The sixth edition of the Irish music market Merchy Christmas announce live / DJ lineup and raffle prizes is back at The Grand Social in Dublin Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th December from 11am to 7pm.
Conor Cusack (Saint Sister / Morgana / Divil) and Saint Sister started the market with Keiron Black and the folks at The Grand Social during the lockdown of 2020 to raise much needed funds for artists and it’s been an annual thing since, with stalls, raffles, live performances and DJ sets across the weekend.
The lineup of artists with stalls was previously announced.
Here are the live performers and DJs across the weekend:
Live
- Big Sleep
- Bon Voyage
- Caoi De Barra
- Child Of Prague
- Curtisy
- Dani Larkin
- DIVIL
- Ispíní na hÉireann
- Kean Kavanagh
- May Kay
- Sexy Tadgh
- Soda Blonde
- The Bonnymen (Smoking Area Session).
DJs
- Arveene
- Ben Bix
- Ben Reinhardt
- Bon Voyage
- Caoi De Barra
- Common Threads
- DJackulate
- Emmy Shigeta
- Fleeting Devotion,
- Ian Blake
- Jasmine Wood
- Nialler9
- Papa Romeo
- Rory Sweeney
- Sally Cinnamon.
Admission: FREE with a suggested donation of €6,
split between Dublin Simon Community & The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF).
Last year, the event raised more than €18,000 for the two charities. This December, organisers aim to exceed that total with the help of a jumbo raffle, featuring the following prizes.
- 2× weekend camping tickets to All Together Now
- 2× VIP tickets to Tame Impala at the 3Arena
- 2× weekend tickets to Forbidden Fruit
- 2× tickets to one show in the church at Other Voices 2026
- 2× tickets to CMAT at St Anne’s Park
- 2× tickets to The Mary Wallopers at The SSE Arena Belfast
- 2× tickets to The Scratch in The Iveagh Gardens
- 2× tickets to Royel Otis in Fairview Park
- 2× tickets to Mac DeMarco at Collins Barracks
- Full day in The Clinic recording studio
- 2× tickets to the Other Voices Music Trail 2026
More at merchychristmas.com.
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.
