Irish Dinner, Live Music and Dance Show Tickets Dublin

An Irish dinner show by O'Connell Bridge

The show takes place in a large function room of a riverside venue on Bachelors Walk, on the north quays of the River Liffey, only a few steps from O'Connell Bridge. This is the very centre of Dublin: O'Connell Street, the Spire and Trinity College are all within a ten-minute walk, which makes this Irish dinner show in Dublin an easy evening plan after a day of sightseeing.

Tables are set in front of a small stage, so every seat has a good view of the musicians and dancers. Seats are reserved for the time slot you book, and you are asked to arrive on time so that dinner can be served before the music starts at about 20:00. Table service runs all evening, so you never need to leave your seat, and the room fills with a warm, festive atmosphere as the night goes on.

The three-course Irish dinner

Dinner is a three-course meal of Irish and European cooking, the kind of comforting food served in Irish country kitchens for generations. Expect hearty dishes such as slow-cooked stew, golden pies and creamy mashed potatoes, followed by a dessert. Irish stew is the national dish: lamb or mutton simmered for hours with potatoes, onions and carrots, a recipe born from simple farm ingredients and still loved across the country today.

If you have dietary needs, such as vegetarian food or an allergy, tell our team when you book and we pass the request to the venue in advance, so the kitchen can prepare for you. Drinks are not part of the ticket and can be ordered and paid for at your table. The dinner is served before the main show, so you can enjoy your meal calmly and then sit back for the music.

Live Irish music, storytelling and dance

From about 20:00 to 22:00 a group of award-winning Irish musicians take the stage. The fiddle, the wooden flute, the tin whistle and the bodhrán frame drum carry jigs, reels and slow airs that have been passed down by ear for centuries. Between the sets the performers tell stories about Irish traditions, old customs and legends, so the evening is as much about culture as about entertainment.

Then the dancers arrive. Irish step dancing is famous for its straight upper body and lightning-fast footwork, and the show includes the brush dance, a traditional party piece in which a dancer leaps and taps around a sweeping brush. The highlight for many guests comes at the end, when the performers invite the audience to join a céilí, the sociable Irish group dance where nobody needs any experience to have fun.

The River Liffey quays at night

Bachelors Walk lies on the Liffey quays, the long riverside streets that divide Dublin into its north and south sides. Before or after the show it is worth walking a few minutes west along the river to the Ha'penny Bridge, the elegant white cast-iron footbridge from 1816, which looks especially beautiful when it is lit up in the evening. Across the bridge you reach the cobbled lanes of Temple Bar, the cultural quarter full of street musicians.

O'Connell Bridge itself is unusual because it is almost as wide as it is long, and from its centre you can see the Custom House, one of the finest Georgian buildings in the city, reflected in the water. This walk makes the perfect start or end to a night out in Dublin, and the whole area is busy and well lit until late.