Smoke and Sizzle BBQ Nights at the Keadeen Hotel

What to Expect

The Keadeen Hotel in Newbridge runs its Smoke and Sizzle summer garden party series on Thursday evenings in August, with dates on 13 and 20 August 2026. Arrivals are from 7pm and the evening runs to around 10pm.

The format is a shared BBQ on the hotel lawns with live music and entertainment, which the hotel describes as a garden party rather than a sit-down dinner service. In practice that means long tables, food coming out in rounds and a set from live musicians, with a DJ and saxophone featuring in the series billing. It is €45 per person. This is an over 18s event, so it is a night out rather than a family evening. Booking runs through the hotel’s sales office rather than an online ticket platform: a non-refundable deposit of €20 per person secures the place, with the balance due a month before the date. Because these are the last scheduled nights of the summer series, spaces tend to go before the day.

Good to Know

• Dates: Thursday 13 August and Thursday 20 August 2026, arrivals from 7pm
• Venue: The Keadeen Hotel, Ballymany, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, W12 T925
• Price: €45 per person
• Strictly over 18s
• Shared BBQ with live music and entertainment on the hotel lawns
• Booking through the hotel sales office: 045 444 128 or sales@keadeenhotel.ie
• A non-refundable deposit of €20 per person is required, balance due one month before
• This is one listing for the whole Thursday series, not a single night

Getting There

The Keadeen Hotel is at Ballymany on the Curragh side of Newbridge, just off the M7. Coming from Dublin or Limerick, leave the motorway at junction 12 for Newbridge and follow signs for the town and the hotel; there is parking on site. Newbridge railway station is on the Dublin Heuston to Kildare, Cork and Limerick line and is about 2km from the hotel, a short taxi ride. Given the drinks side of the evening, a taxi or a designated driver is the sensible plan; local taxi services cover Newbridge, Kildare town and Naas.