SidewayZ Rooftop II at the Imperial Hotel, Dundalk

What to Expect

SidewayZ is a Dundalk house music collective, and this is their second event at the Ivy Bar inside the Imperial Hotel on Park Street after a first outing there in June 2026. The night runs long: doors at 4pm on the Friday and a finish at 12.30am, which puts it somewhere between a day party and a club night rather than a standard late opening. Tickets are €22.42 in advance through the event listing.

The music is house across the board, played by a line-up of local DJs rather than a booked headline act, so the draw is the collective and the room rather than a name on the poster. Starting at 4pm means the earlier hours run as a bar session that builds through the evening, and the crowd turns over as people arrive after work. The Imperial is a town-centre hotel, so the Ivy Bar is an indoor bar space rather than an outdoor terrace despite the rooftop billing. Because this is a promoter-run night in a hotel bar rather than a nightclub with a fixed weekly programme, capacity is limited and the previous edition is described by the organisers as having sold well, so advance tickets are the sensible route. Over 18s with photo ID.

Good to Know

• Date: Friday 18 September 2026
• Time: 4pm to 12.30am
• Venue: Ivy Bar, Imperial Hotel, 95 Park Street, Dundalk
• Price: €22.42 in advance
• Music: house, played by DJs from the SidewayZ collective
• Follows the collective’s first Imperial Hotel event in June 2026
• Over 18s, photo ID required

Getting There

The Imperial Hotel is at 95 Park Street in the middle of Dundalk, a two-minute walk from the Market Square and on the same street as Russell’s Saloon and Silence Nightclub. Clarke Station on the Dublin to Belfast line is around fifteen minutes’ walk to the west, and Bus Eireann services stop on Long Walk nearby. Public parking at the Marshes Shopping Centre and on Crowe Street is a short walk away, though overnight restrictions apply. There is a taxi rank on Park Street.