Swing into action this Wednesday night at Killester Donnycarney Football Club, with a powerhouse performance by The Essential Big Band—Dublin’s longest-running big band! From 9:30PM to 11:30PM, enjoy the bold brass, smooth sax, and timeless swing of a full 17-piece ensemble as they bring the music of Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, and more to life. It’s a feel-good night of classic big band favourites in a lively, welcoming atmosphere. Bring your friends and soak up the great vibes—live big band music has never sounded so good!

Glass Mask Theatre

Step into a transformed Glass Mask Theatre for a decadent night of live jazz music. With a nod to New York of the 1970's, GMT welcomes you to sit back and enjoy a glorious playlist of live jazz in our elegant boutique theatre.

Just like Django Reinhardt’s quintessential gypsy jazz band of the 1930’s, the ‘Quintette du Hot Club de France’, the Tenters are a 5-piece jazz band following in the footsteps of the greats with their lineup of viola, bass and 3 guitars.

Live Jazz Jam Session in the heart of Cork City every Thursday from 9pm. Hosted by a house band of some of Cork’s finest jazzers & humans. All are welcome to participate for a tune or two. If that’s not your bag then simply take in the atmosphere with some food & refreshments served until late.

Let's get together and play jazz standards! Get your chord changes from iRealPro, and the heads from the Real Book. All and any instruments and singers are welcome. This is an event organized by the community.

Red Line Jazz are a hard-swinging quartet of Dublin professionals playing a repitoire of hard-bop, post-bop, and contemporary jazz. The band changes it up every week, but the vibe stays the same; serious swing, serious sound!

Coke Lane Pizza kitchen open til 21:30

Honor Heffernan vocals
Jim Doherty piano 
Dave Redmond bass 
Myles Drennan drums 

Jim Doherty and his trio, Dave Redmond, bass, and Myles Drennan, drums, present a lunchtime of the songs of Rodgers and Hart, with special guest, singer, Honor Heffernan.

Lee Meehan ~ guitar. / Scott Flanigan ~ piano . / Shane O'Donovan ~ drums. / Riche Buckley - Sax.

Mix of standards and originals

Lee Meehan is a Dublin-based jazz/blues guitarist and vocalist who has been a dynamic force on Ireland's music scene for over 20 years. A Newpark Music Centre/DCU graduate, he has shared stages with top Irish and international artists at major venues and festivals, including Sligo Jazz, Cork Jazz, and Electric Picnic, Vicar st, The Olympia. His acclaimed 2023 debut album, Some Of Us Are Looking At The Stars, blends soulful originals with a fresh take on Tadd Dameron's

Guitarist John Moriarty and saxophonist Richie Buckley lead a dynamic quartet on the first Saturday of every month at Walters, Dún Laoghaire.

Kevin Brady — drums. Andrew Csibi — bass. Greg Lloyd — piano.

A genre alchemist, Greg Lloyd blends the rich traditions of jazz with the infectious pulse of North African chaabi and contemporary textures, creating immersive, original improvised journeys that unfold in the moment. Performed live in an intimate piano trio setting, this is music with groove, atmosphere, spontaneity and plenty of soul.

Open to all kinds of new music drawn from jazz, European folk forms and contemporary classical ideas, NCH celebrates the trailblazing independent German label, ECM.

Described by The New York Times as a 'social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway', innovative composer and pianist Vijay Iyer is one of the leading music-makers of his generation.

Sunday Jazz at the United Arts Club
Relax into a Sunday afternoon of jazz in the elegant surroundings of the United Arts Club.

The Lounge Quartet have built up a strong following in their Sunday tenure at Walters. Delivering swinging standards from the Great American Songbook, this jazz band is sure to provide the ideal soundtrack to your chill out Sunday.

Deriving from Ireland’s original Guinness Jazz Band, so popular in the 80’s and 90’s, they have played major jazz festivals, and jazz clubs throughout Europe, with regular performances in Germany, Scandinavia, the UK, and Ireland.

Organ Freeman – Irish jazz organ trio

Organ Freeman specialises in the music of the bebop and hard bop idioms of the early 1950s and 60s. Playing standards by composers such as Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, and many more in the classic organ trio format.