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Events in Dublin, easy to join alone.

11 upcoming events in Dublin you can go to alone, 0 of them free, from Sunday 15 Nov to Saturday 16 Jan 2027. Picked from city open data and official agendas. Check the official page before you go: times and prices can change.

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9 events in the next 14 days.

Sun15Nov
MusicDublinAlcohol-free friendly

Paul Brady, Irish songwriter, at the National Concert Hall, Dublin

National Concert Hall

On Sunday 15 November 2026 at 20:00 the National Concert Hall in Dublin presents Paul Brady on its Main Stage. The listing calls him a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, one of Ireland's most enduringly popular artists, and says he announces new Irish dates this November with classics such as The Island, Nobody Knows and Arthur McBride. It says he crosses musical boundaries again and again, mixing folk, rock, blues, traditional Irish and classic pop in his songwriting, with a catalogue of 40 years that he plays solo or with his trio. It adds that the NCH gave him a Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the President of Ireland. Tickets cost 35, 42.50 or 50 euros, and the listing says availability is low. A seated concert of songs is easy to enjoy alone, since the whole hall listens together. «An evening with Paul Brady on stage is a captivating experience.» Starts 20:00, ends about 22:00. Source: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0) and the venue's own listing, nch.ie. The listing gives no end time, so the end shown here is estimated. The listing gives the price as 35, 42.50 or 50 euros.

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Mon16Nov
CultureDublinAlcohol-free friendly

Monday Night Cinema: Pressure, Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire

Pavilion Theatre

The Pavilion Theatre in Dún Laoghaire shows the wartime drama Pressure in its Monday Night Cinema series on 16 November, with screenings at 17:00 and 20:00. The film revisits the days before the D-Day landings in June 1944, when meteorologist Group Captain James Stagg warns that stormy weather could make the invasion a disaster and has to convince Allied leaders, including General Eisenhower, to listen. The cast includes Andrew Scott, Kerry Condon and Brendan Fraser. It runs 100 minutes and is rated 12A. The 17:00 showing carries open captions for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers, while the 20:00 showing has none. Tickets are 10 euro, or 9 concession, plus a booking fee, and pre-booking is recommended. A seat among other cinema-goers is an easy evening for anyone who is alone. «Monday Night Cinema: Pressure» Starts 17:00, ends about 18:45. Source: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0) and the venue's own listing.

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Sun22Nov
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Gealán Quartet: Prayers and Truths, chamber music, at the NCH, Dublin

National Concert Hall (Kevin Barry Recital Room)

On Sunday 22 November 2026 at 15:00 the Gealán Quartet play Prayers and Truths in the Kevin Barry Recital Room of the National Concert Hall in Dublin, in its Chamber Music Series. The players are Gina Maria McGuinness and Eoin Ducrot on violins, Fiachra de hOra on viola and Paul Grennan on cello. The programme opens with a series of evocative miniatures from Ireland, Spain, Italy and Russia: Sam Perkin's A Gathering, Turina's La Oración del Torero, Puccini's Crisantemi and Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 7. It culminates in Mendelssohn's powerful String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80. Perkin wrote his piece for the opening of the 2025 West Cork Chamber Music Festival, asking whether we are in a barn, a pub or a festival. Tickets cost 17.50 euros. An afternoon chamber concert is easy to enjoy alone. «Are we in a barn, a pub, or at a chamber music festival?» Starts 15:00, ends about 16:30. Source: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0) and the venue's own listing, nch.ie. The listing gives no end time, so the end shown here is estimated. The listing gives the price as 17.50 euros.

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Sun22Nov
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Kronos Quartet play Steve Reich at 90 at the NCH, Dublin

National Concert Hall (Main Stage)

On Sunday 22 November 2026 at 20:00 the Kronos Quartet return to the National Concert Hall in Dublin with a concert of music by their long-time collaborator Steve Reich on his 90th birthday, in the Perspectives series. The players are David Harrington and Gabriela Díaz on violins, Ayane Kozasa on viola and Paul Wiancko on cello. The programme, which is subject to change, includes Pendulum Music, Different Trains, an interval, then Triple Quartet, selections from The Cave and WTC 9/11, with a Pérotin arrangement and Coltrane's Alabama. It focuses on quartets Kronos commissioned. The listing says two new members have joined the founders as the ensemble enters its sixth decade. Tickets cost 35, 40 or 45 euros. A concert of contemporary chamber music is easy to attend alone. «Kronos Quartet return with a concert of music by their long-time collaborator, Steve Reich, on his 90th birthday.» Starts 20:00, ends about 22:15. Source: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0) and the venue's own listing, nch.ie. The listing gives no end time, so the end shown here is estimated. The listing gives the price as 35, 40 or 45 euros and lists an interval.

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Mon23Nov
CultureDublinAlcohol-free friendly

Monday Night Cinema: «Nino», Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire

Pavilion Theatre

Pauline Loquès's César-winning first feature follows Nino, who is diagnosed with cancer on the eve of his twenty-ninth birthday and spends the weekend before treatment with friends, family, old acquaintances and strangers. Despite the subject, the film keeps an elegant, light touch and a quietly funny eye on awkward moments, including a birthday party he cannot avoid. In French with English subtitles; the Pavilion Theatre shows it at 5pm and 8pm on Monday. Tickets €10 (€9 concessions) plus booking fee. Rated 15A, with mature themes. «Nino» Starts 17:00, ends about 18:37. Source: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0) and the venue's own listing.

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Fri27Nov
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NSOI: Britten’s War Requiem, National Concert Hall, Dublin

National Concert Hall, Main Stage

On Friday 27 November 2026 at 19:30 the National Symphony Orchestra Ireland performs Benjamin Britten's War Requiem on the Main Stage of the National Concert Hall in Dublin, conducted by Anja Bihlmaier. The soloists are the soprano Ailish Tynan, the tenor Laurence Kilsby and the baritone Joshua Hopkins, joined by the National Symphony Chorus Ireland, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and the choristers of St Patrick's Cathedral. The page explains that Britten wrote the work to mark the reopening of Coventry Cathedral in 1962 and that it combines the Latin Mass with poems on the horrors of war by Wilfred Owen. The concert marks fifty years since Britten's death. Tickets cost 15, 27.50, 35, 42.50 or 49 euros, with student tickets at 10 euros in limited number, and the page gives a running time of about one hour and 30 minutes with no interval. A large choral concert like this is easy to enjoy alone, since the whole hall listens together. «a deeply relevant meditation on conflict and reconciliation» Starts 19:30, ends about 21:00. Source: National Concert Hall (NCH) official event page (nch.ie). The listing gives ticket prices from 15 to 49 euros, a start at 19:30 and a running time of about 1 hour 30 with no interval, so the end shown is calculated.

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Sat28Nov
CultureDublinAlcohol-free friendly

Jonathan and the Jest: a walk with Swift, St Patrick's Cathedral

St Patrick's Cathedral

Part of the Jonathan Swift Festival, this is a guided walk through St Patrick's Cathedral and Marsh's Library combined with a theatrical encounter in which Swift himself steps into the present. Expect sharp humour, wordplay and commentary that reveal the man behind the satire, for adults, young adults and anyone who loves literature. There are two performances on Saturday 28 November, at 1.30pm and 3.30pm; choose your time when booking. Tickets €18. Allow about an hour and a quarter. «Jonathan Swift Festival: Jonathan and the Jest» Starts 13:30, ends about 14:45. Source: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0) and the venue's own listing.

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Sat28Nov
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Of a youth who ran, song cycles, National Concert Hall, Dublin

National Concert Hall, Kevin Barry Recital Room

On Saturday 28 November 2026 at 19:30 the Kevin Barry Recital Room of the National Concert Hall in Dublin hosts Of a youth who ran, a recital of song cycles for four voices. The singers are the soprano Ava Dodd, the mezzo-soprano Sarah Richmond, the tenor Conor Prendiville and the baritone Sean Boylan, with Dearbhla Collins at the piano, and the evening is presented by Conor Prendiville. The programme lists Massenet's Chansons des Bois d'Amaranthe, Schumann's Spanisches Liederspiel and Liza Lehmann's Parody Pie, and the page thanks John Schlesinger and Margaret Rowe for sponsoring it. The ticket costs 25 euros, with concessions at 20 euros and a 50 percent discount for people with a disability and their carers. The page prints no end time, so about an hour and a half is assumed. A song recital in a small room like this is easy to enjoy alone, since four voices and one piano carry the evening and you simply listen. «A recital of Song Cycles written for four voices by some of Ireland's most exciting singers» Starts 19:30, ends about 21:00. Source: National Concert Hall (NCH) official event page (nch.ie). The listing gives a ticket price of 25 euros, concessions at 20 euros and a start at 19:30, with no end time, so the end shown is estimated.

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Sat28Nov
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The Jimmy Cake play their album Brains in full, National Concert Hall

National Concert Hall

On Saturday 28 November 2026 at 20:00 the National Concert Hall in Dublin hosts The Jimmy Cake in its Landmarks series, celebrating the 25th anniversary of their debut album Brains by playing it in full, in their first concert in just under a decade. The listing says the band began in Dublin in the late 1990s as das Madman and reformed at the turn of the century as a nine-piece, blending accordion, clarinet, saxophone, glockenspiel, trumpet and homemade percussion around guitars, bass and drums. Brains came out on their own Pilatus label in 2001 and, it says, became one of the fastest-selling independent releases of that year, moving between folk, post-rock grandeur and something more elusive. Tickets cost 22, 30 or 37.50 euros. A gig by a band with a long following is easy to attend alone, because the fans around you are happy to talk about it. «To celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut album, Brains, The Jimmy Cake will play the album in full.» Starts 20:00, ends about 22:00. Source: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0) and the venue's own listing, nch.ie. The listing gives no end time, so the end shown here is estimated. The listing gives the price as 22, 30 or 37.50 euros.

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Sun6Dec
MusicDublinAlcohol-free friendly

Ficino Quartet: The Lyric Tour, National Concert Hall, Dublin

National Concert Hall, Kevin Barry Recital Room

On Sunday 6 December 2026 at 15:00 the Ficino Quartet plays The Lyric Tour in the Kevin Barry Recital Room of the National Concert Hall in Dublin, in the NCH Chamber Music Series presented with the National String Quartet Foundation. The quartet is Elaine Clark and Lynda O'Connor on violins, Nathan Sherman on viola and Ailbhe McDonagh on cello. The programme is Ian Wilson's Quartet no. 7, Lyric Suite, a set of seven elegiac pieces commissioned by RTÉ Lyric FM in 2004, Jessie Montgomery's Strum and Beethoven's String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131, a seven-movement work played without a pause. The page says the quartet has featured in the foundation's programme every year since 2019. Tickets cost 17.50 euros. The page prints no end time, so about an hour and a half is assumed. A string quartet concert like this is easy to enjoy alone, since you sit and listen. «Ian Wilson’s beautifully descriptive and atmospheric Lyric Suite» Starts 15:00, ends about 16:30. Source: National Concert Hall (NCH) official event page (nch.ie). The listing gives a ticket price of 17.50 euros and a start at 15:00, with no end time, so the end shown is estimated.

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Sat16Jan
MusicDublin
· 2027

Punch Brothers, the acoustic virtuoso quintet, at the NCH, Dublin

National Concert Hall (Main Stage)

On Saturday 16 January 2027 at 20:00 the National Concert Hall in Dublin presents Punch Brothers on its Main Stage, in its Perspectives series. The listing describes them as a virtuosic quintet formed in 2006, with the mandolinist Chris Thile, the guitarist Chris Eldridge, the bassist Paul Kowert, the banjoist Noam Pikelny and the violinist Brittany Haas. It says they push the boundaries of acoustic music and won a Grammy for Best Folk Album for All Ashore in 2018. The Washington Post, it notes, praised them for taking bluegrass to its next evolutionary stage, and Rolling Stone for wild virtuosity used for more than just virtuosity. Lately they have focused on a musical variety show called The Energy Curfew Music Hour. Tickets cost 15, 29.50, 37.50 or 45 euros. A seated concert is easy to enjoy alone, since the whole hall listens together. «Punch Brothers, formed in 2006, are a virtuosic quintet.» Starts 20:00, ends about 22:00. Source: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0) and the venue's own listing, nch.ie. The listing gives no end time, so the end shown here is estimated. The listing gives the price as 15, 29.50, 37.50 or 45 euros.

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What is on in Dublin soon?

The next event in Dublin is "Paul Brady, Irish songwriter, at the National Concert Hall, Dublin" on Sunday 15 Nov at 20:00. 9 events are listed in the next two weeks, and 11 up to Saturday 16 Jan 2027.

Are events in Dublin free?

0 of the 11 upcoming events listed here are marked free. The rest are low-cost or ticketed; the price is on each official page, so check it before you go.

What kinds of events can I find in Dublin?

Right now: music (8), culture (3). Common venues are National Concert Hall, Pavilion Theatre, National Concert Hall (Main Stage).

Is it OK to go to an event in Dublin alone?

Yes, that is the point of this list. We pick talks, concerts, walks, language cafés and workshops where many people arrive on their own and there is a natural moment to start talking. Nobody checks whether you came with a friend.

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