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Venue guide · Curved Street, Temple Bar
Button Factory
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Temple Bar's independent venue, open since 1996, when it started out as the Temple Bar Music Centre. A 550-capacity standing room with a small balcony, plus curveball, CentrePoint and the Crowbar. IMRO Dublin Venue of the Year 2025.
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The rooms
Tickets are general admission, and the main room is standing. Your ticket says which room the show is in.
- Main room550 capacity, standing, with 50 unreserved seats and a bar in the upstairs balcony. First come, first served.
- curveball80 to 150 capacity, for intimate gigs, launches and parties.
- CentrePointThe venue's third space.
- CrowbarThe public bar, for 60 people, with craft beer, whiskey and gin. Good for a pre-show drink.
Seating plans are the venue's own, so we link to them rather than copy them.
Getting there & venue info
The essentials
- Address
- Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 RD26
Directions ↗ - Capacity
- 550 (main room)
- Opened
- 1996
- Age
- Over 18s only unless an event says otherwise, and under 18s aren't let in even with an adult. Bring physical ID: a photo of it won't do.
- Cloakroom
- From 7pm on show days, for bags and coats. Cash or card. No large suitcases.
- Stage times
- The promoter posts them on social media, and the venue shares them when it gets them.
- On the door
- If any tickets are left on the day, they're sold online and at the door. Sold-out shows have none on the door.
- Website
- buttonfactory.ie ↗
Checked against the venue's own pages on Tuesday 29 September 2026: Button Factory: FAQ, Button Factory: About us, Button Factory: Venue specs, Button Factory: Contact. Details change, so confirm with Button Factory before you travel.
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