Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre
Gallery and set-list: Cry Before Dawn / Tadhg Williams – Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre, Kilkenny 26.08.2023
Irish 80s/90s rock band Cry Before Dawn are back touring and just finished of a summer tour of Irealnd with a night at Kilkennys Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre, support for the night came from Tadhg Williams. Tadhg Williams photos: Cry Before Dawn photos & set-list: VictoriansIs This What You Waited ForThe Seed Thats Been SownOpen WaterYesterday’s GirlSilly …
Gallery and set-list: The Stunning / The Donnys – Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre, Kilkenny 19.08.2023
I have lost count the amount of times I have seen The Stunning down through the years and still they manage to put on a great show and get the crowd dancing and last night was no exception, usually in the 850 seated amphitheatre people wait till maybe the last two songs before the encore …
Gallery and set-list: The High Kings / Josh Okeefe – Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre, Kilkenny 05.08.2023
Trad/folk group The High Kings graced the stage of Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre for the first time. The band have been together for 15 years and the set-list spanned that to the delight of the sold-out crowd who from the very start were on their feet dancing and singing which gave the night a good old pub …
Gallery and set-list: The Ripetide Movement / The Screws – Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre, Kilkenny 08.07.2023
My first trip of the summer out to my favourite Irish outdoor venue Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre situated in an old quarry under large woodland near Kilmanagh Co Kilkenny, you couldn’t ask for a better setting for a venue.On the bill were Dublin rock band The Ripetide Movement and in the support slot were local Kilkenny band …
Live Review: Villagers / Sola – Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre, Kilkenny 20.08.2022
Unfortunately all good things come to an end! so it was the last show in this years series of shows at Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre Kilkenny bringing an end to eight fantastic nights of outdoor music that run through out July & August in what has been described by many bands as one of, if not probably …
Live Review: King Kong Company – Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre, Kilkenny 13,08,2022
The giants of Irish Electronica/Dance that are King Kong Company rolled into the amphitheatre that is Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre nestled beneath some fantastic woodland and partially surrounded by a large rockface in Kilmanagh Co Kilkenny, this was always going to be a show of spectacular fashion with the band known for their stage shows and not …
Live Review: Aslan / Dont Tell Mum – Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre, Kilkenny 05,08,2022
Another trip out to my favourite Irish outdoor venue to cover Aslan with support from Don’t Tell Mumand we were so lucky with the weather another glorious sunny evening and the sun was splitting the stones (sorry for the pun) First up were Dublin new up and coming band Don’t Tell Mum and ones to …
Live Review: Gavin James – Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre, Kilkenny 21,07,2022
The picturesque venue that is Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre played host to one of Irelands hottest singer songwriters Gavin James who was launching his third album The Sweetest Part which was coming out at midnight and Gavin announced he would be in a local records store the following day signing copies of the album and maybe playing …
Live Review: Hudson Taylor / Ali Comerford – Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre, Kilkenny 09.07.2022
Summer has finally arrived with temperature’s hitting over the mid 20s in Kilkenny, music fans headed for one of Kilkenny’s hidden gems and Irelands, that being BallyKeeffe Amphitheatre.Nestled at the foot of the old Ballykeeffe Quarry, Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre brings the authentic atmosphere of an open-air Italian theatre to the quaint Kilkenny countryside. The once-bustling slate …