Music & Soirées
The Blue Room
Step inside the candlelit Blue Room, a plush sanctuary where the boundary between artist and listener dissolves entirely. Here, music is not background noise—it is an intimate dialogue shared over decadent cocktails and antique artefacts.
Our line-ups are unpredictable and deeply rooted in local folklore and global internationalists. We’ve hosted top-of-the-line performers like The Royston Club and Tom Makem, while nurturing smaller bands through the signature McKowski Café.
30 exclusive seats—no more
Upcoming Performers
An unforgettable night of interpretive rock, jazz, and blues, with performances from Kyron Bourke and Michael Mormecha.
Derry-based songwriter Roe is a self-confessed emotional car crash with free will and an impulse to write.
Belfast's own Arborist (Mark McCambridge) launches his stark, self-produced fourth album with a live performance of these hushed, late-night songs of love and loss, a rare chance to hear the intimate, close-mic'd atmosphere that's drawn comparisons to Leonard Cohen and collaborations with Kim Deal and Matthew E White's Spacebomb band.
Mark McCausland (McKowski) of The Lost Brothers, alongside David Murphy and Laura McFadden, performs the soundtrack to feature film The Spin live for the first time, in the candlelit intimacy of McKowski Cafe at the Harrison Hotel's speakeasy bar.
Past Performances
Award-winning singer-songwriter Ciaran Lavery, with over 170 million streams and performances at Glastonbury and SXSW, brings his acclaimed solo show to the intimate setting of McKowski Cafe.
Individually, they are each accomplished artists in their own right. Together, they are DEAD GOAT, a northern Irish super-group made up of renowned songwriters, multi-instrumentalists, producers, singers, and long-standing friends.
Electronic experimentalist Chubby Cat propels alt Irish artistry to the forefront of music.
Portland-based singer-songwriter M. Ward, whose music seems to occupy a place that is uniquely “out of time,” bridges the gaps between the roots of various American musical traditions of folk, country, blues, and rock.
Music from the movie, The Spin, played by the people who recorded the soundtrack, Mark McCausland (McKowski), David Murphy, Laura McFadden & friends.
One of the jazz world’s most compelling new voices and DownBeat’s latest #1 Rising Star Sarah Hanahan (US).
Irish musician Ursula Burns has developed a hybrid style of harping that incorporates elements of Paraguayan and Celtic techniques, with a focus on self-expression. On stage, the harp underpins Ursula’s one-woman shows; for composition, she also works with piano.
Celebrate the music of Arty McGlynn, which spans from traditional irish music, to blues and jazz.
Celebrate the sound of Macalla in this intimate taster show at the Blue Room in the Harrison Chambers of Distinction ahead of their headline concert at the Belfast City Hall Gig Rig as part of the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann.
Uilleann piper and flautist, Rónán Poots, and cellist, Neil Óg Martin, offer a unique performance of Irish traditional music.
You are invited to spend an evening with David and Sarah, 30 seats max - this is a show for the die-hard supporters.