Live Music 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.
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Armagh is the orchard county, bordered by Tyrone, Down, Louth and Monaghan, and LocalJams holds 34 venues for it: 17 in Armagh city, ten in Keady, five in Newry, and one each in Crossmaglen and Cullyhanna. Around 45 gigs are listed over the coming months, almost none of them ticketed, and folk dominates the tags, with country, trad and blues behind.
The Market Place Theatre in Armagh city is the main concert venue in the listings, with the Legends of the 60s Show, the Pat McManus Band, The Voice of Lauren McCrory, a Remembrance Festival of Music and Ralph McTell, while the Armagh City Hotel adds Tommy Fleming Encore and a K-pop and Taylor Swift tribute night. Keady is the surprise of the county: Cassies Bar lists a Trad Session every Wednesday at 9.30pm and a weekend of gigs in November with Oisin Reilly, Friends and The Rollicking Ramblers, and the same early-November weekend brings a cluster of folk concerts to the Tommy Makem Arts Centre, with Matt Mancuso, John Whelan, The Qua Family, The Dubliners Encore and Rory Makem, to Wee Bar O Mochain with Frank Meade, Harry Willard, Helen Murphy and The Hughes Family, to Arthurs Bar and to The Cooper Bar with Poirt Mhalla. In Newry, the Canal Court Hotel on Merchants Quay lists Dan McCabe, Mike Denver, Gearóid McCarthy and Dominic Kirwan on Saturday nights.
No free-entry gigs are flagged in Armagh at present, and most pub listings carry no ticket link, so check with the venue on the night.
Upcoming gigs in Armagh
See allFri, 16 Oct7:00 PM
Tommy Fleming Encore
Armagh City Hotel
Armagh
Fri, 16 Oct8:00 PM
Legends of the 60s Show
The Market Place Theatre
Armagh
Sat, 17 Oct8:00 PM
Pat McManus Band
The Market Place Theatre
Armagh
Wed, 21 Oct9:30 PM
Trad Session
Cassies Bar
Keady
Thu, 22 Oct8:00 PM
The Voice Of Lauren McCrory
The Market Place Theatre
Armagh
Sat, 24 Oct8:00 PM
Dan McCabe
Canal Court Hotel
Newry
Wed, 28 Oct7:45 PM
Remembrance Festival of Music
The Market Place Theatre
Armagh
Wed, 28 Oct9:30 PM
Trad Session
Cassies Bar
Keady
Fri, 30 Oct8:00 PM
Ralph McTell - Somewhere Down The Road
The Market Place Theatre
Armagh
Sun, 1 Nov1:00 PM
Kpop And Taylor Ni Tribute
Armagh City Hotel
Armagh
Wed, 4 Nov9:30 PM
Trad Session
Cassies Bar
Keady
Thu, 5 Nov8:00 PM
Tommy Makem Themed Session + Poirt Mhalla
The Cooper Bar
Keady
Thu, 5 Nov8:00 PM
A Night With The Country Stars
The Market Place Theatre
Armagh
Fri, 6 Nov4:00 PM
Afternoon Session + Frank Meade + Harry Willard
Wee Bar O Mochain
Keady
Fri, 6 Nov7:00 PM
Traditional Variety Concert Headlined by Matt Mancuso + John Whelan
Tommy Makem Arts Centre
Keady
Fri, 6 Nov8:00 PM
Tommy Sands Every County On The Island
The Market Place Theatre
Armagh
Fri, 6 Nov10:00 PM
Folk Session + Matt Mancuso + John Whelan
Arthurs Bar
Keady
Fri, 6 Nov10:00 PM
Traditional Irish Session + Oisin Reilly + Friends
Cassies Bar
Keady
Fri, 6 Nov10:00 PM
Folk Session + Helen Murphy + Friends
Wee Bar O Mochain
Keady
Sat, 7 Nov11:30 AM
Traditional Session + The Qua Family
Tommy Makem Arts Centre
Keady
Sat, 7 Nov12:00 PM
Trad Music
McGranes Supermarket
Keady
Sat, 7 Nov2:00 PM
Trad Music
HoneyPot Cafe
Keady
Sat, 7 Nov3:00 PM
Singing Story + Poetry Session + Mick Dunne
Arthurs Bar
Keady
Sat, 7 Nov7:00 PM
The Dubliners Encore + Rory Makem
Tommy Makem Arts Centre
Keady
Sat, 7 Nov10:00 PM
Trad Disco + DJ Conor Crimmins
The Twisted Fox
Keady
Sat, 7 Nov10:00 PM
Open Traditional Irish Session
The Cooper Bar
Keady
Sat, 7 Nov10:00 PM
Folk Session + The Rollicking Ramblers
Cassies Bar
Keady
Sat, 7 Nov10:00 PM
Folk Session + Helen Murphy + Friends
Mones Bar
Keady
Sun, 8 Nov3:00 PM
Traditional Irish Session + The Hughes Family
Wee Bar O Mochain
Keady
Sun, 8 Nov7:00 PM
The Last Hurrah + The Shambles
The Twisted Fox
Keady
Wed, 11 Nov8:00 PM
Country Girl
The Market Place Theatre
Armagh
Wed, 11 Nov9:30 PM
Trad Session
Cassies Bar
Keady
Fri, 13 Nov8:00 PM
A Tribute to Coldplay - Doors 8pm FULLY SEATED EVENT
Canal Court Hotel
Newry
Sat, 14 Nov8:00 PM
Mike Denver
Canal Court Hotel
Newry
Popular venues in Armagh
All venuesLive music in Armagh: FAQ
Where can I find live music in Armagh tonight?
The listings on this page show upcoming gigs across Armagh, refreshed every night. Open any gig to see the line-up, start time, ticket details and a map to the venue. For a filtered view by date, genre or price, use the Explore page.
Are there free gigs in Armagh?
Sometimes, but none of the Armagh gigs currently listed on this page is marked free. We only mark a gig as free when there's positive evidence for it, so the green "Free Entry" badge appears only when the venue or promoter says so. Listings refresh nightly, and the Explore page lets you filter by price.
Where can I find traditional Irish music sessions in Armagh?
Cassies Bar in Keady lists a Trad Session every Wednesday at 9.30pm, the county's one standing weekly session in our data. The early-November weekend of folk concerts across Keady's bars and the Tommy Makem Arts Centre is the other date to circle for traditional music in Armagh.
How often are Armagh gig listings updated?
Every night. Our crawlers read public listings from venue websites, ticketing platforms and established what's-on guides, then clean and de-duplicate them so the listings stay accurate and focused on live music.
Can I find ticketed concerts as well as pub gigs in Armagh?
Yes. LocalJams lists everything from free trad sessions to ticketed concerts and touring shows. Where a ticket page exists we link straight to it — we never sell tickets ourselves, so the venue or promoter is always the final word on prices and availability.