John Cleere's Bar & Theatre

Traditional bar with live venue hosting national and international music, theatre, & comedy acts.

26/07/2024

If you missed the lads at the Zoo reunion gig in Set Theatre last year, there's still a few tickets on the go for Saturday night at John Cleere's Bar & Theatre with CHEMICAL ADDICTION and White Noise aiming to lift the roof off the back room.

Tickets €15 from cleeres.com or pay on the door.

25/07/2024

Leslie Dowdall & Mark Caplice
Cleere's Theatre, Kilkenny
Sun. Aug. 25th, 2024
One of Ireland’s legendary female vocalists, Leslie Dowdall teams up with young artist and multi-award winning songwriter Mark Caplice for Irish tour and a thoughtfully reimagined interpretation of Joni Mitchell classic “Both Sides Now”.

While Dowdall has toured with bands including U2, Simple Minds, Bob Dylan, and The Pretenders, Mark Caplice has been on the rise in recent years having collaborated with the GRAMMYs as well as writing and producing tracks for Netflix, Eurovision and multiple artists all over the world. Whilst both artists are in different stages of their career, their stories now combine to breathe fresh life and perspective into Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now”.

Leslie Dowdall Music . Cappy Caplice
John Cleere's Bar & Theatre

25/07/2024

IN BLOOM - Future Sounds of Kilkenny's next gig Aug 11th!!! After an electrifying first gig with bands SeaFall and Joycult we can't wait to welcome the next performers Jack Doheny and Charlotte Mackey.
Tickets on sale now: https://cleeres.com/events-guide/jack-doheny-charlotte-mackey/
John Cleere's Bar & Theatre

Jack Doheny is a talented singer/songwriter/guitarist with a voice older than his years. Jack is bound to be a big hit with the audience with his array of classic rock tunes. He’s no beginner when it comes to performing having performed in various venues in neighbouring counties, as well as busking for the last two years.

Charlotte Mackey young artist with a powerful voice this singer-songwriter has some impressive experience behind her having been to the semi-finals of Junior Eurovision and performed her original work on KCLR. Charlotte’s dream is to follow in the footsteps of some of her favourite artists Taylor Swift, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion and Adele. Get set to be blown away by this amazing young talent!

16/07/2024

Some Upcoming shows at Cleere's.
On sale now at www.cleeres.com

Bobby Lee - Impregnated by Drops of Rainbow | The Influences 13/07/2024

Bobby Lee - Impregnated by Drops of Rainbow | The Influences Bobby Lee played 'Impregnated by Drops of Rainbow' for The Influences. Filmed at Cleere's Bar & Theatre in Kilkenny, Ireland. In collaboration with Kilkenny ...

12/07/2024

📣Kicking off this month at John Cleere's Bar & Theatre & Theatre 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗠- 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘆, a live gig series dedicated to young emerging musicians and bands in Kilkenny 🎤

The first gig featuring the talented Joycult & Seafall will take place on Sunday 21st July at 2pm. Come and experience this vibrant showcase of fresh talent all in a welcoming, alcohol-free environment and help give these young musicians an opportunity to connect with audiences and build their following.

To book visit: https://cleeres.com/in-bloom/

11/07/2024

🙌T O D A Y🙌

Come one & all to this evening at 8pm for our Quiz Night Fundraiser 😎

We’ve lots of great prizes & plenty of craic to be had! 🎭

€20 per table of 4

01/07/2024

Announcing! I'm returning to John Cleere's Bar & Theatre next November 29th, tickets on sale now, grab yours here: https://cleeres.com/events-guide/john-spillane/

28/06/2024

Kilkenny!!

Come on down, get drunk and headbang with us and the mighty White Noise in John Cleere's Bar & Theatre on July 27th! 🤘🏻

Tickets 🎟 - https://cleeres.com/events-guide/chemical-addiction-with-support-from-white-noise/

Dan Pearson Benjamin Keating Daire Nolan Moe Curtin Peter Flynn Paul Egan KilkennyMusic.com Nutshell - Irish Grunge/Alt-Rock Burning Metal Irl The Metal Cell Podcast

Photos from Niall McCabe's post 26/06/2024
21/06/2024

●●SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT●●
FIONN REGAN
Cleere's, Kilkenny
Thurs.Nov.14th, 2024
Tickets on sale now at https://cleeres.com/events-guide/fionn-regan/

Fionn Regan is a Mercury Nominated Artist amongst numerous other nominations (Choice Prize, Shortlist prize and Meteor Awards).

125 million streams worldwide

His song “Abacus” has been recently sampled by Bon Iver for the song “00000 Million” on his GRAMMY® Nominated album, 22, A million.

Following this, Fionn performed both his own song “Abacus” and “00000 Million” with Justin Vernon.

Fionn is a unique poetic voice in music and has been consistently critically acclaimed with 4/5 star and 8/10 reviews from the likes of MOJO ✭✭✭✭ Q ✭✭✭✭ THE GUARDIAN ✭✭✭✭

OBSERVER ✭✭✭✭ DAILY MAIL ✭✭✭✭ THE MIRROR ✭✭✭✭

THE SUN ✭✭✭✭✭ THE SUNDAY TIMES ✭✭✭✭ “Album of the Month”

FINANCIAL TIMES ✭✭✭✭THE EVENING STANDARD ✭✭✭✭

THE INDEPENDENT ✭✭✭✭ UNCUT 8/10 NME – 8/10

HOTPRESS 8/10 PITCHFORK over the course of six albums.

18/06/2024
14/06/2024

Be part of it and perform in John Cleere's Bar & Theatre ! An exciting new gig series for 14-21 yr olds starting in July.
To apply visit www.kilkennyartsoffice.ie

Stephen Mullan - Paddy Latino - Cleere's Bar & Theatre 11/06/2024

Stephen Mullan - Paddy Latino - Cleere's Bar & Theatre Stephen Mullan's brand-new hour is a brilliant celebration of all the things that make us go Ouch! From the places our crazy heads can take us, to dating,

10/06/2024
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Monday 12pm - 12:30am
Tuesday 12pm - 12:30am
Wednesday 12pm - 12:30am
Thursday 12pm - 12:30am
Friday 12pm - 12:30am
Saturday 12pm - 12:30am
Sunday 12pm - 12:30am

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