Big gigs 2024: your handy guide to Ireland’s top live music events for the year ahead

SEPTEMBER and OCTOBER

• RIDE – September 2, The Limelight, Belfast / September 3, Olympia Theatre, Dublin / September 4, Cyprus Avenue, Cork

• Christy Moore – September 5, Knocknarea Arena, Sligo / September 14, Leisureland, Galway / September 19 & 26, Great Northern Hotel, Co Donegal / October 19, TF Royal, Castlebar
• The Wolfe Tones – September 6-7, Millennium Forum, Derry / September 13, Gleneagle INEC Arena, Kerry

• Megan Moroney – September 7, Telegraph Building, Belfast
• Jonas Brothers – September 9, SSE Arena, Belfast / September 10, 3Arena, Dublin
• Arab Strap – September 11, The Empire, Belfast / September 12, Dolan’s Warehouse, Limerick / September 13, Roisin Dubh, Galway / September 14, Whelan’s, Dublin

• Aslan + Lee Tompkins – September 13, The Academy, Dublin / October 12, The Limelight 2, Belfast
• Snow Patrol – September 13, The Ulster Hall, Belfast
• Joshua Bassett – September 17, The Ulster Hall, Belfast
• The Last Dinner Party – September 18, Telegraph Building, Belfast / October 7-8, Olympia Theatre, Dublin
• The Libertines – September 22, Cyprus Avenue, Cork / September 23, Olympia Theatre, Dublin / September 25, Limerick Milk Market
• Big Country – September 26, The Limelight, Belfast / September 27, Opium, Dublin / September 29, Dolan’s Warehouse, Limerick
• Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve – September 27-October 1, Vicar St, Dublin
• Buffalo Tom – September 27, Whelan’s, Dublin
• Kerbdog – September 28, The Limelight, Belfast / October 12, The Academy, Dublin

• The Dandy Warhols, The Black Angels – September 29, The Academy, Dublin

• The Go! Team – September 29, Button Factory, Dublin
• Jet – October 3, The Academy, Dublin / October 4, Telegraph Building, Belfast

• Orange Goblin – October 4, Opium, Dublin / October 5, The Limelight 2
• Vonda Shepard – October 5, Liberty Hall Theatre, Dublin / October 6, The Empire, Belfast
• The Wolfe Tones – October 6, SSE Arena, Belfast / October 11-12, 3Arena, Dublin

• Maximo Park – October 8, The Academy, Dublin / October 9, The Limelight 2, Belfast
• Sea Girls – October 12, The Limelight, Belfast
• Lush! Classical – October 12, SSE Arena, Belfast

• The Bluetones – October 13, The Empire, Belfast
• Chris Stapleton’s All-American Roadshow – October 20, 3Arena, Dublin
• Joe Jackson: Two Rounds of Racket – October 20, Ulster Hall, Belfast / October 21, Olympia Theatre, Dublin
• Gregory Porter – October 21, Vicar Street, Dublin
• John Grant – October 22, Vicar Street, Dublin

• Paul Brady – October 25, Knocknarea Arena, Sligo
• The Bothy Band – October 26, Knocknarea Arena, Sligo
• Bambie Thug – October 28, Limelight 2, Belfast
• Glass Animals – October 30, 3 Arena, Dublin
• Therapy?: Troublegum 30 – October 31, Olympia Theatre, Dublin

NOVEMBER and DECEMBER

• Therapy?: Troublegum 30 – November 2, Ulster Hall, Belfast
• Scooter: Thirty, Rough and Dirty - November 2-3, 3Arena, Dublin
• Journey, Cheap Trick - November 4, SSE Arena, Belfast / November 5, 3Arena, Dublin
• Cast - November 7, The Academy, Dublin / November 8, Cyprus Avenue, Cork / November 9, The Limelight, Belfast

• The Corrs, Natalie Imbruglia - November 8, SSE Arena, Belfast / November 9, 3Arena, Dublin
• They Might Be Giants – November 8, Mandela Hall, Belfast / November 9, Vicar St, Dublin
• Sepultura – November 9, Vicar St, Dublin / November 10, Telegraph Building, Belfast

• Interpol: Antics 20th Anniversary - November 10, 3Arena, Dublin
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour - November 12-13, 3Arena, Dublin

• Marcus King - November 12, Olympia Theatre, Dublin
• The Script - November 13, SSE Arena, Belfast / November 14-16, 3Arena Dublin

• Oisin Leech - November 14, Whelans, Dublin
• Peter Hook & The Light – November 14, Telegraph Building, Belfast / November 15, Olympia, Dublin / November 16, Leisureland, Galway

• Nathan Carter - November 14, Waterfront Hall, Belfast
• Idles - November 16-17, Telegraph Building, Belfast / November 19-20, Olympia, Dublin
• Queen Orchestral – November 23, 3Arena, Dublin

• UB40, Soul II Soul – November 23, SSE Arena, Belfast

• Khruangbin - November 24, 3Arena, Dublin
• Palace - November 25, The Academy, Dublin
• Anthrax, Kreator, Testament - November 25, 3Arena, Dublin

• Amble - November 27, Telegraph Building, Belfast / November 28, Olympia Theatre, Dublin
• Electric Six - November 28, The Academy, Dublin / November 29, The Limelight, Belfast

• Vampire Weekend - November 29, 3Arena, Dublin
• Lisa McHugh - November 30, Ulster Hall, Belfast
• The Lightning Seeds - November 30, The Academy, Dublin / December 1, The Limelight, Belfast
• Cherrie Currie: Voice of The Runaways - November 30, The Deer’s Head, Belfast / December 3, Sound House, Dublin

• Dom Martin - December 1, Mandela Hall, QUBSU
• Mary Coughlan - December 1, Olympia Theatre, Dublin
• The Undertones - December 3, Cork Opera House / 7, Olympia Theatre, Dublin
• Culture Club, Heaven 17, Tony Hadley - December 3, 3Arena, Dublin

• Villagers - December 3, Opera House, Cork / December 4, Dolan’s, Limerick / December 5, Gleneagle INEC Club, Killarney / December 9, Mandela Hall, QUBSU / December 11, Set Theatre, Kilkenny / December 12, Leisureland, Galway

• Fontaines DC - December 6, 3Arena, Dublin

• The Chameleons - December 9, Opium, Dublin / December 10, The Limelight, Belfast
• Falling in Reverse, Asking Alexandria, Our Last Night, Tech N9ne - 3Arena, Dublin
• The Blades - December 13, The Academy, Dublin
• The Frank & Walters - December 21, Cyprus Avenue, Cork

• Midge Ure - December 16, Ulster Hall, Belfast