When walking the cobbled streets of Dublin’s tourist hub, it’s impossible to ignore the strumming and singing filtering from venues throughout the area. Tourists flock to Temple Bar in their millions every year, but with so much going on, returning visitors can often find it pretty tricky to track down the same bands or attractions that they enjoyed before.
A new app is looking to change that. Templebar Gigs is free, user-friendly, and available on both Apple and Android devices, gathering all of the information one could ever need. It’s the brainchild of Dave Rafferty, who’s spent years heavily involved in the music scene through R&B Entertainment. He realised there was no single platform for music fans to keep an eye on all the happenings of the area; with Templebar Gigs, the wait is over.
There’ll be no need to wonder what a bar is like, as the app provides the lowdown on each spot, along with pictures of the cosy confines that await at The Norseman, The Quays Bar and plenty more besides.
The wonders of modern technology will even offer a nifty map to guide you to your destination, so stopping to ask directions and fumbling with maps will be a thing of the past!
While every performance scheduled for the venues is listed, you can also search by artist. The need-to-know info on the performers is right at your fingertips, as well as the time, date and location of every gig they’ve got pencilled in for the coming week. Want to know where you’ll find The K9s this weekend, or where Clare Peelo will be doing her thing? The answers are only a swipe away…
Thanks to up-to-the-minute updates – as well as notifications when a surprise event pops up – there’s no chance of finding yourself out of the loop. With Templebar Gigs, you’ll never miss a gig again!

To find out more, and to download the app, log on to 
templebargigs.com