Mary Coughlan is one of Ireland’s greatest ever jazz and blues artists, and is often spoken about in the same breath as singers like Peggy Lee and Billie Holiday.

A prolific artist by anyone’s standards, Coughlan is celebrating 40 years in music this year with a nationwide tour and new music to be released throughout 2024 – the first of which is ‘More Like Brigid’, an homage to the original Goddess of Imbolc herself, Brigid of Kildare. Mary Coughlan is one of our greatest singers because over 40 years she has made the most grown-up, uncompromising, wholly personal yet utterly universal music on either side of the Atlantic about what goes on between men and women.

It's hard to believe that four decades have passed since Coughlan went into the studio to record her debut album, Tired and Emotional.

As part of her celebration of four decades in music, Coughlan has already announced multiple dates across Ireland for 2024, including shows at the Theatre Royal in Waterford, the Spiegeltent in Wexford, The Mac Theatre in Belfast, the 3Olympia Theatre in Dublin and of course, The George Bernard Shaw Theatre at VISUAL Carlow.

Tickets can be purchased online, in person or over the phone at Box Office. Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. Wheelchair users and any group over 8 persons should book tickets directly through Box Office. Further Terms and Conditions can be found at visualcarlow.ie/visit/booking-information.