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music · Wednesday 9 September 2026 · 8:00pm 
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
At Dolan's Warehouse · 3-4 Dock Road, Limerick, Co. Limerick
At Dolan's Warehouse · 3-4 Dock Road, Limerick, Co. Limerick
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy plays Dolan’s Warehouse on Wednesday, 9 September 2026, bringing the recording name of American singer-songwriter Will Oldham to Limerick for a night of his stark, literary folk and alt-country songwriting. Oldham has recorded under this name since the mid-1990s, building a catalogue that runs from the widely covered I See a Darkness through decades of collaborations and solo records. It is a rare enough booking for Limerick, and one for longtime followers of American underground songwriting.
Will Oldham has released albums under several names over his career, but Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy is the one he has stuck with longest and the one most associated with his best-known work. His songs favour sparse arrangements, plain-spoken and often unsettling lyrics, and a voice that sits somewhere between traditional country and outsider folk, closer in spirit to Appalachian ballad singing than to Nashville. I See a Darkness, later covered by Johnny Cash, remains the record most people know him for, but Oldham has kept working steadily since, moving between full-band records, stripped-back solo sets and collaborations with musicians across folk, country and experimental scenes. A Dolan’s Warehouse date suggests a full-band or full-arrangement show rather than a solo acoustic set, though the exact format for this tour was not confirmed at the time of writing. Expect a quieter, more attentive room than the venue’s punk and rock bookings.
Dolan’s Warehouse is on Dock Road on the eastern edge of Limerick city centre. On-street parking is available nearby, and it is a level walk from Arthur’s Quay and the main shopping streets. Photo ID is required at the door for this strictly over-18s show.
Dock Road sits close to the Shannon and a short stroll from the medieval quarter around King John’s Castle, so there is plenty to do before a midweek show. There is more to see in Limerick and across Co. Limerick.
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