Johnstown Castle

Christmas Jazz at Johnstown Castle
2025-12-12 20:00 - 22:30 (Europe/Dublin) | Johnstown Castle Estate, Y35 HP22, Ireland
Many Christmas jazz classics were written in America in the 1940s, a period which also gave birth to the American crooner, performers who could exude an effortlessly cool swagger.
Very quickly, these iconic crooners became renowned for their Christmas songs and their music of choice to emphasise the yuletide spirit was more often than not, cool jazz.
The type of jazz, as temperatures drop and days grow short, in which festive melodies marry perfectly with the instrumentation and style of a tight quartet. None come tighter than this year’s Jazz at Johnstown Christmas act: the Cormac Kenevey Quartet.
Cormac, who guested last year with the RTE Concert Orchestra at the Christmas Miscellany at the National Concert Hall, has a winning way with a song which reminds us of the effortless cool of singers like Tony Bennett, caressing a festive lyric comfortably to make it his own.
Cormac is backed by one of the hottest jazz trios in the business: Johnny Taylor on piano; Conor Murry on drums and Dave Redmond on bass.
So, you better watch out and not miss out, the lush baritone of Cormac Kenevey is coming to town on Friday, December 12, at 8 p.m.
Tickets: €25 for Non Members & €22.50 for IHT MembersVenue: Johnstown Castle, Visitor Centre
Get your tickets now and make this Christmas memorable with an evening of classic jazz.

***Doors open at 7:30pm***

The Stone Sessions - TOOTHPICK!
2026-01-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Johnstown Castle Estate, Y35 HP22, Ireland
The Stone Sessions are musical evenings showcasing beautiful sounds and stories of craftsmanship curated by Cultural Producer Laura Larkin.
We’re TOOTHPICK!
We are a band/duo from Wexford, Ireland – we’re also siblings! We’ve been playing and making music our whole lives, and were exposed to all kinds of genres of music growing up. Our love for music started when we were both very young, and our dream was always to make music of our own. We decided to start releasing songs about 2 years ago – writing, recording, producing and mixing all of our music by ourselves in our bedroom studio.
Our sound varies from project to project, anything from r&b to soft rock, which was our biggest goal in making music – that we could create our own unique sound. Being siblings makes it a lot easier to work together creatively too, as we share similar musical influences, making the whole process much more enjoyable. We are so grateful to be taking part in the stone sessions – we can’t wait! This will be our first time performing together as TOOTHPICK, and we are so excited to share our music to an audience, and even more excited to play!
We can’t wait for you to have a listen!

Imelda's Valentine's Concert
2026-02-14 20:00 - 22:00
Imelda Kehoe is known for her distinctive voice, story-telling and blend of jazz and soul and has been described as ‘one of the finest Irish contemporary songwriters to emerge in recent years’.
And because Imelda treats a song as an emotional whole and can capture the joyful essence of what it feels like to love and be loved, it follows that she is the perfect fit for the annual Jazz at Johnstown Valentine’s concert on Saturday, February 14th.
Imelda’s performance in the Ballroom alongside pianist Killian Browne was one of the highlights of the 2025 Jazz at Johnstown Festival. Killian’s mastery of the piano helped Imelda capture the gorgeous essence of classic songs like God Only Knows.
Killian joins Imelda’s quartet on February 14th for an evening of romance, jazz style: you will find nothing is quite as seductive as the bluesy timbre of Imelda’s voice weaving silken phrases to make the heart sing.
