Niamh Regan at Bello Bar, Dublin on October 10th 2026

Despite having a song with the lyric “music doesn’t do it for you anymore”, you couldn’t have walked away from Friday night’s intimate gig with Galway’s Niamh Regan without the sense
that music is magic and it can be made simply and still reach the farthest parts of your soul.

On an early October’s Friday evening, there can be few better places to find yourself than a cosy basement set to be filled with beautiful music. The Bello Bar, which is a long room with a lowered level where artists play mere feet away from fans, hosted a sold out crowd and fans filled every space they could in anticipation of Niamh Regan’s return to Dublin.

But first, Seán Joyce quietened the chatter of the crowd with his crooning vocals and emotional lyrics reminding us that music doesn’t need to be complicated to be good. Stripping things back to the simplest form can be something very special indeed, and Joyce created the appetite for an evening filled with just that.

When Niamh Regan began her set, she immediately showed that her talent knows no bounds; performing like she was born with a guitar in her hand, making it seem so natural and second nature to her. She doesn’t rely on gimmicks and she doesn’t need to, her vocals are even better live than on record, with an added layer of emotion.

Joining Regan onstage is multi-instrumentalist Julian Boland, filling out her sonic world with oboe, clarinet, and bass. Her set dips across her discography, from new favourites like ‘Belly’ and ‘Record’ to classics like ‘Freeze Frame’ and ‘She’. Each song gives you a different feeling ranging from joy to sadness and everything in between, the audience was transfixed with a few people singing along under their breath not wanting to overtake her tender strains.

All in all, it was a gorgeous night that reminded us that a great concert doesn’t need bells and whistles, or even a proper stage, to be spellbinding. Stunning vocals and warm melodies is all that is needed, especially when it’s Niamh Regan in the spotlight.