Live Music Guides
Live music across Ireland, city by city
From late-night trad sessions in Galway's Latin Quarter to arena shows in Dublin and the Cathedral Quarter buzz in Belfast, Ireland has live music on every night of the week. Pick a city or county below for a guide to its scene, the venues worth knowing, and every upcoming gig — updated nightly.
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Live Music in Dublin
Dublin is the heartbeat of the Irish music scene — from trad sessions in Temple Bar to packed gig venues on the northside. LocalJams tracks every live gig, session, and concert across the capital, updated nightly.
View Dublin guide →Live Music in Cork
Cork punches above its weight for live music. The city's pubs, venues, and festivals host local legends and touring acts every week. Find tonight's gig or plan your weekend with LocalJams.
View Cork guide →Live Music in Galway
Galway is famous for its street music and trad sessions — but there's far more: folk, rock, jazz, and everything between. LocalJams keeps you across every upcoming gig in the city.
View Galway guide →Live Music in Limerick
Limerick has a thriving live music scene anchored by local venues and a growing roster of original acts. LocalJams tracks sessions, concerts, and events across the city.
View Limerick guide →Live Music in Waterford
Waterford's pub and venue scene punches well above its size. Whether it's a trad session or a ticketed gig, LocalJams keeps you up to date with live music across the Déise.
View Waterford guide →Live Music in Kilkenny
Kilkenny's medieval streets are home to some of Ireland's most atmospheric music venues. From intimate pub sessions to headline acts, find every upcoming gig with LocalJams.
View Kilkenny guide →Live Music in Kerry
Kerry has a vibrant live music scene spanning trad sessions, folk, and contemporary acts across Tralee, Killarney, and beyond. LocalJams tracks every upcoming gig across the county.
View Kerry guide →Live Music in Wexford
Wexford has a rich music tradition and a calendar of live gigs that goes well beyond its famous opera festival. LocalJams keeps you across sessions, concerts, and events.
View Wexford guide →Live Music in Sligo
Sligo — the county of W.B. Yeats — has a vibrant trad and contemporary music scene. Find live gigs and sessions across the town with LocalJams.
View Sligo guide →Live Music in Belfast
Belfast has one of Ireland's most vibrant live music scenes — from intimate venues in the Cathedral Quarter to iconic rooms on Great Victoria Street. LocalJams tracks gigs, concerts, and sessions across the city, updated nightly.
View Belfast guide →Live Music in Derry
Derry's music scene punches well above its size, with a rich tradition spanning trad sessions, original acts, and touring shows. Find every upcoming gig in the city with LocalJams.
View Derry guide →Live Music in Carlow
Carlow is a compact county with a busy concert calendar centred on Carlow town, where VISUAL on the Dublin Road and the Woodford Dolmen Hotel carry most of the upcoming shows. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across Carlow, Tullow and Bagenalstown, updated nightly.
View Carlow guide →Live Music in Cavan
Cavan town is the hub of live music in the lake county, with Hotel Kilmore's tribute and party nights, the Townhall Arts Centre's traditional programme and a weekly trad session at Blessings Bar. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across Cavan, Cootehill, Bailieborough, Virginia and beyond, updated nightly.
View Cavan guide →Live Music in Clare
Clare's live music runs from Ennis out to the coast: folk and trad nights at Pot Duggans in Ennistymon, touring shows at Glór, open sessions at Moroney's Bar and gigs in Lahinch and Doolin. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across the county, updated nightly.
View Clare guide →Live Music in Donegal
Donegal has more listed venues than any county outside Dublin and Cork, from An Grianán Theatre in Letterkenny to the country music nights of Bundoran and the Thursday jam in Kilcar. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across the county, updated nightly.
View Donegal guide →Live Music in Kildare
Kildare's live music is spread across Naas, Newbridge, Maynooth, Kilcullen and Clane, with the Keadeen Hotel's country nights and the Moat Theatre's shows leading the way. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across the county, updated nightly.
View Kildare guide →Live Music in Laois
Portlaoise is the engine of live music in Laois: the Dunamaise Arts Centre's touring shows, rock nights at Kavanaghs on Main Street and concerts at the Midlands Park Hotel. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across the county, updated nightly.
View Laois guide →Live Music in Leitrim
Carrick-on-Shannon carries most of Leitrim's live music, from the Landmark Hotel's country and tribute nights to the concerts at The Dock, with Ballinamore's Island Theatre and the Shed Distillery in Drumshanbo adding dates. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across the county, updated nightly.
View Leitrim guide →Live Music in Longford
Longford's live music is spread across the county town, Ballymahon, Granard and a ring of village pubs. Listings here are sparse at the moment, so check back as our crawlers pick up new dates nightly.
View Longford guide →Live Music in Louth
Ireland's smallest county has one of its busiest calendars: Drogheda and Dundalk between them list over a hundred upcoming gigs, from McHughs Venue and the Spirit Store to Thursday trad sessions and a Monday trad night. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across Louth, updated nightly.
View Louth guide →Live Music in Mayo
Mayo's live music centres on Castlebar's TF Royal Theatre, the busiest venue in the west in our listings, with Westport's pubs and town hall, Ballina's arts spaces and Achill adding dates. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across the county, updated nightly.
View Mayo guide →Live Music in Meath
Meath's live music stretches from the Brogan Hotel's nightly gigs in Trim and the Solstice Arts Centre in Navan to Kells, Ratoath and the Púca Festival at Halloween. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across the Royal County, updated nightly.
View Meath guide →Live Music in Monaghan
Monaghan has a strong live music calendar for its size: country and trad nights at the Hillgrove Hotel, a Friday trad session at McCarrens, blues at Watters Old Coach Inn in Castleblayney and dancing weekends at the Nuremore in Carrickmacross. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across the county, updated nightly.
View Monaghan guide →Live Music in Offaly
Tullamore leads live music in Offaly, with the Tullamore Court Hotel's country and folk concerts, church and theatre dates and the Palace Venue's late nights, while Birr and Shannonbridge add occasional gigs. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across the county, updated nightly.
View Offaly guide →Live Music in Roscommon
Roscommon's listings are modest but varied: trad and open-mic nights at Comptons Central Bar in Strokestown, concerts at Roscommon Arts Centre, country stars at the Abbey Hotel and the Trinity Arts Centre in Castlerea. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across the county, updated nightly.
View Roscommon guide →Live Music in Tipperary
Tipperary's live music is strongest in Clonmel, with the Talbot Hotel's concerts and Lonergan's Thursday open mic, while Thurles, Cashel and Borrisoleigh add folk, country and tribute nights. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across the Premier County, updated nightly.
View Tipperary guide →Live Music in Westmeath
Mullingar and Athlone share Westmeath's live music between them: the Mullingar Arts Centre and Clarkes Bar Fighting Cocks on one side, the Radisson Blu's folk concerts and the Dean Crowe Theatre on the other, with Moate's Tuar Ard in between. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across the county, updated nightly.
View Westmeath guide →Live Music in Wicklow
Wicklow's live music gathers around Greystones' Whale Theatre, the Arklow Bay Hotel's country and folk nights, a classical weekend at Tulfarris in Blessington and the Courthouse Arts Centre in Tinahely. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across the Garden County, updated nightly.
View Wicklow guide →Live Music in Antrim
County Antrim outside Belfast has live music in Lisburn, Portrush, Ballymena, Larne and the north of the city, led by the Island Arts Centre and The Playhouse. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across the county, updated nightly; Belfast has its own guide.
View Antrim guide →Live Music in Armagh
Armagh's live music runs from the Market Place Theatre in the city to a folk-heavy cluster of pubs in Keady, where Cassies Bar hosts a Wednesday trad session and the Tommy Makem Arts Centre leads a November weekend of concerts, with Newry's Canal Court Hotel adding country nights. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across the county, updated nightly.
View Armagh guide →Live Music in Down
County Down's live music in our listings is led by the Bannville Hotel's country nights in Banbridge, Sunday trad sessions at Denvirs Hotel in Downpatrick, and gigs in Bangor, Newtownards and Warrenpoint. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across the county, updated nightly.
View Down guide →Live Music in Fermanagh
Fermanagh's live music in our listings centres on Enniskillen, where Charlies Bar on The Diamond runs weekend gigs with two slots a night, while the county's village venues list only occasionally. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across the lakeland county, updated nightly.
View Fermanagh guide →Live Music in Tyrone
Tyrone's live music in our listings runs through Omagh's Strule Arts Centre and The Weigh Inn, the Alley Theatre in Strabane and a Thursday trad session at Tomneys Bar in Moy. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across the county, updated nightly.
View Tyrone guide →Trad, indie, rock and everything between
LocalJams covers all 32 counties, including Northern Ireland. Whether you're after a free traditional session in a pub, a ticketed concert in a theatre or concert hall, or a touring band in an arena, you'll find it here. Each guide pulls together upcoming gigs, the most popular venues hosting them, and answers to the questions people ask most about finding live music locally.
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