Thunder Rolls - A Tribute to Garth Brooks, Armagh City Hotel

What to Expect

Thunder Rolls brings a note-for-note tribute to Garth Brooks to the Armagh City Hotel on Saturday 22 August 2026, running through the American country star’s biggest crowd-pleasers. Expect a full live band setup working through “Friends in Low Places,” “The Dance,” “Thunder Rolls” itself, and the rest of the arena-country back catalogue that made Brooks one of the best-selling acts in music history. It’s a night built for singing along rather than a quiet listen, with the band pitching the show at the same big, communal energy Brooks brought to his own stadium tours.

Tribute shows have become a regular fixture of the hotel’s entertainment calendar, sitting alongside its country and Irish-music concert programme through autumn 2026, and this one is aimed squarely at the crowd who never got to see the real thing live in Ireland. Doors open ahead of the 7:30pm start, giving time for a drink and a bite in the hotel bar before the band takes over.

Good to Know

• Saturday 22 August 2026, doors for a 7:30pm start, running to around 11:30pm
• Venue: Armagh City Hotel, 2 Friary Road, Armagh BT60 4FR
• Tickets from £26.71, booked through the hotel or its ticketing partner
• Function-room show with bar service; check with the hotel on seated versus standing format when booking

Getting There

Armagh City Hotel sits on the southern edge of Armagh city, a short drive or taxi ride from the city centre and cathedrals. The hotel has its own car park for guests attending evening events, and Translink buses from Belfast and Newry stop in Armagh’s Lonsdale Road bus station, roughly a ten-minute walk or short taxi from the venue.

While You’re in Armagh

Armagh’s two St Patrick’s cathedrals and the Georgian streets around the Mall are an easy pre-show wander if you arrive early, and the hotel itself does evening meals for anyone combining dinner with the concert. For visitors travelling from further afield, the hotel also runs show-and-stay packages for its bigger entertainment nights, worth asking about when booking tickets.