Button Factory

Dublin, Ireland

4

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21 reviews

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Telephone:
+353 1 670 9202
Website:
www.buttonfactory.ie
Address:
Curved Street Temple Bar, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Dublin 2
Temple Bar
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
260 ftDame Street
470 ftDame Street, Central Bank
580 ftParliament Street
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Accepted Cards
Credit, Debit
Parking
Street
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Ages Allowed
All Ages
Good for Kids
No
Good for Groups
Yes
Ambience
Hipster
Noise Level
Loud
Music
DJ, Live
Good For Dancing
Yes
Alcohol
Full Bar
Happy Hour
No
Best Nights
Thu, Fri, Sat
Coat Check
Yes
Smoking
Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
Outdoor Seating
Yes
Has TV
No

Today

Today 7:30 pm – 3:00 am
Open now
Local time (Dublin) 10:51 PM Friday, May 23, 2025

Business hours

Monday 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Tuesday 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Wednesday 7:30 pm – 3:00 am
Thursday 7:30 pm – 3:00 am
Friday 7:30 pm – 3:00 am
Saturday 7:30 pm – 3:00 am
Sunday 7:30 pm – 1:00 am

Description

Specialties

Live music venue & club

History

Established in 2005.

The Button Factory has hosted a wide array of live international artists from Lykki Li to Chic, Django Django to Public Image LTD, Nicolas Jaar to The Wu Tang Clan.

We are also very proud of our diverse club nights who have hosted Dj’s such as Jamie xx, Erol Alkan, Caribou, Laurent Garnier, John Talabot and many many more. For all upcoming events please visit buttonfactory dot ie

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21 reviews of Button Factory

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Place rating: 4
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Any time I go here its for my beloved dance music. I have seen many a dj and had great nights in here. I like it as a venue
Place rating: 5
Simi Valley, CA
Went dancing at this place. It was fantastic. Good crowd. This is where the young people are in Temple Bar. Loved it.
Place rating: 5
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
I loved this venue and would definitely go back for other shows — in fact I’ve been checking every few weeks to see which acts are playing here just to revisit.
It doesn’t have all the grandeur of big arenas or spaces. That makes the shows all that more intimate! For smaller names, this venue gives the audience the best experience. Close enough to feel like your friends with your favourite band, but with enough room in the place to access the 2 bars or the exits pretty easily.
I will say that the location definitely doesn’t hurt, and is a great launching pad for your night out, or as your last stop. Tons of bars and restaurants are around, so hitting up a gig here then treating yourself makes for a great girls night out!
#dublinshopslocal
Place rating: 3
Cottbus, Germany
overall: pretty commercial and I’ve to admit not fully aligning with my style, however solid service for such a big venue, lots of students, pretty touristy due to its situation.
Place rating: 5
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Lovethis place. It’s a quality club. Small. Yes. Not massive like Writes Venue. More intimate.
Can be quite cramped. There’s second floor, but never saw it to be opened.
Never have doubts for this places. Major tip is, if you wanna have a table with your friends, then come early to stand in a line.
Place rating: 4
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
The sound system in this place is amazing! Mind blowing, seriously!
I was there rocking to Satin Jackets and Joris Voorn. Boom!
And Vodka actually told med I danced quite good. Maybe he’s there when you are?
Totally recommend it…
Place rating: 3
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Good for a gig — no question! Nice acoustics and enough space for a couple hundred. I like the upper part of the club with loads of seats and nice view on the stage.
Kinda annoying is that they only have two bars which are quite small too, so most of the time you need to que for a while.
It also gets extremely hot in there once the place is packed. However just wear less ;)
Place rating: 5
Madrid
Si vas a pasar unos días en Dublín y eres amante de la música en directo, no dejes de consultar la programación de este establecimiento, rara es la semana que no tienen algo interesante.
Además como sala de conciertos es buenísima (ya la quisiéramos en Madrid… o en cualquier ciudad española) un sonido excelente, muy buena visibilidad, zona trasera con sillones para ratos muertos, y hasta un pequeño gallinero con butacas y buena visibilidad que abren en algunos de los conciertos.
Place rating: 5
Minneapolis, MN
Good space for music. Bar tenders were quick and friendly. Also the bath rooms were nice for a dive club/​venue.
Place rating: 3
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Acceptable music venue located in the heart of Temple Bar, nice layout, great sound quality and plenty of places to sit down. The main problem I’ve found in the Button Factory is the lack of phone reception available, because the place is quite large it’s not uncommon to lose your friends, but you can’t text them due to the absence phone reception. Could be better but it’s acceptable as it is.
Place rating: 4
Saint Charles, IL
Nice location, close to the action in Temple Bar. Classy room, very dark though. Bar is okay, but a little thin on beer selections unless your a lager lover…
Sound system is great, and the room small enough to give you great sightlines from almost anywhere. The stage seems a little high though, and that creates a wall between the performers on the audience. It would be nice to see that about 2 feet lower.
Place rating: 4
Rathmines, Republic of Ireland
I’ve only been to the button factory once but it was an excellent night out. The size of the venue means it can get some great smaller bands. My favourite kind of venue.
The night in question we saw CW Stoneking playing and it was brilliant. The sound quality is great, there’s a number of sofas and cars and there’s a nice bar as well.
Overall another great venue in Dublin for small/​medium gigs.
Place rating: 3
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Nice looking venue on the inside.
We just missed out on one of the few tables inside the main part, so took a table inside the bar area. We then watched the gig from there through a handy gap in the wall.
Bar staff were good too, on the ball.
But as is the tradition with gig venues, I counted three cubicles in the ladies with no toilet seats. These places make enough money to buy a few new cheap toilet seats when they need to or should do.
Place rating: 3
London, United Kingdom
A great venue for a mixture of music. I was there for the Zombie walk after party and my experience wasnt great. it was full of kids which made me buying a drink difficult as *I* needed to present ID!!! I may not look 30, but I certainly dont look under 18!!!
I think I will need to go back with the grown ups next time.
Place rating: 5
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Was here for the first time about a month ago for a Gemma Hayes gig — it was great! We were a few minutes late coming in, so by the time we got in, all the tables were gone, but after some shuffling and tripping over bags, we ended up sharing a table right at centrestage with an American student, a Finnish tourist, and an Estonian man up for the day from Kildare, none of whom knew each other!!!
Hilarious…
The gig was great — super voice on Gemma and great band.
But the venue itself really added to the evening, with its casual way of people sitting on the floor in groups, and the intimacy of the venue made people comfortable enough to strike up conversation with complete strangers…
Cant wait to hear about a good gig coming up, as an excuse to go back!
Place rating: 3
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Went to a gig here the other night and was a little bit disappointed…
The band and the layout of the place was great, but unfortunately the sound and lights were more school nativity play than the major music venue it tries to be. Everything just seemed a bit lazy… I swear a couple of the tech team were falling asleep.
Can’t complain too much though as the ticket price was only a tenner, but I don’t think I’d pay any more than that for the venue.
It’s been years since I’ve been on a night out here… I think they do decent enough drinks deals on student nights etc, but not a great selection of drink — just the boring dublin usual.
Most of the club is carpeted too (!)…bet the cleaning staff love that.
Place rating: 5
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
I do love a good dance. I am an electronica nut, so this place makes me very happy…
What doesn’t make me happy is the amount of times I’m approached by people when I dance saying,
‘Hey where did you get the E from?‘
or
’Hey, could you sell me some E?‘
No joke.
As bizarre as this sounds to them, I just really enjoy the music and I guess I have a crazed drug induced look about me, nice.
They get a great mix of djs, and I’m nearly sure Sundays are still reggae & drum & bass night.
Last time I went there with my mate we went to Vitalic and tore the floor up. Then went exploring & managed to get into the bar upstairs that was locked, poured ourselves a pint and sat in the viewing gallery watching the masses dance up a storm… Good times.
I have to go here soon.
Place rating: 4
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
The Button Factory is one of my favourite venues in Dublin. I’ve been to many a great gig here, with fantastic sound quality and I’ve great memories of having a pint with Against Me! here.
Aside from the gig end, The Button Factory also does some of Dublin’s best club nights on weekends. Transmission on Saturdays is a great indie/​electro night, and
the late Tetric night was absolutely bangin, before it died a premature death.
Definitely worth a go if you want to go on a mad one.
Place rating: 4
Sydney, Australia
Pretty cool venue, and its mid-​Temple Bar location makes it very easy to get to. I’d always known about the Button Factory as the ‘place with the fairy lights outside’ — it has some lovely naked bulbs dangling overhead, which lends a romantic firefly atmosphere to a walk through this part of Temple Bar.
I went there last night for a Johnny Cash appreciation show (review to follow!) and it was a pretty decent venue for that. Nice to see them trying a few different things and branching out to appeal to a wide audience demographic. The drinks aren’t too badly priced either, for Temple Bar. Pretty cheap, considering…
Coming up they have U2 and Akka Dakka tribute shows, and they also have themed nights which include 80s, reggae and the like. Good place to go to put a different spin on your evening, although Ronan is right, that dance floor sure is scary when empty ;-)
Place rating: 4
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Bangin’dancehall night on Sundays, and big band on Mondays, and students on Wednesdays and then there’s Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays-​fuck, you could spend the whole week here.
Well, not really, you can get unlucky. I recently showed up to find about ten people there, the place is huge, and nobody on the dancefloor. Of course, me being the high chief of deadly, I stomped onto the floor regardless and had a great night.
So yes, it is fun most of the time, but when it’s empty it can be really empty.
PS: in the business info section there’s a box you tick for parking. I ticked ‘street parking’ which is the truth. But, if you park your car in Temple Bar at night, especially Friday or Saturday, you are a moron. Simple as.
Place rating: 4
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
The Button Factory puts on some interesting shows like the one I went to a couple of weeks ago where everyone was wearing their underwear. Let me explain: I didn’t go out of my way to attend this soirée. I was meeting a friend after work and she was in the Button Factory dressed in her bra and panties because she’s extroverted and she wanted to do something unusual for a change. There were a lot of sexy costumes that night. I saw men wearing the outfits from Clockwork Orange and woman dressed as Wonder-​woman. (And in case, you were wondering: no I did not partake in the nakedness.)
Seriously though, this club has other events that aren’t so risqué. For instance, they do salsa nights where you can learn the moves from professional dancers. They also host tribute shows and artists appreciation nights.
Overall, it ‘s nice to have the option to do something different than going to a traditional pub.