08/09/2026
🤟This Weekends 🎸 Thurs 10th 9pm - SEAN MAHER /🪗 Fri 11th 10pm UNCLE LARRY 🎷Sat 12th 10pm - THE BLACK n WHYTE RABBITTE BAND / 🎷Sun 13th 8.30pm - WILL KILLEEN /
Make the most of these longer evenings while they’re still hanging around ☀️😄They’ll be closing in before we know it, then the clocks will be going back, Halloween will be upon us and we’ll all be wondering where the summer went! 🎃⏰We’ve got a cracking line-up of live music coming your way this weekend 🎶🎸And if those end-of-summer showers decide to make an appearance over the weekend, we’ve got a great beer garden with plenty of shelter, so there’s no excuse! 🌦️🍻Cold beers, good company and great live music. Not a bad tonic for those shortening evenings.🎶🔥🍺🎸😄Ryan’s Bar, the home of great LIVE music in Kilkenny!! 🎸❤️🔥🎶🍻
We’re kicking off the weekend with the one and only SEAN MAHER 🧔🏻🎸A Ryan’s favourite, Sean’s got the voice of an angel and the energy of a man who’s had far too much coffee! 😄☕Expect a night full of craic, classic hits, one-hit wonders and a few dodgy stories thrown in for good measure 🎶🍻so grab a pint, grab a stool and get ready for the full Sean Maher treatment. Normality, abnormality, call it what you like, it’s Thursday night in Ryan’s! 🍻🎶 The mayhem kicks off around 9pm. See ye there! 🎸🍺
🎶 UNCLE LARRY is back in the front bar this Friday night! 🎸For those of us who know the man himself, he assures us he's no relation! 😂either way we’re delighted to have them back. This three-piece might be relatively new to Ryan’s, but they’re well used to belting out a serious selection of rock and pop classics. 🎤🎸🎵Music kicks off around 10pm, so get in early, grab yourself a pint and claim that stool. A grand way to ease yourself into the weekend, the Ryan’s way! 🍻🔥
🎸 Your Saturday Night Sorted. THE BLACK n WHYTE RABBITTE BAND Returns! 🎶If you missed them in June, you'll be kicking yourself if you miss them this time! Nigel Rabbitte, bass & vocals, Mick Black on drums, and Barry Whyte on guitar are back, and they're ready to blow the roof off with a setlist packed full of rock and blues belters. Expect non-stop classics from Thin Lizzy, Deep Purple, ZZ Top, Fleetwood Mac and more—played loud, raw, and full of soul. 🎤🔥Kicks off at 10PM so get in early, this is one you don’t want to miss!
After a weekend of toe-tapping, pint-spilling madness, we’re slowing things down ever so slightly! 😄🎶This Sunday night, we’re honoured to welcome the legendary WILL KILLEEN back to the Ryan’s front bar. 🎸🔥Born in Mayo, forged in the blues and influenced by the likes of Howlin’ Wolf, Dylan and Robert Johnson, Will is a serious operator when it comes to slide guitar and the blues. With one acoustic guitar, some stunning slide work and a voice that can take you from the Mississippi Delta to the west of Ireland in no time at all, this promises to be something special. 🎵🍀The perfect way to wind down the weekend, or whatever is left of it! 😂🍻Music starts at 8:30pm. Come early, grab a stool and let the blues do the talking. 🎶🎸
Week in week out we endeavor to bring you the best in live music entertainment. We could not do this without your continued support, Thank you. The Ryan's experience is alive n Kickin, rockin n rollin, keepin it live at the home of great music in Kilkenny!!🎶
