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music · Friday 14 August 2026 · 8:00pm 
Cat Power at Vicar Street
At Vicar Street · 58-59 Thomas Street, Dublin 8
At Vicar Street · 58-59 Thomas Street, Dublin 8
Chan Marshall has been making music as Cat Power for three decades, and her live shows are unlike almost anything else you will see. This August she brings her voice to Vicar Street for an evening that rewards anyone who has followed her career - or anyone coming to her for the first time wanting to understand what emotionally honest songwriting actually sounds like on a stage.
The 2026 tour marks the 20th anniversary of The Greatest, her landmark soul-inflected album recorded in Memphis, and audiences can expect songs from that record alongside older material and the covers she has made famous. Cat Power’s interpretations of other people’s songs - Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones - have always been as personal as her own writing. A Cat Power show is not a greatest-hits parade; it is closer to a conversation that happens to be set to music.
Vicar Street holds around 1,500 standing and just over 1,000 seated, and this is listed as a seated show. That matters with Cat Power. The room is the right size for her - big enough to carry the emotion, small enough that Marshall’s voice fills it without theatrics. Expect mood-lit staging, a carefully chosen band, and a setlist that may shift on the night; she is known to improvise the final stretch depending on how the room feels. Songs from The Greatest - the title track, Lived in Bars, Living Proof - are likely, along with older songs reaching back to the mid-90s. Doors open at 7pm, show at 8pm.
Vicar Street sits on Thomas Street in the Liberties, about 15 minutes’ walk from Dame Street. Dublin Bus routes 13, 40 and 123 stop close by. If you are driving in from outside Dublin, the M50 feeds into the city from the south and west; NCP car parks in the Liberties area are the easiest option. The Luas Red Line from Heuston Station is a short walk away if you are arriving by train.
Thomas Street is one of the older commercial streets in the city; the Teeling Whiskey Distillery and St Patrick’s Cathedral are both within five minutes on foot. There is more to see in Dublin and across Co. Dublin.
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