Stoat at Wexford Arts Centre

What to Expect

Stoat is a Wexford-formed musical project going back to the late 1980s, and this Wexford Arts Centre date marks a genuine homecoming: the band’s own description notes they are returning to perform in the town for the first time since 1994. That gap gives the show a reunion quality beyond a normal gig, with a mix of longtime fans who remember the band’s original run and newer audiences hearing the material for the first time. Details of the current line-up and full setlist were not published in advance, but the framing from both the band and the Arts Centre positions this as a genuinely local story: a project formed in Wexford, still running in some form more than three decades on, coming back to play the town where it started. It is a rare booking for anyone with a long memory of the Wexford music scene of the late 1980s and 1990s.

A three-decade gap since a band’s last hometown show is unusual even by the standards of a reunion circuit that mostly deals in years rather than decades, and it suggests this is being treated by both the band and the Arts Centre as a genuine one-off rather than the start of a wider touring return. For a venue that spends most of its calendar on touring national and international acts, a booking rooted this specifically in Wexford’s own musical history stands out, and it is likely to draw a strong local crowd on name recognition alone rather than needing a big marketing push.

Good to Know

• Saturday 10 October 2026, evening performance, Wexford Arts Centre, Cornmarket, Wexford town
• Band originally formed in Wexford in the late 1980s
• First Wexford performance since 1994
• Book through Wexford Arts Centre’s Ticketsolve page or by phone on 053 912 3764
• Seated theatre-style setting

Getting There

Wexford Arts Centre is on Cornmarket in the centre of Wexford town, within walking distance of the Bull Ring, Main Street and the quay. Irish Rail connects Wexford to Dublin Connolly in around two hours, and Bus Éireann and Wexford Bus both serve the town centre. The nearest car parks are on the quayfront, a short walk from Cornmarket.