{"id":570469,"date":"2026-07-27T13:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/570469\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T13:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:56:10","slug":"dalymount-park-in-dublin-to-host-series-of-farewell-gigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/570469\/","title":{"rendered":"Dalymount Park in Dublin to host series of farewell gigs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Johnny Logan and a DJ set from members of Fontaines D.C. are among the acts set to play a farewell gig in Dalymount Park in Dublin ahead of the football ground&#8217;s closure for redevelopment.<\/p>\n<p>The home ground of Bohemian FC is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/regional\/2025\/1103\/1541997-dalymount-park-development-costs-treble-council-hears\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">due to close later this year with Dublin City Council, who bought the stadium a decade ago, planning to redevelop and reopen it<\/a> in time for the new league of Ireland season in February 2029.<\/p>\n<p>The Last Days of Dalymount will also feature DJ Annie Mac, singer John Francis Flynn, Bricknasty, Paul Page of Whipping Boy, Brian Brannigan of A Lazarus Soul, and Gemma Dunleavy runs from the 10th to 13th of September in Phibsborough for four nights of &#8220;intimate gigs&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dalymount park \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0024c351-614.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Carlos O\u2019Connell, Conor Curley and Tom Coll of Fontaines D.C. will perform a DJ set and there will be a live performances from THEATRE, Black Nylon, and sets from DJs Mango and Sally Cinnamon.<\/p>\n<p>The series concludes on Sunday evening with A Bohemian Fan Farewell, featuring Johnny Logan and the Eugene McCarthy Big Band.<\/p>\n<p>The Last Days of Dalymount go on sale this Thursday 30th July, at 9am via Ticketmaster.ie.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Lambert, Chief Commercial Officer, Bohemian Football Club, said: &#8220;Millions of people have passed through the turnstiles of Dalymount. They&#8217;ve come for football, local matches, European ties, internationals and cup finals.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/001b5796-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nAnnie Mac<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;ve come for music, from Marley and Lynott, to punk gigs and Palestinian solidarity events. They&#8217;ve come to see famous stuntmen of the past, and to witness boxing, mock battles and even plays.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But ultimately, they&#8217;ve come for human connection. With just a handful of sold-out games left, this gives the people of Dublin a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the famous old stadium one last time under the floodlights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dalymount Park, which has been the home of Bohemian FC since it opened in 1901, hosted gigs by Thin Lizzy in 1977, while Bob Marley &amp; The Wailers played their only Irish concert there in July 1980.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dalymount Park\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/00241767-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nDalymount Park<\/p>\n<p>The Sunstroke festivals of the 1990s saw Dalymount host acts including Sonic Youth, Faith No More, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ice Cube, Therapy? and The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy.<\/p>\n<p>Recent events at the north side venue have featured Kneecap, Greta Thunberg, Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream and Northern Irish DJ David Holmes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Johnny Logan and a DJ set from members of Fontaines D.C. are among the acts set to play&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-570469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}