NOCTURNAL BEATS CELEBRATES DUBLIN’S CLUB AND NIGHTLIFE CULTURE THIS SEPTEMBER

This September, Dublin City Council’s Night-Time Economy Advisor and Dublin Fringe Festival come together for Nocturnal Beats – a celebration of the artists, venues, promoters and audiences who bring Dublin to life after dark.

Supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport, Nocturnal Beats spotlights a vibrant trail of night-time events, performances and cultural experiences taking place across Dublin Fringe Festival 2026.

From live music and club culture to cabaret, drag, dance floors and immersive performance, the programme celebrates the energy, creativity and diversity of Dublin at night – and recognises nightlife as an important part of the city’s cultural life.

Across September, Nocturnal Beats will take audiences through venues and spaces across Dublin, with everything from club nights and live music to drag, cabaret, wrestling and immersive performance.

NOCTURNAL BEATS — PROGRAMME

• BIG FAT SLUT Free Party — featuring Sexy Tadhg and more
  Culture Night Late
  18 September | 10pm–late | Wigwam, Abbey Street, Dublin 1 | Free – ticket details to follow.
  A major free party at Wigwam and one of the highlights of Culture Night Late, bringing BIG FAT SLUT’s distinctive mix of performance, music and club culture to the heart of the city.
• Lesbian Death Bed — King
  4 September | 9pm | Project Arts Centre | €25 / €23 concession.
  A late-night collision of drag kings, dancers, DJs and queer performance, followed by an afterparty until late.
• CLASH AT THE QUAYS! III: Oh, You Didn’t Know?! — Ahmed, With Love.
  6 September | 7pm–late | Button Factory | From €27.50
  Live music meets professional wrestling in a one-night spectacle of music, wrestling and larger-than-life performance.
• Elysian Transmutation — Eluna & Kid Kuba
  7 & 10 September | 7pm | The Grand Social – The Ballroom | €18 / €16 concession.
  An immersive visual and musical experience blending alternative hip hop, ethereal R&B and underground performance.
• Cabáiste Cabaret
  10 September | 8.30pm | Drop Dead Twice | €20 / €18 concession.
  Burlesque, drag, dance, singing and a céilí come together in a cabaret trí mheán na Gaeilge. All levels of Irish welcome.
• HO’CIAL CLUB — Red Umbrella Éireann
  11 September | 8pm–late | DV8 Bar & Venue | €20 / €18 concession.
  Pole, drag and cabaret performers come together for a night celebrating sex worker resistance and joy.
• Foxgluv: The Dublin Fringe Edition
  12 September | 3pm–late | Lucky’s, Meath Street | Free & unticketed
  Eight hours of music moving from laid-back outdoor afternoon sets into a late-night party indoors.
• Miss Powder Vacuum 2026 — Bill Harris
  18 September | 7.30pm | The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art | Free, booking required.
  Inspired by the legacy of Alternative Miss Ireland, contestants of all shapes, sizes and species compete through live performance, music and spectacle for the crowning of Miss Powder Vacuum 2026.
• PROJECT FRINGE: AFTER DARK
  Project Arts Centre
  A series of late-night club events presented through the collaboration between Dublin Fringe Festival and Project Arts Centre.
  Lesbian Death Bed Club Night
  4 September | 10.30pm–late | €15 / €10 concession
• GIITA
  11 September | 10pm–late | Free & unticketed
• The Sweet Spot: Fringe Edition with DJ Blkcnvs
  19 September | 10pm–late | Free & unticketed

Nocturnal Beats runs as part of Dublin Fringe Festival 2026.