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music · Friday 4 September 2026 · 8:00pm 
The ELO Show - Irish Tour
At Dean Crowe Theatre · Chapel Street, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
At Dean Crowe Theatre · Chapel Street, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
The ELO Show brings Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra catalogue to the Dean Crowe Theatre in Athlone on Friday, 4 September 2026. The production pairs a live band with six singers and a female string section, working through ELO’s run of orchestral pop hits with a staging built around lighting, lasers and 3D visuals. It follows a successful Irish tour the previous year and returns to Athlone as part of a wider 2026 run of dates.
Expect an ELO setlist heavy on the singles. The band leans on the six-piece vocal section and strings to recreate the layered studio sound Jeff Lynne built the group’s reputation on, backed by a lighting and projection show that includes the band’s signature spaceship staging. The Dean Crowe Theatre’s own listing calls it the closest audiences will get to the real thing without Lynne himself on stage. Doors open an hour before the 8pm start, and the venue recommends early arrival, with three car parks within a five-minute walk of the theatre. The show is fully seated, so it plays as a concert-hall night rather than a standing gig, and wheelchair-accessible seating can be booked in advance through the box office.
The Dean Crowe Theatre is on Chapel Street in Athlone town centre, a short walk from the Shannon bridge and Athlone Castle. Three public car parks are within five minutes’ walk of the door.
Athlone straddles the River Shannon roughly midway between Dublin and Galway, with Athlone Castle and the Luan Gallery both close to Chapel Street. There is more to see in Athlone and across Co. Westmeath.
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