Weekend Live Music at Paddy Blues

What to Expect

Paddy Blues is Gorey’s late-night pub and venue on Main Street, built around a late licence and a room that keeps going after the town’s other bars have called last orders. Music runs most weekends, generally a live band or DJ playing to a standing crowd rather than a seated audience, and the pub leans into being loud and unsubtle rather than background music for conversation. It draws a younger, later crowd than most of the other pubs on Main Street, and it is the go-to option in Gorey for anyone looking to keep a night going past the usual pub closing time. Expect a proper night out atmosphere rather than a listening room.

Gorey itself has grown fast, from under four thousand people in 1996 to over twelve thousand by 2022 as the M11 pulled the town within commuting range of Dublin, and Main Street’s pub scene reflects that mix of long-standing locals and a newer, younger population. Paddy Blues sits among older Main Street institutions like French’s, open since the 1770s, but plays a different role: it is the room people move on to rather than the room they start the night in, and it is one of the few places in town still serving and playing music once the family-friendly gastropubs have wound down for the evening.

Good to Know

• Most weekends, Gorey, exact line-up and start time can vary so check the pub’s own social channels for the current week
• Free in for most nights; some booked acts or DJ nights may carry a cover charge at the door
• Late licence, one of the last rooms open in Gorey on a weekend night
• Standing venue rather than a seated bar
• On Main Street, close to the town’s other pubs and restaurants

Getting There

Paddy Blues is on Main Street in the centre of Gorey. Gorey sits on the M11/N11 about an hour south of Dublin, with Bus Éireann and Wexford Bus coaches serving the town centre and Irish Rail’s Dublin to Rosslare line stopping at Gorey station, a short walk from Main Street. Drivers coming off the motorway at Junction 23 can reach Main Street in a few minutes; on-street parking on Main Street gets tight on a Saturday night, so it is worth allowing time to find a space or use one of the town’s public car parks.