Gigs & Festivals

Otherside Festival announced for Slane with DJ Seinfeld, Tourist, The Scratch, Mango & Mathman & more

Otherside Music & Arts Festival is a new 3-day camping festival from the Bedlam crew…

Here are the 13 Irish acts heading to showcase at SXSW in Texas this month

The annual South By Southwest Festival takes place this week in Austin, Texas in March and is…

100 gecs Irish debut upgraded to Olympia

This show has now been upgraded to 3Olympia Theatre on September 1st 2022. The American…

SoFFT Nights makes a return this Summer with Elaine Mai, Lisa O’Neill, Tolü Makay, Kíla and more

SoFFT Nights is returning to Dunderry Park in Meath this summer, for its first big…

CMAT announces big Dublin, Cork and Belfast gigs

CMAT, who has just released her debut album If My Wife New I’d Be Dead…

The best gigs & club nights in Dublin this week

Highlights: Choice Music Prize, Gilla Band, Dave, Sam Amidon, Upsammy, Sherelle, Niamh Regan, Ukraine Fundraiser, Tangerine Dream, O’Flynn, Blawan, Yves Tumor.

New Irish festival Beyond The Pale announced for Glendalough in June with headliners Four Tet, Orbital, Bonobo & more

Beyond The Pale is a brand new festival taking place in Glendalough Estate in Wicklow…

AVA Festival adds Partiboi69, Skin On Skin, Sally C, Piri & Tommy & visual artists to 2022 edition

After announcing its big headliners for AVA this year – including Bicep, Jon Hopkins, Mura…

Body & Soul Festival is back with a new outlook and it’s not announcing a lineup

Body & Soul Festival has returned for 2022 with a deliberately different tact than previous…

Another Love Story is hosting a one-day festival in Ballymaloe with Villagers, Anna Mieke, Junior Brother and more

Another Love Story announced over the weekend that they will be hosting one of their…

Artists Against Homelessness gig announced at 3Olympia curated by Kojaque with Damien Dempsey, Shiv, Negro Impacto, Curtisy & more

Kojaque is the latest artist to curate the Sunday Independent and Focus Ireland’s charity fundraiser…

Indie announces Dance Arena with Jenny Greene, 49th & Main & day-by-day breakdown

Indiependence has revealed its day-by-day breakdown, added a dance arena and some local support for…

Sionna is hosting a festival with Overmono, Dax J, Ben Sims & more in a Limerick toffee factory and shipyard on Patrick’s week

Sionna Music and Arts Festival first took place in September in Limerick with a lineup…

Primavera Sound is going to Madrid and Barcelona in 2023

Primavera Sound has expanded to Los Angeles and Porto long before that but the Spanish…

The Magnetic Fields for Dublin & Cork shows

The Magnetic Fields are to play two Irish shows this year. The band lead by…

The best gigs & club nights in Dublin this week

Highlights: Big Thief, Denise Chaila, Damon Albarn, Avalon Emerson,Abbacaxi, Sons Of Kemet, Los Bitchos, Elder Island.

Gig and Festival roundup: Forbidden Fruit additions, Night & Day Festival, Mall Grab, Kurt Vile, Æ MAK & more

It’s been a long time since we did a gig roundup. Our last here was…

Inhaler are pitching up their biggest gig yet in Fairview Park with Wet Leg and NewDad

An unusual side-effect of the pandemic is not being aware of a band’s trajectory with…

The best gigs & club nights in Dublin this week

Highlights: Dry Cleaning, Lumo Club, Out Of Space, A Lazarus Soul, The Altered Hours, Yenkee, KEHLI, Lonelady, HAUSU.

Massive Attack announced for Dublin outdoor show

Massive Attack are the latest act to get announced for an outdoor Dublin show this…