venue: Vicar Street, Dublin
Aiken Promotions Presents
Cormac Begley & Liam O’Connor
Vicar St
6th June 2025
Two of Ireland’s most electrifying and innovative traditional musicians, Cormac Begley and Liam O’Connor, will celebrate the release of their highly anticipated album Into the Loam with a special launch concert at Vicar Street on June 6th, 2025. Following years of captivating performances together, this album represents a deep and dynamic exploration of their shared musical language, featuring a unique interplay of concertina, fiddle, and viola.
Cormac Begley, renowned for his pioneering...
Matt Berninger
Matt Berninger
Vicar St
Saturday 23rd August 2025 – Sold Out
Friday 22nd August 2025 – Extra Date Added
Tickets on sale This Wednesday at 10am
His songwriting has long garnered praise for its poignant clarity, jagged-edged wit and intimately emotive melodies. The band’s career spans ten studio albums, including First Two Pages of Frankenstein and Laugh Track, both issued in 2023. Late 2024 saw the release of The National’s first proper live album, Rome. Together with his wife Carin Besser, Berninger produced the band’s 2013 feature-length documentary Mistaken for Strangers,...
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
GILLIAN WELCH & DAVID RAWLINGS
LIVE AT VICAR STREET
22nd & 23rd October 2025
On Sale Now
WIN 2025 BEST FOLK ALBUM GRAMMY FOR 10TH STUDIO ALBUM WOODLAND
“There’s that harmony blend that no-one else can achieve besides these two.
They are so influential…”
-NPR Music
“The intuitive bond between the two musicians remains at the forefront of their terrific new album, full of quiet adventures and clear empathy.”
– Pitchfork
“The long-running Nashville duo offers new sonic moods and narrative modes on a fantastic LP… Welch and Rawlings have more to say than ever.”
– Rolling Stone...
Chris Ramsey
Aiken Promotions Presents
Chris Ramsey
“Here Man”
Vicar St
11th March 2026
‘Here Man’ is the hotly anticipated follow-up to Chris’ last sell-out stand-up tour ‘2020’ which saw him perform to over 100,000 people nationwide (albeit thanks to Covid, not in the year intended and with a slightly regrettable tour title!).
As seen onThe Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show,Strictly Come Dancing, and Taskmaster, presenting Children in Need, and co-hosting his weekly mega-hit marital podcast Shagged.Married.Annoyed, alongside(long-suffering) wife Rosie Ramsey, don’t miss Chris as he brings...
An Evening with Vogue Williams
Fane & Aiken Promotions Presents
An Evening with Vogue Williams
Vicar St
26th May 2025
“Everyone is known for something and I truly believe I am known for the size of my gob. Luckily, I love doing all things oral; eating, talking and a few other bits I would rather keep private. Ah Fuck It I’ll tell you…I’m taking this opportunity to defrost my crazy and let it all out.
Fresh from the success of My Therapist Ghosted Me, her new podcast Never Live it Down and her latest book Big Mouth, she’s ready to spill-on career highs, hilarious lows, and everything in between. Nothing...
Jen Brister: Reactive
Aiken Promotions Presents
Jen Brister
“Reactive”
Cork Opera House | 23rd April 2026
Vicar St | 25 April 2026
Tickets On-Sale Now
Finding herself in a constant state of exacerbation at the state of the world and people in general, Brister has been told she needs to chill the hell out. Can Jen find her zen? It seems unlikely to be honest…
Jen is a critically acclaimed stand-up comedian and writer, as seen on BBC’s Live at the Apollo, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, QI and Mock The Week. Following a sold out 2022 tour, Jen is back on the road with her...
Chelsea Handler: An Abroad Broad
COMEDIAN CHELSEA HANDLER ANNOUNCES
“AN ABROAD BROAD” STAND-UP TOUR IS COMING
LIVE TO VICAR STREET ON MAY 13TH
Venue doors 7pm / Show 8pm
Tickets for the highly anticipated tour are on sale now at CHELSEAHANDLER.COM & Ticketmaster.ie
Comedian, television host and best-selling author Chelsea Handler announced her new stand-up comedy tour Chelsea Handler: A Broad Abroad is coming to Europe, including a stop in Dublin at Vicar Street on May 13th
“I have never been more enthusiastic about finding love abroad,” said Chelsea.
About Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Handler is a...
HamsandwicH
Aiken Promotions Presents
HamsandwicH
Vicar St
3rd October 2025
Tickets on sale now!
“The Live Album” Now available on Double-Vinyl exclusively at the band’s live shows.
HamsandwicH
New Album: “The Live Album” – Double-Vinyl
Vinyl Release Release date: Dec 5th, 2024
Route 109a Recordings (Self Release), Catalog Number: rou039
Recorded Live in the 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin on Oct. 21st, 2023.
Recorded and mixed by Darren Clarke, Mastered by Danny Kalb
Design by Colm Molloy, Cover photo by Glen Bollard
HamsandwicH: Niamh Farrell, Podge McNamee, Darcy
HamsandwicH have been one of Ireland’s most...
Celebrity Memoir Book Club
Aiken Promotions Presents
Celebrity Memoir Book Club
Vicar St
18th May 2025
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Celebrity Memoir Book Club Memoir Madness
Claire Parker and Ashley Hamilton of the podcast Celebrity Memoir Book Club are hosting a tournament of memoirists. The show will pit two of their all-time favorite memoirists against each other alongside comedy and games. By the end of this tour one memoirist will reign supreme.
The D.A.M. Trilogy “Back To Berlin Tour 2025”
Aiken Promotions Presents
The D.A.M. Trilogy
“Back To Berlin Tour 2025”
Vicar St
1st December 2025
Tickets on now
“First, there were the spiders from mars…then came the D.A.M. Trio…”
Bowie’s influential Berlin Trilogy musicians reform for a major 16 date European tour…
Carlos Alomar presents The D.A.M. Trilogy
BACK TO BERLIN TOUR 2025
Carlos Alomar and George Murray (original members of the D.A.M. Trio), essential to David Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy albums, tour together for the first time in five decades
The ‘faster’ songs from Low, Heroes and Lodger are the focus of 16 shows with an expanded...
Colin Meloy
Aiken Promotions Presents
Colin Meloy
Vicar Street
25th March 2025
Tickets on sale now!
Colin Meloy is the frontman of indie-rock band The Decemberists that formed in Portland, OR in 2000. Since then, the band has released nine studio albums and received a GRAMMY nomination for Best Rock Song in 2011 for their track Down by the Water. In 2024, the band released their newest album As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again.
Colin Meloy has released a series of solo projects covering the works of Morrissey, Shirley Collins, Sam Cooke, and The Kinks.