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Dublin currently has 204 upcoming metal, punk and alternative shows across 29 venues, including 3Olympia Theatre, Whelans, The Academy. The next gig is Arab Strap on October 12, 2026. Moshradar tracks the Dublin underground scene — gig listings, venue guides — updated as new shows are announced.

Overview

What's onThe next 8 of 204

All gigs

Mon 12 Oct Arab Strap Whelans Tickets
Tue 13 Oct F3miii Green Room at The Academy Tickets
Tue 13 Oct Heidi Curtis Whelans Tickets
Wed 14 Oct Mercury Rev Vicar Street Tickets
Thu 15 Oct SMO The Workmans Club Tickets
Thu 15 Oct Sports The Grand Social Tickets
Fri 16 Oct Angine de Poitrine Vicar Street Tickets
Sat 17 Oct The Rock Orchestra: Arena of Fire 3Arena Tickets

Where they playBusiest rooms in Dublin

All venues

3Olympia Theatre27 Whelans26 The Academy24 3Arena19 The Workmans Club14

Gigs

Upcoming gigs in Dublin204 listed

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Listings checked daily · updated 11 Oct 2026

Mon 12 Oct Arab Strap Whelans Tickets
Tue 13 Oct F3miii Green Room at The Academy Tickets
Tue 13 Oct Heidi Curtis Whelans Tickets
Wed 14 Oct Mercury Rev Vicar Street Tickets
Thu 15 Oct SMO The Workmans Club Tickets
Thu 15 Oct Sports The Grand Social Tickets
Fri 16 Oct Angine de Poitrine Vicar Street Tickets
Sat 17 Oct The Rock Orchestra: Arena of Fire 3Arena Tickets
Sat 17 Oct ARLO PARKS - DESIRE TOUR The Academy Tickets
Sat 17 Oct Winyah Academy 2 Tickets
Sat 17 Oct Tigercub The Workmans Club Tickets
Sun 18 Oct The Mountain Goats Vicar Street Tickets
Mon 19 Oct Father of Peace Green Room at The Academy Tickets
Wed 21 Oct Manic Street Preachers 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Thu 22 Oct Manic Street Preachers 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Thu 22 Oct The Small Fortunes The Workmans Club Tickets
Fri 23 Oct Elder Island The Button Factory Tickets
Fri 23 Oct Adult Leisure Upstairs At Whelans Tickets
Sat 24 Oct Overpass Whelans Tickets
Tue 27 Oct Therapy Horse Upstairs At Whelans Tickets
Wed 28 Oct The Strokes - Reality Awaits 3Arena Tickets
Thu 29 Oct Archspire The Academy Tickets
Thu 29 Oct Foy Vance World Tour | 2026 & 2027 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Thu 29 Oct Dylan Flynn & the Dead Poets The Workmans Club Tickets
Thu 29 Oct Kapayja Ballroom AT Grand Social Tickets
Thu 29 Oct Gurriers Vicar Street Tickets
Fri 30 Oct beaux Academy 2 Tickets
Fri 30 Oct Mike Massè - DUBLIN Live at The Marine Hotel, Sutton Marine Hotel Tickets
Sat 31 Oct Kerbdog - On the Turn 30 Years 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Sat 31 Oct Transvision Vamp The Academy Tickets
Sat 31 Oct The Sentimental Tourists Upstairs At Whelans Tickets
Sat 31 Oct Panchiko Vicar Street Tickets
Sat 31 Oct Josiah and the Bonnevilles Whelans Tickets
Sun 1 Nov Gurriers 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Sun 1 Nov Moon Walker Academy 2 Tickets
Sun 1 Nov Pebbledash The Workmans Club Tickets
Sun 1 Nov Nirosta Steel BELLOBAR Tickets
Mon 2 Nov Korn + Architects + Youth Code 3Arena Tickets
Mon 2 Nov Alison Moyet 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Tue 3 Nov Papa Roach 3Arena Tickets
Tue 3 Nov Jack Savoretti - We Will Always Be the Way We Were 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Tue 3 Nov Sons of Legion - Sons To Sol World Tour Whelans Tickets
Tue 3 Nov bed Upstairs At Whelans Tickets
Wed 4 Nov Sons of Legion - Sons To Sol World Tour Whelans Tickets
Thu 5 Nov Swervedriver Whelans Tickets
Fri 6 Nov Skindred - You Got This Tour 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Fri 6 Nov Ricky Warwick & The Fighting Hearts The Grand Social Tickets
Fri 6 Nov Pelican + No Spill Blood Whelans Tickets
Fri 6 Nov Gently Tender Upstairs At Whelans Tickets
Sat 7 Nov Basht. The Button Factory Tickets
Sat 7 Nov Cat Power - the Greatest Tour Vicar Street Tickets
Sat 7 Nov Mark O'Donnell Upstairs At Whelans Tickets
Mon 9 Nov Little Angels Opium Tickets
Tue 10 Nov Hey, Nothing Whelans Tickets
Tue 10 Nov MX LONELY BELLOBAR Tickets
Wed 11 Nov Car Bomb Whelans Tickets
Fri 13 Nov Master Boot Record & Fulci The Academy Tickets
Fri 13 Nov Poison Ruïn Lost Lane Tickets
Fri 13 Nov Widowspeak The Workmans Club Tickets
Sat 14 Nov Swapmeet Ballroom AT Grand Social Tickets
Sat 14 Nov Bec O'Malley Upstairs At Whelans Tickets
Sat 14 Nov Gotts Street Park Opium Tickets
Sat 14 Nov Search Results The Workmans Club Tickets
Mon 16 Nov Kiss Facility The Grand Social Tickets
Mon 16 Nov @ (pronounced 'at') The Workmans Club Tickets
Tue 17 Nov Teenage Fanclub The Academy Tickets
Tue 17 Nov Wesghost - If It's Not Forever The Workmans Club Tickets
Wed 18 Nov Nicko McBrain - an Evening with Nicko McBrain Ambassador Theatre Tickets
Wed 18 Nov Fat Dog Whelans Tickets
Thu 19 Nov Chloe Slater Green Room at The Academy Tickets
Thu 19 Nov feeble little horse The Button Factory Tickets
Thu 19 Nov No Cigar The Grand Social Tickets
Thu 19 Nov Fat Dog Whelans Tickets
Fri 20 Nov 1000mods Whelans Tickets
Fri 20 Nov Boko Yout The Grand Social Tickets
Sat 21 Nov Xentrix + Nervosa Opium Tickets
Sat 21 Nov Jamie McIntyre The Academy Tickets
Sat 21 Nov This Is Lorelei The Button Factory Tickets
Sat 21 Nov Chapterhouse - First Ever Irish Show Whelans Tickets
Sat 21 Nov Autumns The Workmans Club Tickets
Sun 22 Nov Romes Academy 2 Tickets
Sun 22 Nov LAVENDER Upstairs At Whelans Tickets
Mon 23 Nov Phoebe Bridgers 3Arena Tickets
Mon 23 Nov Urne The Grand Social Tickets
Tue 24 Nov Phoebe Bridgers 3Arena Tickets
Tue 24 Nov Avatar National Stadium Tickets
Tue 24 Nov Harakiri for the Sky + Sunken Opium Tickets
Tue 24 Nov Radio Free Alice The Button Factory Tickets
Tue 24 Nov SPIKE FUCK Upstairs At Whelans Tickets
Tue 24 Nov leenalchi Whelans Tickets
Wed 25 Nov Eagles of Death Metal The Academy Tickets
Wed 25 Nov Adult DVD The Grand Social Tickets
Thu 26 Nov Electric Six The Academy Tickets
Thu 26 Nov Tolü Makay The Sugar Club Tickets
Thu 26 Nov Wilt The Grand Social Tickets
Fri 27 Nov Eagles of Death Metal The Academy Tickets
Sun 29 Nov Evergrey Opium Tickets
Sun 29 Nov Dylan John Thomas The Academy Tickets
Sun 29 Nov Mystery Jets Green Room at The Academy Tickets
Sun 29 Nov Milo Korbenski BELLOBAR Tickets
Mon 30 Nov Interpol & Bloc Party Co-Headline Tour 3Arena Tickets
Wed 2 Dec Placebo - 30th Anniversary Tour 3Arena Tickets
Thu 3 Dec Enter Shikari The Academy Tickets
Fri 4 Dec Enter Shikari The Academy Tickets
Fri 4 Dec Martin Luke Brown Upstairs At Whelans Tickets
Sat 5 Dec The Frank and Walters The Academy Tickets
Sat 5 Dec Saor Academy 2 Tickets
Sat 5 Dec Really Good Time The Button Factory Tickets
Sun 6 Dec how r u BELLOBAR Tickets
Mon 7 Dec Sex Pistols & Frank Carter 3Arena Tickets
Tue 8 Dec SLIFT The Academy Tickets
Tue 8 Dec Child of Prague Whelans Tickets
Wed 9 Dec The Pogues 3Arena Tickets
Wed 9 Dec Ash 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Wed 9 Dec Sevendust The Academy Tickets
Wed 9 Dec Alabama 3 Whelans Tickets
Wed 9 Dec Leap: Entropy World Tour The Grand Social Tickets
Fri 11 Dec Esmeralda Road The Workmans Club Tickets
Fri 11 Dec Keg: Relaxing Near the Hospital Album Tour Upstairs At Whelans Tickets
Sat 12 Dec Kevin Atwater Academy 2 Tickets
Sat 12 Dec Esmeralda Road The Workmans Club Tickets
Sat 12 Dec Dove Ellis Vicar Street Tickets
Sat 12 Dec Liam Lynch Upstairs At Whelans Tickets
Sun 13 Dec Duke Special " Songs From the Deep Forest " 20th Anniversary Whelans Tickets
Mon 14 Dec Razorlight - 'America' 20th Anniversary Tour 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Tue 15 Dec Florence Road 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Tue 15 Dec Mammoth The Academy Tickets
Tue 15 Dec Big Sleep Whelans Tickets
Wed 16 Dec Bleech 9:3 The Academy Tickets
Thu 17 Dec Blondshell The Academy Tickets
Thu 17 Dec Scustin The Button Factory Tickets
Sat 19 Dec Green Lung + High On Fire + Gnome The Academy Tickets
Sat 19 Dec Sack Whelans Tickets
Mon 28 Dec The Year Grunge Broke The Button Factory Tickets
Thu 31 Dec Nyf Dublin Matinee Countdown Concert - the Academic Dublin Castle Tickets
Thu 31 Dec Nyf Dublin Countdown Concert Dublin Castle Tickets
Thu 7 Jan Black Veil Brides 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Fri 8 Jan From a Count to a King World Exclusive Kavanagh's Tickets
Sun 10 Jan Sawyer Hill Green Room at The Academy Tickets
Wed 13 Jan Catch Your Breath The Academy Tickets
Mon 18 Jan An Intimate Evening with: First Aid Kit 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Mon 18 Jan Unpeople The Grand Social Tickets
Tue 19 Jan Five Finger Death Punch + Lamb of God + Bleed From Within 3Arena Tickets
Wed 20 Jan Holly Humberstone 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Thu 21 Jan Electric Callboy - Tanzneid World Tour 3Arena Tickets
Fri 22 Jan The Year Grunge Broke 2027 Kavanagh's Tickets
Tue 26 Jan Whitechapel & Sylosis The Academy Tickets
Wed 27 Jan Alestorm + Battle Beast + Wizardthrone 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Wed 27 Jan Melrose Avenue The Academy Tickets
Fri 29 Jan Good Health Good Wealth The Workmans Club Tickets
Sun 31 Jan Dead Poet Society The Academy Tickets
Tue 2 Feb Hayden Thorpe - Performing the songs of Wild Beasts The Sugar Club Tickets
Fri 5 Feb RuntheRed The Grand Social Tickets
Fri 5 Feb Josh Rouse Whelans Tickets
Mon 8 Feb South Arcade 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Tue 9 Feb Ariel Posen Whelans Tickets
Wed 10 Feb Ride National Stadium Tickets
Fri 12 Feb Giles Corey The Grand Social Tickets
Mon 15 Feb Julia Jacklin National Stadium Tickets
Wed 17 Feb Shred Fest - Obscura, Pestilence, Cryptic Shift & More Opium Tickets
Wed 17 Feb Saxon 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Fri 19 Feb Iceage Whelans Tickets
Mon 22 Feb Basement National Stadium Tickets
Thu 25 Feb Slow Fiction The Workmans Club Tickets
Fri 26 Feb In Color Green Room at The Academy Tickets
Sun 28 Feb Signs of the Swarm Opium Tickets
Sun 28 Feb Editors Vicar Street Tickets
Mon 1 Mar Arthur Hill - Arthway Around the World Tour 3Olympia Theatre Off sale
Tue 2 Mar Medium Build The Button Factory Tickets
Tue 2 Mar Hudson Freeman Whelans Tickets
Tue 9 Mar Pokey LaFarge The Button Factory Tickets
Tue 9 Mar Lambrini Girls Vicar Street Tickets
Wed 10 Mar The Menzingers The Button Factory Tickets
Thu 11 Mar Tash Sultana 3Arena Tickets
Thu 11 Mar Big Country Whelans Tickets
Fri 12 Mar Dirty Honey Whelans Tickets
Sat 13 Mar My New Band Believe The Button Factory Tickets
Tue 16 Mar Keo 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Fri 19 Mar Jack Lukeman - Immortal Songs 27 Club 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Fri 19 Mar Hothouse Flowers Acoustic Keadeen Hotel Tickets
Sat 20 Mar Jack Lukeman - Greatest Songs 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Mon 29 Mar Trivium + In Flames + Paleface Swiss + Vola 3Arena Tickets
Tue 30 Mar Jack Kays and His Band The Grand Social Tickets
Thu 1 Apr Palaye Royale 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Sun 4 Apr Brandi Carlile - the Human Tour 3Arena Tickets
Sun 4 Apr Brandi Carlile - Premium Priced Seats 3Arena Tickets
Wed 7 Apr Ministry | Hate To Go - Goodbye Europe 2027 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Sat 10 Apr The Ultimate Thin Lizzy Experience The Button Factory Tickets
Thu 22 Apr Sadness BELLOBAR Tickets
Sat 24 Apr Hothouse Flowers Acoustic The Arklow Bay Hotel Tickets
Sun 25 Apr Bleech 9:3 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Fri 30 Apr The 9075 - Music By the 1975 Green Room at The Academy Tickets
Sat 1 May Boy In Space Upstairs At Whelans Tickets
Sun 2 May Palace 3Olympia Theatre Tickets
Wed 12 May Weezer 3Arena Tickets
Thu 13 May Nevermore + Rivers of Nihil + Urne The Academy Tickets
Wed 19 May Kings of Convenience Vicar Street Tickets
Sun 30 May Nickelback: Everything Under The Sun Tour 3Arena Tickets
Fri 4 Jun Greta Van Fleet - Into the Beginning 3Arena Tickets
Fri 4 Jun Oasis Supernova Green Room at The Academy Tickets

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Venues

Venues in Dublin29 listed, busiest first

3Olympia Theatre 73 Dame Street · 27 upcoming Whelans 25 Wexford St · 26 upcoming The Academy 57 Middle Abbey Street · 24 upcoming 3Arena East Link Bridge · 19 upcoming The Workmans Club 10 Wellington Quay · 14 upcoming The Button Factory Curved Street, Temple Bar · 13 upcoming The Grand Social 35 Lower Liffey St · 13 upcoming Upstairs At Whelans Wexford Street · 13 upcoming Vicar Street 58 Thomas Street · 10 upcoming Green Room at The Academy The Academy, 57 Middle Abbey Street · 8 upcoming Opium 26 Wexford Street · 7 upcoming Academy 2 Middle Abbey Street · 6 upcoming BELLOBAR 1 PORTABELLO HARBOUR · 5 upcoming National Stadium South Circular Road · 4 upcoming Ballroom AT Grand Social 35 Liffey Street Lower · 2 upcoming Dublin Castle Dame Street · 2 upcoming Kavanagh's Main Street · 2 upcoming The Sugar Club 8 Lower Leeson Street · 2 upcoming Ambassador Theatre Oconnell Street · 1 upcoming Keadeen Hotel Newbridge · 1 upcoming Lost Lane 1-2 Adam Court, · 1 upcoming Malahide Castle Malahide · 1 upcoming Marine Hotel 13 Sutton Cross, · 1 upcoming The Arklow Bay Hotel Sea Road · 1 upcoming Trinity College College Green · 1 upcoming Bello Bar 1 Portobello Harbour Collins Barracks Benburb Street Dalymount Park Phibsborough The Sound House 1st Floor

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Who's playing soonActs with upcoming Dublin dates

1000mods @ (pronounced 'at') Aaron Rowe Adult DVD Adult Leisure Alabama 3 Alestorm Alex Cameron Alison Moyet Angine De Poitrine Arab Strap Archspire

Gigs in Dublin: the basics

How many gigs are on in Dublin?

There are 204 upcoming gigs listed in Dublin across 29 venues. The next is Arab Strap on 12 October 2026.

Are there any gigs in Dublin this weekend?

Nothing is listed in Dublin this weekend yet (09–11 October), but 204 gigs are listed further ahead.

What are the best live music venues in Dublin?

The Dublin venues with the most upcoming shows listed are 3Olympia Theatre, Whelans, The Academy, 3Arena, The Workmans Club.

Which bands are playing in Dublin soon?

Acts with upcoming Dublin dates include 1000mods, @ (pronounced 'at'), Aaron Rowe, Adult DVD, Adult Leisure, Alabama 3, Alestorm, Alex Cameron, Alison Moyet, Angine De Poitrine, Arab Strap, Archspire.

What genres of live music can you see in Dublin?

Upcoming shows in Dublin cover Alternative, Rock, Metal, Punk, Indie.

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