Scott's Jazz Club

02/09/2026

When we opened 6 years ago we invited the great Irish jazz guitarist Mike Nielsen to play. We only used half the room then and had no stage.
It's fitting now that he's back to kick off our very last 6 concerts at the Hack club. He is accompanied by one of our very favourite Irish jazz drummers Shane O'Donovan and New York jazz bassist Brian Questa.

"Perhaps the most truly original voice in Irish jazz” ”
Sunday Tribune
““Mike Nielsen – the most gifted and original guitarist here” ”
The Irish Times

See you Friday
Cormac

29/08/2026

Hi everyone,
Some bad news.
Scott’s Jazz Club's residency at the Hack Club will come to an end on the 27th of September, and all concerts for the rest of the year will be postponed. We’ve had six great years in Ballyhackamore; welcomed hundreds of world-class jazz musicians, and thousands of audience members from across the world. It’s been a good run!

We’re talking to a few different venues for 2027, and we will be back for next year. All ticket holders for cancelled concerts will automatically receive a full refund.

In the meantime, the remaining gigs in September will still be going ahead, and this is your last chance to see Scott’s Jazz Club in this venue! Our mini-festival will still be going ahead (in a reduced capacity) at the end of September, and here’s what we have coming up:

4th September: Mike Nielsen’s Sound Recipes
11th September: Trio-SKW
18th September: Paul Dunlea Organ Trio
25th September: Aren’t Blakey
26th September: Belleville Gypsy Jazz
27th September: Linley Hamilton Plays Kind Of Blue

Tickets are on sale for these now, and we’d love to see as many of you as possible to help us go out in style!

Friday night's Hayley Kavanagh Septet concert was simply brilliant, and to an absolutely packed room - just what we want to see!

All the best,
Scott, Cormac, Richard

23/08/2026

The first time a vibraphone will be heard at Scott's Jazz club is this coming Friday 28th when Dublin tenor saxophonist star Hayley Kavanagh leads a seven-piece band in a live performance of Mode for Joe.
This 1966 Blue Note album by Joe Henderson is considered a landmark recording in post-bop jazz. The septet features a stellar line-up of : Hayley Kavanagh (tenor saxophone), Paul Kiernan (trumpet), Krists Liepa (trombone), Patrick Lynch (vibraphone), Graeme Bourke (piano), Fionn Ruadh (double bass), and Ben Cooper (drums).
This concert is almost full already so grab a ticket quick!

See you Friday
Cormac

16/08/2026

16/08/2026

What do you get when you mix a hot Peruvian guitarist with a star American trumpeter and add a top Irish rhythm section?
Find out this Friday when Rodrigo Almonte reimagines the music of the Peruvian Andes through contemporary jazz and improvisation. Led by Almonte (guitar), the band features Aidan Gray (double bass) and Michael McCarthy (drums), one of the most exciting rhythm sections in the Irish jazz scene. They are joined for this performance by special guest American star trumpeter JQ Whitcomb.
See you Friday
Cormac
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13/08/2026

Liv Monaghan lives in Paris and .
we are delighted to welcome her to the club this Friday on her short tour at home. Liv performs a polished blend of folk, soul, and jazz, a style she has mastered. Equally at ease headlining jazz festivals or performing for intimate audiences, Liv brings warmth, depth, and authenticity to the stage. Her work has been praised by Elle Magazine, Rolling Stone France and Culture France.
See you Friday
Cormac

09/08/2026

Markus Strothmann's Emerald from last Friday. The music doesn't stop when the Fleadh ends! Next Friday, we welcome Cork-born but now Paris-based singer Liv Monaghan. Monaghan cites Joni Mitchell, Nina Simone, Jeff Buckley, and Duke Ellington as her vocal and musical inspirations. Her beautiful, evocative songs perfectly suit her expressive voice, building a mesmerizing, hypnotic world that bewitches the listener. See you Friday, Cormac.

06/08/2026

We had an absolutely packed lunchtime concert today with the remarkable pianist Ryan Molloy and fiddle legend Brid Harper. Tomorrow's Friday Fleadh special concert features Markus Strothmann from Hamburg who will be leading the great Linley Hamilton- trumpet , Scott Flanigan -piano, Russell Kirk- Sax and Rohan Armstrong -Bass. The 'Emerald Suite', is a fascinating mix of jazz and Irish trad See you Friday
Cormac

03/08/2026

The band grooved all night at our 'Smokin' at the Half Note' concert last week.
For Fleadh week, we have two very special events.
This Thursday (Doors 1.30 music 2.30) we have a lunchtime concert featuring brilliant pianist Ryan Molloy and trad fiddle legend Brid Harper.
On Friday we have a quintet of superb musicians when Hamburg composer/drummer Markus Strothmann will lead Linley Hamilton- trumpet , Scott Flanigan -piano, Russell Kirk- Sax and Rohan Armstrong -Bass. The 'Emerald Suite', is a fascinating mix of jazz and Irish trad Both concerts are selling fast.
See you Thursday and Friday!
Cormac