Where's the sesh tonight?

The events layer for every Irish pub. Recurring trad sessions, pub quizzes, live gigs, GAA screenings — by county, by night, by venue. Bonded to pubhub.ie's 6,842-pub spine.

Pick your county to start

Pick your county

Every Irish county, every night. The five biggest pub markets are highlighted.

What's on tonight

Picks from the data feed. Recurring weekly slots and one-off events. Every event carries the venue's pubhub.ie page so you get hours, photos, folklore and ratings before you head out.

Recurring · weekly Tonight · 21:30

Trad session

at The Cobblestone · Smithfield, Dublin 7

Wednesdays since 1989. No cover, no ticket. Walk-in friendly; arrive before 21:00 if you want a stool.

feet-tapping-trad come-early-or-standing tourist-friendly
Recurring · weekly Tonight · 21:00

Pub quiz · captain's call

at MacCarthy's Bar · Castletownbere, Cork

Wednesdays. Six rounds, captain rules at the bar. Bring four — a fifth costs you a pint.

local-only pints-and-chat cash-only-at-bar
One-off · this Saturday Sat 10 May · 19:30

GAA · Connacht SFC

at The Quays · Quay Street, Galway

Galway v Mayo on the big screen. Curry chip from the kitchen til 22:00. Get in by 19:00 or you're at the back.

gaa-match-crowd tourist-friendly food-served-late
Recurring · weekly Tonight · 21:00

Singer-songwriter open mic

at Dolan's · Dock Road, Limerick

Wednesdays in the Warehouse. Sign-up from 20:30, six-minute slots. Decent PA, sympathetic crowd.

low-key-Tuesday all-welcome walking-distance-from-station
Recurring · weekly Tonight · 22:00

Late bar · DJ set

at Sin É · Coburg Street, Cork

Wednesdays til 02:00. Indie / alt set, no cover before 23:00. Cork's lock-in still has rules.

stag-night-friendly come-late indie-crowd
One-off · this Sunday Sun 11 May · 16:00

Sunday afternoon trad

at Tigh Coili · Mainguard Street, Galway

Two-hour set Sunday afternoons. The lock-in regulars say it's the best in the city since 2019.

feet-tapping-trad regulars-not-tourists kids-welcome-til-9

Three sister sites, one Irish pub spine

Every Irish pub on pubhub.ie has a unique licence ID. sesh.ie reads from the same spine and adds the events layer. Three lenses on the same data.

pubhub.ie

The pub itself — places, hours, photos, folklore, closures, ratings, notable events.

where it is and what it's about

sesh.ie

The events layer. Trad sessions, quizzes, gigs, sport screenings, late bars. Recurring slots first-class.

what's on tonight

The chats

Per-pub anonymous wall — the writing on the inside of the jacks door, online. (Coming with pubhub Phase 2.)

what the regulars are saying

The numbers, fast

6,842

Irish pubs in the pubhub.ie spine that sesh.ie can attach events to.

32

Counties covered. Five city-tier pages (Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford) for finer-grained discovery.

7

Days a week we surface trad sessions. Sunday afternoon trad has its own filter.

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Cost to publicans to list. Premium pinning and newsletter sponsorship available.

Pub data sourced from pubhub.ie; events data sourced from publican submissions, pub Facebook pages, Eventbrite-IE, The Session, local-paper feeds.

"What's the sesh this weekend?"

Thursday morning. One county per email. The biggest pub events Friday-to-Sunday, picked editorial-side. Free, weekly.