Just Like Heaven: Alt 80's Night at Roisin Dubh

What to Expect

Just Like Heaven is an alternative 80s night rather than a general retro disco, and the record list makes the difference clear: The Cure, Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Echo and the Bunnymen, New Order, Depeche Mode and The Smiths. The promoters frame it around post-punk and new wave, the tracks that defined a generation of outsiders, dreamers and romantics, and the room is set up for people who want to dance to those records properly rather than wait through them for a chart set.

It runs in the main room at Roisin Dubh on Dominick Street Upper, the venue that has anchored Galway’s West End late night scene for decades. Doors are at 11pm and tickets are €11 in advance. Entry is over 18s and ID is required. There is a birthday concession: anyone whose birthday falls between 18 September and 2 October gets in free, arranged in advance with the promoter. Tickets are sold through Eventbrite and through the Roisin Dubh box office, and the Friday club slots at this venue routinely sell out ahead of the door.

Good to Know

• Friday 25 September 2026, from 11pm
• Roisin Dubh, 9 Dominick Street Upper, Galway’s West End
• Tickets €11 through Eventbrite or roisindubh.net
• The Cure, Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Echo and the Bunnymen, New Order, Depeche Mode, The Smiths
• Over 18s only, ID required
• Free entry for birthdays falling between 18 September and 2 October, arranged in advance
• Venue phone 091 586540, email info@roisindubh.net

Getting There

Roisin Dubh is on Dominick Street Upper in the West End, across the Wolfe Tone Bridge from Shop Street and roughly a ten minute walk from Eyre Square. Ceannt Station and the coach stands on Fairgreen Road handle Irish Rail, Bus Eireann, Citylink and GoBus services. Street parking around Dominick Street is limited late at night, so the Jurys and Dyke Road car parks are the practical choices, with taxi ranks on Dominick Street and Eyre Square at closing.