Formerly Spirit nightclub, the new-look Academy on Abbey Street Middle has been reborn largely as a live venue. Still, there is much to love here for clubbers: ditching the...

The Ambassador was a theatre, then a woefully underused cinema. As a rock venue, it keeps many of its old trappings: decor, balcony and a large stage. It's a big stage to fill,...

This monthly alternative live music club, taking place in an old man's pub, has showcased talented new indie acts. It's a pick 'n' mix - you could get the searing post-rock of...

The musical quality here can vary, but even so, this is a great pub: you'd do well to pop in for a drink anyway. Local blues acts play upstairs early in the week; there's...

Until recently, the Button Factory was the famed Temple Bar Music Centre, one of the foremost music venues in the city. After a pricey revamp, the Button Factory is decidedly...

Owned and run by Eamon Doran's - the same crowd that looks after the Dice Bar - Carnival is the top spot on the Camden Street 'strip' if you like your bar music to be a stew...

Overlooking the vast square at Smithfield, this is an old-fashioned, friendly boozer that hosts trad music in its back bar. Upstairs is a surprisingly comfortable and intimate...

Medium-sized Crawdaddy is an exciting new venue that meets the demand for live music with an impressive roster of contemporary jazz, world music and rock. It can hold about 300...

Eamonn Doran's replaced the once-famous Rock Garden when its star dimmed in the late '90s. Owner Dermott Doran kept the metallic decor in the basement venue and refurbished the...

The 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 Lambchop. A few...

Populated with students taking advantage of the free Wi-Fi, fashion victims in vintage Dior tank tops and the odd celebrity (Robbie Williams comes here, apparently, when he's...

Part of Dublin City University's building complex, the Helix is a multi-venue arts centre in the leafy suburb of Glasnevin. Its three venues - Mahony Hall, the Theatre and the...

This 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 popular entertainment....

A new, small-scale rock venue in the city centre, this basement bar (below the Mezz Bar) has a small stage, which puts the musicians and audience pretty much face to face. Acts...