2025

December 6th – Double Bill with Doctor Millar – Droichead Arts Centre: Night Moves, Drogheda:
Droichead.com

November 8th – Double Bill with Greenshine – The Lantern, Navan:
https://GreenshineandSJMcArdleLantern.eventbrite.ie

September 28th – Drogheda Songwriting Festival – SJ mentoring and performing
https://www.droghedasongwritingfestival.com/

June 28th – Gary Kelly Cancer Support Centre: Gig in the Garden

June 7th – Droichead Arts Centre presents PORT @ The Stowaway Sessions at Drogheda Port
https://www.droichead.com/show-detail/?id=873672541

February 8th – Purple Room @ Crescent Concert Hall, Drogheda (duo show with Graham Henderson)
https://www.universe.com/events/sj-mcardle-tickets-62W7JX

2024

November 10th – SJ McArdle & Band featuring Lisa Lambe present “All My Dream Companions Gone”: Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda
https://www.droichead.com/show-detail/?id=873662851

September 29th – Drogheda Songwriting Festival (SJ to host workshops and perform at Gala concert): Droichead Arts Centre and Barlow House, Drogheda

https://droicheadartscentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873664991?

September 20th – 10pm: Culture Night Trad Trail – SJ with FARÓ at Barney Macs, Drogheda
https://www.droichead.com/show-detail/?id=873664494

September 20th – 8:00pm: Culture Night – Michael Holohan’s Poems, Bells and Synths (SJ to perform two songs): Augustinian Church, Drogheda

September 13th – Lisa Lambe’s Nightvisiting (SJ to guest): Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda
https://www.droichead.com/show-detail/?id=873662855

June 21st – with Jerry Fish at Boyne Midsummer Festival (at Drogheda Port)
https://www.droichead.com/show-detail/?id=873660827

June 4th – Spirit Store with Sean McCloskey and band
https://spiritstore.ie/event.php?eventID=SMcC24

April 27th – PORT on tour: Seamus Ennis Arts Centre:
https://www.tseac.ie/port

April 20th – PORT on tour: Ramor Arts Centre, Virginia:
https://ramorartscentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873654504

April 18th – PORT on tour: Solstice Theatre, Navan
https://solsticeartscentre.ie/event/port-by-sj-mcardle

March 29th – PORT on tour: An Tain Arts Centre, Dundalk
https://www.antain.ie/event/port-sj-mcardle/

January 27th – The Purple Room @ Crescent Concert Hall, Drogheda:
https://www.universe.com/events/sj-mcardle-tickets-LHX0TR?fbclid=IwAR2W0Z9_7l5ZpYK0k1_1KBn0CaWHcj2JtoJQnk7vykyxi7jsP9KfM7BrkjI

2023

November 18th – PORT on tour: Wexford Arts Centre: https://wexfordartscentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873639323

November 11th – PORT on tour: Lyric Theatre, Belfast: https://lyrictheatre.co.uk/whats-on/port

November 10th – PORT on tour: Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda: https://droicheadartscentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873650739

October 22nd – The Cherry Tree, Dublin, with Trevor Hutchinson (bass)

September 22nd – Droichead Arts Centre – Culture Night show with Roisin Ward Morrow

August 27th – Purple Sessions at McHugh’s, Drogheda

March 26th – Whelan’s Dublin

March 17th – Irish College, Leuven, BE

2022

December 8th – Spirit Store, Dundalk – with Seanie Vaughan

November 27th – Spirit Store, Dundalk – with John Spillane

November 3rd – Sunflower Folk Club, Belfast – with Seán Mathews

August 21st – Mornington Beach – launch of The Lighthouse Project

August 2nd – FirstTuesdays livestream gig, Facebook and YouTube

July 1st – Sugar Club, Dublin – launch of PORT show and new album. Tickets

June 7th – First Tuesdays – album preview special!

May 28th – Long Woman’s Grave LIVE at Droichead Arts Centre. Tickets

May 13th – SJ McArdle presents SOLO:Song Circle with special guests Gráinne Hunt, Josh Johnston, Gillian Tuite and Gerry Hodgers – Droichead Arts Centre. Tickets

May 3rd – First Tuesdays livestream gig with special guest Gerry Hodgers

April 5th – First Tuesdays livestream gig with special guest Gráinne Hunt

March 13th – SOLO: Song Circle, Droichead Arts Centre (with Sive, Josh Johnston and Shaz Oye)

March 7th – First Tuesdays livestream gig with special guests Steo Wall and Theresa

March 1st – Darkey Kelly’s Singer Songwriter Night, Christchurch, Dublin

February 26th – Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey (with Pilgrim St)

February 19th – Town Hall, Cavan (with Bruised Orange)

February 13th – Spirit Store, Dundalk (with Bruised Orange)

February 1st – First Tuesdays livestream gig with special guests Sive and Rebecca Hart

January 4th – First Tuesdays livestream gig with special guests Colin O’Donoghue and Oliver Cole

2021

December 29th – Highlanes Gallery as part of Nano Reid ADAMANTINE (with Long Woman’s Grave)

December 7th – First Tuesdays Christmas Special with guests Aoife Scott, Mark Geary and Mundy

November 9th – “First (SECOND) Tuesdays” livestream gig from home

October 19th – “First THIRD Tuesdays” livestream gig from home

October 12th – Darkey Kelly’s Singer Songwriter Night, Christchurch, Dublin

October 9th – An Táin Theatre, Dundalk (special guest at James Mackin album launch)

September 17th – Droichead Arts Centre Culture Night Culture Trail, with Róisín Ward Morrow

September 10th – Songs for September at Listoke House, Drogheda (with Trevor Hutchinson, bass and Róisín Ward Morrow, fiddle)

September 7th – 9:00pm – “First Tuesdays” livestream gig from home

August 24th – time TBA – Darkey Kelly’s Tuesday Singer Songwriter Night

August 2nd – 9:00pm – “First Tuesdays” livestream gig from home

July 6th – 9:00pm – “First Tuesdays” livestream gig from home

June 25th – 9:15pm – Darkey Kelly’s Tuesday Singer Songwriter Night

June 18th – 9:00am – This Is Doing Festival

June 1st – 9:00pm – “First Tuesdays” livestream gig from home

May 4th – 8:30pm – “First Tuesdays” livestream gig from home

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