Saturday 21st May
8.30pm
€15/€12

‘A masterclass in finesse’

The above words were used to describe ‘Across the Black River’, the first duo recording by world renowned fiddler Kevin Burke and the wonderful composer, arranger and musician, Cal Scott. Kevin Burke (Bothy Band, Patrick Street and The Celtic Fiddle Festival) an...

Thursday 28th April
8.30pm
€15/€12

One of Ireland’s greatest songwriters Mick Hanly, combined with Arty McGlynn’s tasty virtuosity on guitar and Nollaig Casey’s fiddle playing make for a very special coming together of three of the stalwarts of the Irish music scene. Lately, rekindling a musical relationship that led to two of Hanly’...

Wednesday 06th April
8.30pm
€15

An intimate café style jazz experience
Gato Azul is an exciting new instrumental quartet performing music that ranges from Brazil to Bulgaria passing via the Mediterranean and using Jazz improvisation as a unifying element to these diverse musical languages. It’s also the latest project from th...

Wednesday 30th March
8.30pm
€15/€12

The Last Wednesday hosts an unmissable night of musical mastery

Harmonica players extraordinaire Rick Epping and Mick Kinsella team up with fiddle and guitar maestro Seamie O’ Dowd for a very special performance of Irish traditional tunes and songs with the odd American old timey or blues t...

Thursday 24th March
8.30pm
€18

Expect to hear such hits on the night as Saints and Sinners, Sweet Suburban Sky. Book early for this one!

Paddy Casey has been the forefront of the Irish music scene since his debut album Amen (So Be It) in 1999, while his second release Living became the biggest seller in Ireland out-sell...

Friday 11th March
8.30pm
€15/€12

Back by popular demand following their sell-out performance here in September 2010, Carrick on Shannon sisters Ailie and Róisíin are once again joining forces to bring you a night of musical magic and measured mayhem. You can expect to hear elements of jazz, pop and soul, from playful and mischievo...

Wednesday 23rd February
8.30pm
€15/€12

A Rare Opportunity to See Two of Ireland’s Finest Fiddlers Together in Concert

Brian Rooney and John Carty will launch their brand new duet CD on the night. Brian Rooney, originally from Kiltyclogher, Co Leitrim has been living in London for the past 40 years. In 1999 he astounded the wide...

Tuesday 15th February
8.30pm
€20

Eddi Reader was brought into the limelight with Fairground Attraction and their single ‘Perfect’ and parent album First of a Million Kisses which both topped the British charts. Her subsequent solo albums signalled her ability to assimilate different musical styles and make them all very much her ow...

Wednesday 09th February
8.30pm
€18/€16

"Anyone who's seen her live will be aware of an exceptional talent." Mojo
Mercury Music prize nominated pianist Zoe Rahman (piano) is joined by Idris Rahman (clarinet) Oli Hayhurst (bass) and Gene Calderazzo (drums). Rahman’s willingness to push musical boundaries is matched by her technical b...

Saturday 29th January
8.30pm
€15/€12

SOLD OUT! WAITING LIST AVAILABLE
The Last Wednesday moves to Saturday this once!

“…nine melody instruments you couldn’t separate with a bucket of water .."

The Dartry are much more than a ceili band. This Sligo-based group boasts a line up of master musicians and singers that e...

Friday 21st January
8.30pm
€15/€12

Eclectic Musical Brilliance

No Crows embody an incessantly vibrant, multicultural approach to music.
With a new album NoCrows on the Moon released in November this bunch of wandering minstrels have brought their irresistible mix of traditional Irish, Mallorcan, Greek, Gypsy, Spanish, ...

Friday 14th January
8.30pm
€18/€16

One of the towering talents on the international folk scene

Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, raconteur, Andy Irvine performs this solo show in the intimate surroundings of the Dock offering an opportunity to admire the full breadth of his talents as he celebrates the release of his...

Friday 03rd December
8.30pm
€15/€12

Has to be seen to believed!

“Spectacular… the best one-man show this reviewer has seen since Bruce Springsteen… A terrific performer” The Irish Independent

NEW YORK guitarist Reed fuses chord-based grooves, soaring melodic runs and polyrhythmic percussion with his breathtaking two-...

Wednesday 24th November
8.30pm
€15/€12

A special double bill of Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (solo fiddle, hardanger) in the first half, followed by Fiona Kelleher (voice) in a new ensemble with Caoimhín Vallely (piano) and Eleanor Healy (double bass, voice). The ‘Two Halves’ concert will feature traditional and contemporary tunes and songs fr...

Friday 19th November
8.30pm
€25

The Dock goes ‘offsite’ to The Bush Hotel to host singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and one of Ireland’s most celebrated singer songwriters, Paul Brady, for his first performance in Carrick-on-Shannon.
Since his time with Planxty in the mid 70’s, Brady has created more than his fair shar...

Friday 12th November
8.30pm
€18/€16

French-Algerian guitar maestro, Pierre Bensusan, is back at The Dock after his mesmeserising performance last year, to celebrate the release of his 10th solo album, Vividly. Bensusan’s name has become synonymous with contemporary acoustic guitar genius, long before the terms New Age or World Music w...

Saturday 30th October
8.30pm
€15/€12

Yurodny’s believe that, in spite of the diversity of humanity in this world, there is a common source language that can be recognised and understood instantly by speakers anywhere. This belief has led to a deep fascination with a range of diverse repertoire and ongoing collaborations with leading mu...

Wednesday 27th October
8.30pm
€15/€12

Widely acknowledged as one of the finest exponents of traditional harp playing in Ireland, Westport native Laoise Kelly launches her long-awaited second CD, Ceis. Laoise, who recently represented Ireland at the World Harp Festival in Paraguay, has pioneered her own unique style of harp playing, usin...

Wednesday 20th October
8.30pm
€17/€15

Back by popular demand after her stunning performance here last year, Julie Feeney performs this show especially for The Dock, even more intimate than the last time - this time as a duo. Critically acclaimed composer, singer, orchestrator, conductor, performer, producer and instrumentalist, Feeney i...

Friday 17th September
8.30pm
€15/€12

Carrick-on-Shannon musicians Ailie and Róisín Blunnie are back in The Dock to present an evening of original music. Playing support in the past to Juliet Turner, Luka Bloom and The 4 of Us, the acoustic duo are set to step into the
spotlight for their début full-length performance featuring excl...

Wednesday 28th July
8.30pm
€15/€12

At First Light comprises the talents of renowned uilleann piper John McSherry, founding member of Lunasa and Donal Lunny’s Coolfin and described by Irish Music Magazine as “a true master”, and outstanding young fiddle player Dónal O’Connor, whose playing was recently described by The Irish Times as ...

Wednesday 21st July
8.30pm
€8

Local talent Declan Guckian, guitarist, singer and songwriter is currently making waves in the music scene in the UK and Ireland. First brought to our attention supporting the Coronas, Declan has gone on to headline the Drayton Court Showcase in London. Now in the middle of recording his debut album...

Sunday 11th July
11pm
€12

Top jazz saxophonist Ciaran leads this stellar sextet of Irish musicians for an evening of classic tunes in the repertoire of Ray Charles, Mose Allison and ig Joe Williams. Trombonist Paul Frost will lend his powerful vocals to the set as is supported by an A-list Rhythm including Myles Drennan (pi...

Saturday 10th July
11pm
€12

Swing jazz, blues and soul provided by the 5 piece Swing and Soul Revue featuring top Sligo based jazz musicians The Odd Couple, singer Sinead Conway, Eddie Lee and friends.

Friday 09th July
11pm
€12

Louisiana style Zydeco and Cajun Creole Music. One of the most noted young talents to emerge in Cajun or Creole music in the past few years, Cedric Watson is a fiddler, vocalist, accordionist and songwriter of seemingly unlimited potential, drawing on the old-style French songs of Southwest Louisian...

Tuesday 06th July - Sunday 11th July
see www.carrickwatermusic.com
bookings on 071 9650828

TUESDAY 6TH & WEDNESDAY 7TH JULY

BREFFNI PLAYERS PRESENT TWO ONE ACT PLAYS
The Dock 8.30pm €15/€12
The Breffni Players present two one act plays Melody by Deirdre Kinahan &
What would you do if I sang out of tune by John McDwyer.


FRIDAY 9TH JULY

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Wednesday 30th June
8.30pm
€15 (€12 The Last Wednesday Club members)

Fidil’s new CD ‘3’ was named CD of the week and was the first ever raditional music album to receive a 5 star review in The Irish Times. Fidil’s line-up is composed of three exceptional and ambitious musicians; 2010 TG4 Young Musician of the Year Aidan O’Donnell; Ciarán Ó Maonaigh, TG4 Young Musicia...

Wednesday 26th May
8.30pm
€22

A rare chance to catch one of the most sought after bands on the international music scene in such intimate surrounds - The Dock is delighted to welcome Lúnasa back to Leitrim to celebrate their new CD. With their inventive arrangements, bass-driven grooves and melodic interweaving of wind and strin...

Thursday 20th May
8.30pm
€20

*BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND - EXTRA DATE ADDED*

Declan O’Rourke used to be one of Ireland’s best kept secrets, but rave reviews for his debut album ‘Since Kyabram’, a growing international fanbase and an enviable collection of eminent devotees, including Paul Weller and Snow Patrol, are rapidly...

Thursday 29th April
8.30pm
€15/€12 for trad club members (Pick & Mix option)

‘A champions league special’ - ‘The Last Wednesday’ changes to Thursday this month…with three members of one of the most revered bands ever to have thrilled the folk scene.

Brian Finnegan (flute), Ed Boyd (guitar) and John Joe Kelly (bodhrán), front man and legendary rhythm section of Floo...

Sunday 25th April
8.30pm
€18

just announced - support act on the night will be our little secrets!

Winner of a Meteor Award 2008 for ‘Best Irish Female’, Cathy Davey’s second album ‘Tales Of Silversleeve’, reached Double Platinum status in Ireland as well as getting a Choice Music Prize nomination for 2007 album of the...

Saturday 17th April
8.30pm
€15/€12 (Pick & Mix option)

Scottish legend Dick Gaughan is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer and record producer, who recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award in BBC Folk Awards 2010. Brought up immersed in the Scots and Irish musical traditions, Dick also has very eclectic tastes and plays everything from free ...

Friday 16th April
7pm
FREE

The Dock celebrates Ireland’s first National Music Day with The Afresh Band and members of Leitrim’s Comhairle na nOg.

The Afresh Band is truly an international band of topflight musicians from Zimbabwe, Poland, Slovakia, and Ireland and was formed in Belfast in 2007 and brings a new slant...

Wednesday 31st March
8.30pm
€15/€12 for trad club members (pick & mix option)

With their first Irish gig to celebrate the release of their fourth CD, Natural Angle, recorded in Nashville with Grammy Award winning producer, Tim O’Brien, Grada have created a sound deeply rooted in the Irish tradition while launching headlong into the cross-genre world of contemporary acoustic m...

Saturday 06th March
8.30pm
€15/€12 (pick & mix option)

Tipped by Niall Stokes of Hot Press as “one of the best things to come out of Ireland in years”, The Chapters first made their mark in 2008, gigging to large crowds nationwide and supporting the likes of Neil Young, Cathy Davey, Chuck Berry and The Coronas. The release of their sparkling debut album...

Wednesday 24th February
8.30pm
€15/€12

One of the most instantly recognisable figures in traditional music, fiddle player, singer and front person of trad supergroup Altan, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh performs an intimate gig to celebrate the release of Imeall, her first solo album. She will be joined by bouzouki/guitar player and composer Manu...

Wednesday 27th January
8.30pm
€15/€12

For over four decades Jackie Daly has been acknowledged as, in the words of the New York Times “probably the best accordionist in Ireland”. The leading exponent of the rich and diverse Sliabh Luachra style of music, he has taken his music around the world, touring as a member of such illustrious ens...

Wednesday 16th December
7pm
FREE

The Marist Girls National School Choir will perform a medley of Christmas carols, led by Orla Kenny and Siobhan Healy. The evening will also include a celebration of music and dance from other nationalities.

*Funded by the PEACE III programme through the EU European Regional Development Fun...

Wednesday 02nd December
8.30pm
€15/€12

*POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE*

Nominated for ‘Best New Irish Act’ in Meteor Music Awards 2004 and No. 8 in the Trad/Folk section of Hot Press Awards 2005, Roesy is back in Ireland for a few select dates in advance of his highly anticipated fifth album, ‘Fable’, due out next year.

Wednesday 25th November
8.30pm
€15/€12

One of Irish music’s greatest accordion players, Alan Kelly is back at The Dock to celebrate his highly acclaimed new CD "After the Morning". One of the busiest performers on the traditional and folk music scene, Kelly tours full time with the Eddi Reader Band. His new CD, described in the Irish Tim...

Friday 20th November
8.30pm
€15/€12

*UPDATE*

DELORENTOS NEW ALBUM,YOU CAN MAKE SOUND, ENTERS IRISH CHARTS AT NUMBER 2!

BLUE SYNDROME TO SUPPORT DELORENTOS

With Meteor Award and Choice Music Prize nominations for their debut album in 2007, the hotly anticipated second album from this Dublin-based alternative...

Thursday 05th November
8.30pm
€20

A bumper celebration of grassroots music with legendary folk singer/ songwriter Peggy Seeger, the Niall Toner Band and Charlie McGettigan.

Sister of Pete Seeger and wife of English songwriter Ewan MacColl (who wrote ‘First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ for her), Peggy has 22 solo recordings, ...

Wednesday 28th October
8.30pm
€17/€15

Gerry O’Connor has brought the banjo to places no other player had tread before. He has travelled the world - physically and musically - experimenting with everything from Irish to bluegrass to African and Asian, and back to Irish. Both as a soloist and as a member of Four Men and a D...

Friday 16th October
8.30pm
€17/€15

Choice Music Prize winning singer, composer, multi–instrumentalist, and Galwegian Julie Feeney is one on Ireland’s most innovative and independent musicians. She won the inaugural Choice Music Prize for her first album ‘13 Songs’. The stunning new CD ‘Pages’ was produced and entirely composed by the...

Wednesday 30th September
8.30pm
€15/€12

Armagh brothers Niall (concertina) and Caoimhín (piano) Vallely celebrate the release of their new CD, ‘Buille 2’, accompanied by Sean Óg Graham on guitar.

Buille’s music is based on traditional forms but freely borrowed stylistic elements from various genres including jazz, blues, Eastern...

Friday 25th September
UNTIL LATE!
FREE!

The Dock is celebrating Culture Night 2009. Join us for a night of entertainment and discovery.

The Dock will stay open until 11pm with a whole range of exciting events from music to gallery tours. If you have never had a chance to check out your local Arts Centre before now then this is t...

Wednesday 23rd September
2pm
€15/€2

Celebrating the great years of piano ragtime and jazz, Colm ‘Stride’ O’Brien presents an afternoon programme including the works of ragtime and stride piano legends Scott Joplin, George Gershwin, and Fats Waller. Colm is Ireland’s leading exponent of ragtime and is a regular performer at the pr...

Friday 11th September
8.30pm
€15/€12

Leitrim singer Mary McPartlan presents a special evening of beautiful melodies and poetic lyrics featuring Grammy award winning vocalist and BBC Folk Award nominee Susan McKeown, who will perform some original and traditional songs accompanied by fellow Dublin guitarist Aida...

Wednesday 05th August
8.30pm
€25/€22

Enjoy the classical harmony of Ireland’s Redmond O’Toole and Elizabeth Cooney. Through his unorthodox playing style and committed musicianship Redmond has emerged as one of the most innovative and exciting young guitarists in Europe. He performs with violinist Elizabeth, who was selected as the Nati...

Wednesday 29th July
8.30pm
€15/€12

One of Irish traditional music’s leading exponents, the brilliant quintet TÉADA is driven by a fascination for the timeless, expressive force of music inherited from pervious generations of musicians. Founded by Sligo fiddler Oisín Mac Diarmada, TÉADA also features Laois accordion player Paul Finn, ...

Wednesday 10th June
8.30pm
€15/€12

Members of one of the most acclaimed and influential band’s in Irish music, Lúnasa flute player Kevin Crawford and uilleann piper Cillian Vallely celebrate the release of their exciting new album, ‘On Common Ground’ with an intimate gig at The Dock. A couple of years of researching tunes in between ...

Wednesday 27th May
8.30pm
€15/€12

A featured soloist in Michael Flatley’s shows, Mayo born fiddler Cora Smyth also guested on The Chieftains’ Grammy - nominated album “Water from the Well” before releasing her acclaimed debut solo album, “Are We There Yet?”. Joined by a hugely talented band including Seán Og Graham (box), Andy Kings...

Saturday 09th May
8.30pm
€18/€15

French guitar maestro, Pierre Bensusan’s name has become synonymous with contemporary acoustic guitar genius, long before the terms New Age or World Music were invented. Technically impressive with a simultaneous execution of colorful melody, an active bass line, unique harmonic choices, and eclecti...

Wednesday 06th May
2pm
€15/€12

Bealtaine special – celebrating creativity in older age

County Fermanagh born Fil Campbell performs the songs, that were made
popular by the likes of Delia Murphy, Mary O’Hara and Bridie Gallagher, in the live concert from the hugely successful RTE Television show, Songbirds. Fil is mos...

Wednesday 29th April
8.30pm
€20/€18

Celebrating the release of their much anticipated album, Crossroads, Máirtín O’Connor, Cathal Hayden & Séamie O’Dowd have built a formidable musical relationship over the last few years performing together frequently as well as collaborating in the studio. Towards the end of 2008 the trio performed ...

Friday 17th April
8.30pm
€15

As part of the The Dock’s Friday night Café Style music series
Songs of the Nations featuring NIWEL TSUMBU

Formed in early 2008 Song of the Nations is a quintet with a truly international line-up of seasoned musicians from Cork City’s deep pool of international talent.
Playing a fus...

Wednesday 08th April
8.30pm
€20/€18

Combine low dirty tones with the sweetest of melodies and you have Mick Flannery - truly something special. And if you don’t believe us, then take the word of the likes of Tom Waits, Loretta Lynn, Sonny Rollins, John Scofield and Macy Gray all of whom were judges in the prestigious U.S. Internationa...

Wednesday 25th March
8.30pm
€15/€12

With their high-energy performances, breathtaking arrangements and infectious melodies, it’s no wonder this band are being described as ‘the freshest sound in Irish music’. Guidewires have an all-star line up with a record five times all Ireland champion Pádraig Rynne on concertina, Breton music’s h...

Friday 20th March
8.30pm
€15

The Gypsy Jazz Quartet celebrate the music of one of the jazz greats, Django Reinhardt, in a unique multimedia show which presents the life and music of the colourful gypsy genius in an entertaining style including rare film footage of the original quintet. This exciting quartet is led by guita...

Friday 13th March
8.30pm
€20/€18

As part of The Docks Friday night Café Style music series Johnny Duhan’s songs like The Voyage and Don’t Give Up Till It’s Over are sung all over the world in a variety of languages, thanks to the focus put on them by Christy
Moore, The Dubliners, The Irish Tenors, Tommy Fleming and hosts of oth...

Thursday 26th February
8.30pm
€12

Local band Lilac Blues play a one off gig at The Dock in advance of their appearance in the semi-finals of the ‘All Ireland Talent Show’ on RTE1 on 1st March. Lilac Blues features vocalists Laura O’Gara and Kathleen Mahon, guitarist Alan Taylor and Emmett O’Gara on drums/rhythm. Their original mater...

Wednesday 25th February
8.30pm
€15/€12

A legendary figure in traditional Irish music circles, Leitrim fiddler Ben
Lennon has recently collaborated with west Limerick concertina player Tony
O’Connell on a new album entitled ‘Rossinver Braes’. Although almost fifty
years separates Ben from Tony O’Connell, there is an unden...

Friday 20th February
8.30pm
€15

Prepare to be swept away by the energy and sheer musicality of this phenomenal trio from the US at The Dock’s popular Friday night café
style music series. Son of Terry Riley – the “godfather of minimalism”, who influenced everyone from Philip Glass and Brian Eno to The Who, Gyan is a top class ...

Sunday 08th February
8.30pm
€25/22

The Traditional music event of the year!

Lúnasa handover their position as Leitrim County Council’s Traditional Musicians in Residence to Dervish. Special Concert featuring both bands in The Landmark Hotel, Carrick-on-Shannon

To book tickets call 071 965 0828

For more inf...

Friday 06th February
8.30pm
€22/€20

Celebrating the launch of ‘The Leitrim Equation’ album.
Concert with Lúnasa and guest Leitrim musicians.
The Glens Centre, Manorhamilton

PLEASE NOTE BOX OFFICE NUMBER FOR THIS EVENT IS 071 985 5833

Leitrim County Council’s first Traditional Music Residency featuring the ren...

Thursday 05th February
8.30pm
€20

Born in Co. Offaly, Mundy moved to Dublin when he was still a teenager and honed his musical talents performing on street corners.

His debut single To You I Bestow was featured on the soundtrack to William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet and introduced the then 21 year old singer to audience...

Wednesday 28th January
8.30pm
€15/€12

Celebrating the launch of their third CD, At The Racket introduce their newest member, guitarist Michael McCague who joins John Carty on fiddle and banjo, Brian McGrath on piano and banjo and Seamus O’Donnell on saxophone, flute and vocals.
Their new release, ‘It’s Not Racket Science’, has ...

Wednesday 21st January
8.30pm
€15/€12

A potent musical adaptation presenting Brian Merriman’s 18th century classic poem ‘Cúirt an Mheán Oíche’ in a contemporary setting, by veteran folk singer-songwriter Sean Tyrell. In many ways, this poem will always be timeless, taking a swipe at celibacy and political corruption. It is as true today...

Thursday 08th January
8.30pm
€25

THURSDAY 8TH JANUARY
8.30pm €25
JACK L
The exceptional Kildare singer makes a long-awaited return to The Dock after his electrifying debut in 2007. His voice is three-dimensional, with his ability to go from a seducing whisper, to an internal organ-shaking operatic top note, effortlessly...

Sunday 14th December
8.30pm
€20

If you want to get into the Christmas spirit whilst taking a break from the Christmas rush, why not come along to The Dock for an evening of seasonal song and story. Featuring singer-songwriter Charlie McGettigan, folk singers Orla and Éamon Daly, stroyteller Vincent Pearse and the Drumshanbo S...

Wednesday 10th December
8.30pm
€20

Fresh from a successful US tour supporting Joe Jackson, Mercury Prize nominee Gemma Hayes celebrates the release of her third album, The Hollow of Morning’. Co-produced by Dave Odlum, it features appearances by My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields and Bell X1’s Paul Noonan, among others. Gemma will b...

Wednesday 26th November
8.30pm
€15/€12

Described by Donal Lunny as “a band of real conviction”, Slide features Daire Bracken (ex-Danu) on fiddle/guitar, Éamonn de Barra (TG4 Young Traditional Musician Of The Year 2000) on piano/flute/bodhrán/whistle, Aogán Lynch (TG4 Young Traditional Musician Of The Year 1999) on concertina/whistle, Mic...

Wednesday 19th November
2pm
€15/€12

In celebration of 200 years of Moore’s world-famous Irish Melodies, the Thomas Moore Commemorative Festival presents a show for voice and piano entitled My Gentle Harp. Savour the glorious melodies of The Minstrel Boy, The Meeting of the Waters, Believe Me if all Those Endearing Young Charms and The...

Friday 14th November
8.30pm
€15

Trihornophone is a remarkable quartet dedicated to performing original, new music. Featuring Bill Blackmore (trumpet), Seán Óg (alto saxophone), Kelan Walsh (baritone saxophone) and Dennis Cassidy (percussion). Composer Seán Óg has liberally taken influences from pop, European folk and the avant-gar...

Wednesday 29th October
8.30pm
€20/€18

A rare opportunity to see some of the finest traditional musicians perform together at The Dock, as Altan accordion wizard Dermot Byrne teams up with Manchester flute player Mike McGoldrick and guitarist Steve Cooney.
Regarded as one of the greatest flute players of all time, Mike McGoldric...

Thursday 23rd October
8.30pm
€20

For over a decade, Solas has been hailed as the leading Irish American super group. Through experiments with style and technology, the band has pushed the boundaries of - but never strayed too far from - their Irish roots. Now, as the newest member, Kilkenny singer Mairead Phelan, lends her exq...

Friday 17th October
8.30pm
€15

The Elio Villafranca Jazz Quartet features some of the finest players on the American Latin jazz scene. Cuban pianist Villafranca effortlessly fuses classical, bebop and African influences with the musical traditions of his native Cuba, while remaining a true individualist. He is joined by Jane...

Saturday 11th October
8.30pm
€20/€18

Internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Luka Bloom celebrates the release of his twelfth album ‘Eleven Songs’, with an intimate gig in The Dock before his Vicar Street show in November. Luka has enjoyed eighteen years of successful worldwide tours, and in his new studio album he returns to the r...

Thursday 25th September
8.30pm
€15/€12

Four of Irish trad’s finest contemporary musicians join forces for a stunning line-up. Mayo sisters Cora and Breda Smyth have never been afraid to blend old and new, as witnessed in their self-titled debut album and Cora’s marvellously eclectic, Are We There Yet? Both have toured the world with Mich...

Friday 12th September
8.30pm
€15

JAZZ 08

HUGH BUCKLEY - SKETCHES OF NOW

One of Ireland’s finest guitarists, Hugh Buckley celebrates the release of his new CD and band, ‘Sketches of Now’. The subject of a recent RTE documentary with his saxophone playing cousins, Buckley is joined by the cream of Irish jazz musici...

Thursday 11th September - Friday 14th November
8.30
€15/€35 season

An exciting new season of Jazz is coming to The Dock.
Experience world class jazz in The Docks intimate cafe style space.

Tickets are €15 per gig or get your season ticket for only €35!

Friday 12th Sept: Hugh Buckley - Sketches of Now
Friday 17th Oct: The Elio Villafranca Q...

Wednesday 27th August
8.30pm
€15/€12

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Emer Mayock is joined by Breton flute player Jean-Michel Veillon and guitar/bouzoki/mandola player Donal Siggins to explore the music of Ireland, Brittany and beyond.

Renowned for her effortless mastery of a multitude of instruments, Emer Mayock (flut...

Saturday 16th August
8.30pm
€30/€25

as part of the CARRICK WATER MUSIC FESTIVAL

Two of Ireland’s most exciting classical musicians, Redmond O’Toole (8-string Brahms/cello guitar) and Cora Venus Lunny (violin/viola), are joined by a quintet of string players to perform some of Vivaldi’s most famous works. As soloists they have...

Thursday 14th August
8.30pm
€20/€15

as part of CARRICK WATER MUSIC FESTIVAL

French chanteuse Caroline Moreau returns to her street-singer roots with ‘The Pirate Poetess’, a gutsy and vibrant new show which will see Moreau apply her powerful vocal sensibility to a range of fascinating and eclectic material - some new, some fam...

Monday 11th August
2pm
€10

as part of CARRICK WATER MUSIC FESTIVAL

Celebrating the great years of piano ragtime and jazz (1900-1940). Presented by Colm ‘Stride’ O’Brien, this programme includes the works of ragtime and stride legends Scott Joplin, George Gershwin, and Fats Waller. Colm is Ireland’s leading exponent o...

Monday 11th August
8.30pm
€15/€12

as part of the CARRICK WATER MUSIC FESTIVAL

David Tobin started playing violin at the age of four and started with the Young European Strings (YES) School of Music from the age of eight. Now, at 13, David’s biggest achievement in Ireland has been to win all four junior age group categories ...

Saturday 09th August
4pm
€10

as part of the CARRICK WATER MUSIC FESTIVAL

A presentation by historian and biographer Anne Chambers to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Ireland’s great prima donna Margaret Burke Sheridan (1889 - 1958). From La Scala to Convent Garden, from 1918 to 1930, the Mayo soprano captured the ea...

Tuesday 29th July
8.30pm
€15/€12

Started by Mayo button accordion player David Munnelly, who’s toured and recorded with The Chieftains and with DeDanann, the David Munnelly Band is one of the hottest bands on the traditional music scene.
With members from Mayo, Dublin, Donegal and Tyrone, the exciting sextet combines button acc...

Thursday 03rd July
8.30pm
€20

Rescheduled gig!

Dervish have just released their eagerly awaited new album ' Travelling Show', featuring a host of talented guest musicians. Ever imaginative, their latest album features new arrangements of rare and unusual traditional songs, aswell as newly composed material and their tra...

Thursday 26th June
8.30pm
€7

ART DOCUMENTARY

"Johnny Gogan's innovative art documentary The Adventures of Flannery: A Portrait of Cathal Coughlan examines the life and work of the Cork-born singer, songwriter and enfant terrible. Coughlan, who began his musical career with Microdisney and later formed the volatile and ...

Wednesday 25th June
8.30pm
€15/€12

From Drumkeerin in Leitrim, fiddler Damian O’Brien and button accordionist Oliver Loughlin have been performing together since the age of 12, encouraged by two masters, Damian’s father, Michael and the late fiddler, Seamus Horan. Their recent release ‘The Factory Turn’ received rave reviews and was ...

Saturday 07th June
10pm
€15

Jinx Lennon has been described in a recent article in Q magazine as a cross between 'Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer and Ian Paisley'.
Jinx creates a surreal baptist preacher persona in his shows and plays bullet paced acoustic and electro tunes, slam poetry style pieces and fiery duets with his stag...

Wednesday 21st May
8.30pm
€15/€12

Leitrim uilleann piper Brian McNamara is joined by harp and concertina player Gráinne Hambly and flute player and sean nós singer Eamon O'Donnchadha. From the renowned musical McNamara family of Aughavas in Leitrim, Brian’s most recent CD with Tim Collins was rated no. 1 in the top 10 trad albums o...

Thursday 15th May
8.30pm
€15/€12

One of Ireland’s foremost singers, Eleanor Shanley from Keshcarrigan is renowned for her unique interpretation of Irish and roots songs. She has been at the top of her profession since her first appearance as the singer with traditional group De Danann and subsequently with the inimitable Ronnie Dr...

Saturday 10th May
9.30pm
€10

Intinn are one of Ireland's finest reggae bands playing their own breed of conscious reggae, raggamuffin, heavy dub, dancehall and raggajungle. Formed in 2004, Intinn have played throughout Ireland, France & Spain performing at Irish Festivals such as, The Clifden Arts Festival, Mantua and Galway's...

Wednesday 30th April
To be rescheduled

Dervish have just released their eagerly awaited new album ' Travelling Show', featuring a host of talented guest musicians. Ever imaginative, their latest album features new arrangements of rare and unusual traditional songs, aswell as newly composed material and their trademark high energy instru...

Friday 25th April
8.30pm
€15 / €12

As Ireland’s foremost harp duo Cormac and Anne-Marie present an eclectic combination of concert harps, Irish harps and wire strung harps, with their repertoire ranging from Irish dance tunes and O’Carolan airs to Händel’s ‘The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba’ and the evocative Spanish ‘Recuerdos de la...

Friday 28th March
8.30pm
€15/€12

The world music series continues with Kerekes Band, bringing a ground-breakingly innovative fusion of Hungarian folk music with funk, jazz, rock, psychedelic and electronic musical genres to create a unique world music sound. Their most recent album Pimasz was voted by Songlines world music magazi...

Wednesday 26th March
8.30pm
€15/€12

Member of Boys of The Lough and Beginish, Dingle peninsula native Breanndán Begley’s exciting dance music, sensitive emotional playing of slow airs on accordion, and his singing in his native Irish make him a great favourite. For this gig he joins forces with Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, a young Dubliner...

Saturday 08th March
8.30pm
€12/€10

Hoarsebox, a four-piece pop/rock (soul, ska, funk, trad, karnatic, klesmer, polka) band hailing from Dublin, combine their lively instrumentation with four-part harmonies and bucket loads of energy. They have played throughout the U.K and Ireland, sharing the stage with bands such The Stranglers and...

Wednesday 27th February
8.30pm
€15/€12

Celebrating the launch of their debut album, Island Eddy features Brendan Larissey (fiddle), Brian Duke (flute), Jim McKee (vocals / guitar) and Martin Gavin (percussion). Their music highlights the musicianship and solidity of Duke’s flute and whistles and Larissey’s fiddle, viola and whistles, ran...

Thursday 21st February
8.30pm
€15/€12

The Dock’s world music series continues with Hungarian-born Ferenc Snetberger (acoustic jazz guitar), Norwegian bass legend Arild Andersen (double bass) and Italian-born rhythm wizard Paolo Vinaccia (drums). Snétberger is a genre-crossing virtuoso whose flawless classical technique is matched only ...

Saturday 16th February
8.30pm
€12/€10

Rootical Soundsystem brings its heavyweight sound to The Dock for a night of serious roots reggae action. Rootical has been Ireland’s foremost roots reggae sound over the past decade and has delivered some of the best reggae events in Ireland including the reggae area at the annual Mantua Festival. ...

Wednesday 30th January - Thursday 31st January
8.30pm
€18

Chieftains flute player Matt Molloy teams up with multi-instrumentalist John Carty to celebrate the launch of their new CD.

Hailing from Roscommon, Matt was a founding member of The Bothy Band and made a brief appearance with Planxty before joining The Chieftains in 1979. John Carty has th...

Friday 14th December
8.30pm
€15/€12

The fourth gig in The Dock’s world music series, NoCrows is an eclectic gathering of musicians from different cultures and influences, with Mallorcan guitarist Felip Carbonell, violinist Steve Wickham (The Waterboys), Swiss cello/mandolin player Anna Houston and double bass player Eddie Lee (Sligo J...

Wednesday 28th November
8pm
€15/€12

The Dock showcases a selection of musicians and singers featured on the newly released ‘Ceoltóir Retrospective’ album, recently launched in Whelans, Dublin. ‘Ceoltóir Retrospective’ celebrates 12 years of traditional music at Ballyfermot College and represents a diverse snapshot of some of the grea...

Thursday 22nd November
8.30pm
€15/€12

A special night to celebrate the music of Leitrim’s Ben and Charlie Lennon from Kiltyclogher. One of the best known musical families in Ireland, Ben and Charlie grew up with their father, uncle and granduncle playing fiddles and their mother playing piano, fiddle and accordion. They have had long a...

Friday 16th November
8pm
€15/€12

The third gig in The Dock’s world music series presents an African night, with Motema. Led by exceptional Congolese guitarist Niwel Tsumbu, Motema celebrates the unmistakeable sound of 40s and 50s Congolese Rumba and Maringa, while Tsumbu’s love of Spanish style guitar beautifully exposes Congolese ...

Friday 09th November
8.30pm
€15/€12

Meteor award nominee Nina Hynes and French musician Fabien Leseure are set to captivate audiences with the first night of indie pop at The Dock. One of the most acclaimed performers on the Dublin circuit, singer songwriter Nina has played and collaborated with everyone from The Frames to experimenta...

Thursday 01st November
8.30pm
€15/€12

The Dock is delighted to welcome three of the most important exponents of Irish traditional music and song. Leitrim’s Mary McPartlan is one of the most talented singers to emerge on the Irish scene in recent years, Donegal fiddler Tommy Peoples is internationally recognised as a huge influence on I...

Saturday 13th October - Sunday 14th October
8.30pm
€15/€12

A unique cross-arts performance, Sources is a site specific show created for The Dock’s theatre, galleries and foyer area, by award-winning choreographer Cathy O’Kennedy and the artists of Fluxusdance.
A fusion of the everyday and the extraordinary, it will include the unique dance work create...

Friday 12th October
8.30pm
€15/€12

THE KRAKOW KLEZMER BAND in association with Music Network
The second in the series of world music nights with the startlingly innovative Polish quartet delving into the dark side of the Klezmer tradition, with an intoxicating blend of traditional, jazz and avant garde music.

Something ...

Wednesday 19th September
11am - 1pm
€10

An interactive performance featuring music by leading exponents of the uilleann pipes, Tommy Keane and Donnacha Dwyer and songs associated with the pipes by traditional singer Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (Danú). As well as a demonstration of how the pipes work, eminent folklorist Seán Donnelly will give...

Friday 14th September
8.30pm
€15/€12

The first in a season of world music nights at The Dock, Havana Son bring us into the heart of Cuba with their authentic take on ‘son’, the predecessor of modern day salsa, popularised by the Buena Vista Social Club. At the very core of their musical sound are the double act of Cuban guitar (tres) a...

Friday 17th August
4pm
FREE ADMISSION

A fascinating presentation on Ireland’s own ‘Queen of Connemara’, Delia Murphy – humanitarian, ambassador’s wife, ballad collector and popular recording artist, by her biographer and friends Aidan O’Hara and Joyce O’Hara. Expect a few songs at the end!

Wednesday 25th July
8.30pm
€15/€12

After the huge success of their first show in The Dock early last year, Alan Kelly (piano accordion), Arty McGlynn (guitar), John Kelly (flute) and Tola Custy (fiddle) return for another electrifying gig. Roscommon’s Alan Kelly is widely regarded as the finest exponent of the piano accordion in trad...

Wednesday 04th July
8.30pm
€15/€12

Irish fiddle virtuoso, Martin Hayes and American master guitarist Dennis Cahill have garnered international distinction for taking traditional music to the very edge of the genre, holding listeners spellbound with their slow-building, fiery performances. They have recorded two critically acclaimed a...

Wednesday 27th June
8.30pm
€15/12

Featuring Alan Doherty on Fute/whistles, Andrew Laking on double-bass/vocals, Colin Farrell on .Fiddle/whistles, Nicola Joyce on vocals/bodhrán/fiddle and Gerry Paul on guitars, Gráda has received a raft of awards and reviews that have propelled them into the elite circle of Irish super groups.
...

Friday 22nd June
8.30pm
€15/12

Catch the 18-legged country/bluegrass phenomenon that is Bray Vista on the warm up tour for the release of their second album;just before they play support to such legendary acts as Christy Moore, Steve Earle and Glen Campbell!
This promises to be a show not to be missed.
Standing concert w...

Wednesday 30th May
8.30 PM
€15/12

Renowned uilleann piper Seán Potts and flute player Paul McGrattan are joined by Jesse Smith for a lively night of music. Potts continues the long piping tradition synonomous with the Potts family in Dublin, with his father a founder member of the Chieftains and honorary life president of Na Píobair...

Friday 18th May
8.30pm
€5

Carrick Community School 4th Year Music Class present Soundstage, a pilot initiative of the Leitrim Music Collective .This is the result of a group of professional musicians having worked with the young people to develop their performance skills and deliver a night of fresh talent in folk, tradition...

Wednesday 16th May
8.30pm
€15/12

In a new and exciting show combining music with the spoken word, Terry McDonagh and Diarmuid Moynihan present an evening of poetry and piping. Terry McDonagh from Mayo is a poet and dramatist of international acclaim. He has published several collections of poetry and a novel for young people and ha...

Wednesday 09th May
8.30 PM
€15/12

Honor Heffernan and Jim Doherty, Ireland ’s greatest living Jazz pianist, take an irreverent look back to a time when good music was popular and popular music was good. For their show at The Dock they revisit the songs of George and Ira Gershwin ,with great tunes, songs and some hilarious personal a...

Wednesday 25th April
8.30pm
15 euro / 12 euro concession

Button accordion virtouso Máirtín O'Connor teams up with Sligo multi-instrumentalist Séamie O'Dowd and Tyrone fiddler Cathal Hayden for a special gig at The Dock.

Former member of De Danann, Máirtín has had an influential career as a solo artist since the 1980s. His fluid style and wide mu...

Monday 16th April
8.30pm
17 euro / 15 euro concession

A special ‘Leitrim’ evening of poetry and music, as Drumshanbo-based singer/songwriter Charlie McGettigan joins forces with poet/playwright Vincent Woods.

Known to most for his ‘Rock ‘n Roll Kids’ success at the 1994 Eurovision, Charlie McGettigan’s genuine charm and easy manner have captu...

Thursday 05th April
8.30pm
22 euro

The award winning, platinum selling Jack L debuts at The Dock for one electrifying performance, featuring extracts from all the shows he’s toured so successfully over the last couple of years and tracks from his triple Platinum album ‘Broken Songs’.

Expect all the hits, including the anthe...

Wednesday 28th March
8.30pm
15 euro / 12 euro concession

Hailed by Irish Music Magazine as ‘Best Traditional Newcomers 2003’, Téada are among the busiest touring acts worldwide, headlining at major music festivals throughout the US, Canada, Europe and Australia.

Their third album ‘Inné Amárach’, reached number 2 in the Irish Times top traditional...

Wednesday 14th March
8.30pm
17 euro / 15 euro concession

Cork’s most brilliant singer, songwriter and musician John Spillane and award-winning Irish language poet Louis de Paor together are the Gaelic Hit Factory, churning out killer songs in the Irish and English language set to live for 500 years or more...

With three albums of award winning so...