Bray Jazz News Today

Bray Jazz Festival 2024: Like his hero Miles Davis, the trumpeter, composer and bandleader is fascinated by the dynamics of change

Irish Rail has announced further disruptions to DART services for Greystones and Bray over weekends in May and June due to engineering works between Grand Canal Dock and Greystones.

Irish Rail has announced further disruptions to DART services for Greystones and Bray over weekends in May and June due to engineering works between Grand Canal Dock and Greystones.

Bray Jazz Festival has teased that this year’s event will be a special one for those who like to hear their jazz late at night in cool clubs, and is staging a series of new late shows during this year's festival.

It’s going to be another bumper year of festivals, music, comedy and new films that have been shot on location in Wicklow that you can look forward to. We have plucked out a few of the best picks that have been announced for the year ahead, so you can start planning and get those early bird tickets.

There is a “big buzz” around the events planned for Mermaid Arts Centre’s 21st Birthday celebrations, with a packed programme scheduled for the end of September.

There is a “big buzz” around the events planned for Mermaid Arts Centre’s 21st Birthday celebrations, with a packed programme scheduled for the end of September.

Bookended by the Art Blakey Chart’s stunning show at The Whale Theatre, in Greystones, and the sublime Lars Danielsson’s Liberetto Quartet and Bog Bodies at Mermaid Arts Centre , in Bray, the 22nd Bray Jazz Festival was a feast of music for jazz lovers.

Essential engineering works are once again set to halt DART services between Dun Laoghaire and Bray/Greystones over the May Bank Holiday weekend.

Where it all started and whether it was by accident, design or opportunity matters little to jazz fanatics who have been coming to Bray for over 20 years to get their annual fix.