Gigs & Festivals

Grimes
Takeaways from Coachella 2024: Grimes DJ meltdown, Blur fall flat, Tyler shines & more

Coachella’s first weekend of 2024 happened in Indio Valley in California and was livestreamed on…

Nick Cave. Photo: Megan Cullen.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds add second Dublin date

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds added a second date to Dublin, and are now…

Psycare
The Drifter, R.Kitt, Cáit & more for PsyCare fundraiser at Hen’s Teeth

The festival welfare service PsyCare Ireland is putting on a fundraiser on Friday April 26th…

Cormac Begley
In The Meadows adds new acts to Kilmainham folk & alternative festival

In The Meadows is a one-day festival happening on the grounds of The Royal Hospital,…

Dublin Gig Guide
The best gigs in Dublin this week – April 9th to 15th

Gig Guide highlights: Dry Cleaning, The Hives, Or:La, Alabaster DePlume, Omni, Horse Lords, Somebody’s Child, J Mascis, After Eight Club, Peach Club, Muireann Bradley, Rally for Rafah, Bryson Tiller.

Lambrini Girls (Photo: Marilena Vlachopoulou)
Artists call on The Great Escape Festival to drop sponsor due to ties to Israel arms companies

Solidarity groups have posted an open statement for the Brighton new music festival The Great…

Brighde Chaimbeul by Camille Lemoine.
New Gaelic music series for Connemara to feature Brìghde Chaimbeul and more

A series of music events featuring music of Gaelic origin (Scottish and Irish) will take…

Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple’s Tidal is our next Listening Party album at The Big Romance

The hosts of the Nialler9 Podcast (Niall Byrne and Andrea Cleary) in conjunction with The…

TV-GIRL
TV Girl make leap to Dublin 3Arena gig

The Los Angeles-based American indie pop band are going large. TV Girl have announced a…

adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker, Martin Hayes, TraviS & Elzzz & more for Other Voices Anam series

Other Voices has announced a new series of Anam, which debuted last year. Anam is…

Interpol
Interpol bring Antics anniversary show to Dublin’s 3Arena

As fans have hoped, The Antics 20th Anniversary Tour is coming to Ireland later this…

Forbidden Fruit
Forbidden Fruit day-by-day lineup and new acts added

The city festival has revealed its day lineups and added new acts to its 12th…

Dublin Gig Guide
The best gigs in Dublin this week: April 2nd – 8th

Gig Guide highlights: Fight Like Apes, Metronome Weekender, Lumo Club, Declan McKenna, Pissed Jeans, Fynch, Sharkett, Oisin Leech, Boys Noize, Stomptown Brass, The Hives, Conway The Machine.

The Road To The Great Escape full lineup for Dublin venues festival revealed

The Road To The Great Escape has announces its full lineup to take place across…

sea sessions
Sea Sessions day-by-day lineup 2024

After revealing its full lineup in February, the Bundoran festival breaks the acts down by…

Another Love Story announce one-day mini-festival in Sligo this May

Another Love Story is presenting a one-day festival in Juniper Barn, Ballymote in the Sligo…

AVA reveals day-by-day lineup for Belfast festival

The Belfast electronic festival AVA is celebrating 10 years this May Bank Holiday. AVA returns…

Barker
Metronome+ is a two-day experimental festival at NCH this weekend featuring Barker, The Outside, Autumns & more

This weekend sees a multi-room two-day festival at the National Concert Hall. Metronome+ is curated…

Kevin Drew
Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew for Dublin, Cork and Galway solo shows

Kevin Drew is taking his solo tour to Dublin, Cork and Galway The Broken Social…

Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend for 3Arena Dublin show

Vampire Weekend have announced a European and UK tour with a Dublin show. The band…