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music · Thursday 27 August 2026 · 7:00pm 
GOAT at The Button Factory
At The Button Factory · Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
At The Button Factory · Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
GOAT are one of those rare live acts where knowing the records in advance only partly prepares you. The Swedish seven-piece - anonymous behind masks and pagan ceremonial costume at all times - have headlined Brixton Academy, played Glastonbury twice, and toured Coachella, yet August 2026 marks their first proper Dublin headline. When the initial night at The Button Factory sold out quickly, a second date on 27 August was added. That date sold out too. If you have a ticket, you are one of a small number of people who will see a genuinely exceptional live act in one of Dublin’s most intimate music rooms.
GOAT’s music draws from psychedelic rock, West African rhythms, funk, krautrock and Eastern modal traditions, but the description undersells it. Live, the effect is closer to a ritual than a gig. Polyrhythmic percussion locks the room into a collective pulse while the masked players move through their set with the controlled energy of a ceremony. The anonymity is not a gimmick - it has been central to the band since their 2012 debut, which won Album of the Year from BBC Music, The Guardian and Rough Trade. Their 2024 self-titled album is the most recent record to draw from before heading in, but their live set pulls across the whole catalogue.
The Button Factory holds around 550 in its main room, which means you will not be watching a screen at any point - you will be in the room with the band, close enough to feel the floor move. Temple Bar has had louder venues, but few where the acoustics reward this kind of music so well. Presented by Selective Memory, who consistently book acts of this calibre in Dublin before they outgrow the size.
The Button Factory is on Curved Street in Temple Bar, Dublin 2. The nearest Luas stop is Jervis on the Red Line, roughly eight minutes on foot across the river. Tara Street DART station is about the same distance from the other direction, walking west along the quays. Multiple Dublin Bus routes stop on Dame Street, a two-minute walk away. Driving into Temple Bar on a Saturday night is not recommended - the area is pedestrianised in sections and parking is scarce. The nearest multi-storey car parks are on Drury Street or Setanta Place, both a ten-minute walk.
Temple Bar itself is a compact area with a lot of live music, good food and late bars within a short walk of the venue. Dublin’s cultural quarter extends east toward Dame Street, the National Gallery, and along the Liffey to the IFSC. There is more to see in Dublin and across Co. Dublin.
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