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nightlife · Friday 14 August 2026 · 6:00pm 
Dec Pierce Block Rockin Beats at Live at the Breakwater
At Live at the Breakwater · Ferrybank, Wexford, Co. Wexford
At Live at the Breakwater · Ferrybank, Wexford, Co. Wexford
If you have spent any time with Today FM over the past few years, you will know the name Dec Pierce. His Block Rockin’ Beats radio show has been a fixture of Irish airwaves since 2018, and this is the live version - a full concert production that takes the biggest dance anthems of the last three decades and delivers them with a DJ set, live tribal drummers, and special guests. It is where rave meets rock, as Pierce himself puts it, and it is a very different animal to a standard DJ night. This show lands at Live at the Breakwater on the Wexford waterfront on Friday 14 August 2026, making it one of the more distinctive nights on the festival’s August run.
Block Rockin’ Beats is built around the classic electronic and dance repertoire - Underworld, Faithless, The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers - tracks that were designed to move a crowd and still do. The live format adds tribal drummers and a band element, which lifts it well above a club set. Expect the kind of energy where the bass you feel before you hear it, and a crowd that spans people who were there the first time around and younger ones discovering these records fresh. The show is held in a 3,000-capacity Big Top tent at Ferrybank, so you are covered from the elements without losing the festival atmosphere. Showtime is 7:00pm, which means a long summer evening of music with light fading as the set builds. Tickets are priced at €25 and are available through Ticketmaster.
Ferrybank sits just across the river from Wexford town centre. By road, Wexford is well served from Dublin via the M11/N11 (around 1 hour 40 minutes), from Waterford on the N25 (about 45 minutes), and from Rosslare Harbour if you are arriving by ferry. Irish Rail runs Dublin Connolly to Wexford (O’Hanrahan Station) on the main south-east line, and it is roughly an 18-minute walk from the station to the Ferrybank venue. Bus Éireann and Wexford Bus both run frequent services from Dublin and surrounding towns, with the main bus stop at Redmond Square at a similar walking distance. Given the 7pm start and the evening demand for parking around festival events, the train or bus is a practical option. If driving, allow extra time for parking near Ferrybank on busy August nights.
Wexford town repays a few extra hours before or after a show - the narrow medieval Main Street, the quayside walks, and the Opera House all give the town more texture than a quick in-and-out visit suggests. August is peak summer, so the town will be busy but in good form. There is more to see in Wexford and across Co. Wexford.
Heading to Live at the Breakwater in Wexford? Wexford has plenty more to see. Read the Wexford area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.