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music · Sunday 5 July 2026 · 7:00pm 
OMD at Trinity Summer Series
At Trinity College Dublin · College Green, Dublin 2
At Trinity College Dublin · College Green, Dublin 2
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are one of the great survivors of the synth-pop era - a Liverpool duo who arrived at the end of the 1970s and went on to write records that still sound remarkable today. This is not a nostalgia trip for people who remember the 1980s. It is a proper live show by a band that has spent decades refining how to deliver electronic music on a stage, and the Trinity College Dublin courtyard gives it a scale that indoor venues simply cannot. The Summer of Hits set covers the full catalogue: Enola Gay, Souvenir, Joan of Arc, If You Leave and more. Support comes from Andrew Cushin, a Newcastle singer-songwriter who has made a lot of noise in the UK. An outdoor summer evening in the grounds of one of Europe’s oldest universities, with a band this significant, is a hard combination to argue with.
The show takes place in the main courtyard of Trinity College Dublin, a standing grass venue that holds several thousand people and feels genuinely special when the light goes long on a July evening. Gates open at 7:00pm and the show starts at 7:30pm, with last entry at 9:30pm. No re-entry is permitted once you leave.
The venue is standing-only on grass, so footwear matters - boots or runners rather than anything you want to keep clean. Dress for Irish July, which means layers, a light rain jacket or poncho and sun cream, ideally all in the same bag. Glass, cans, umbrellas, alcohol and professional cameras are not permitted. There are no storage facilities on site, so keep bags small. Attendees must be 18 or over with valid ID.
Accessibility needs should be registered through MCD’s outdoor accessibility form at least seven days before the event. There is no accessible parking at the venue.
Trinity College sits on College Green in Dublin 2, as central as anywhere in the city. Two entry gates are used for the summer series: Science Gallery Gate on Westland Row / Pearse Street, and Lincoln Place Gate on Nassau Street. Pearse DART station is a two-minute walk from the Science Gallery Gate. The LUAS Green Line stops at Dawson Street, about ten minutes on foot. Multiple Dublin Bus routes serve Nassau Street and Westland Row. Driving in is not recommended - city centre parking is expensive and limited, and the walk from any of the outer DART stops or LUAS stops is short.
College Green puts you in the middle of everything - Grafton Street, Temple Bar, the National Gallery and Merrion Square are all within easy walking distance, and Dublin’s best restaurants and bars are a short distance in any direction. There is more to see in Dublin and across Co. Dublin.
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