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music · Saturday 26 September 2026 · 8:00pm 
The Bjorn Identity - ABBA Tribute, Market Place Theatre Armagh
At Market Place Theatre and Arts Centre · Market Street, Armagh, Co. Armagh BT61 7BW
At Market Place Theatre and Arts Centre · Market Street, Armagh, Co. Armagh BT61 7BW
The Bjorn Identity is a touring ABBA tribute show, bringing the group’s iconic costumes and catalogue of hits to Market Place Theatre’s main auditorium on Saturday 26 September 2026. Expect a full band performance working through ABBA’s best-known songs, staged with the kind of glitter-and-flares presentation that tribute shows of this scale are built around. It is a standalone evening show in the venue’s main room rather than a support-act night.
The show is one of several tribute acts on the theatre’s autumn programme, following on from Cash Returns’ Johnny Cash tribute earlier in September, and it tends to draw a broad crowd across generations given how enduringly popular ABBA’s music remains. Sing-along numbers are the norm at shows like this, so expect a livelier atmosphere than a seated concert.
Market Place Theatre sits on Market Street in Armagh city centre. Armagh is roughly 40 minutes from Belfast via the A3, and around an hour from Dublin via the M1 and A28. Translink buses run from Belfast’s Europa Buscentre into Armagh bus station on Lonsdale Road, a short walk from the theatre, and pay-and-display parking is available nearby on Thomas Street and Scotch Street.
Armagh’s compact city centre makes it easy to build a full evening around a show. Two cathedrals, both named St Patrick’s, sit on facing hilltops in the city, and the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium is a short walk from Market Street. A number of pubs and restaurants around the Shambles and English Street are within easy reach for dinner beforehand.
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