Prior to Kevin Barry's Irish Pub opening, October 31, 1980, there was not an Irish pub south of Washington, D.C. that offered live traditional Irish music seven nights a week.  Owner, Vic Power, wanted to offer a public house that could provide Irish history while keeping the songs of the Irish rebellion alive for younger generations.  Without fail, for over 35 years, Kevin Barry's Irish Pub has offered nightly music at 8pm with world renowned troubadours.

The first Irish entertainer was Tommy Mulverhill and prior to his retirement the famous, Danny Doyle, would grace the stage of Kevin Barry's Irish Pub entertaining crowds night after night with songs such as his cover of Glyn Hughs song Whiskey on a Sunday which hit #1 for 10 straight weeks in 1968 on the Irish charts.  

Check out our musicians calendar below for tonight's entertainment!  And, we hope to see you in our world famous Listening Room every night at 8:00 PM as you enjoy a pint and sing along to some Irish and American classics!

$2.00 cover charge in Listening Room beginning at 8:00 PM

No one under the age of 21 is permitted inside Kevin Barry's Irish Pub after 7:00 PM

Calendar View: Single Month Entire Year Jump To: June 2015 July 2015 August 2015 September 2015 October 2015 November 2015 December 2015 January 2016 February 2016 March 2016 April 2016 May 2016 June 2016 July 2016 August 2016 September 2016 October 2016 November 2016 December 2016 January 2017 February 2017 March 2017 April 2017 May 2017 June 2017 May June 2016 Jul Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1   JJ Smith Event: JJ Smith Start Date: 5/30/2016 End Date: 6/5/2016 Description: Born in Scotland, JJ Smith, now resides in Florida performing at pubs and Celtic festivals throughout the United States. Performing at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 15 years JJ Smith brings his own style to the Listening Room at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub that listeners come back time after time to enjoy. 2   JJ Smith Event: JJ Smith Start Date: 5/30/2016 End Date: 6/5/2016 Description: Born in Scotland, JJ Smith, now resides in Florida performing at pubs and Celtic festivals throughout the United States. Performing at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 15 years JJ Smith brings his own style to the Listening Room at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub that listeners come back time after time to enjoy. 3   JJ Smith Event: JJ Smith Start Date: 5/30/2016 End Date: 6/5/2016 Description: Born in Scotland, JJ Smith, now resides in Florida performing at pubs and Celtic festivals throughout the United States. Performing at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 15 years JJ Smith brings his own style to the Listening Room at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub that listeners come back time after time to enjoy. 4   JJ Smith Event: JJ Smith Start Date: 5/30/2016 End Date: 6/5/2016 Description: Born in Scotland, JJ Smith, now resides in Florida performing at pubs and Celtic festivals throughout the United States. Performing at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 15 years JJ Smith brings his own style to the Listening Room at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub that listeners come back time after time to enjoy. 5   JJ Smith Event: JJ Smith Start Date: 5/30/2016 End Date: 6/5/2016 Description: Born in Scotland, JJ Smith, now resides in Florida performing at pubs and Celtic festivals throughout the United States. Performing at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 15 years JJ Smith brings his own style to the Listening Room at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub that listeners come back time after time to enjoy. 6   Harry O'Donoghue Event: Harry O'Donoghue Start Date: 6/6/2016 End Date: 6/11/2016 Description: Born in Ireland, O'Donoghue, has become a local celebrity headlining local events such as Tara Feis and the Irish Festival. Performing at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 30 years guests come back time and time again to listen to Harry sing traditional Irish music. 7   Harry O'Donoghue Event: Harry O'Donoghue Start Date: 6/6/2016 End Date: 6/11/2016 Description: Born in Ireland, O'Donoghue, has become a local celebrity headlining local events such as Tara Feis and the Irish Festival. Performing at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 30 years guests come back time and time again to listen to Harry sing traditional Irish music. 8   Harry O'Donoghue Event: Harry O'Donoghue Start Date: 6/6/2016 End Date: 6/11/2016 Description: Born in Ireland, O'Donoghue, has become a local celebrity headlining local events such as Tara Feis and the Irish Festival. Performing at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 30 years guests come back time and time again to listen to Harry sing traditional Irish music. 9   Harry O'Donoghue Event: Harry O'Donoghue Start Date: 6/6/2016 End Date: 6/11/2016 Description: Born in Ireland, O'Donoghue, has become a local celebrity headlining local events such as Tara Feis and the Irish Festival. Performing at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 30 years guests come back time and time again to listen to Harry sing traditional Irish music. 10   Harry O'Donoghue Event: Harry O'Donoghue Start Date: 6/6/2016 End Date: 6/11/2016 Description: Born in Ireland, O'Donoghue, has become a local celebrity headlining local events such as Tara Feis and the Irish Festival. Performing at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 30 years guests come back time and time again to listen to Harry sing traditional Irish music. 11   Harry O'Donoghue Event: Harry O'Donoghue Start Date: 6/6/2016 End Date: 6/11/2016 Description: Born in Ireland, O'Donoghue, has become a local celebrity headlining local events such as Tara Feis and the Irish Festival. Performing at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 30 years guests come back time and time again to listen to Harry sing traditional Irish music. 12   Frank Emerson Event: Frank Emerson Start Date: 6/12/2016 End Date: 6/19/2016 Description: Born in Ireland, Frank Emerson, has made the United States his home even serving in the USMC. Performing on stage for over 30 years at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub listeners keep coming back to enjoy hearing Emerson perform on stage 13   Frank Emerson Event: Frank Emerson Start Date: 6/12/2016 End Date: 6/19/2016 Description: Born in Ireland, Frank Emerson, has made the United States his home even serving in the USMC. Performing on stage for over 30 years at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub listeners keep coming back to enjoy hearing Emerson perform on stage 14   Frank Emerson Event: Frank Emerson Start Date: 6/12/2016 End Date: 6/19/2016 Description: Born in Ireland, Frank Emerson, has made the United States his home even serving in the USMC. Performing on stage for over 30 years at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub listeners keep coming back to enjoy hearing Emerson perform on stage 15   Frank Emerson Event: Frank Emerson Start Date: 6/12/2016 End Date: 6/19/2016 Description: Born in Ireland, Frank Emerson, has made the United States his home even serving in the USMC. Performing on stage for over 30 years at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub listeners keep coming back to enjoy hearing Emerson perform on stage 16   Frank Emerson Event: Frank Emerson Start Date: 6/12/2016 End Date: 6/19/2016 Description: Born in Ireland, Frank Emerson, has made the United States his home even serving in the USMC. Performing on stage for over 30 years at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub listeners keep coming back to enjoy hearing Emerson perform on stage 17   Frank Emerson Event: Frank Emerson Start Date: 6/12/2016 End Date: 6/19/2016 Description: Born in Ireland, Frank Emerson, has made the United States his home even serving in the USMC. Performing on stage for over 30 years at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub listeners keep coming back to enjoy hearing Emerson perform on stage 18   Frank Emerson Event: Frank Emerson Start Date: 6/12/2016 End Date: 6/19/2016 Description: Born in Ireland, Frank Emerson, has made the United States his home even serving in the USMC. Performing on stage for over 30 years at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub listeners keep coming back to enjoy hearing Emerson perform on stage 19   Frank Emerson Event: Frank Emerson Start Date: 6/12/2016 End Date: 6/19/2016 Description: Born in Ireland, Frank Emerson, has made the United States his home even serving in the USMC. Performing on stage for over 30 years at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub listeners keep coming back to enjoy hearing Emerson perform on stage 20   Carroll Brown Event: Carroll Brown Start Date: 6/20/2016 End Date: 6/25/2016 Description: Born in our neighboring state of South Carolina, Carroll Brown has played at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 30 years singing traditional American and Irish folk music. Listeners come back each time Carroll is here and are delighted to listen to his musical talents as well as his witty stories and famous toasts. 21   Carroll Brown Event: Carroll Brown Start Date: 6/20/2016 End Date: 6/25/2016 Description: Born in our neighboring state of South Carolina, Carroll Brown has played at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 30 years singing traditional American and Irish folk music. Listeners come back each time Carroll is here and are delighted to listen to his musical talents as well as his witty stories and famous toasts. 22   Carroll Brown Event: Carroll Brown Start Date: 6/20/2016 End Date: 6/25/2016 Description: Born in our neighboring state of South Carolina, Carroll Brown has played at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 30 years singing traditional American and Irish folk music. Listeners come back each time Carroll is here and are delighted to listen to his musical talents as well as his witty stories and famous toasts. 23   Carroll Brown Event: Carroll Brown Start Date: 6/20/2016 End Date: 6/25/2016 Description: Born in our neighboring state of South Carolina, Carroll Brown has played at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 30 years singing traditional American and Irish folk music. Listeners come back each time Carroll is here and are delighted to listen to his musical talents as well as his witty stories and famous toasts. 24   Carroll Brown Event: Carroll Brown Start Date: 6/20/2016 End Date: 6/25/2016 Description: Born in our neighboring state of South Carolina, Carroll Brown has played at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 30 years singing traditional American and Irish folk music. Listeners come back each time Carroll is here and are delighted to listen to his musical talents as well as his witty stories and famous toasts. 25   Carroll Brown Event: Carroll Brown Start Date: 6/20/2016 End Date: 6/25/2016 Description: Born in our neighboring state of South Carolina, Carroll Brown has played at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 30 years singing traditional American and Irish folk music. Listeners come back each time Carroll is here and are delighted to listen to his musical talents as well as his witty stories and famous toasts. 26   Harry O'Donoghue Event: Harry O'Donoghue Start Date: 6/26/2016 End Date: 7/3/2016 Description: Born in Ireland, O'Donoghue, has become a local celebrity headlining local events such as Tara Feis and the Irish Festival. Performing at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 30 years guests come back time and time again to listen to Harry sing traditional Irish music. 27   Harry O'Donoghue Event: Harry O'Donoghue Start Date: 6/26/2016 End Date: 7/3/2016 Description: Born in Ireland, O'Donoghue, has become a local celebrity headlining local events such as Tara Feis and the Irish Festival. Performing at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 30 years guests come back time and time again to listen to Harry sing traditional Irish music. 28   Harry O'Donoghue Event: Harry O'Donoghue Start Date: 6/26/2016 End Date: 7/3/2016 Description: Born in Ireland, O'Donoghue, has become a local celebrity headlining local events such as Tara Feis and the Irish Festival. Performing at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 30 years guests come back time and time again to listen to Harry sing traditional Irish music. 29   Harry O'Donoghue Event: Harry O'Donoghue Start Date: 6/26/2016 End Date: 7/3/2016 Description: Born in Ireland, O'Donoghue, has become a local celebrity headlining local events such as Tara Feis and the Irish Festival. Performing at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 30 years guests come back time and time again to listen to Harry sing traditional Irish music. 30   Harry O'Donoghue Event: Harry O'Donoghue Start Date: 6/26/2016 End Date: 7/3/2016 Description: Born in Ireland, O'Donoghue, has become a local celebrity headlining local events such as Tara Feis and the Irish Festival. Performing at Kevin Barry's Irish Pub for over 30 years guests come back time and time again to listen to Harry sing traditional Irish music.

For more information on our musicians please click their name below.

JJ Smith	Frank Emerson	Pat Garvey
Carroll Brown	Fran Doyle	Brendan Nolan
Cahir O'Doherty	Harry O'Donoghue	Seldom Sober