Music
05 Dec 25

Merchy Christmas announces full list of live performances and raffle prizes for 2025 edition

Curtisy at the Hot Press Christmas Summit 2024 by Miguel Ruiz.

Newly announced raffle prizes include weekend tickets to All Together Now or Forbidden Fruit festivals, as well as tickets to see CMAT at St Anne's Park, The Mary Wallopers at The SSE Arena Belfast and more.

Merchy Christmas has announced the full list of live performances, DJ sets and raffle prizes for its sixth edition in Dublin this month.

The annual event is set to take place at The Grand Social from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 13 and Sunday, December 14.

Over 80 artists will be selling merch in-person over the weekend, including Bricknasty, Pillow Queens, Junior Brother, The Murder Capital, Saint Sister, Cliffords, THUMPER, BOLD LOVE, Fizzy Orange, Madra Salach, Pebbledash, Just Mustard, Gilla Band, Scustin, LANKUM, Search Results and many more.

Shoppers can enjoy live performances from the likes of Curtisy, Ispíní na hÉireann, Kean Kavanagh, MayKay, SexyTadgh, Dani Larkin, Soda Blonde, Big Sleep, Bon Voyage, Caoi De Barra, Child Of Prague, DIVIL and The Bonnymen.

There will also be DJ sets by Common Threads, Fleeting Devotion, Ian Blake, Emmy Shigeta, Papa Romeo, Arveene, Ben Bix, Ben Reinhardt, DJackulate, Jasmine Wood, Nialler9, Rory Sweeney and Sally Cinnamon.

The idea for Merchy Christmas was first sparked during the Christmas lockdown in 2020, by Conor Cusack and Saint Sister. Working with Keiron Black and The Grand Social, they put together a hugely successful, two-day event across multiple floors.

Although admission is free, a suggested donation of €6 will be split this year between Dublin Simon Community and The Palestine Children's Relief Fund. In 2024, the event raised over €18,000 for the two charities – with organisers hoping to raise even more this year.

Along with merch sales, a raffle will take place each day for a variety of prizes donated by artists, promoters, festivals and fans of the market.

Newly announced raffle prizes include weekend tickets to All Together Now and Forbidden Fruit festivals, as well as tickets to see CMAT at St Anne's Park, Mac DeMarco at Collins Barracks, Tame Impala at the 3Arena, The Mary Wallopers at The SSE Arena Belfast and more.

Raffle entrants also have the chance to win a full day in The Clinic recording studio or several pieces of limited-edition merch items and gifts. The full list of raffle prizes is on the Merchy Christmas website.