Some gigs added to the Irish gig calendar this week:
Danny Brown plays 3Olympia Theatre in Dublin on Thursday 26th March 2026
Tickets cost €37.15 to €40.70 plus fees. Presale on now.
Brown just released a new album Stardust on Warp Records.
Norwegian electronic duo Smerz are playing live at The Workman’s Club on Sunday 26th April. Tickets cost €23 plus fees go on sale Friday 21st November at 10am.
Big city life is the second album from Smerz that was released in May. The album is rooted firmly on an arch art-pop vibe, with woozy tracks drawing from electro, R&B, synth-pop, DIY pop, minimal, trance and casually spoken-sung vocal styles.
UK rock band IDLES are playing outdoors at Custom House Square, Belfast this Summer on Wednesday 26th August 2026. Chalk are on support. Tickets on sale Friday 21ST November at 10am via www.ticketmaster.ie.
Dublin psych-pop rock band Thumper play The Academy on Tuesday March 4th 2026. Tickets from €24plus fees from Ticketmaster.ie.
Panchiko are British indie rock band who got a second life when a 4Chan user discovered their discarded 2000 demo CD in a Nottingham charity shop and posted it to the forum, prompting a huge surge of interest in the band before they were found, and are now a touring and recording concern.
They play Empire Music Hall, Belfast on October 30th and Vicar Street in Dublin on October 31st 2026.
Modern Nature play two Irish shows this May at Bello Bar on May 2nd, and Newbridge in Kildare the night before on May 1st.
Also announced this week:
The Mountain Goats, Mark William Lewis, Claire Rousay, Maria Somerville Irish tour, Freak Slug.
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.
