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music · Saturday 10 October 2026 · 8:00pm 
The Piano Man: Elton John and Billy Joel Tribute, Townhall Arts Centre
At Townhall Arts Centre · Townhall Street, Cavan, Co. Cavan
At Townhall Arts Centre · Townhall Street, Cavan, Co. Cavan
The Piano Man, a live tribute celebration of Elton John and Billy Joel, plays the Townhall Arts Centre on Saturday, 10 October 2026. The show sets out to recreate both songwriters’ biggest piano-led hits in one evening, a format that has become a regular fixture on the Irish tribute circuit and a reliable weekend draw for touring theatres like the Townhall. It is one of several tribute nights booked into the venue’s autumn 2026 season.
Expect a full band arrangement built around a lead vocalist and piano rather than a stripped-back acoustic set, covering both artists’ catalogues across a single evening, spanning Elton John’s 1970s peak through Billy Joel’s run of piano-bar and stadium hits. As with other Townhall concert nights, doors open at 6:30pm with the show starting at 8pm sharp. The Townhall’s auditorium, a converted nineteenth-century courthouse in Cavan town centre, seats a few hundred people across stalls and a small balcony, giving the room a close, theatre feel rather than an arena atmosphere, which suits a tribute show built on singalong choruses. The audience for these tribute nights tends to skew toward an older, dressed-up crowd out for a full night, with the bar open before the show and at the interval.
The Townhall Arts Centre is on Townhall Street in the centre of Cavan town, close to the bus station and the main town-centre car parks on Farnham Street and College Street. Cavan town sits on Bus Eireann’s route between Dublin and Enniskillen, with services stopping within walking distance of the venue.
The Townhall stands in the middle of Cavan town, the county town since the O’Reillys built it around 1300, so it is easy to make a night of it with dinner on Main Street before the show. There is more to explore across Co. Cavan.
Heading to Townhall Arts Centre in Cavan? Cavan has plenty more to see. Read the Cavan area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.