Circles — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

1–1 Dec 2026 (1 day)

Location

Multiple venues across Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Sound

House · Disco · Electro · Techno

Tickets

€40 – €50 · 5 tiers tracked

Nearest airport

Dublin Airport

Nearest station

Dublin Heuston

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

Dublin · 0 km · about 0 min

On-site camping

Not listed

Line-up announced

8 artists so far

The story

Circles is a multi-venue festival taking place in Dublin, Ireland from October 16th to 26th, 2026. It is organized by the promoter Subject and involves various local venues such as The Bernard Shaw, Centre Point, and Wigwam. The festival features a diverse lineup that includes international artists like Moodymann, Leftfield, IMOGEN, and celebrates Berlin's Tresor's 35th anniversary. The atmosphere is vibrant, with events spread over ten days, showcasing a mix of performances and live shows.

Circles is a house, disco, electro, techno festival at Multiple venues across Dublin in Dublin, Ireland. The December 2026 edition runs 1–1 Dec 2026.

Announced so far: Moodymann, Egyptian Lover, Bridge, Dylan Fogarty, IMOGEN all night long, Leftfield - DJ Set, Mark Broom and Tresor 35th Anniversary. Expect stages split between House, Disco, Electro and Techno.

Everything happens at Multiple venues across Dublin, in Dublin. Dublin · 0 km · about 0 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site.

Circles keeps the same calendar slot each year: December 2026 for this edition, opening on a Tuesday and closing on a Tuesday. It is a winter date, so indoor stages and a warm place to sleep matter more than they would in July — and off-season travel is often cheaper. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Dublin are priced for the festival weekend, not the week around it, so shifting your arrival by a day often saves more than any ticket tier does.

• Multiple venues including The Bernard Shaw, Centre Point, Wigwam, and more.
• Ten-day festival running from October 16th to 26th, 2026.
• Notable performances from artists like Moodymann and Leftfield.
• Tresor 35th anniversary showcase on October 25th.

Venue, camping & access

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

Dublin · 0 km · about 0 min

Camping

No on-site camping is listed by the organiser.

Getting to the gates

Accessible via public transport and taxi

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Circles works out at roughly €228 per person on the cheapest combination we track — one of the more affordable weekends in our index.

The ticket is only 18% of that: the rest is getting there and sleeping somewhere, which is exactly the part most ticket sites leave out.

Cheapest travel we price is bus · 14h 2m each way, at €95 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Circles are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
2. 2Then price the travel from Paris — Cinderella compares train, bus, car and flight for the same dates, and the cheapest option is not always the obvious one.
3. 3Reserve 2 nights rather than 1: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4If you fly into Dublin Airport, check the transfer time to Dublin before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
5. 5Follow Circles on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Tuesday 1 December

  Moodymann, Egyptian Lover, Bridge, Dylan Fogarty, IMOGEN all night long, Leftfield - DJ Set, Mark Broom, Tresor 35th Anniversary

Full line-up

Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.

Past editions

Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.

• 2025

  1–1 Dec 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: Moodymann, Egyptian Lover, Bridge

• 2024

  1–1 Dec 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: Egyptian Lover, Bridge, Dylan Fogarty

• 2023

  1–1 Dec 2023 (approx.)

  Regulars: Bridge, Dylan Fogarty, IMOGEN all night long

Travel tips from Paris

• Fly into Dublin Airport, the closest airport to the site.
• Rail arrivals come through Dublin Heuston; shuttles usually run from there.
• The site itself is Multiple venues across Dublin, in Dublin.
• Accessible via public transport and taxi
• Book a bed in Dublin early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• bus14h 2m · €95
• air4h 35m · €177
• car11h 29m · €237
• train7h 48m · €238