The Dubliner Pub

Pop Wagner
2026-01-08 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | The Dubliner Pub, 2162 University Avenue, St. Paul, 55114, United States
Pop has quite the reputation as a singer, picker, fiddler, lasso twirler, poet and downright funny guy.
He appeared quite frequently on Public Radio’s A Prairie Home Companion during the show’s formative years and for the last five decades he has worked his cowboy magic throughout 44 states and ten countries.
His cowboy anthems crackle with the warmth of a prairie campfire and his old time fiddle tunes set toes a-tappin’ while he serves up spellbinding rope tricks and tall stories — all with a good dose of friendly humor.

Irish Céilí Dancing
2026-01-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-17 19:00 - 21:00
Join in the fun every Wednesday with instructors Paul, Justin, and Alex, and live music.

The Dub Pub Quiz
2026-01-06 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-30 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-23 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-16 19:00 - 21:00
Hosted by Larry Raneri. Gift card prizes, merchandise giveaways. Drink promotions.

The Great Irish Sing-Along
2026-01-05 19:00 - 21:00
New! First Monday of every month.
Hosted by Justin O’Carrick.
Drink promotions available.
Instruments are acceptable, but we don’t want an orchestra!

Sunday Trad Session
2026-01-04 20:00 - 23:45, 2025-12-28 20:00 - 23:45, 2025-12-21 20:00 - 23:45, 2025-12-14 20:00 - 23:45
New Irish Trad Session, every Sunday at 8!

Tin Can Telephone
2026-01-04 17:00 - 19:00
“Songwriting ace Bill Giese is resurfacing with a new band, The Bill Giese Trio, featuring Michael Valentiner and Holle Brian, with some great old songs. You may remember Giese from “A Prairie Home Companion” back in his Stoney Lonesome days, or “Waitin’ out the Storm,” a song that Kate MacKenzie and Emmylou Harris recorded. A restless fella, he has a bad habit of changing bands before they can gain momentum, but his phrase-turning talent is well worth indulging.” -StarTribune

Irish Music Session
2026-01-02 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-26 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-19 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-12 18:00 - 20:00
Weekly trad session at the Dubliner.

Corpse Reviver
2026-01-01 17:00 - 19:00
Jillian Rae, Adam Kiesling, Mikkel Beckmen:
The world’s #1 (only?) musical tribute to Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music.

The Beatnik Brothers
2025-12-31 21:00 - 2026-01-01 00:30
Michael Goldberg (Native Sons, The Found, A Hard Days Night), Mike Fishel (Magic 70s Sunshine Band), Scott Weber (Revlover) and Rick Marquart (Revolver, A Hard Days Night) dig deep to deliver a live performance with character and soul. They share detailed stories of picturesque scenes through great hit songs from the past. Their great, new band is called The Beatnik Brothers and they keep the hits coming from the 50s 60s and 70s!
Michael Goldberg is an unsung hero of the mid-90s Minneapolis music scene. While flying under the radar for years, He has continued to record catchy and inspired alt/pop songs. In the 90s, Mike’s powerful song writing and unique tenor voice hooked the ear of legendary hit maker, Steven Greenberg (Funkytown) who signed him and bass player/singer Michael Waldman to October Records. Together they made a groundbreaking concept album; Native Sons – Lost in Time, produced by the famed John “Strawberry” Fields. (Jonas Brothers, Switchfoot, Miley Cyrus, etc.) Fields just recently said, “Mike has a wonderful pop sensibility and his songs are bursting with blissful melodies. Bravo!”
A while back, Michael set sail with up and coming producer, Jon “Dark Pony” Herchert (Mango Jam, Jonny Lang, Dark Pony). As Jonny was cutting his teeth in his new studio, the two started an experimental project called “Land of Totems”. The album was never released digitally, but Mike hand-made 33 cds and sent them off to Bruce Brodeen, owner of the power pop label, Not Lame Records. At the time, Bruce said “Mike’s songs will make you sit up straight and wonder if your ears are fooling you because the impact is so direct, immediate and in-focus.” All of mike’s cds sold out in one day.
The Beatnik Brothers are on a launch pad ready for take off as a creative musical force. Welcome to the here and now, as The Beatnik Brothers continue toward the peak of their creative output. This NEW band THE BEATNIK BROTHERS will bring the classic, great songs everyone knows to the front line!

Customer Appreciation Party!
2025-12-29 17:00 - 20:00
5-8pm: Free taco bar. $5 Guinness. $5 Jamos. $3.75 Hamm’s
Music by Tom Dahill & Ginny Johnson

Bedlam
2025-12-27 20:00 - 23:45
Bedlam is a band born out of the talent pool of the MN Renaissance Festival. Over the years, the band has had a diverse sound and many different members. Its recent incarnation is a folk band with a hippie attitude. Many familiar songs with a different slant along with some original material as well. As the name implies a stage with this group on it is not a very stable one and you never know who may show up and sit in on a set.

Merry Christmas!
2025-12-25 - 2025-12-26
We close at 6pm on Christmas Eve, and we’ll be closed on Christmas Day.
Happy Holidays!

Christmas Eve
2025-12-24 14:00 - 18:00

Debbie Briggs
2025-12-21 14:00 - 16:00
Debbie Briggs • AMERICANA MUSIC
Twin Cities vocalist, Debbie Briggs & guitarist, Tim Kirchhof are taking your requests and bringing a mix of Americana, Blues, Classic Country, and Jazz. Covering greats like Patsy Cline, Bonnie Rait, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, John Prine, and more. Their warm sound and timeless music is great to dance to, chill with a pint, or sing-along with your friends.
Join us! And hear what the buzz is about.

Katy Vernon
2025-12-18 17:00 - 19:00
Katy Vernon is a Minneapolis / St. Paul based singer songwriter. She grew up in London, England and moved to the United States in her early 20’s. In addition to her solo ukulele career, she has recorded several albums with the Katy Vernon Band. She sings the role of Agnetha in the successful ABBA Tribute band ABBASolutely Fab, and has just launched a new all original rock band called Favourite Girl. Variety in performance styles gives Katy and her audience the opportunity to engage in many different ways and Katy continues to grow and push herself as a musician and entertainer.

Hymn Tap Christmas Edition
2025-12-15 19:00 - 21:00
Special Christmas Edition!
Sing Hymns. Drink Beer. Make Friends. Monthly hymn-sing with the Fleshpots of Egypt at the Dubliner Pub. Hosted by LydiaPlace.
How Lutheran hymns would sound if the Reformation had begun in Appalachia.
“I’ve now been to two singalongs at breweries led by this remarkable band. What great fun! Excellent music. I can’t wait till they come back again.”
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Ray Barnard
2025-12-14 17:00 - 19:00
Review of Ray Barnard & The Reverberation’s album Tinted Windows To the Soul by Joe Robbie Luke – (The Roots & Funky Numbers):
At first I thought – Sweet, a converted blue-eyed souler proclaiming his authenticity. Wrong. Thankfully, Ray Bs got his own bag. Vocally, he’s drunk deep from the Bill Withers-Pops Staples well understated (and underrated). Song-wise, hes kinda Mayfield, kinda old Nashville, kinda Gamble & Huff, kinda his own deal. There s also this subtle sense of classic reggae percolating in the production. This gives it a much different slant than retro stars Sharon Jones, James Hunter, and Amy Winehouse. The clever use of horns and MPC loops adds cool neo-soul flourishes. My faves are: ‘Carolee’ and ‘Classified,’ a dense, funky, stonewall to a nosy ex-lover. I was intrigued by the protest song in reverse, Deportation Day, and loved the spooky, visceral Race with the Devil. Overall this CD is a shining jewel from out of left field.

Mac and Cheese
2025-12-13 20:00 - 23:45
Pete McCauley and Tim Cheesebrow are a duo from the Twin Cities, bringing old tunes to life and having a great time doing it.
Pete McCauley (vocals, mandolin, guitar): Pete has played in numerous bands over the years. A founding member and the original guitarist for the rock trio Eddie Mac, he spent a few years traveling the country, earned a record contract with SPV Records in Germany, and released two albums with the independent label Mud Hut Records. Pete also writes material for the Hounds of Finn. Pete met Tim a few years back and asked if they should learn some pub tunes and make some noise together…the rest, as they say, is history. Not the kind of history that would make it into any sort of book, but since it is in the past, it technically is…history.
Tim Cheesebrow (guitar, vocals, occasional mandolin and pennywhistle): Tim is primarily a singer/songwriter. He’ s got 6 or so albums under his belt, several tours and an extensive solo performance career. He’s always had a spot in his heart for traditional Irish and American folk songs, and jumped at a chance to play this music with Pete. He’s the founder of Discover Music, a non-profit that teaches kids to write songs as a healthy mode of self discovery and expression, and is the author of “Songwriting for Wellness: Using Music to Heal the Mind.”
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Lojo Russo and Friends
2025-12-12 21:00 - 2025-12-13 00:45
Lojo Russo lays down a free-spirited blend of Rhythm & Roots. Sometimes intense, sometimes outrageous, always original.

Jake La Botz
2025-12-11 17:00 - 19:00
Singer/songwriter Jake La Botz plays roots music that reflects his time performing in streets, bars, churches, and even tattoo parlors. You can also hear the various places La Botz has lived in his music — including his time in New Orleans, the Mississippi Delta, and his native Chicago where, as a young man, he found kinship with some of the last of the pre-war era bluesmen: David “Honeyboy” Edwards, “Homesick” James Williamson, and “Maxwell Street” Jimmy Davis. In 2017 and 2019 Jake released his studio albums Sunnyside and They’re Coming for Me on Hi-Style Records to critical acclaim. Produced by Jimmy Sutton, both albums won Independent Music Awards. Jake has toured extensively in the U.S. and Europe and has shared the stage with Ray Charles, Etta James, Dr. John, Mavis Staples, JD McPherson, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, Tony Joe White, Low Cut Connie and a host of other greats.
