RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Guy Barker, conductor
Giacomo Smith, clarinet/sax
Tommy Blaize, Vanessa Haynes, Joe Stilgoe, vocalists

Join us for a sensational New Year's Eve celebration with RTÉ Concert Orchestra Associate Artist conductor/arranger Guy Barker, following last year's sold out 'Swing and Jive' concert, and 2023’s 'Gatsby and Beyond' night.

The Essential Cole Porter Songbook

Stella Bass, vocals
Niall Kinsella, piano

“He was the wittiest of all the great American pop composers.”
– Washington Post on Cole Porter

One of the 20^th Century’s songwriting geniuses, Cole Porter was the toast of Broadway and Hollywood. Composer of the hit musicals Anything Goes, Kiss Me, Kate, Can-Can, Silk Stockings and High Society, he epitomised the wit, charm, elegance and sophistication of an era. Singer Stella Bass and pianist Niall Kinsella invite you to sit back and revel in a lunchtime of song that’s guaranteed to be de-lightful, de-licious, de-lovely!

Discover the profound impact of jazz as a cultural force in The Jazz Room: A Cultural Legacy, a musical journey through the genre's evolution and its echoes across modern music. Through captivating arrangements and evocative performances, the show explores how jazz shaped and was shaped by history, community, and artistic expression. Get your tickets for The Jazz Room: A Cultural Legacy in Dublin!

Discover the profound impact of jazz as a cultural force in The Jazz Room: A Cultural Legacy, a musical journey through the genre's evolution and its echoes across modern music. Through captivating arrangements and evocative performances, the show explores how jazz shaped and was shaped by history, community, and artistic expression. Get your tickets for The Jazz Room: A Cultural Legacy in Dublin!

 Starring
Stephen Triffitt as Frank Sinatra
Mark Adams as Dean Martin
and George Daniel Long as Sammy Davis Junior

The Definitive Rat Pack are best known as the original Westend cast members of The Rat Pack – Live from Las Vegas who have now created their own and more personal show, they return to the National Concert Hall on Saturday Jan 17th 2025. They have played the Hall so many times over the last ten years to full capacity audiences that it is almost a second home to them.

Saxophonist, flautist, and producer Chip Wickham casts a formidable shadow across the UK jazz scene. From his early days in the UK breakbeat scene to a 17-year collaboration with Gondwana Records, Chip has crafted a series of acclaimed solo albums drawing on spiritual jazz, 60s British jazz, and contemporary influences like Jazzanova and The Cinematic Orchestra.

Join Ireland's King of Swing Luke Thomas and his band The Swing Cats for The Kings of Swing Tour 2026.

Celebrating 100 years of swing music from the 1920's to the modern day!

Ireland’s King of Swing is back! Luke Thomas & The Swing Cats are hitting the road in 2026 with a spectacular new show that blends the magic of SWING and BIG BAND with the energy of classic rock.

Get ready to hear iconic hits like Wonderwall, The Boys Are Back In Town, Bohemian Rhapsody and Hey Jude – reimagined with the sizzling Swing Cats style – alongside timeless favourites from Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Louis Armstrong and more. From high-octane big band showstoppers like Sing, Sing, Sing and Puttin’ On The Ritz to smooth crooner classics like Fly Me To The Moon and New York, New York – this is a night packed with unforgettable music.

Thomas Enhco, piano
Maki Namekawa, piano

Two inspired pianists from different musical spheres, Thomas Enhco and Maki Namekawa, together tackle Keith Jarrett’s legendary album The Köln Concert (ECM, 1975), rendering the incredible luminance of its music freely oscillating between jazz and classical. Two artists and two approaches: Maki Namekawa will play note for note the first and last parts, while Thomas Enhco will improvise around the central part.
The classically trained Namekawa has endeavoured to faithfully reproduce the transcription of the concert from the recording. Jazz pianist Enhco, on the other hand, offers a new improvisation based on the original melodic framework. In doing so, the two pianists will present a reinvented work that aims to perpetuate the atmosphere of the now iconic concert.

Gediminas Karkauskas, the acclaimed Lithuanian-born, Dublin-based jazz pianist and composer, will appear at Wexford Arts Centre before heading to perform at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, in May