Back to the pubs! Dermot and Mark recommended: Before heading out, read this article for more tips. From my experience, if you’d like to get a seat close to the musicians, go early and settle in. ![]() Note that none will start before 9:30pm, and 10 or 10:30 is more likely. A “trad” session is an informal gathering of amateur musicians it’s not meant to be a professional performance for the crowd, but more of a drop-in jam session. Location: Begins upstairs in Oliver St John Gogarty’s, 22 Anglesea St, Dublin 2, IrelandĬost: €12/adult Best Trad Sessions in Dublinĭermot and Mark wrapped up by sharing a few of the best places in Dublin to hear a traditional music session. ![]() Website: Traditional Irish Musical Pub Crawl We visited three pubs over the course of the evening and it was an easy walk to each. I highly recommend this crawl just know there are 20 different musicians involved so if you come, your experience will be unique. I came away feeling that to even begin to understand the Irish, you need to understand their relationship with music. We heard traditional music played on fiddle, guitar, and bodhran, and in between heard jokes and stories and learned of Irish music, instruments, history, and culture. They clearly love music and grew up with it as an essential thread in the fabric of their lives. They are excellent musicians and gifted entertainers who somehow managed to make a crowd of 60 feel a part of an intimate conversation. Our crowd gathered in a cozy room above a quiet pub where Dermot and Mark reached out, grabbed hold, and quietly captivated. Frustrating! Thankfully we stayed only 15–20 minutes before striking for the next pub.ĭermot (sp?) and Mark, our warm and talented guides for the Traditional Irish Musical Pub Crawl in Dublin The crawl gathered upstairs in Oliver St John Gogarty’s where there wasn’t enough seating and I had trouble hearing our acoustic musicians over amplified music from the pub below. Pub crawls are quite popular and our group was split between two: a few were interested in the Literary Pub Crawl (excellent!) while the rest of us went for the Traditional Irish Musical Pub Crawl which is “…led by two professional musicians who perform tunes and songs while telling the story of Irish Music and its influences on contemporary world music.” I had high hopes, but was sorely disappointed at the start. Hours: 8:30–10pm for show only dinner seating at 7pmĬost: €25/adult for show only €49/adult for dinner and show Musical Pub Crawl Location: In the Lansdowne Hotel, 29 Pembroke Rd, Dublin 4, Ireland If you go and are looking for dinner close by, we enjoyed our meal at The Waterloo Bar just down the street. Still, it was a rare treat to hear harp and uilleann pipes and see Irish dancing. I was expecting an intimate setting, perhaps seated at tables, so the rows of chairs felt too formal. We suspect our show was cut short but we couldn’t fault our hosts - the situation was untenable. It was difficult to relax and have fun with the near-constant distraction. Unfortunately, our whole experience was overshadowed by the two large, loud, extremely drunk groups seated behind us. Our excellent hosts at The Irish House Party Thanks to them, I can finally tell the difference between a jig and a reel (rashers & sausages, Black & Decker)! They provided outstanding entertainment through song and dance, interspersed with helpful explanations of each instrument, styles of dance, and types of music. The website bills it as “…traditional Irish music and Irish dancing at its very best, performed by All Ireland champion musicians, dancers and entertaining presenters.” I agree! Our three hosts for the evening were warm, welcoming, and talented: one played guitar, another danced and played fiddle and harp, while the third played uilleann pipes, Irish flute, whistle, and bodhrán. As an added bonus, our pub crawl musicians shared where to find the best trad sessions in Dublin. The biggest concentration is in the Temple Bar area that’s where we listened to popular Irish classics at both The Old Storehouse and The Temple Bar - around lunchtime no less! But we also found decent music at Doheny & Nesbitt’s while exploring the neighborhood near our townhouse.įinding music on the fly is easy, but we booked spots for the Irish House Party and Traditional Irish Musical Pub Crawl to learn more about Irish music, its history, and role in Irish culture. There’s really no trick to finding good Irish music in Dublin, just get out, walk around, and you’re bound to see pubs advertising live music.
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