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theatre · Saturday 24 October 2026 · 7:00pm 
Dubliner - The Luke Kelly Story
At Down Arts Centre · 2-6 Irish Street, Downpatrick, Co. Down, BT30 6BP
At Down Arts Centre · 2-6 Irish Street, Downpatrick, Co. Down, BT30 6BP
“Dubliner - The Luke Kelly Story” comes to Down Arts Centre in Downpatrick on Saturday 24 October 2026, running from 7pm to 10pm. The show is a theatrical tribute to Luke Kelly, the singer and banjo player who fronted The Dubliners and whose voice on songs like “Raglan Road” and “The Auld Triangle” made him one of the defining figures of Irish folk music. Kelly died in January 1984, and the production’s own billing leans on the scale of that loss, describing him as leaving “an indelible mark as being the greatest folk artist of the 20th” century.
Presented by David Hull Promotions, a company that runs a regular circuit of music-tribute theatre through Northern Ireland’s council-run arts venues, this is a narrative, staged show built around Kelly’s songs and story rather than a straight concert. It is the kind of mid-scale touring production that Down Arts Centre relies on to fill its autumn programme between local am-dram bookings and community events, and it is likely to draw an older audience with a strong personal attachment to the Dubliners’ era of folk music. At £30 a ticket it sits at the higher end of the venue’s usual pricing, reflecting the scale of the touring production.
Down Arts Centre is on Irish Street in the centre of Downpatrick, a short walk from the town’s main car parks and bus station, and about a 45-minute drive south of Belfast.
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