What gigs are on this week in Dublin city?
Dublin Gig Guide Highlights:July 28th to August 3rd – All Together Now weekend, D8 In The Garden, The Chemical Brothers Listening Party, Sorcha Richardson, David Keenan, Cagtacombs, The Leon Stax Equation, Fred Armisen, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Bart Skils, Franz Scala, Sunscreem , Opeth, Whelan’s Blues, Roots & Brass Festival .
Dublin venues, clubs and bars – A guide
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Tuesday July 28th
Honky Tonk Tuesdays @ Arthur’s
2 step dance class followed by The Dublin Club playing the best of honky tonk. Free in.
Sensory Friendly Gig with a Lineup of Neurodivergent Artists @ The Cobblestone
Littl3pudding, Laura Vaughan, F!ONN, Mosisfo, Chantal Holland
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Wednesday July 29th
The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole [1997] (Vinyl Listening Party) @ The Big Romance (7pm)
Revisiting a classic ’90s dance album played on vinyl in full with guest Mango in a discussion about the duo and their records. Nialler9 and The Big Romance present the Listen Closely series of listening parties, a night featuring a focus album from an artist we love on the last Wednesday of the month. ‘Block Rockin’ Beats’, ‘Electrobank’, ‘Setting Sun’ and the euphoric closer ‘Private Psychedelic Reel'” Dig Your Own Hole balances dancefloor power with adventurous studio experimentation.
David Keenan @ The Cobblestone
Full band show from the Dundalk singer-songwriter.
Thursday July 30th
6 Tracks with Sorcha Richardson @ Hen’s Teeth (6:30pm – 10:30pm)
A series of conversations, music and performance at Hen’s Teeth. 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.
Spás @ Small Changes, Inchicore (6pm – 10pm)
Intimate vinyl session in the newly upgraded cafe and events space at Small Changes. Expect deep house and electro cuts.
The Leon Stax Equation @ Whelan’s
Galway band playing soul music and layers in jazz, funk, rock and psychedelia play a Whelan’s residency. On the last Thursday of every month, they will be playing the main stage with special guest acts and DJ sets upstairs. They just released a new album In View.
Vexxodus, Beddyminaj, Crutch and many more @ The Sound House
Volume are hosting a memorial event for beloved late friend and cofounder Leo, a key figure of the Irish hiphop scene and he influenced many with his unique take on the underground hiphop sound. He excelled at production and vocals alike and thrived in live performance settings.
Vsevolod Plotkin X Using Washroom, Clitoris, Gynophobia @ Kirkos
Fraternal noise freakout duo performance between local freaks Vsevolod Plotkin and Calgary’s Using Washroom. Support comes from Drogheda noise duo Clitoris and guitar hating maniac Gynophobia.
Clearwater Creedence Revival @ Opium
Clearwater Creedence Revival play Opium with support from Eric Bell – the former Thin Lizzy guitarist whose riff opened ‘Whiskey in the Jar’ – in support. A night of classic rock from two acts steeped in the era.
Julian Marley @ The Academy
Son of reggae legend Bob Marley.
Red Line Jazz @ The Circular
Weekly jazz sess in Rialto.
Friday July 31st
All Together Now 2026 @ Curraghmore Estate, Waterford (Fri-Sun)
All Together Now returns for its seventh year at Curraghmore Estate over the August Bank Holiday Weekend. Headliners this year are Pulp, Kneecap, Disclosure (DJ Set) and Underworld, with 60+ acts across the weekend. Sold out.Essential info, site map, stage times & more / 12 acts not to miss at this year’s festival
Comedy Bang! Bang! @ Vicar Street (8pm)
Comedy Bang! Bang! – Scott Aukerman’s long-running podcast and comedy show – plays Vicar Street on the Ground Beefing Tour. Not music obviously.
Blues, Roots & Brass Festival @ Whelan’s (8:30pm, free entry)
Whelan’s hosts the Blues, Roots & Brass Festival across the main room. Free entry.
Catacombs Presents: Ghostlights @ The Sound House
Irish underground rap. Omen, DJ Frail, Vile, Misaalive, Chest Cavity, Sleep16, Yung Tor.
Pointaken @ Sin É
4-piece Irish rock band support from Trashbag and Even More So. €5 in.
Nílim, Luxury Mollusc, Sister Odd, Otterans @ Anseo
Limerick based doom and drones featuring.
The Charlie Moon Quartet play Midnight Blue @ Arthur’s
Tribute to the iconic Midnight Blue—an album by guitarist Kenny Burrell, whose laid‑back cool masks a quietly revolutionary blend of jazz and blues.
When Doves Cry: A Prince Film Night @ The Sugar Club
The Sugar Club presents a special double bill celebrating one of music’s most singular artists. When Doves Cry brings together two landmark Prince films on one night — Purple Rain (1984, 111 mins) and Sign of the Times (1987, 85 mins) — screened back to back with table service, cocktails, and pizza throughout, followed by a full club night when the credits roll.
Late Clubs and DJs
DJ Dandelion @ The Big Romance (8pm – 1am)
60s, ska, Northern Soul.
Bart Skils @ block (11pm)
Encore presents the Amsterdam DJ. I love this remix of his from 2018.
Franz Scala @ Hang Dai (11pm)
All Night Long with Italian-born, Berlin-based DJ, producer, and tastemaker, the mastermind behind the influential Slow Motion label and Wrong Era event series, Italo Dance, Proto-House, and Psychedelic Acid Disco speckled with hints of Chicago House, New Wave, and Electro.
SCART records presents GOTD Live + guests @ Pawn Shop (7pm to late)
GOTD live hardware set upstairs Plus DJs Jon Hussey, Trontsephore, Rosanna, JWY
No Scrubs @ The Workman’s Club (11pm)
90s & 00s R&B Party.
SWEATBOX @ The Grand Social (11pm)
The Big Bulging Birthday Bash. Dublin’s clubhouse for men who love to dance, flirt and lose themselves on the dance floor.
RED LINE: DISTORTION @ The Sound House (11pm)
Techno, Hard Bounce & Hard Trance in Dublin.
January Winters, DJ Mae @ The Pyg (9pm)
Free in. House and disco.
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Saturday August 1st
All Together Now 2026 @ Curraghmore Estate, Waterford
Second day of All Together Now. Nialler9 DJ set at the bandstand on Saturday 8:30pm. Essential info, site map, stage times & more / 12 acts not to miss at this year’s festival
D8 In The Garden @ Palmerstown House
Josh Baker, Silva Bumpa, Eliza Rose and more.
Fred Armisen: Comedy for Musicians But Everyone Is Welcome @ Vicar Street (7:30pm)
Fred Armisen – SNL veteran, co-creator of Portlandia, and one of the more genuinely musically literate comedians working – plays Vicar Street. His stand-up runs somewhere between performance art and sincere rock nerdery. A fairly unique proposition.
Cloudbusting – The Music of Kate Bush @ Button Factory
Cloudbusting are the longest running celebrated tribute to the music of Kate Bush.
Joshua Ray Walker @ Whelan’s Upstairs (8pm)
Texas singer-songwriter of classic country storytelling, gothic Americana and plainspoken honesty.
Late Clubs and DJs
Lex Woo @ The Big Romance (8pm – 1am)
Global underground music.
HOTBOXX@ The Grand Social (11pm)
Techno Cage Rave.
Silva Bumpa @ Index (11pm)
D8 In The Garden afters. ‘On 2nite‘ is his big one.
BACK TO THE 90s ft. VJKK – DANCE CLASSICS @ The Bernard Shaw (10pm)
Pioneer DVD VJ, Kieran Keogh, mixing 90s dance anthems live on multiple video screens – a 5 hour set. All tracks remastered using 90s performance footage from Top of the Pops, Partyzone, The Grind, Club MTV, Party Machine, The Chart Show ,The Word, Electric Picnic, Glastonbury, and more.
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Bank Holiday Sunday August 2nd
All Together Now 2026 @ Curraghmore Estate, Waterford
Final day of All Together Now. Essential info, site map, stage times & more / 12 acts not to miss at this year’s festival
D8 In The Garden @ Palmerstown House
Skin On Skin, Tommy Holohan, Clouds, Paige Tomlinson, SWIM, Thelma and more.
THC Summer Garden Party @ The Bernard Shaw (2pm – 10pm)
Free day party. House. Bláthnaid, Bobski, Crisjaxsun, eskay, Intervention Karl, Seery, Space Jesus
Sunscreem @ The Sound House (5pm – 10pm)
90s English techno/house music duo responsible for ‘LOVE U MORE’
Opeth @ Bord Gáis Energy Theatre (7pm)
Swedish progressive metal legends with a rich catalogue.
Sleepless Nights Soul Club @ Doyle’s (7pm)
Underplayed Northern Soul & Motown til 1am.
Mundy @ Whelan’s (8pm)
Offaly singer-songwriter Mundy plays Whelan’s. ‘Galway Girl’, ‘July’, ‘To You I Bestow’ – a beloved figure in Irish music.
Vio-lence @ The Grand Social (7pm)
Bay Area thrash metal band Vio-lence play the Grand Social. A rare visit from the late 80s thrash scene, reunited and active again.
Organ Freeman @ The Big Romance (6pm)
Live jazz every Sunday at The Big Romance. Christiano Ferreira (DJ) from 9pm til 1am.
Late Clubs and DJs
Wheats @ Button Factory (11pm)
BassLine Dub presents house DJ. Big support lineup.
Paige Tomlinson & Thelma @ Index (11pm)
D8 In The Garden Afters.
Kirstin Keegan & Colin Perkins @ The Pyg (9pm)
Free in.
Techno & Tequila: Princess Glitoris All Night Long @ Wigwam (11pm)
Belfast-based emerging artist Princess Glitoris take over for 4 hours of techno, groove and bounce.
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Monday August 3rd
SIKA x SVNTEEN @ Button Factory (5pm)
Afrobeats, R&B hip-hop and grime.
Song Cycle @ Whelan’s Bar
Whelan’s weekly free singer-songwriter night.
Ryuichi Sakamoto ‘Beauty’ – Listening Party @ The Big Romance (6pm)
Special hi-fi listening session celebrating Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Beauty, presented in collaboration with In Sheeps Clothing as part of their worldwide listening tour. Featuring collaborations with artists including Youssou N’Dour, Brian Wilson, Robert Wyatt, Arto Lindsay and many more.
Dublin venues, clubs and bars – A guide
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
