Heineken Greenlight Dublin edition runs Thursday April 30th to Sunday May 3rd, in ten venues across the city. Additional tickets have just been released following multiple sell-outs.
The concept is a good one: acts that normally play festival stages, in Dublin’s smaller rooms, across a long weekend. Here’s what’s on and why each night is worth your time.
Thursday April 30th @ The Sound House:
Sloucho, Yard, Officer John, Caolan Ryan
Thursday kicks off at the Sound House with Sloucho headlining – the enigmatic playable character digital artist whose blend of hip-hop and electronics has been turning heads consistently over the past year, with a growing reputation as one of the more interesting voices operating across genre lines in Irish music. It’s an all-Irish affair as electronic post-punk band Yard, baggy shoegaze-leaning solo Wah Wah Wino artist Officer John and Kerry producer and Fred Again..’s opener Caolan Ryan fill out a night that sets the tone perfectly for the weekend – intimate, Irish-rooted, forward-looking.
Thursday April 30th @ Mary’s Bar
Madra Salach
One of the Irish bands of the moment in an intimate setting – it doesn’t get much better than that. Madra Salach have had one of the most remarkable rises in recent Irish music, going from debut single ‘Blue and Gold’ in September 2025 to appearing on the upcoming Shane MacGowan tribute album alongside Bruce Springsteen and Tom Waits. Their alternative-folk drone sound is one of the most distinctive things happening in Irish music. Mary’s Bar is an insanely small space for them, small enough that you’ll feel every note.
Friday May 1st @ Button Factory
TOMORA, Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands (DJ set), January Winters, Efa O’Neill
The Friday night headliner is TOMORA – the new project from Aurora and Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands, making their Irish debut. It’s a exciting new direction from Rowlands, atmospheric and expansive in a way that will suit the Button Factory’s dancefloor well. Rowlands also plays a DJ set on the night. January Winters and Efa O’Neill -are two of Dublin and Kerry’s most respected selectors and – brings their distinctive approach to house and techno and everything tangential to what should be one of the nights of the weekend.
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Friday May 1st @ Workman’s Club
Sprints, Really Good Time, Adore, Nialler9
Sprints are in the middle of one of the more productive periods of their career – they released All That Is Over in September 2025, have covered Le Tigre’s ‘Deceptacon’, dropped new song ‘Trickle Down’ in March and have been continuously adding to the already fervent story. Karla Chubb is one of the most compelling frontpeople in Irish music right now and the Workman’s is a room that suits them well – they’ve always been better when there’s barely enough space to move. Support comes from two of Ireland’s best rock bands of the moment – the Really Good Time and Galway’s Adore with a Nialler9 DJ indie disco set after the bands.
Saturday May 2nd @ Wigwam
Mike Skinner (DJ set), DJ Seinfeld, Rory Sweeney (live), Little O, DJ EGG, Surka, Neil Flynn
The biggest night of the weekend by headliner status. Mike Skinner needs no introduction to anyone who grew up with The Streets – ‘Original Pirate Material’, ‘A Grand Don’t Come for Free’, one of the most singular British artists of the 2000s. His DJ sets take in everything from grime to old school garage to house and are reliably excellent – this one from way back in 2002 is a regular. DJ Seinfeld – the Swedish producer whose melancholic, lo-fi house became one of the defining sounds of the late 2010s – makes a welcome Dublin return. Rory Sweeney plays live, whose album Old Earth we covered last year – a genuinely distinctive Irish electronic album featuring Róis, Curtisy, Saoirse Miller and others. Rounding off are the respected electronic selectors Little O, DJ Egg, Surka and Neil Flynn. A big lineup.
Saturday May 2nd @ Pygmalion
Basement Jaxx (DJ set), Collie, Onecanchan
Basement Jaxx DJing in Pygmalion is a get. Simon Ratcliffe and Felix Buxton have been making some of the most euphoric, genre-ignoring dance music since the mid-1990s – ‘Romeo’, ‘Where’s Your Head At’, ‘Red Alert’, ‘Good Luck’. A DJ set in an intimate venue is a different proposition to a festival slot and one worth grabbing a ticket for if any remain. Fine local support DJs too.
Saturday May 2nd @ 4 Dame Lane
Saoirse, Cáit, Óir
The Saturday night electronic programme that will probably be the hardest ticket of the weekend. Saoirse is one of Ireland’s most in-demand DJs internationally, known for sets that move fluidly between techno, electronica and more experimental territory. Cáit brings deep knowledge of club music developed over years in the Dublin scene. Óir is an emerging name making waves. 4 Dame Lane is a small room – this will be intense in a great way.
Sunday May 3rd @ Pawn Shop
Sherelle, Shy One, Chord Memory, JWY
Sherelle closing the Pawn Shop on Sunday is the kind of booking that would sell out any club in Europe. The London DJ and producer has become one of the most exciting and original voices in UK club music – jungle, footwork, hardcore, 160BPM music that doesn’t sound like anything else. Shy One and Chord Memory support on a night that should go nice and late.
Sunday May 3rd @ O’Regan’s
Curtisy, Lil Skag
Curtisy has been one of the most consistently covered artists on Nialler9 over the past few years – his Get A Life! mixtape released in March 2026 further confirmed him as one of the most interesting rap voices in Ireland. Lil Skag, the Wexford rapper and collaborator is a perfect sidekick – his Type Shit album established him as a serious figure in soft drill if you get my drift. Two of the most interesting names in Irish rap in a small room on a Sunday – don’t sleep on this one.
Sunday May 3rd @ Street 66
Horse Meat Disco, Vaticanjail
Horse Meat Disco, the London DJ collective whose blend of disco, soul and house has made them one of the most beloved names on the international circuit bring a warm, joyful close to four days of music. Vaticanjail – the classically-trained experimental underground producer brings unique heat – Chilean heritage, reggaeton, salsa style and electronics together in an effervescent package with lyrics inspired by Sean-nós storytelling.
Additional tickets are available now at heinekengreenlight.ie. Over 18s only. Enjoy Heineken responsibly – drinkaware.ie.
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.
