Gig Guide: Live Music Across Ireland This Week (February 14 – 20)

Monday, February 14

• Texas: Waterfront Hall, Belfast
• Sasha Velour: 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin
• Holly Lester & Jio (pear) [Cabal G008]: Roisin Dubh, Galway
• Disfreq: Monroes Live, Galway

Tuesday, February 15

• Tom Odell: Ulster Hall, Belfast
• CSN Live ‘n’ Gigging: Coughlan’s, Cork
• Christy Moore: Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
• Dry Cleaning: The Button Factory, Dublin
• Neck Deep: 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin
• Lonelady: The Grand Social, Dublin
• Séamus McGuire, Niamh Varian-Barry & Gerry O’Beirne: The Sugar Club, Dublin
• Residents Party: Monroes Live, Galway
• Phil Coulter: McNeill Theatre, Larne
• Shampain, Prozak & Silky Klub: Pharmacia, Limerick

Wednesday, February 16

• Dry Cleaning: Empire Music Hall, Belfast
• Lonelady: Ulster Sports Club, Belfast
• Phil Coulter: Grand Opera House, Belfast
• Disfreq: The Limelight, Belfast
• Chris De Burgh: Cork Opera House, Cork
• A Lazarus Soul: Coughlan’s, Cork
• Tom Odell: 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin
• Runah: Upstairs at Whelan’s, Dublin
• Aloka, notjack, False Persona & Maedbh O’Connor (ghouleee): Pharmacia, Limerick

Thursday, February 17

• Soda Blonde: Empire Music Hall, Belfast
• Comrade Hat & Clodagh May (Illuminate Festival): Centre For Contemporary Art, Derry
• Séamus McGuire, Niamh Varian-Barry & Gerry O’Beirne: Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
• Christy Moore: Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
• The Drive.: The Grand Social, Dublin
• A Ritual Sea: The Workman’s Club, Dublin
• Saint Slaughter, Foreign Wolf, Ravenlight & more: Fibber Magees, Dublin
• Joe O’Callaghan Quartet: Sin É, Dublin
• The Waking Blues: Bello Bar, Dublin
• Last Apollo: Upstairs at Whelan’s, Dublin
• Cromby: Roisin Dubh, Galway
• Héctor Oaks: Monroes Live, Galway
• Mary Coughlan: Upstairs at Dolans, Limerick

Friday, February 18

• Kate Nicholson (Album Launch): Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast
• Beauty Sleep: Ulster Sports Club, Belfast
• Smokie: Waterfront Hall, Belfast
• Zoe Conway & John McIntyre (Belfast Trad Fest): Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Belfast
• SONI Class of ‘22: Empire Music Hall, Belfast
• Dan McCabe: Woodford Dolmen Hotel, Carlow
• Damien Dempsey: The Maritime Hotel, Bantry, Co. Cork
• Mary Coughlan: Sea Church, Ballycotton, Co. Cork
• Rosborough & Kate O'Callaghan (Illuminate Festival): St Augustine’s Church, Derry
• Phil Coulter: Millennium Forum, Derry
• Cradle Rock (Rory Gallagher Tribute): Bennigans Bar, Derry
• Duke Special: Whelan’s, Dublin
• Danny G & The Major 7th: The Sugar Club, Dublin
• Sad Night Dynamite: The Workman’s Club, Dublin
• Prospa: Centre Point, Dublin
• Héctor Oaks & Aeron XTC: Index, Dublin
• DJ Spit, SPEED X FREQUENCY & Midlands League: The Sound House, Dublin
• Kehli, Saibh Skelly & Fya Fox (Beyond The Horizon): The Workman’s Cellar, Dublin
• The Grey Collective: The Vintage Room at The Workman’s Club, Dublin
• Big Love: Upstairs at Whelan’s, Dublin
• Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen Tribute): The Grand Social, Dublin
• Soda Blonde: Roisin Dubh, Galway
• Whiplash (Metallica Tribute): Monroes Live, Galway
• Mary Black: Gleneagle INEC Arena, Killarney, Co. Kerry
• IE/DC (AC/DC Tribute): Dolans Warehouse, Limerick
• Laura Duff: Record Room, Limerick

Saturday, February 19

• Pale Waves: The Limelight, Belfast
• Conjuring Fate: The Limelight 2, Belfast
• Red Hot Chili Pipers: Waterfront Hall, Belfast
• Cathal Hayden, Stephen Hayden & Seamie O’Dowd (Belfast Trad Fest): The Black Box, Belfast
• Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh & Gerry O'Beirne (Belfast Trad Fest): Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Belfast
• TRIP (Belfast Trad Fest): The Black Box, Belfast
• Dan McCabe: Woodford Dolmen Hotel, Carlow
• The Three Tenors: Cork Opera House, Cork
• Andy Irvine & Donal Lunny: Sea Church, Ballycotton, Co. Cork
• The Black Apple Bastards: DeBarra’s Folk Club, Clonakilty, Co. Cork
• The Henry Girls & Aoife Scott (Illuminate Festival): The Guildhall, Derry
• John Leighton Quartet: Bennigans Bar, Derry
• Smokie: Clanree Hotel, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
• The Altered Hours: The Grand Social, Dublin
• The Eskies: Whelan’s, Dublin
• A Lazarus Soul: The Button Factory, Dublin
• Yenkee (EP Release Party): The Workman’s Club, Dublin
• blk., Reboot & more: Index, Dublin
• Griffs Acoustic Junk Yard: The Grand Social, Dublin
• A Ritual Sea: The Workman’s Club, Dublin
• The Seattle Grunge Experience: Opium, Dublin
• Romare: Centre Point, Dublin
• CK & MCG, Curtisy, Ahmed With Love & more (Most Wanted): The Workman’s Cellar, Dublin
• Oh Bryan: Upstairs at Whelan’s, Dublin
• The Amazing George Michael Tribute: Monroes Live, Galway
• The Dazzlers: Upstairs at Judge Roy Beans, Newbridge, Co. Kildare
• Windings: Dolans Warehouse, Limerick
• The Ultimate Police (Tribute to The Police): Kasbah Social Club, Limerick
• The Fureys: Carrickdale Hotel, Dundalk, Co. Louth
• Absolute Eagles (Tribute To The Eagles): Spirit Store, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Sunday, February 20

• Cam Cole: Voodoo, Belfast
• Iarla Ó Lionáird & Steve Cooney (Belfast Trad Fest): Empire Music Hall, Belfast
• Trad in the City (Belfast Trad Fest): 2 Royal Avenue, Belfast
• The Fureys: Cork Opera House, Cork
• Smokie: Vicar Street, Dublin
• Mary Coughlan: Whelan’s, Dublin
• Pale Waves: The Academy, Dublin
• Luke Thomas & The Swing Cats (Prohibition Party): The Sugar Club, Dublin
• Pat Byrne: Upstairs at Whelan’s, Dublin
• Strength In Numbers: Kavanagh’s Bar & Venue, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
• Rory And The Island: Upstairs at Dolans, Limerick
• Arthur Valentine, Automatic Blue, Actualacid & more (Hausu): Pharmacia, Limerick
• Absolute Eagles (Tribute To The Eagles): Spirit Store, Dundalk, Co. Louth
• Dan McCabe: Clonmel Park Hotel, Co. Tipperary