Echo Bar has closed after three months of trading.
DJ/producer’s Mark Flynn aka The Drifter’s Echo Bar, a DJ-focused bar, that serves to address the lack of such spaces in the Wicklow and South Country Dublin area, has closed after three months.
Echo opened in November, with an emphasis on DJ nights with Magnier (House Of Disco), Neil Flynn, Mano Le Tough, Sara Miller, Lil Dave among the selectors.
It’s hard out there for a new business at the moment, including for a niche focus DJ bar in a busy regional town.
On Insta, the bar announced the closure:
We’ve closed our doors.
Hi all, sorry to say that Echo Bar has closed its doors. We had great times, some super nights and oh did that soundsystem sound so sweet!
Thanks to everyone involved who made it happen. Staff, DJs, designers, dancers. Big love 💚
See you all somewhere down the line.
Onwards we go 🚀🔈🪩🔈🚀

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, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.