/2026-10-31/
LOCATION:The James Joyce Centre
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261031T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261031T220000
DTSTAMP:20260324T130046Z
CREATED:20260324T130046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T130046Z
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SUMMARY:Transvision Vamp
DESCRIPTION:Transvision Vamp were formed in West London by Wendy James and Nick Christian Sayer\, along with Dave Parsons and Tex Axile. They were signed to MCA Records by A&R legend Dave Ambrose and released their breakthrough debut album ‘Pop Art’ in 1988\, featuring hit singles such as ‘I Want Your Love’\, ‘Tell That Girl To Shut Up’ and ‘Revolution Baby’. \nSecond album ‘Velveteen’\, which included the smash hit ‘Baby I Don’t Care’\, was released the following year and reached number 1 in the UK Charts and 10 other countries around the world. Their third and final album\, ‘Little Magnets Versus The Bubble Of Babble’\, was released in 1991 and was their biggest USA release\, securing No.1 spots in all the indie and college charts. Ironically\, the album was not made available domestically in the UK until years later. \nThe band did two world tours that year\, and Kurt Cobain famously attended many of the US shows\, wearing TTV t-shirts and declaring himself a fan. Wendy cited this album as her favourite\, specifically highlighting the song ‘If Looks Could Kill’. In 1992\, Transvision Vamp called time-out in San Francisco. \nDuring the span of Transvision Vamp\, Wendy was made a cover star of many magazines worldwide\, was photographed by everyone from David Bailey for Tatler Magazine\, Jurgen Teller for The Face Magazine and i-D Magazine. She became known for her forthright TV appearances and became an international household name.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/transvision-vamp/
LOCATION:The Academy\, 57 Middle Abbey Street\, Dublin
CATEGORIES:Music,Pop,Rock & Indie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261031T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261031T223000
DTSTAMP:20260303T121437Z
CREATED:20260108T093730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T121437Z
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SUMMARY:Kerbdog
DESCRIPTION:Hailing from Kilkenny\, the legendary band Kerbdog\, which include – Cormac Battle (guitar/vocals)\, Colin Fennelly (bass)\, Billy Dalton (guitar) and Darragh Butler (drums)\, are excited to bring news to their loyal fans.\nTo celebrate 30 years of On The Turn\, they will play the album in it’s entirety\, for one night only\, at the iconic 3Olympia Theatre\, Dublin on Saturday 31st October 2026.\nTickets priced from €32.50 including booking fee & €1.50 restoration levy on sale now with Ticketmaster Ireland \n“For reasons that allude me\, 2025 has been a very busy year for Kerbdog on the live front (Forest Fest\, touring with Kaiser Chiefs and Reef to name a few)\, so it’s time to take a break from it all…… However\, with our album “On The Turn” heading towards 30 years in existence (We’re in mega denial about this fact) we’ve decided to do a live rendition of the entire record\, but just a once only in Ireland\, on Saturday 31st Oct 2026 at Dublin’s beautiful 3Olympia Theatre. \nWe’ll be playing tracks that were rarely if ever played live\, so there’s proper homework to be done!!!!. Naturally\, we’ll be doing the other “hits” too and other surprises you’ll hear about in due course. We hope that you can come and join us for this occasion from wherever you may dwell\, it’ll be a very special night in very special place. Cormac x” \nAbout Kerbdog\nKerbdog rapidly rose to fame in the mid-90s with and were set to rock the world with their eardrum battering melodies which were a clash of indie and metal. Battle’s songwriting nous married with simple\, dropped D riffs with a pop sensibility had A&R managers from around the world seeking to sign the band. They relocated to London and signed with Mercury Records and the four decamped in the legendary Rockfield Studios in Wales to record their debut album with Jack Endino\, the producer responsible for Nirvana’s debut Bleach.  \n“We were fans of that album\, but we enlisted him after we’d heard what he’d done on Push\, an album by a little-known Seattle band called Gruntruck\,” says Battle. “We went to the studio where Queen did Bohemian Rhapsody and worked very hard on the album and put in the hours. Brazilian metal titans Sepultura were recording there at the same time and we could hear their album Chaos AD coming together. I think some of what they were doing seeped into what we were doing. It made the record heavier and chunkier than we intended\, but we were happy with the results.” \nTheir 1993 eponymous debut was impressive enough and spawned four singles\, hitting a sweet spot in a Venn diagram marked metal and grunge. Their follow-up\, On The Turn\, saw the band truly find their feet\, and they spent the full summer of 1995 in Los Angeles in the legendary Sound City Studios and A&M Studios working hard to craft their next set of hit singles with producer Garth Richardson (Rage Against The Machine). \nUnfortunately\, Kerbdog were unlucky with timing and after an unbelievable summer in LA and a potential hit record waiting to be released\, their return to Ireland saw fate conspire against them. Their album was delayed and when it was released in 1997\, mainstream music press’ attention had moved on from alternative rock to Britpop. Their momentum was lost and effectively changed the trajectory of the band which struggled to fill venues and resulted in the then trio parting ways. “To cut a very long story short\, On The Turn was the right album at the wrong time\,” says Battle.  \nKerbdog’s loyal fans however have kept the faith over the decades and fans of alternative rock who had bought their albums\, raved about their music with an evangelistic vigour. The band became a cult concern years after the fact\, thanks largely to On The Turn. Although the band split in 1998\, they reunited in the mid-2000s for several live shows which resulted in the 2014 live album Congregation…and their story continues…….
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/kerbdog/
LOCATION:3Olympia Theatre
CATEGORIES:Alternative,Metal,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261031T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261031T223000
DTSTAMP:20260630T100514Z
CREATED:20260615T110615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260630T100514Z
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SUMMARY:The Sentimental Tourists
DESCRIPTION:The Sentimental Tourists release their debut album ‘Without Love We Expire’ on the 29th May through Bandcamp. The album will be released digitally and as a limited edition digipak CD. \nA collaboration between Dave Long (Into Paradise) and Paul Page (Whipping Boy)\, The Sentimental Tourists released three EPs through Bandcamp in 2025 – the new album features tracks from those EPs\, along with five unreleased songs. The album includes a cover version of ‘The Same Way You Came In’\, a song popularised by iconic Irish country singer Big Tom. \nThe Tourists are joined on bass by Michael Murphy\, who previously played with the Chapters and Barry McCormack. Joanne Loughman (ex -Swinging Swine and the Glee Club)\, adds her considerable vocal talents to ‘Forever’ and two of the bonus tracks. Recorded on an 8-track digital recorder\, the band have embraced the DIY\, low-fi ethos\, writing and recording the album between June – December 2025. Jimmy Eadie (ex-Into Paradise guitarist) produced\, mixed and mastered the album. \nREVIEWS: \n‘The EP is a shimmering beauty that has broken my heart in several places..’ Alan Corr\, RTE Entertainment \n‘The titular track ‘Living in Smoke Dreams‘ is a poetic contemplative indie gem\, rippling with atmospheric riffs. The vocal harmonies float above the lush swirling soundscapes. Like Spiritualized\, blossoming guitars slice\, ebb and flow creating a weightless universe of its own.’ Carmel Walsh \, God is in the TV fanzine. \n‘Those hankering after Whipping Boy should check out Happy Beatle\, Long’s clever lyrics over fuzzy guitar playing\, before the EP ends with the stripped-down\, elegiac Don’t Make Me Wait. Hopefully\, this EP is an indicator of things to come.’ Killian Laher\, No More Workhorse \n‘It’s hard to pick a favourite but if I had to it’s ‘Happy Beatle’. Long’s mournful refrain of “sooner or later\, you’ll find your way back to me” smothered in Page’s gorgeous guitar. It’s beautiful.’ Paul McDermott\, To Here Knows When\, Great Irish Albums Revisited
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/the-sentimental-tours/
LOCATION:Whelan’s
CATEGORIES:Music,Rock & Indie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261031T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261031T230000
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CREATED:20260604T113010Z
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SUMMARY:Josiah and the Bonnevilles
DESCRIPTION:Josiah Leming has paid his dues. As a teenager from East Tennessee\, his devotion to music led him to hit the road\, where he lived in his car and played for anyone who would listen. That took him all the way to a major record deal when he was only nineteen. When that ended\, he refused to give up and became an indie artist\, relying solely on the music and his undeniable gift for crafting relatable songs that led to a devoted fan base he calls the Bonnevilles. He appreciates them so much that he includes them in his artist name. “They’re the reason I’m able to make music\,” he says. \n2024 saw Josiah and the Bonnevilles reaching new heights\, completing a headlining tour of thirty-three sold-out dates followed by a slew of international stops that proved his global following. He has become known for raw emotion and a profound connection to his audience. This newfound attention has led to much anticipation for his new album — and As Is lives up to the expectations. \n  \n“I knew I had a responsibility to try to become a better writer\, a better artist\,” he says. “One day that feels like a blessing\, and the next it feels pretty intimidating.” Instead of reproducing his popular sound from the self produced “Endurance”\, he decided to expand it. “I think it would have been hard to keep my excitement to go out on the road with another kind of acoustic record.” His tenth studio album finds him going more electric than ever before\, even as he unplugs from the digital world. “I feel like a grizzled old veteran at this point\,” he says\, even though he is only thirty-six. “I’m desiring quiet\, a work space away from the internet…I felt like it was important to pull back this last year and try to understand what’s on my heart.” What he found there resulted in an album focusing on joy\, sorrow\, and working-class issues that feel very of the moment in a time when so many Americans are struggling to make ends meet. \nLeming comes by his empathy for working people honestly. He’s one of nine siblings\, born and raised in Morristown\, Tennessee\, right in the heart of Appalachia. He taught himself piano when he was eight and was writing songs by thirteen. As a child he was intently aware of his community and intensely proud of his people\, something he thinks about even more in these trying times. “I look at my I look at my folks in East Tennessee and very few of them seem to be winning in this new world\,” Leming says. “Being a regular person\, working\, trying your best. I think that’s something to be proud of.” \nHis records have always been intensely personal. But on As Is he wanted to step away from being the main character and instead use vignettes to express essential truths he has learned. “I want anyone to be able to put it on and not think about me when they’re listening. I want them to be in the emotion.” Because of this he made a conscious choice to not include himself on the album cover. \nLeming chose ten tracks from ninety-six songs he has written over the last year and a half. As Is features the most co-writes he has ever recorded. “I love writing alone\, but I wanted to bring in some trusted partners on this one\,” he says. The resulting list features some of the most acclaimed songwriters working today. There’s Nashville powerhouse Natalie Hemby\, a two-time Grammy winner who has written for everyone from Lady Gaga to Miranda Lambert; Joel Little\, a Grammy winner who has written with Lorde\, Taylor Swift\, Noah Kahan\, and many others; Scott Harris\, best known for work he’s produced or written for artists such as Shawn Mendes\, Dua Lipa\, and The Chainsmokers; and others. \nTo help him find the sound he hoped to achieve\, Leming brought in Konrad Snyder as a co-producer. Snyder has engineered or produced some of the best work to come out of Nashville in the last decade\, including tracks by Kacey Musgraves\, Stephen Sanchez\, and Noah Kahan. “It was an amazing partnership with Konrad\,” Leming says. “I never had to touch a computer or a piece of gear; he’s a whiz with all that stuff. I’m usually so hands-on with my stuff\, switching between setting up\, tracking and editing but on this record I got to just perform the songs.” \nThe songs on As Is feature Leming’s vivid sense of place\, precise yet poetic lyrics\, and emotion that is always longingly expressed by his vulnerable vocals. This collection is more up-tempo than most of his work\, which is something Leming and Snyder strived to make happen on about half the songs. “I was thinking a lot about the energy\, of having a couple songs that can amp up people at live shows\,” he says. \nThis power is especially apparent on songs like opening track “Good Boy”\, which boils toward a rousing breakdown\, “Carolina Heart”\, a tune Leming calls “less existential and my attempt at a feel-good song\,“ and “Going Gone”\, a nostalgic track about the passage of time. “Mountain Girl” is a foot-tapping harmonica-led tribute to Appalachian women. There’s the jaunty rock of “Redline”\, and a song called “One Day at a Time” that is sure to resonate with anyone who has ever struggled with addiction\, depression\, or a lack of confidence. Leming’s fans often cite his storytelling abilities as one reason they love his work\, and that takes center stage on the title track\, a spoken-word song. “Where It Starts” is a meditation on how heartache can lead to great art. \nThe first single is the powerful “Hell Without the Flames\,” the album’s darkest track that also showcases some of the best lyrics and vocals of his career. \nThey all make for a collection of songs that take the listener full circle. “There’s all these kinds of love stories\, and it walks through many variations on heartbreak\, ultimately landing on home\, acceptance and overcoming that hurt. I just want people to be able to see themselves in the songs.” \nThat’s what it’s all about for Leming. “The only goal for me is to make something real\, and honest\, and that can get them through the day\,” he says. “I gave everything I have for this album. I laid it all on the table\, which is what I always want to do.” As Is proves to be all of that\, and more\, a milestone for one of our most authentic and resonant artists working today.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/josiah-and-the-bonnevilles/
LOCATION:Whelan’s
CATEGORIES:Country,Music,Rock & Indie,Trad & Folk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261101T073000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261101T223000
DTSTAMP:20260514T093024Z
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SUMMARY:Pebbledash
DESCRIPTION:Pebbledash has rapidly established itself as one of the most compelling forces in contemporary music\, earning acclaim as both a captivating live act and a formidable presence in the studio. \n2025 marked a watershed moment for Pebbledash when their evocative track “Carraig Aonair” was featured in Netflix’s acclaimed series House Of Guinness\, created by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders).  The exposure catapulted the band’s reach\, with “Carraig Aonair” amassing over 180\,000 streams on Spotify. \nPebbledash delivered a prolific year of releases. Their EP Four Portraits Of The Same Ugly House\, released in January\, while their latest project\, To Cast The Sea In Concrete. Summer singles “Asha’s Waltz” and “Cartography” further cemented the band’s reputation for innovative songwriting and immersive soundscapes. \nTheir haunting live show\, showcased during the Of Seaweed and Sandstone Tour\, began with a triumphant hometown performance at Cyprus Avenue in Cork\, followed by a sold-out night at Curveball in Dublin. The tour continued with lauded shows at London’s Servants Jazz Quarters\, Manchester’s Castle Hotel\, and culminated at The Attic in Leeds.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/pebbledash/
LOCATION:The Workmans Club
CATEGORIES:Music,Pop,Rock & Indie,Shoegaze
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261101T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261101T230000
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SUMMARY:Gurriers
DESCRIPTION:Following the announcement of their sophomore album ‘Nobody’s Coming To Save You’\, Dublin alternative rock group GURRIERS have announced their biggest homecoming show to date at Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre on Sunday\, 1st November 2026.\nWith support from Child Of Prague \nTickets priced from €30 including booking fee & €2 restoration levy on sale now with Ticketmaster Ireland \nThe first single and title track ‘Nobody’s Coming To Save You’ is OUT NOW! WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO \nWhen Dublin’s Gurriers released 2024 debut album Come And See\, they underlined their status as a visceral\, unignorable new voice in the thriving Irish alternative scene. Having formed during the pandemic\, in the years since\, the original members – vocalist Dan Hoff\, guitarists Ben O’Neill and Mark MacCormack and drummer Pierce Callaghan – had carved out a steadily escalating reputation for bone-rattling\, mosh-ready live shows. Come And See pushed their lyrical chops and curious\, socially-exploratory outlook to the fore too\, platforming songs about digital angst and IRL terror in the modern world. \nIn the months following its release\, the milestones kept coming for the band: a slot on Later with Jools Holland; main stage performances in the Woodsies and Leftfield tents at Glastonbury; an arena support back in their hometown with Turnstile and with Kneecap at Wembley. With bassist Charlie McCarthy now fully settled into the throng\, bringing a fresh burst of enthusiasm having joined the band at the beginning of 2024 – sometime after their debut had been recorded and before it was released that September\, they found the new music they were starting to pen was innately reflective of this vast step up in their ante. \n“You write songs for the environment that you’ll hear them in\, so when we were playing small\, 250 capacity rooms then [we wrote] a sweaty punk record\,” Callaghan reflects of their debut. “But now\, playing bigger festival stages and supporting in arenas\, it changes how you approach songwriting. You’re thinking about what sort of environment these songs are gonna be heard in\, and how they’ll exist in that space.” \nGurriers’ superb second album might be called Nobody’s Coming To Save You\, then\, but it could easily be subtitled ‘harder\, better\, faster\, stronger’. Recorded at Donegal’s Attica Studios and Holy Mountain Studios in London with producers Mark Bowen of Idles and Loren Humphrey (Geese\, Cameron Winter)\, alongside engineer Chris Fullard (Idles\, Sunn O))) and world-renowned mixer John Congleton (St. Vincent\, Modest Mouse\, Swans)\, the crack team that readily assembled for LP2 speaks volumes of its quality from the off. This is Gurriers taking all the musical chemistry and smart\, interrogational worldview that made them great in the first place\, and souping it up to the next level. \n“I just felt like it needed to be bigger. I was watching loads of interviews with Butch Vig and different grunge bands\, and [they would talk about having] layers and layers of guitars; about things being huge and really 3D and just slapping you in the face\,” says O’Neill. “These songs are bombastic and larger than life a lot of the time\, so the production needed to match with that as well.” \nThey were\, clearly\, in safe hands. “I mean\, who’s going to understand the music we make more than someone in Idles\, the band we’re probably equated with the most?” laughs Callaghan. “Between Bowen and Loren\, their understanding of the scalability in terms of how to be bigger without getting away from the essence of it being abrasive and loud was incredible.” \nFrom the rattling tension of the title track’s opening moments that then give way to a cacophonous\, cathartic climax\, Nobody’s Coming To Save You takes this spirit of the sweaty basement venue and turns it stadium-sized. It’s not just loud\, but dynamic. ‘Shades’ takes shards of industrial\, angular guitar and sends them into a gnarly hardcore chorus\, while ‘Drones’ is a true pressure-cranking slow build with a drop destined to decimate every mosh pit they travel through. On ‘Pins’\, they explore a looser\, more melodic swagger that comes on like a grunge/ trip-hop hybrid\, whereas ‘Party Lines’ is pure insatiable dance-punk hedonism. If the band’s MO was to find a way to make the record “slap you in the face”\, then consider yourself smacked. \nAt the start of the writing process\, Hoff recalls finding a quote from activist Dan Savage\, spoken during the AIDS crisis. “He said: ‘We bury our friends in the morning\, we protest in the afternoon\, and we dance all night’\,” recalls the frontman. “Going into the album\, that felt like the feeling that the songs should have.” The spirit of protest and resistance rings throughout\, but crucially\, on album two\, Hoff has also learnt how to turn those feelings back on himself too. “This album does sound more personal to me\, but everything about it is political because what you wear\, how you act\, who you hang out with\, everything is in reaction to the system\,” he explains. \nHoff is a collector of phrases and ideas. He describes himself as “a sponge – and the other lads are the same; we’re always looking for inspiration”. Dig into the lyrics of Nobody’s Coming To Save You and you’ll find quotes and lines taken from sources as disparate as Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For Godot (‘Nothing Happens Twice’)\, Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek (‘Party Lines’) and Kurt Vonnegut (‘Nobody’s Coming To Save You’). The latter track\, amusingly\, started life in response to a particularly irksome review that criticised the band for “saying so many political things but having no answers”. “We’re a band\, we’re not a political party!” laughs Hoff. “So I used a Vonnegut quote\, and one from [American writer and activist] Rebecca Solnit – ‘Hope is an axe you can break down doors with’ – because I don’t have the answers\, but these two people might?” \nWithin the record\, there are some of the most overtly outward-looking tracks that Gurriers have laid to tape so far. ‘Party Lines’ was written as Hoff watched the war in Sudan escalate in horror. “There was so much killing that they could see the blood from satellite pictures and that really fucked me up a bit\,” he says. “It’s about the hypocrisy of governments that will help certain countries whilst arming other countries that will kill people in the same place\, which I think is insane.” Yet there are also more personal moments than ever\, exploring topics from his friends’ frustrations with the working day drudge (‘Waiting For Fisher’) to his own dislocation\, thousands of miles away from his partner and loved ones on a tour bus (‘I Wish I Was’). \n‘Crybaby’’s warped\, woozy look at the temptress of booze ends the album\, says Hoff\, with “a whimper” – a curious term\, but one that fits with Gurriers’ sharp\, sensitive take on punk. “It’s a question mark. You’re like\, ‘Damn\, that’s the way they ended it?’ It’s like watching the finale of The Sopranos and it cuts to black\,” laughs O’Neil \nThe ending might be amorphous\, but the journey to that place is as strong and confident as they come. With Nobody’s Coming To Save You\, Gurriers have sent their ambitions sky-high and come out swinging.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/gurriers/
LOCATION:3Olympia Theatre
CATEGORIES:Music,Punk,Rock & Indie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261101T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261101T223000
DTSTAMP:20260701T084358Z
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SUMMARY:Emer Maguire 'Perfectly Chaotic'
DESCRIPTION:Known for her powerful storytelling\, lightning-fast wit\, and hilariously irreverent musical interludes\, Emer has cemented herself as one of Ireland’s most exciting comedic voices. She has sold out landmark venues including the Waterfront Hall\, Ulster Hall\, Mandela Hall\, and The MAC Belfast to rave reviews and roaring audiences. Recently named one of the top 10 new comic talents in the UK by Channel 4\, Emer’s star continues to ascend sharply. She has also recently been commissioned by Channel 4 to write and star in sitcom Socially Awkward – a hilarious\, heartfelt sitcom about her life as an autistic adult. \nPerfectly Chaotic sees Emer dive into the beautiful mess of modern life — from questionable decisions to personal revelations\, from daily disasters to the unexpected moments that shape us. Delivered with Emer’s trademark honesty\, musical brilliance\, and no-holds-barred humour\, this show promises belly laughs\, emotional whiplash\, and more than a few moments of “I probably shouldn’t relate to this… but I absolutely do.” \n 
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/emer-maguire-perfectly-chaotic-2/
LOCATION:Whelan’s
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Film & Theatre,Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261103
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DTSTAMP:20260507T080450Z
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SUMMARY:Dracula
DESCRIPTION:Blackeyed Theatre and Verdant Productions presents Dracula by Bram Stoker. \nDirector – Nick Lane\nComposer – Tristan Parkes \nThe time is 1897. Mankind is on the cusp of vast technological change\, scientific mastery and media innovation. But poised between traditional beliefs\, the threat of the unknown and the shock of the new world\, an altogether darker fear is emerging. As a new shadow looms large over England\, a small group of young men and women\, led by Professor Van Helsing\, are plunged into an epic struggle for survival. \nStretching from London\, through provincial England\, to the mountainous wastes of Transylvania\, Bram Stoker’s timeless gothic thriller embodies the struggle to break taboos\, resist temptation and stop the unknown outside becoming the enemy within. \nAdapted by Nick Lane\, this brilliant\, theatrical treatment of Bram Stoker’s adventure blends Victorian Gothic with the contemporary\, showcasing Blackeyed Theatre’s trademark ensemble performance style and featuring a haunting soundscape\, powerful performances and innovative design for an exhilarating theatrical experience.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/dracula/
LOCATION:Gaiety Theatre
CATEGORIES:Drama,Film & Theatre,Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261103T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261103T210000
DTSTAMP:20260304T091720Z
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SUMMARY:Jack Savoretti
DESCRIPTION:Last year\, Jack announced a series of special shows\, including a one-off night at London’s Royal Albert Hall\, which sold out in under an hour. He will also play already sold-out headline dates at De Montfort Hall in Leicester and Liverpool Philharmonic\, alongside an intimate BRITs Week for War Child performance at London’s Emerald Theatre\, all taking place ahead of the album’s release. \nThe Autumn 2026 tour will open in Athens on September 25\, before travelling through a further ten countries across Europe and arriving in the UK on October 21 to play Plymouth Pavilions. The UK and Ireland leg includes 15 dates\, with shows in Glasgow\, Dublin\, Belfast\, Cardiff\, Gateshead\, Manchester and more. \nJack Savoretti’s ninth studio album\, We Will Always Be The Way We Were\, is a bold return to his musical roots\, recorded at Eastcote Studios in West London. \nMarking 20 years since his debut album Between the Minds\, the record finds Savoretti reconnecting with the raw storytelling and cinematic soul that defined his earliest work. Written and recorded with his long-time touring band\, the album celebrates the craft\, camaraderie and creative freedom that have carried him through two decades at the forefront of British songwriting. \n“This is a full-circle album\,” says Jack. “It’s going back to my roots\, to the neighbourhood where I first started making music – with the same friends and musicians I met around Ladbroke Grove and Portobello Road. It’s the album I always wanted to make when I was starting out\, but didn’t yet have the courage or experience to make. Now I do.” \nJack’s current single\, the title track from the album\, has just been added to the BBC Radio 2 A List and the beginning of the month saw him performing the track on Graham Norton.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/jack-savoretti/
LOCATION:3Olympia Theatre
CATEGORIES:Music,Pop,Rock & Indie,Trad & Folk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261103T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261103T223000
DTSTAMP:20260506T081827Z
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SUMMARY:Tortoise
DESCRIPTION:Tortoise is widely considered one of the most influential music groups of the last 40 years\, with a wide-reaching impact on the contemporary music scene. Pitchfork says: “Imagine a graphic showing all the bands the five members of Tortoise were in before they came together and then all the bands they went on to play with after. At the top of the funnel you have groups ranging from dreamy psych-rock to earthy post-punk crunch\, including Eleventh Dream Day\, Bastro\, Slint\, and the Poster Children; on the ‘post-Tortoise’ end are groups focusing on electro-jazz and twangy instrumental rock like Isotope 217\, Chicago Underground\, and Brokeback. In this graphic\, Tortoise is the choke point\, the one project that has elements of all these sounds but is never defined by nor committed to any of them. Instead\, Tortoise floats free\, a planchette moving over a Ouija board guided by 10 sets of fingers\, where everyone watches the arrow float in one direction but no one is quite sure how it gets there or who is doing the pushing.” \nThe band\, which originally formed in Chicago in 1990\, comprises Dan Bitney\, John Herndon\, Douglas McCombs\, John McEntire\, and Jeff Parker. \nInitially hailed as pace-setters of an emergent\, cinematic instrumental evolution of alternative rock\, the Chicago Tribune called Tortoise’s sound “mood music that refuses to be shoved into the background\, as inviting as it is challenging.”Releasing just seven albums since 1990 — including classics like 1996’s Millions Now Living Will Never Die\, 1998’s TNT\, and 2001’s Standards —Tortoise has steadily and intuitively evolved across its life\, creating genreless music that is as timeless as it is ahead of the curve. \nThe band’s legacy goes beyond its recorded output\, as well. Per the New York Times: “While Tortoise’s albums have experimented with the editing and overdubbing possibilities of the studio\, the band thrives performing in real time.” Rolling Stone deems Tortoise “a live marvel\,” while Pitchfork furthersays the band’s performances reveal that “at heart\, they’re a supremely fun band\, wide open to all sorts of sonic possibilities.” \nIn October 2025\, Tortoise released Touch\, the first new album from the groundbreaking group since 2016 via International Anthem and Nonesuch Records. Lead single “Layered Presence” featured a video filmed by Mikel Patrick Avery Watch the video\, listen to “Layered Presence\,” and preorder Touch here. \nWith Touch\, the Tortoise bandmembers — Dan Bitney\, John Herndon\, Douglas McCombs\, John McEntire\, and Jeff Parker — harness their collectivist songwriting approach\, a slightly anarchistic but resolutely egalitarian process where ideas triumph over ego towards an abstracted muscularity. While there are still excursions into the dusky\, elegantly gnarled jazz ambience that flourished on landmark works like Millions Now Living Will Never Die and TNT\, Touch is perhaps most remarkable for Tortoise’s unapologetic embrace of grand gesture. Aerodynamically re-engineered Krautrock\, hand-cranked techno rave-ups\, and pointillist spaghetti western fanfares are all imbued with Tortoise’s now-signature internal logic — equally alluring and confounding\, a puzzle to be savored rather than solved. \nThe stylistic diversity is also a reflection of the band’s current operating circumstances: With two members now in Los Angeles\, another in Portland\, and just two remaining in the band’s Chicago hometown\, their creative process has shifted dramatically from when they lived together in a loft space in the late 1990s\, honing their sound over endless hours of collective experimentation. \nRecorded between the three cities — Los Angeles\, Portland\, and Chicago — Touch is the result of an intentional effort by these five musicians to reconnect\, recenter\, and reinvigorate their sound for what is perhaps the group’s most diverse release to date. \nTouch is the culmination of a long-gestating reunion\, the results of which Tortoise first shared this past March\, when they released “Oganesson” — “an off-kilter\, 7/4 funk tune with a spy-movie ambience” (New York Times) that is included on the new album — ahead of a career-spanning opening night performance at the boundary-crossing music festival Big Ears. They followed that with the Oganesson Remixes EP\, which featured reworks of the track from poet and activist Saul Williams\, prolific mastering engineer Heba Kadry\, Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney\, indie music icons Broken Social Scene\, and International Anthem labelmate Makaya McCraven.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/tortoise/
LOCATION:The Button Factory\, Curved St\, Temple Bar\, Dublin 2
CATEGORIES:Electronic & Dance,Jazz,Music,Rock & Indie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261104T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261104T220000
DTSTAMP:20260325T125627Z
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SUMMARY:Dexys
DESCRIPTION:Iconic Birmingham rock band Dexys have announced details of their upcoming tour\, which includes a show in 3Olympia Theatre\, Dublin on Wednesday 4th November 2026. \n\n\nThe dates will be the first time the band\, fronted by Kevin Rowland\, have toured under the name of Dexys Midnight Runners since 2003\, when they played a sold-out show at London’s Southbank Centre. \nFounded in Birmingham in 1978\, Dexys Midnight Runners released three critically and commercially successful albums – Searching For The Young Soul Rebels (1980)\, Too-Rye-Ay (1982) & Don’t Stand Me Down (1985). The band had a string of top ten hits in the 1980s\, including two number ones\, ‘Geno’ (1980) & ‘Come on Eileen’ (1982). \nFront person Kevin Rowland would go on to release both solo and further band albums\, under the ‘Dexys’ name\, including their 2012 ‘comeback’ album\, One Day I’m Going To Soar\, which came out to widespread acclaim and 2023’s The Feminine Divine\, which made number 6 in the U.K. albums chart. Rowland\, one of the most individual and unique musical talents of the past 40 years\, recently released his memoir\, Bless Me Father. \nDexy’s Midnight Runners are working with Heavenly Recordings.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/dexys/
LOCATION:3Olympia Theatre
CATEGORIES:Celtic,Music,Pop,Rock & Indie,Trad & Folk
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