Presented by Subject, Circles 2026 will take place across venues in Dublin from 16 to 26 October, with a programme spanning house, techno, electro, funk and live performances.
The festival opens on 16 October with Moodymann at The Bernard Shaw, for what is the house legend’s first Irish club show in almost ten years – this event is already sold out.
The programme continues on 17 October with a back-to-back set from Mark Broom and Dylan Fogarty at Frame.
On 23 October, IMOGEN will play an ‘all night long’ set at Tengu, marking five years of her Wigs party and imprint, while the same day will also see Subject and Syncopated Records present a free-admission event at Pawn Shop.
The programme on 24 October includes three events – BRIDGE, a New York-based house and soul artist, will make an Irish debut at Fidelity, with the event already sold out. Egyptian Lover will perform at The Bernard Shaw, bringing his West Coast electro-funk sound and and 808 skills to the festival. Leftfield will also appear on 24 October at Centre Point for a DJ set.
On 25 October, Subject will collaborate with Berlin club and label Tresor for T35 at Wigwam – an event that celebrates Tresor’s 35th anniversary and features Regis, Fireground – Live and Daniel Bell, also known as DBX.
Alongside the international and visiting acts, Circles 2026 will feature a programme of Irish and Dublin-based artists including Cailín, Aero, Aoife Nic Canna, Applied Rhythm (Live), Ayolxi, Billy Spike Iland, Bronwyn, Galactic Beat Club, Giles Armstrong, GJ504B, HelloKT, Jon Hussey, Matty & Declan, Niz, Pat Hyland, Rhyzine, Sahana, Stephen Manning, Surka, Tayor, Unthink and Wiseguy.
The programme is being presented in partnership with venues, labels and collectives including Artificial, Bodytonic, Centre Point, Fidelity, Four Four Podcast, Frame, Pawn Shop, Syncopated Records, Tengu, The Bernard Shaw, Tresor, Wigs and Wigwam.
Tickets and further information can be found here.
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