REGULAR SESSIONS
CLEGGAN & CLADDAGHDUFF
CLEGGAN:
OLIVER'S BAR:
Oliver's have a weekly evening session, with Diarmuid, Javier and friends, from 7.30 till 10.00 (and often later!), every Wednesday during the summer months. Musicians and singers welcome to join in. EDIT 1st September: this weekly session has now finished for 2022.
See the gallery below, of photos of the Oliver's sessions, from previous years.
Newman's Bar, also on the edge of Cleggan village, is a great venue to be, later on (from about 10.30pm) on Saturday nights, if it's good music and entertainment
you're after. In fact, it's so popular that often during the summer
months there's music on another night also (check with the Newmans about this). Newman's, run by Bernie
and Richie Newman, has long been synonymous with good music; Richie
is a very well-known musician and singer - equally at home with the
banjo, guitar and mandolin - and he has a great voice and a lovely range
of songs.
Locals and visitors alike come up to sing, or join in the tunes. Richie
makes all of us sound good! And he is usually joined by well-known
accordion player Eugene Barry, and often by other local musicians, on
fiddle, banjo, mandolin, 'box', bodhran, spoons, concertina,
harmonica....and of course singers and the occasional dancer! The action
starts around 10.30 pm or so, and it's worth staying up for.
