Jazz at Johnstown

10/12/2023

What a quartet at Jazz at Johnstown this Friday night..Dave Fleming, Conor Murray, Killian Browne and Sharon Clancy....

09/12/2023

06/12/2023

Tickets on sale at Johnstown Castle.

01/12/2023

Christmas Jazz at Johnstown Castle 🎄

On Friday, December 15 at 9pm, add a touch of class to the Festive Season with an extra special Christmas Jazz at Johnstown concert in Wexford.

One of the best vocalists in Ireland, Sharon Clancy returns with a top class trio of musicians: Dave Fleming on bass, Conor Murray on drums and Killian Browne on piano.

The annual Christmas Jazz at Johnstown Castle has become legendary and it’s not hard to understand why: jazz allows you to play around and have fun, and Sharon will do just that with some of the most famous Christmas songs ever written.

Our classic trio will serve up a cosy evening of Festive melodies, putting a unique stamp on the Winter Wonderland you can expect at Jazz at Johnstown.

A frequent festival headliner both at home and abroad, Sharon offers a smouldering and sensuous vocal with a seasoned performer’s mastery of the stage. Unmissable.

Details on how to book can be found via Johnstown Castle's website on the what’s on page.

Jazz at Johnstown Visit Wexford

25/11/2023

Add a touch of class to the Festive Season with an extra special Christmas Jazz at Johnstown concert on Friday, December 15.

One of the best vocalists in Ireland, Sharon Clancy returns with a top class trio of musicians: Dave Fleming on bass, Conor Murray on drums and Killian Browne on piano.

The annual Christmas Jazz at Johnstown has become legendary and it’s not hard to understand why: jazz allows you to play around and have fun, and Sharon will do just that with some of the most famous Christmas songs ever written.

Our classic trio will serve up a cosy evening of Festive melodies, putting a unique stamp on the Winter Wonderland you can expect at Jazz at Johnstown.

A frequent festival headliner both at home and abroad, Sharon offers a smouldering and sensuous vocal with a seasoned performer's mastery of the stage. Unmissable.

19/11/2023

The most recorded bassist ever, Ron Carter, with Renee Rosnes on piano, Jimmy Green on tenor sax and Payton Crossley on drums, at Cadogan Hall, London Jazz Festival.

18/11/2023

Scenes from our most recent Jazz at Johnstown concert with the Chris Colloton Trio and Mark Redmond. Jazz at Johnstown returns for its annual Christmas concert on December 15, with some of the most exciting musicians in the country: Dave Fleming on bass; Killian Browne on keys; Conor Murray on drums and Sharon Clancy on vocals.

14/11/2023

Sharon Clancy & Trio

Bring Christmas Jazz

Add a touch of class to the Festive Season with an extra special Christmas Jazz at Johnstown concert on Friday, December 15.
One of the best vocalists in Ireland, Sharon Clancy returns with a top class trio of musicians: Dave Fleming on bass, Conor Murray on drums and Killian Browne on piano.

The annual Christmas Jazz at Johnstown has become legendary and it’s not hard to understand why: jazz allows you to play around and have fun, and Sharon will do just that with some of the most famous Christmas songs ever written.

Our classic trio will serve up a cosy evening of Festive melodies, putting a unique stamp on a Winter Wonderland you can expect at Jazz at Johnstown.

A frequent festival headliner both at home and abroad, Sharon offers a smouldering and sensuous vocal with a seasoned performer's mastery of the stage. Unmissable

05/11/2023

Extraordinary performance by Mark Redmond, Chris Colloton, Tom Maxwell and Lorcan Byrne at the last of the Jazz at Johnstown three autumn concerts.

03/11/2023

November 4
Jazz at Johnstown: Mark Redmond and Chris Colloton Trio play The Táin
8 p.m. Johnstown Castle

One of the musical highlights of the Festival this year. Jazz at Johnstown again brings together jazz and Irish trad to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the seminal Horslips album, The Táin, with a few additions from other sources such as The Book of Invasions. Wexford piper Mark Redmond will join Jazz at Johnstown frequent headliners, the Chris Colloton Trio. The coming together of these great musicians will demonstrate how both trad and jazz can easily incorporate aspects of each other into a stunning fusion of improvisational brilliance. Mark has toured globally as a soloist and ensemble musician. This is a one-off occasion to see these four eminent musicians playing a classic from the Irish repertoire as an ensemble. (Supported by Night Time Economy Unit in the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.)

29/10/2023

Jazz-Trad Blast: Sat, Nov 04 at 8 p.m.

After the three weeks of day to day activity, the Wexford Arts Festival comes to a close this weekend, not with a whimper but with a jazz-trad blast at Johnstown Castle.
One of Ireland’s best pipers, Wexford’s own Mark Redmond, joins forces with the Christ Colloton Trio in a special Arts Festival finale concert on Saturday at Johnstown Castle.
With a nod to Wexford hosting the Fleadh next year, this concert is a fusion of jazz and Irish traditional music and will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of The Tain by Horslips.
This is a unique occasion to see Mark, who tours globally as a soloist and ensemble musician, and the Chris Colloton Trio headline the Jazz at Johnstown autumn series, which has already featured concerts by Jean Toussaint and Cormac Kenevey.

28/10/2023

More brilliance from Mark Redmond and the Chris Colloton trio at Jazz at Johnstown for the biggest jazz night of the Wexford Festival on Saturday, November 4...tickets on sale at the venue.

21/10/2023

Mark Redmond/Chris Colloton Trio



On Saturday, November 04, Jazz at Johnstown brings together again one of Ireland’s best pipers, Mark Redmond, and the brilliant Chris Colloton Trio for a night of Irish trad-jazz fusion.

When Mark and Chris played together at Jazz at Johnstown in June, the concert sold out quickly. They showed how both trad and jazz can easily incorporate aspects of each other into a stunning fusion of improvisational brilliance.

This is a rare occasion to see these four eminent musicians revisit a classic from the Irish repertoire, The Tain by Horslips, as an ensemble. Unmissable. Featuring Lorcan Byrne on drums and Tom Maxwell on keyboards.

19/10/2023

What a treat we have in store for Friday night’s Jazz at Johnstown concert (October 20 at 8 p.m.). Cormac Kenevey on vocals, Johnny Taylor on keys, Conor Murray on drums and the legendary Dave Fleming on bass.

09/10/2023

Joining Cormac Kenevey at Jazz at Johnstown on October 20th is the superlative jazz pianist, Johnny Taylor. Johnny was born in London and studied classical piano and clarinet from a young age, playing in orchestras and gaining an ABRSM diploma in piano performance. Upon moving to Ireland, he became a music scholar at Trinity College and graduated with a First Class Honours degree in 2006. After studying with a scholarship at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Johnny returned to Dublin and began playing jazz full time. Johnny has made several appearances at Jazz at Johnstown in recent years.

05/10/2023

https://youtu.be/g90HuHOOdNk
Grammy-award winning Jean Toussaint in full flow at the South East's most exciting jazz venue, Jazz at Johnstown, accompanied by Nigel Mooney, Scott Flanigan and Dominic Mullan. The magic returns with Cormac Kenevey and his trio on Friday, October 20.

29/09/2023

One of the biggest jazz nights of the year was the appearance of Grammy-award winner Jean Toussaint at a jam-packed Jazz at Johnstown on Wednesday, with a stellar line-up of Scott Flanigan, Nigel Mooney and Dominic Mullan.
Next up, and tickets have gone on sale, is the virtuoso singer Cormac Kenevey and his trio on October 20 next, our Wexford Festival offering to cure those autumnal blues.

27/09/2023

Despite the storm outside, full house inside for the legendary Jean Toussaint with Scott Flanigan, Nigel Mooney and Dominic Mullan at Jazz at Johnstown.

24/09/2023

Due to demand, brilliant Dublin vocalist Cormac Kenevey and his trio are returning to Jazz at Johnstown for an evening of sultry cool autumnal jazz on October 20.

One of Ireland’s top jazz vocalists, Cormac’s first album This Is Living was quickly picked up and released by Alan Bates at the CANDID record label in London (home to Stacey Kent and Jamie Cullum).

And so began a career as a jazz singer with a string of critically acclaimed national and international appearances: his last evening performance at Jazz at Johnstown was in 2022. Cormac has always been busy on the international stage, including locations in London (Ronnie Scott's, Pizza Express) around Europe, and as far afield as Abu Dhabi and Mexico.

He has completed a Master’s Degree in jazz performance, specialising in the art of vocalese and in the stylings of his eventual mentor, Mark Murphy. A big favourite at Jazz at Johnstown, Cormac will bring a superlative trio for this special Wexford Festival concert.

07/09/2023

Extra tickets have today been put on sale for the previously sold out Jean Toussaint at Jazz at Johnstown on September 27.

02/09/2023

Jean Toussaint at Jazz at Johnstown has now sold out...in record time...but watch this space!!

18/08/2023

One of the best saxophonists in the world, Grammy Award-winner Jean Toussaint is Wexford-bound on September 27 for a special Jazz at Johnstown concert. Since he left Art Blakey’s famous Jazz Messengers in the mid-eighties, Jean hasn’t looked back. The experiences gained in that world-class hothouse have enabled him to push forward and embrace challenging, and often high profile, musical collaborations in many different jazz styles.

And what a super trio Jazz at Johnstown has assembled for this concert: Nigel Mooney on guitar, Dominic Mullan on drums and Scott Flanagan on organ. Nigel is widely regarded as Ireland's leading jazz singer and guitarist and was a headliner art the Jazz at Johnstown Festival in 2022.

Best Instrumentalist at the 2019 Jazz FM Awards, Jean Toussaint works out of London as a composer, tenor/soprano saxophonist, bandleader and highly regarded jazz conductor. Tickets on sale at Johnstown Castle.

14/08/2023

Don't miss the first jazz on a summer’s day at Wexford Town Library this Friday (August 18th) from 1.05 p.m. to 2 p.m. This lunchtime concert is an opportunity to see jazz singer Sharon Clancy and Terry Byrne a week before they appear at the Aberjazz International Festival in the UK. Sharon can sing straight-ahead jazz with aplomb and yet switch styles in the blink of an eye. A frequent headliner over the years at Jazz at Johnstown with the Chris Colloton Trio, Sharon has both a smouldering and sensuous vocal with a seasoned performer's mastery of the stage. Lunchtime jazz at the library – unmissable. It’s free, but book at the library [email protected]

08/08/2023

One of the highlights of the recent Jazz at Johnstown Festival was the trad meets jazz revisiting of Horslips' The Tain with Mark Redmond, Chris Colloton, Lorcan Byrne and Killian Browne. We are working on a new commission for November..watch this space. Meanwhile, we are also preparing a busy programme of jazz from September to December, including a visit by Grammy award winning saxophonist Jean Toussaint, once a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. It doesn't get any better. More details to follow shortly.

04/08/2023

https://youtu.be/431_67nGLPQ

One of our recent highlights was a performance of Horslips' Tain by the Chris Colloton Trio and Mark Redmond (see clip). Jazz at Johnstown will return in September, and October, and November and finally December, with local, national and international acts. Watch this space!

30/06/2023

The Jazz at Johnstown Festival took place once again on the grounds and estate of Johnstown Castle with three days of live music, from June 23 to June 25.
Opening on Friday night with a sold-out concert of jazz-trad fusion by piper Mark Redmond and the Chris Colloton Trio, the festival closed on Sunday afternoon with a visit by the Lee Meehan Quintet from Dublin.
An aspect of the festival’s programming is the mix both local and national acts: from Wexford were the Sharon Clancy Trio, also featuring Vicky Barron and Terry Byrne; Presto (Des O' Callaghan and Hayley Crosbie); the Melanie O’Reilly Quartet with Kevin Lawlor on drums; the Ivy Sisters (Sharon Clancy, Jilly Cox and Aileen Donohoe) and the opening night musicians, Lorcan Byrne, Mark Redmond and Chris Colloton, all from Wexford.
Some of Ireland’s best known jazz outfits featured throughout Saturday and Sunday, including the Carole Nelson Trio, with Carole on piano, bassist Cormac O'Brien and drummer Dominic Mullen; Gediminas Karkauskas and Adrian Jackson; the Dublin four-piece ÄTSCH; Pogo Bear with Daniel Rorke, saxophone, Cormac O’Brien, double bass and Shane O’Dononvan; the eight piece big-band inspired brass and stage ensemble, TBL8; singer Cormac Kenevey (with Dominic Mullan, Dave Redmond and Johnny Taylor) and the Lee Meehan Quintet featuring Lee on guitar, Shane O’Donovan on drums, Dave Redmond on bass, Darragh O’Kelly on keyboards and Michael Buckley on saxophone.
Undoubtedly, the two highlights of the festival, a recipient of the Small Arts Festivals and Experimental Art Events Grants Scheme 2023, were the evening concerts on Friday and Saturday, which sold out.
Making his debut at Jazz at Johnstown, Mark Redmond has toured globally as a soloist and ensemble musician and the Friday concert was a rare occasion to see him and the Chris Colloton Trio revisit a classic from the modern Irish repertoire, Horslips’ The Tain.
If ever a trio of musicians in contemporary Irish jazz warranted the description as a super group, bassist Barry Donohue, drummer Dominic Mullan and keyboardist Johnny Taylor fit the bill and they were the backing band behind one of the best jazz vocalists in the country, Stella Bass, making her Jazz at Johnstown debut. Since its inception in 2021, Jazz at Johnstown has brought over seventy musicians to Johnstown Castle

29/06/2023

Carole Nelson, Cormac O'Brien and Dominic Mullen play the Cart Room at the Jazz at Johnstown Festival.

24/06/2023

Today, Saturday, and Sunday's Jazz at Johnstown programme: free for members of Johnstown Castle, and just E9 for non-members for the day.

Saturday, June 24

The Ivy Sisters (11.30 a.m @ the Visitors Centre) **

The Carole Nelson Trio (12.30 p.m. @ the Sunken Garden) *

Gediminas Karkauskas Trio (1.15 p.m. @ Johnstown Castle) ***

ATSCH (2.15 p.m. @ the Visitors Centre) **

Pogo Bear (3.15 p.m. @ the Courtyard) ***

TBL8 (4.15 p.m. @ the Visitors Centre) **

Stella Bass and Trio (8 p.m. @ the Visitors Centre)



Sunday, June 25

Jazz Alley (11.45 a.m. @ the Visitors Centre) **

Mel O’Reilly (1. p.m. @ the Sunken Garden) *

Presto (1.15 p.m. @ the Visitors Centre restaurant) ***

Cormac Kenevey (2.15 p.m. @ the Visitors Centre) **

Sharon Clancy (3.15 p.m. @ the Courtyard) *

Lee Meehan Quintet (4.15 p.m. @ the Visitors Centre) **



*Moved to the ballroom, the Castle if it rains.

** Moved inside the Visitors Centre if it rains.

*** Moved to the Cart Room if it rains.

22/06/2023

Excellent preview of Jazz at Johnstown festival in this week's edition of The People.

21/06/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33ov4KMExAs

Finalised programme for Jazz at Johnstown Festival, June 23, 24 and 25:

Friday, June 23
Mark/Redmond and the Chris Colloton Trio (8 p.m @ the Visitors Centre)

Saturday, June 24

The Ivy Sisters (11.30 a.m @ the Visitors Centre) **
The Carole Nelson Trio (12.30 p.m. @ the Sunken Garden) *
Gediminas Karkauskas Trio (1.15 p.m. @ Johnstown Castle) ***
ATSCH (2.15 p.m. @ the Visitors Centre) **
Pogo Bear (3.15 p.m. @ the Courtyard) ***
TBL8 (4.15 p.m. @ the Visitors Centre) **

Stella Bass and Trio (8 p.m. @ the Visitors Centre)

Sunday, June 25

Jazz Alley (11.45 a.m. @ the Visitors Centre) **
Mel O’Reilly (1. p.m. @ the Sunken Garden) *
Presto (1.15 p.m. @ the Visitors Centre restaurant) ***
Cormac Kenevey (2.15 p.m. @ the Visitors Centre) **
Sharon Clancy (3.15 p.m. @ the Courtyard) *
Lee Meehan Quintet (4.15 p.m. @ the Visitors Centre) **

*Moved to the ballroom, the Castle if it rains.
** Moved inside the Visitors Centre if it rains.
*** Moved to the Cart Room if it rains.

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