This is the online home for the Clé Club – the traditional music and singing club based in Liberty Hall, Dublin 1. The Clé Club currently meets at 7.30pm on the third Wednesday of each month – except for July and August.
The usual format for the Clé Club involves specially invited guests who perform for part of the evening – while the remainder features contributions from the floor, facilitated by a fear an tí or bean an tí. The key rule of the evening is that all musicians and singers are entitled to be heard in silence – unless, of course, they invite audience participation.
While the instrumentalists invited to perform at the Club play traditional music, the songs are drawn from a wide variety of genres. Given the Club’s location at the home of Ireland’s largest trade union, songs of workers, protest and politics – both historic and contemporary – have a particular resonance. But on a typical Clé evening, there is usually great diversity in terms of subject matter, style, nationality and language.
Clé Abhaile
In addition to the monthly in-person sessions in Liberty Hall, the Clé Club also organises monthly online sessions on the Zoom platform. Clé Abhaile usually takes place on the first Monday of the month at 8pm. For notice and links for the next Clé Abhaile session, please contact info@cleabhaile.com
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