27/03/2026
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Friday 27 March, 9:15pm
Tickets โฌ15
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873660357/events
Michael Buckley and his band are leading players in the current generation of Irish musicians.
They are well schooled with strong local and international experience and have moved beyond the environment they first developed in. They have formed their own sound and sensibility, composing, and performing at a new level.
Dublin-born, Michael Buckley is regarded as one of the most important and influential musicians on the Irish jazz scene. A second-generation saxophonist (his father played with guitarist Louis Stewart), flautist and composer, Michael has been playing professionally since childhood, when he worked in theatre, and dueted with US saxophone master George Coleman, aged nine. His virtuosity and musicality have given him โfirst callโ status, performing and touring regularly with major international figures.
Greg Felton is a Dublin-based pianist, composer and educator. His trio, Origin Storyโs debut release, GOOD FRIDAY was The Irish Times album of the year in 2020. Other bands include White Rocket, Ronan Guilfoyleโs Always Know, Mappa Mundi and Evidence, Louis Stewart Quintet and Mike Nielsen Quartet. He also lectures on Dublin City Universityโs Jazz Studies BA.
Barry Donohue is a Dublin-based, and most in demand, electric bass and double bass player and composer, performing regularly on the Irish scene with Michael Buckley, Chris Guilfoyle, Mary Coughlan, Nigel Mooney, Charlie Moon, Stella Bass, and The Johnny Taylor Trio. Barry also leads โPlaza Real,โ a group dedicated to playing the music of Weather Report. He has worked with international acts such as Nelson Veras, Greg Osby, Tal Cohen, John OโGallagher, Jamie Oehlers, Christian Li, Nils Wogram, Theo Bleckmann. He has an M.A. in Music from Hochschule Lucerne.
Shane OโDonovan is Dublin-based drummer and producer currently very active on the Dublin jazz scene. In addition to Michael Buckleyโs Ebb and Flow, Shane works with Hugh Buckleyโs Purple Dayz, OKO, Kit Downes and John Moriarty Quartet. He has also collaborated with international musicians such as Tim Berne, Greg Osby, Ernie Watts, Rick Margitza, Guy Barker, John Stowell, Greg Burke, and Jamie Oehlers and more. Shane is also involved in producing electronic music and has amassed a vast repertoire ranging from melodic ambient to abstract experimental beats and soundscapes. His drumming style is an amalgamation of classic jazz, and the complex electronic grooves associated with artists such as Autechre, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin and Venetian Snares.
Kildare Jazz Festival 2026 takes place from Friday 27-Sunday 29 March.
Kildare Jazz Festival is funded by The Arts Council and supported by RTร Supporting the Arts, Kildare County Council Arts Service and Riverbank Arts Centre.
