Signs of Life Halloween Spooktacular 2026

Early to late Halloween Spooktacular at The Sugar Club across three stages with live psychedelic rock/drone, trad, nightmare cabaret, disco DJs and more.

Rooted in club culture and blurring the line between a gig and a club night, SIGNS is a party series with a wide and diverse music program spanning jazz, soul, funk, trad, world/global, hip hop, disco, and house/techno/electro music, alongside more left-field sounds.

Smoking area and dance platform (outside)

- Jack Tiraquon aka Space Dimension Controller (house, electro, acid)
- Pablo Santo (Brazilian, Latin, disco, electronic)
- Louis Scully (soul, disco, boogie-funk)

Mainstage (inside)

- Monsieur Pompier's Travelling Freakshow (electronic-cabaret-art-rock)
- A Clatter and Drone (psychedelic, folk, rock)
- Black Coral (drone, psychedelic, noise)

Room 3 (DJ, side room)

- Little O & Pals (global bass, afrohouse, batida and more)

Jack Tiraquon is the new moniker for producer Jack Hamill, previously known as Space Dimension Controller. Breaking through as a teenager and signed to R&S Records as part of the label's new generation of acts, two decades later Hamill presents his latest album under the new moniker, Jack Tiraquon. Released via his own label, Tiraquon Recordings, The World Overhead is the sound of Hamill removing the Space Dimension Controller guise and concluding the space-themed concept to move forward as a cinematic hardware musician.

Monsieur Pompier's Travelling Freakshow is a five-piece band and theatrical spectacle blending surreal cabaret with chaotic art rock. With songs about bog witches, ear fairies and inside-out cats, their live shows erupt into a fever dream of bizarre costumed creatures and warped storytelling. Their debut album Teatime Terrors was released on Cleopatra Records in 2021, with a second due in late 2025. After years haunting Europe’s fringe and punk scenes, they became festival favourites in their native Ireland. In 2025, Monsieur Pompier opened his Museum of Curiosities in Dublin, a permanent home for the strange.

Strongly inspired by the contemporary Irish folk/trad revival, A Clatter and Drone also draws muse from psychedelic rock and electronica. The group’s music and lyrical content is influenced by psychology and philosophy, touching on predominant themes of the human condition.

Black Coral is the solo performance moniker for Cian "Moose" Megannety, exploring the worlds of drone and psychedelic noise, with synths, oscillators, basses, guitars and random homemade bits.