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Christmas Market in The Depot at The Complex by Unique Markets Dublin

Following their critically acclaimed debut album Lubumba in 2022, British-Irish-Swiss collaborative ensemble YDIVIDE released The Default this year, delving into themes of racial and gender bias with vibrant counterpoints, powerful unisons, and intelligent solos.

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The Complex is delighted to once again host UMAKOKO in The Depot at The Complex in 2025. UMAKOKO Dance Company proudly presents the fourth edition of its boundary-breaking dance production, W4VE, returning on December 6th, 2025, at The Complex, Dublin. This year’s edition is titled W4VE 4EVER 2025, an artistic and cultural statement of commitment, resilience, and purpose.

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The Complex welcomes Dublin Comic Arts Festival (DCAF) back to The Depot for the fourth edition of their quarterly event in The Depot. The festival runs from 11am - 5pm on Sunday, November 30th.

The annual DAMnation Animation Film Festival returns for its third year to The Complex! We’re bringing together animators of all levels in a welcoming and inclusive environment full of people excited about animation.

The Complex is pleased to host the second edition of the Albariño Festival, a unique celebration of the wines of the Rías Baixas region, with a special focus on the Albariño grape.

Hayley Kavanagh is a Dublin-based saxophonist and flautist, playing The Cooler at The Complex by The Improvised Music Company

Television may be dead but we’re bringing back that nineties & naughties energy for a night, your own RTÉ guide full of local Dj’s, dancer and presenters..

The Complex is back with another edition of The Depot Sessions—a series of carefully curated live music nights held in the raw

Kevin Brady - drums, Dave Redmond - bass, Scott Flanigan - piano play The Cooler at The Complex by The Improvised Music Company

The YAIMA Music Project, featuring multi-instrumentalist and producer Masaru Higasa and Vocalist Pepper Proud, has often been described as timeless and unmistakable, offering a balanced synergy of masculine and feminine expression.

Dublin-based genre-blenders Fizzy Orange return for a headline show at The Complex this November. Known for their infectious energy, guitar-driven arrangements, and a rootsy sound that ranges from rock and roll to rocksteady, Fizzy Orange have built a strong reputation as one of Ireland’s most exciting live acts

IMC is delighted to host the album launch of a new duo project from two of Ireland’s most distinctive and versatile musicians, Aoife Ní Bhriain and Cormac McCarthy.

Expect the tracks that defined the era, including Jungle & D&B, played in an original warehouse setting. Local heroes Pierce Rooney, Eliza

Experience music live never before, as Red Bull 360 lands in Dublin. For one night only, speakers will surround the venue, with sound moving throughout the room perfectly synced to an impressive visual display, creating a fully immersive experience. 

“Harmonically and melodically, Halferty is a distinctive guitarist...” - The Irish Times
A birthday celebration for Ireland's legendary elder statesman of the jazz guitar, featuring a new work by Ronan Guilfoyle written as a tribute to Tommy's life and work, along with a selection of arrangements by Guilfoyle of Tommy's own works. Featuring collaborators old and new, join us to celebrate the life and music of Tommy Halferty.

The Complex is thrilled to announce that Sack will be headlining The Depot Sessions, the fourth edition in a series of music nights that have snowballed in popularity since their inception in June of 2024. Tickets go live this Friday at 11am, alongside the announcement of a special guest.

Dublin Jack - Jack Saul - is one of Ireland’s most infamous erotic exports.  He ran a roaring trade as a rent boy working in Victorian London - exploiting his sexual currency, and cashing in on aristocratic desire.A self described ‘professional Mary Ann’, Jack’s commitment to his work and exuberant lack of discretion eventually led to his arrest. 

The Complex is delighted to welcome Dublin Comic Arts Festival (DCAF) back to The Depot, following the hugely successful editions in April and July. The third of four events scheduled for 2025 takes place on Sunday, 5 October, from 11am to 5pm.

SOUNDMATE WAREHOUSE "THE HUB" returns, bigger, deeper, and ready to blow your mind, cited for the new concept where YOU are the protagonist,

Over three days we will screen work by over thirty artists, both Irish and international. DISSOLUTIONS features a number of key collaborations with programmes curated by Alice Quinn Banville, Clodagh Assata Boyce, Diaa Lagan and Oona Mosna of Media City Film Festival. 

Pellador Presents: Hard Shoulder, a runway show at Dublin Independent Fashion Week. This year, the Irish fashion label takes to the Complex in Smithfield to showcase their AW25 Collection, soundtracked by Sloucho.

Dublin Independent Fashion Week (DIFW) proudly announces its third annual showcase, celebrating the city’s thriving independent design community. 

The Complex welcomes MOSE to The Depot this September for a live concert of ecstatic dance, featuring a cacao ceremony led by Bruna Bortolato and an Irish debut for Medicine Musician, Franko Heke.

This electrifying new piece collides high-energy music with movement, visuals and surreal theatricality. It’s more than a return it’s a euphoric resurrection and a plunge into our shared apocalyptic fantasies

The Complex presents an exciting line-up of acts for THE COMPLEX X SUBJECT X RATHAUS this September 19th from 9 - late. 

The iconoclastic frontman with The Sex Pistols and founder of Public Image Limited has sold out two UK tours with his spoken word tour, I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right.

Clash At The Quays! returns for another no-holds-barred night of heavy beats and even heavier body slams! One night. One ring. Catch some of Ireland’s fiercest talents

This powerful live performance weaves together spoken word poetry, film, and sound to tell a moving story of

This August, for three unforgettable days, JAIVA is set to light up The Complex with rhythm, energy, and community spirit

Donal Dineen’s legendary Backstory club night continues to unite people through music and dance, drawing crowds from far and wide.

John Donegan is a modern jazz pianist and composer, originally from Cork and now based in Britain. His music has been featured on BBC, Jazz FM, RTÉ, and

Jess Kav is a genre-defying soul artist and multidisciplinary performer hailing from Dublin, whose creative practice sits at the crossroads of music, activism

Dermot Dunne's accordion brings both poise and playfulness to the mix, and Ariel Hernandez' superb guitar lines sit beneath a voice that could only have been born beneath a southern star.

Sasha Berliner is a vibraphonist, composer, producer, and bandleader originally from San Francisco, CA. Starting out as a rock drummer, she discovered the vibraphone during her time at Oakland School for the Arts

The Complex is delighted to welcome Dublin Comic Arts Festival (DCAF) back to The Depot following a hugely successful debut. The second of four events scheduled for 2025 takes place on Sunday, 13 July, from 11am to 5pm. Free entry, no booking necessary.

Cooks But We’re Chefs are a seven-piece band hailing from Dublin and Kerry, blending elements of house, funk, jazz,

A block party is a gathering where a community comes together whether to mark an important moment or simply to share solidarity,

Greg Lloyd is an Australian/Irish jazz pianist based in Dublin, Ireland. Greg creates original, alternative, improvised music in a piano trio format, mixing together all genres of music into a new unmissable cocktail.

Over the past decade, Taborn has continued to evolve his distinctive approach, reaching new heights with his 2020

Jimmy Dore is outrageous and outraged, bothersome and bothered, a crucial, profane, passionate voice for progressives and freethinkers in 21st century America.

Negro Impacto are a Dundalk duo comprising of vocalist-songwriter Chi Chi and producer

In the last 20 months Dublin psych-pop six piece THUMPER have gone from playing small hometown shows to touring Europe extensively, selling out headline shows, opening for Kasabian on their Irish tour, and hitting festivals such as Mad Cool (Madrid), Reading & Leeds (UK), Iceland Airwaves (IS), Electric Picnic (IE) and many more.

Since 2020, acclaimed improvisational duo Lina Andonovska (flute) and Izumi Kimura (piano) have forged a compelling musical partnership, earning praise for their intuitive interplay. Their performance at the Jazz Promotion Network

SYSTEM:3 returns to The Complex for a full warehouse takeover on Bank Holiday Sunday June 1st w/ 7 hours+ of music across the unique city centre venue

Origin Story are “one of the freshest voices in Irish jazz and a must-hear for anyone who wants to know where the piano trio is headed in the 21st century” (Irish Times).

This concert showcases an array of leading musicians, singers and poets and highlights the
immense and diverse talents of the Travelling community. The stellar line up is headlined by
master piper and fiddler player Mickey Dunne of the renowned musical Dunne family,

This Easter Sunday BassLine Dub Team up with Blancnoir to bring house music royalty Dennis Quin to Dublin for a special 7hr warehouse party in The Complex Smithfield. Support is stacked full of the hottest emerging talents Ireland has to offer.

Projective is a powerhouse collective of musicians and writers hailing from Ireland, celebrated for their genre-blending sound that weaves together RnB, Neo-Soul, Jazz, and Hip-Hop.

Michael is recognised as the leading contemporary Irish jazz musician and a phenomenal tenor player who is also in demand as producer and arranger. He has collaborated

Alternating Current 2025 will explore the theme ‘Urban Scores.’ Inspired by the writings of Elena Biserna,

Trio Sankhara are amongst three of Ireland’s leading musicians in the field of contemporary improvised music. Tipperary-born Joe O’Callaghan is a genuine force in Irish jazz guitar

Virtuoso pianist, composer and improviser Xenia Pestova Bennett joins forces with acclaimed
visual artist Joe Hanly to present a striking interdisciplinary project. Correspondences combines
pre-recorded digital audio with live performance featuring piano and toy piano alongside visual
elements.

Composer Ed Bennett presents a fresh incarnation of his renowned Decibel Ensemble for the premiere of new commission All Earth Once Drowned, to texts by poet Cherry Smyth.

The Dublin Smartphone Film Festival (DubSmartFF) is back for its 8th edition, continuing to shine as Ireland's only international festival dedicated to mobile filmmaking. Happening on March 29, 2025.

Welcome To The Showdown Festival ETS!! We are excited to bring you Ireland premier (Day party/ Fight night), for a good cause. The Event The Showdown festival is a charity fight exibition/day party, that will be hosted at The complex, Dublin 7

10 hour day to night Warehouse Party, St. Patrick’s Day at The Complex. Research boss Aeron XTC, Subject residents Ayolxi & Cailín

Ping Pong Disco are a community of creatives, artists and queerdos, with the same thrill
seeking mission and fabulous commitment to performance, vibe and fun fueled.

Hardware is bringing its first-ever show outside of Limerick to Dublin on March 15th at The Complex.

Pianist, composer, and writer Ethan Iverson was a founding member of The Bad Plus, a game-changing collective with Reid Anderson and David King.

Release tour for Elliot Galvin’s new album The Ruin, with Mandhira de Saram, Ruth Goller and Sebastian Rochford.

Grammy-award-winning multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi has been called a “musical alchemist” and a “musical polyglot” by the press