The Village (music venue)

Village logo
The Village, showing entrance

The Village is a music venue situated next to Whelan's on Wexford Street, Dublin, Ireland. Formerly a nightclub owned by Mean Fiddler, in 2003 it was turned into a music venue. It has a large balcony and a capacity of 550.

On 16 March 2008 at approximately 01:15,[1] The Village caught fire. Over 800 people inside at the time were evacuated safely within seven minutes.[2] The fire affected mainly the front of the premises and the damage to the building was not extensive. The fire was blamed on an electrical fault.[3]

Acts to have played this venue include VNV Nation, Ian Brown, The Blizzards, Y&T, The Coronas, Damien Dempsey, Ocean Colour Scene, Republic of Loose, Bell X1, Bloc Party, The Frames.

  1. ^ "Probe into Dublin nightclub fire". RTÉ. 16 March 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  2. ^ "800 evacuated from Dublin nightclub after fire". The Irish Times. 16 March 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  3. ^ "Fire Brigade evacuate Dublin nightclub". The Belfast Telegraph. 16 March 2008. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2008.