The Complex is thrilled to announce an exhilarating line-up as part of New Music Dublin Festival 2025. From secret, mystery duos to deconstructed Irish trad, April at The Cooler and The Depot will host some truly innovative music experiences. Read on to see which events are taking place at The Complex.
Can't pick one event? New Music Dublin has an exclusive package deal for events held at The Complex here.
Check out the full programme, spread across multiple venues, here.
Ban Bam | 3 April
Launched in 2020 to support and highlight the work of female and gender-diverse composers in jazz and improvised music in Ireland, BAN BAM is a commissioning and development award from Improvised Music Company. The 2025 recipients, composers Joanna Mattrey and Christine Tobin, are celebrated on this programme, which comprises world premieres of their new works.
Location The Depot at The Complex
Doors 9pm
Music 9.30pm
Tickets and more info here
Córas Trio | 3 April
The Córas Trio reinvents the spontaneous. Deconstructed Irish traditional melodies emerge from blissful, otherworldly textures that foreground fiddle, guitar and percussion with transcendental electronics, suspending elements of collective improvisation with seisiún-style playfulness.
Location The Cooler at The Complex
Doors 10.45pm
Music 11pm
Tickets and more info here
All Earth Once Drowned | 4 April
Composer Ed Bennett presents a fresh incarnation of his renowned Decibel Ensemble for the premiere of new commission All Earth Once Drowned, to texts by poet Cherry Smyth.
Through a combination of music and spoken word, Bennett’s work addresses some of the most pertinent environmental issues of our time in a collective call for action. Bennett has gathered Irish and British musicians of international standing into a 10-piece ensemble, to create deeply personal music in response to Smyth’s texts. Cherry Smyth performs with the ensemble, interweaving her texts throughout this expansive composition, which ranges from music of huge energy and rage to quiet and delicate introspection. Supported by Beyond Borders from the PRS Foundation.
Location The Depot at The Complex
Doors 9pm
Music 9.30pm
Bus leaves from the National Concert Hall for ticket holders at 9pm
Tickets and more info here
In The Dark | 4 April
Secret duos from New Music Dublin artists.
Following Improvised Music Company’s Blind Date Jazz series, In the Dark brings together pairs of improvising musicians from across New Music Dublin’s programme for an exploration of intuition, listening and spontaneity. The twist? Neither musicians nor audience have any idea who is performing. Unknown, unplanned and unseen—this is an encounter in pure improvised sound, created entirely spontaneously by the artists.
Location The Cooler at The Complex
Doors 10.45pm
Music 11pm
Tickets and more info here
ACCESSIBILITY NOTES
The Complex provides guests with assisted access. 24 hours notice is appreciated.
WHEELCHAIR ACCESS
A ramp entrance to our venue hire and performance space at The Depot, which is located at St Mary’s Abbey.
GUIDE DOGS
Guide Dogs are permitted and welcomed in The Gallery and The Depot. Please inform the FOH team if you will be accompanied by a Guide Dog.
If you would like additional information or assistance on your visit. Please contact the Front of House Team: simon@thecomplex.ie or call 01 537 8352