Jazz at Johnstown

Jazz at Johnstown Jazz at Johnstown, a year-round series of gigs at Johnstown Castle. The annual Jazz at Johnstown Festival takes from June 26 to 28 with 37 musicians.

Our festival welcomes EVERYBODY.

Johnny Taylor. Dominic Mullan. Barry Donohue.Back together again for one night only at Jazz at Johnstown on Saturday, Se...
15/08/2026

Johnny Taylor. Dominic Mullan. Barry Donohue.

Back together again for one night only at Jazz at Johnstown on Saturday, September 26, is the legendary jazz trio of Johnny Taylor (keyboards), Dominic Mullan (drums) and Barry Donohue (bass). This is a trio whose integrated and disciplined interplay endears them to jazz and non-jazz fans alike. The level of improvisation exploring fresh and new sources of repertoire is always mesmerising and never less than communal when this trio gets together, creating an unforgettable musical experience. An evening with Johnny, Dominic and Barry at sumptuous Johnstown Castle, as autumn closes in, is one in which the band and audience are joined by intimacy and energy. Unmissable.

Three musicians, one songbook. At the Jazz at Johnstown Festival, on jazz on the grass, Brazilian guitarist Gustavo de M...
27/07/2026

Three musicians, one songbook. At the Jazz at Johnstown Festival, on jazz on the grass, Brazilian guitarist Gustavo de Morais, Polish singer Kasia Eliasz and Irish saxophonist and flautist Hayley Kavanagh played the music of Antônio Carlos Jobim: guitar, voice and flute. De Morais is a Brazilian guitarist based in Ireland, blending his heritage with contemporary jazz across festivals in Ireland and Europe. Eliasz is an award-winning vocalist, bandleader of a nine-piece Brazilian jazz ensemble and curator of the Kildare Jazz Festival. Kavanagh is one of the most active voices on the Dublin jazz scene and the Kildare Jazz Festival’s 2026 Emerging Act. Half a century on, Jobim’s songbook remains one of the great meeting points between jazz and Brazilian music, and Wexford heard it all! Pics by Sasha Bratkova

20/07/2026

Faster Shorter Louder is a new Dublin-based trio featuring Matthias Winkler (guitar), Darragh Hennessy (keyboards) and Hugh Denman (drums) and made their Jazz at Johnstown debut in the Cart Room. The group takes familiar songs and reshapes them through improvisation, uncovering new rhythmic and harmonic possibilities while keeping the directness of the original material intact. Drawing on Winkler’s expansive work with post-rock-influenced quartet ÄTSCH, Whyte’s long-standing role in ensembles such as ReDiviDeR and the Dirty Jazz Club, and Denman’s range from atmospheric soundscapes to free improvisation, the trio’s sound is both contemporary and rooted in the jazz tradition. Like the classic trios of the 1950s and ’60s—or more recently The Bad Plus—Faster Shorter Louder approach popular music as raw material for exploration.

Faster Shorter Louder is a new Dublin-based trio featuring Matthias Winkler (guitar), Darragh Hennessy (keyboards) and H...
20/07/2026

Faster Shorter Louder is a new Dublin-based trio featuring Matthias Winkler (guitar), Darragh Hennessy (keyboards) and Hugh Denman (drums) and made their Jazz at Johnstown debut in the Cart Room. The group takes familiar songs and reshapes them through improvisation, uncovering new rhythmic and harmonic possibilities while keeping the directness of the original material intact. Drawing on Winkler’s expansive work with post-rock-influenced quartet ÄTSCH, Whyte’s long-standing role in ensembles such as ReDiviDeR and the Dirty Jazz Club, and Denman’s range from atmospheric soundscapes to free improvisation, the trio’s sound is both contemporary and rooted in the jazz tradition. Like the classic trios of the 1950s and ’60s—or more recently The Bad Plus—Faster Shorter Louder approach popular music as raw material for exploration.

John Keogh and Matthew O’ Connell returned to Wexford for their third successive Jazz at Johnstown festival. This year t...
20/07/2026

John Keogh and Matthew O’ Connell returned to Wexford for their third successive Jazz at Johnstown festival. This year their set in the Exhibition Room featured original compositions and intricate arrangements of some popular classics by Jeff Buckley, Michael Jackson and Miles Davis. Guitar duets like these guys always present a wonderful opportunity to experience the interchangeability of jazz-laden guitar playing.

15/07/2026

The John Moriarty Organ Trio at the Jazz at Johnstown Festival: Scott Flanigan on Hammond organ and drummer Kevin Brady. Rooted in the classic organ trio tradition but firmly contemporary in approach, the group moves between groove-driven interplay, open improvisation, and spacious harmonic dialogue. The audience outside the Visitors Centre was treated to compositions shaped by deep musical rapport, drawing on the members’ experience across leading Irish jazz projects and live collaborations

The John Moriarty Organ Trio at the Jazz at Johnstown Festival on the Sunday programme brought together guitarist John M...
15/07/2026

The John Moriarty Organ Trio at the Jazz at Johnstown Festival on the Sunday programme brought together guitarist John Moriarty with two of the most in-demand players on the Irish jazz scene: Scott Flanigan on Hammond organ and drummer Kevin Brady. Rooted in the classic organ trio tradition but firmly contemporary in approach, the group moves between groove-driven interplay, open improvisation, and spacious harmonic dialogue. The audience outside the Visitors Centre was treated to compositions shaped by deep musical rapport, drawing on the members’ experience across leading Irish jazz projects and live collaborations

The opening act on Sunday at the 2026 Jazz at Johnstown Festival was the Dominic Mullan Trio at the Ballroom in Johnstow...
13/07/2026

The opening act on Sunday at the 2026 Jazz at Johnstown Festival was the Dominic Mullan Trio at the Ballroom in Johnstown Castle. Featuring Darragh Hennessy on piano, Dave Redmond on bass and Dominic on drums, this piano trio presented a tribute to legendary bassist Ray Brown. The concert focused on music associated with Brown’s long career, drawing from the classic piano trio tradition and the swing era repertoire he helped define. (Pics by festival photographer Sasha Bratkova)

13/07/2026

The opening act on Sunday at the 2026 Jazz at Johnstown Festival was the Dominic Mullan Trio at the Ballroom in Johnstown Castle. Featuring Darragh Hennessy on piano, Dave Redmond on bass and Dominic on drums, this piano trio presented a tribute to legendary bassist Ray Brown. The concert focused on music associated with Brown’s long career, drawing from the classic piano trio tradition and the swing era repertoire he helped define. (Pics by festival photographer Sasha Bratkova)

10/07/2026

Jazz and coffer: Bossa Nua is a tribute to the timeless beauty of classic Bossa Nova and played its second Jazz at Johnstown festival at the Visitors Centre. . Drawing from the golden era of Brazilian music, the band is dedicated to recreating the elegant, soulful atmosphere of artists like João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto, and more. Rather than reinterpreting or modernizing these iconic works, Bossa Nua remains devoted to the authentic sound and spirit of the original recordings—preserving the subtle swing, warm harmonies, and gentle intimacy that defined a musical revolution. The mission is to introduce new generations to the delicate brilliance of Bossa Nova and keep its magic vibrantly alive. Featuring vocals, Katherine Miller; guitar, Fergal Twomey; clarinet, Brian Lav; double bass, Graham Lloyd; saxophone, Bob Batty and drums and percussion, Keith Doyle

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