Live Music 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.
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Carlow sits on the River Barrow between Kilkenny, Laois, Kildare, Wicklow and Wexford, and its live music follows the river: of the 20 venues LocalJams holds for the county, 14 are in Carlow town itself, with Tullow, Bagenalstown and Ballinabrannagh making up the rest. The listings lean towards ticketed theatre and hotel shows rather than pub gigs, and no regular session pattern shows up in the data yet, so Carlow is a county where you plan around a show rather than wander in on a session.
VISUAL, the arts centre on the Dublin Road in Carlow town, is the busiest venue by some distance, with a run of touring productions through the autumn: Blondie Raptured, the folk act Lemoncello, The Piano Man Elton John and Billy Joel show and the Derek Ryan Songwriter Show. The Woodford Dolmen Hotel on the Kilkenny Road is the county's main stop for folk and country touring acts, with Gearóid McCarthy, The Highstool Prophets, Dan McCabe and Mike Denver all on its ticketed calendar. Beyond those two, the listings are one-offs: KCLR's Late Nite Live at Ballinabranna GAA, Carlow Undercover at Ewings Bar, Phil Coulter at the Mount Wolseley Hotel in Tullow before Christmas, and a concert at St Andrew's Church in Bagenalstown.
Almost everything listed in Carlow at the moment is ticketed, with no free-entry gigs flagged, and the genre tags that do appear are folk and country. If you want a pub session, the neighbouring Kilkenny guide has the nearest nightly trad listings.
Upcoming gigs in Carlow
See allFri, 16 Oct8:00 PM
Blondie Raptured
VISUAL
Carlow Town
Sun, 18 Oct8:00 PM
The Seeger Sessions Revival
VISUAL
Carlow Town
Sat, 24 Oct7:00 PM
Carlow Undercover
Ewings Bar
Carlow
Thu, 29 Oct8:00 PM
Lemoncello
VISUAL
Carlow Town
Fri, 30 Oct9:00 PM
KCLR's Late Nite Live
Ballinabranna GAA
Ballinabrannagh
Sat, 7 Nov8:00 PM
The Piano Man Elton John And Billy Joel
VISUAL
Carlow Town
Sun, 8 Nov8:00 PM
Derek Ryan Songwriter Show
VISUAL
Carlow Town
Fri, 13 Nov8:00 PM
The Unseen Growth Of Winter Maccana
VISUAL
Carlow Town
Sat, 14 Nov8:00 PM
Gearóid McCarthy
Woodford Dolmen Hotel
Carlow
Sat, 14 Nov8:00 PM
Dubliner - The Luke Kelly Story
VISUAL
Carlow Town
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All venuesLive music in Carlow: FAQ
Where can I find live music in Carlow tonight?
The listings on this page show upcoming gigs across Carlow, 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 Carlow?
Sometimes, but none of the Carlow 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 Carlow?
Our Carlow listings don't currently show a weekly traditional session pattern — the county's calendar is led by ticketed shows at VISUAL and the Woodford Dolmen Hotel. For a regular trad session the nearest listed options are across the county boundary in Kilkenny city; check the Explore page with the Carlow filter for anything new, as listings refresh nightly.
How often are Carlow 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 Carlow?
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.