





The Blues are back for a Summer date! Armagh City will once again host a full programme of the blues bands, over 40 in all! Why not head on down to the blues capital and experience some of our fine dining, family friendly entertainment and blues artists in a weekend not to be missed.
FRIDAY 1ST AUGUST 2025
1.00pmCasino Dixieland Jazz Band Bandstand
2.30pm King & Whittredge Aonach Mhacha
3.00pmBanshee Band Bandstand
5.00pmCrow Black Chicken Bandstand
6.30pmFourshuckmen The Hole in the Wall Bar
8.30pmLee Hedley Blues Band Devlin’s Bar
9.30pmFrank Carbery Blues BandArmagh City Hotel Callan Lounge
9.30pmKeith Doran Band Rafferty’s Bar
9.30pm Two Time Polka Red Neds
9.30pmMike Brookfield Band Keegan’s Bar
10.00pmBen Reel Band McKenna’s Bar
SATURDAY 2ND AUGUST 2025
11.00amMD Rafferty Music School Live Lounge Artisan Market @ Shambles Yard
12.00pmMcCool Blues Band Bandstand
12.30pm Lonesome Pete Artisan Market @ Shambles Yard
12.30pmRenegade Blues Band Aonach Mhacha
1.45pmManhattan Swing Bandstand
2.30pmThe Mighty Quinn Turners Bar
2.30pmZac Mac Band Aonach Mhacha
2.30pm Courtnay Giffin Toby Jug
3.30pm Backbone Blues Band Bandstand
5.00pmOpen Mic Session (MD Rafferty Music School) The 4th Wall @ Market Place Theatre
5.30pmDelta Fuse The Hole in the Wall Bar
7.00pmGary Price & GP3 Hughes Bar
7.30pm Sam Davidson’s Taste Rafferty’s Bar
7.30pmRob Strong Band Armagh City Hotel Spires Bar
10.00pmThe Brown Notes McKenna’s Bar 10.00pmFreedom 35s The 4th Wall @ Market Place Theatre TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EACHACTVISIT 7HILLSBLUES.COM
10.00pmThe Blue Katz Blues Band 4th Wall @ Marketplace Theatre
7.30pmThe Boogie Monsters Toby Jug
8.00pmPat McManus Band Charlemont Arms Hotel
8.30pmCrest of a Wave Uluru
9.30pm Villiers And The Villains Devlin’s Bar
9.30pmChris Taplin Blues BandKeegan’s Bar
9.30pmAlan McKelvey Band Red Neds
9.30pmThe Nite Hawks Armagh City Hotel Callan Lounge
SUNDAY 3RD AUGUST 2025
2.30pm Ronnie Greer Trio with Ken Haddock & John McCullough The Hole in the Wall Bar
2.30pmDavy K Project Toby Jug
3.00pmAlison McGrath & SoulanticsArmagh City Hotel Callan Lounge
4.00pmMark Black Band Rafferty’s Bar
4.00pmFrank Carberry Duo Hughes Bar
5.30pm Rusty Jacks Red Neds
7.30pmClara Rose Band Devlin’s Bar
9.30pmThe Rubber Plants McKenna’s Bar