Vicar St

Dublin music venue

Paul Brady in Dublin review: A welcome stroll through master songwriter’s rich past

Paul Brady delighted fans with a typically assured performance at Dublin's Vicar Street on Friday night

Gavin Friday in Dublin review: Svelte, swooning performer lays bare his life on the stage

At 65, Friday shows a wilful disregard for inflexibility as he throws shapes, hunkers down and lurches forward

Ryan Adams at Vicar Street: A gig that nobody will forget anytime soon, but perhaps not for all the right reasons

The 50-year-old musician, who is no stranger to controversy, seems fragile and rambling at times over a three-hour Dublin gig

John Cale in Dublin review: ‘What a surprise you are,’ says former Velvet Underground musician on night of droll and doleful beauty

An atmosphere of legacy and infinity floats around the Welsh star’s sold-out show

Fontaines DC win RTÉ Choice Music Prize album of the year

Jordan Adetunji crowned artist of the year, with rap trio Kneecap named breakthrough artist

Sturgill Simpson at Vicar Street: Cosmic country maverick lets his superb music do the talking

It’s early days, but Simpson’s performance at Dublin's Vicar Street is a contender for ‘gig of the year’

Sole appeal against Crosbie hotel invalidated on technical grounds

Appellant enclosed incorrect procedural letter

Kneecap at Vicar Street: A thrilling gig testament to their talents as rappers, ravers and conjurors of chaos

The vibe is one of community and solidarity, framed by love of the Irish language and irreverent humour

Harry Crosbie wins permission for Vicar Street hotel

Developer has been attempting to build hotel on site since 2008

Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve at Vicar St review: an intimate trip through the past in the hands a vital storyteller

Review: Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve at Vicar Street: The 20-song show spans a career of over 50 years, 25 records, and a myriad of collaborations

Patti Smith at Vicar Street review: Set is as sweet as it is snarling, with desperate yet unhurried joy

Sharing affecting stories with the audience, Smith conveys the beauty of the everyday without artifice

Crosbie told to provide details of all hotels within 1km of planned Vicar St development

Dublin City Council seeks details amid slew of objections to proposed hotel

Crosbie 182-bedroom hotel plan meets opposition in Dublin’s Liberties

Vicar Street Hotel Ltd lodges plans for eight-storey building in Dublin 8, near Crosbie’s entertainment venue

The Dry review: This Irish sitcom sparkles once you get past the alcoholism cliches

Television: Series two is a huge improvement on the first iteration of this Dublin-set show starring Ciarán Hinds

Harry Crosbie’s Vicar Street hotel planning application invalidated

Dublin City Council move follows absence of site notice

Frank Skinner in Vicar Street: ‘You don’t get these jokes from the young comics. This is a craftsman at work’

The subject matter may be light, but Skinner blows many younger, more innovative comics out of the water

What makes the Happy Pear unhappy? Building a 5G mast beside their organic farm

Plus: Jack Crowley’s financial conversion, architect Tom de Paor’s Wicklow woes, Siún Ní Raghallaigh’s Galway house sale, and Dublin jarveys say neigh to Harry Crosbie

Øxn at Vicar Street review: A spellbinding, bold and brilliant show

Magic swirls in the band’s connection as they balance ancient sounds with fizzing excitement of innovation

Rhiannon Giddens review: Joyous performance from artist who straddles genres with ease

This Vicar Street show features the Limerick-based singer and composer as a roots rock star, but folk isn’t forgotten

Neil Delamere live review: rapid-fire jokes and quirky observations deliver a night of belly laughs

Judging by the loudness of the laughs throughout, Offaly comic Delamere has still very much got it

Margo Price in Dublin review: Gut-quaking mayhem strewn through a rollicking evening

Returning after a costume change she’s back behind the drums, bringing Sunday-night fever to grey, sleepy Dublin

Chris Kent in Vicar Street: The Cork comedian’s relaxed style handles darker material with ease

Kent weaves a range of subjects together seamlessly from the housing crisis to feeling uneasy at luxury hotels

Blindboy in Vicar Street: There is a plenty of charm but the show needs elevating

When guest and host riff well and bounce off each other, it’s an enlivening conversation

Comedian Shane Daniel Byrne: ‘You get good at changing the topic of conversation when you’re young and secretly gay’

One of Irish comedy’s recent breakout stars built his following on Instagram during the pandemic, and is about to embark on a nationwide tour with his show, But He’s Gay

Patti Smith to play two shows at Dublin’s Vicar Street

The Patti Smith Quartet will be playing the intimate venue on June 27th and 28th next year

An Audience with Dolly Alderton: Agony aunt has zippy line in posh swearing – but it’s not her who gets biggest laughs

Review: The almost entirely female audience at Vicar Street is treated to a blend of salty wisdom and cocktail-bar irreverence

Kojaque in Vicar Street: Flawless performance as the Dubliner shows his talent and ambition

The Cabra rapper’s dresses himself up as deli-worker, devil, or dodgy Dáil-adjacent wheeler-dealer and shows his work full of complexities

Hania Rani at Vicar Street: An extraordinary show sweeps the audience to a twilight realm

Review: The Polish pianist and composer remains under the radar in the English-speaking world. But around Europe she’s a star in the making

Haircut 100 live in Dublin: ‘There’s love here, isn’t there? Let’s do it!’

Irish debut for 1980s pop band filled with upbeat energy and their fan base are thrilled to have them

Plans for Dublin to get new 2,000-seater music and arts venue

Harry Crosbie has unveiled plans to build new concert venue twice as big as Vicar Street in Dublin’s Thomas Street

Profits treble at Christy Moore music business

Singer’s shows are booked out to January of next year, according to his website

The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they end

The best movies, music, art and more coming your way between September 9th and 15th, 2023

Lankum at Vicar Street in pictures

Dublin band Lankum played three sold-out concerts in the last week of May 2023

‘A lot of history is a very, very dark comedy in which people behave quite badly’

The cult podcasters behind The Rest is History visited Dublin recently to record episodes about Ireland’s past with their trademark self-deprecating humour and lightly worn erudition

The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book and the ones to catch before they end

The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week

Harry Crosbie proposes large new music venue and festival space in €25m docks site development

Proposal includes building an music venue that would be twice the size of his Vicar Street property

Weyes Blood review: Five stars for Natalie Mering’s gorgeously spectral Dublin concert

Singer’s dazzling voice – not to mention banter – helps overcome technical glitches to give outstanding performance at Vicar Street

The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they end

The best movies, music, art this week, including London band Dry Cleaning, a film about the music scene in Limerick, and a Blood Brothers revival

Weyes Blood: ‘The standard is so low in terms of what young people are used to hearing, it all gets a pass’

After her wisely acclaimed 2022 album, Natalie Mering thinks orchestral pop is more radical than ‘boring’ experimental noise

Community space set up for Ukrainians in Vicar Street warehouse

Centre has eight tents where services will be provided, such as English language classes

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