The Point Theatre, Dublin's largest indoor music venue, closed its doors in the summer of 2007 to undergo a complete overhaul and rebranding as The O2,...
East Link BridgeThe Gaiety is a lovely Victorian chocolate box-style theatre that hosts the Christmas pantos and the spring opera season. It also caters for classic Irish...
King Street SouthThe Gaiety is a spacious, old-time concert hall whose main trade is opera and theatre, but it has given space to rock performers like the Divine Comedy and...
King Street SouthThis performance space on the northern campus of Dublin City University is home to three separate venues, and hosts a wide variety of theatre, music and...
Dublin City UniversityThis ample hall in the Hugh Lane Gallery hosts the long-running and stylish Sunday at Noon concerts. The series features jazz, contemporary and classical...
Parnell Square NorthDublin's main venue for orchestral music was established in 1981, in the Great Hall of what was then University College Dublin. It retains the bland flavour...
Earlsfort TerraceFounded in 1941, Opera Ireland is as close as Ireland gets to a national opera company. Guest performers have included Placido Domingo, José Carreras and...
The SchoolhouseFounded in 1986, this company is the national touring company of Ireland. In addition to producing four tours a year, it also runs the Opera Theatre Studio,...
Temple Bar Music Centre, Around Temple BarThis overly large but fairly serviceable hall is set in Ireland's main showjumping arena. In its favour, the venue is large enough to accommodate a modestly...
Royal Dublin Society ShowgroundsOne of the city's main sites for festival-size concerts, these sprawling grounds have hosted the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the re-routed Lisdoonvarna...
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