Aindrias de Staic and the Latchikos at Edward J. Valentine's

What to Expect

Aindrias de Staic works across storytelling, music, comedy and spoken word, and this Longford date puts all four in the same set. He is joined by the Latchikos, a band whose repertoire pulls from Balkan, Roma, Irish and wider world music, which gives the night a very different sound from a standard trad session in a Main Street bar.

The show is loosely structured on purpose. Original songs sit beside long stories, there is a lot of humour in the delivery, and de Staic leaves considerable room for improvisation and for talking back to the room. Expect the running order to bend depending on how the night goes. It is billed as suitable for adults and older teenagers rather than a family show.

The gig is programmed as part of Samhain in the Heartlands, the Longford and Westmeath strand of the Ireland, Home of Halloween season, and it lands on the same Saturday as several other Samhain events around the county.

Good to Know

• Saturday 24 October 2026, 8:00 PM to 11:30 PM.
• Edward J. Valentine’s, 65 Main Street, Longford Town, N39 K5T8.
• Tickets through Ticket Tailor via the Longford Community Safety Partnership page. Price was still listed as to be confirmed at the time of writing.
• Presented by Longford Community Safety Partnership as part of the Home of Halloween programme.
• Suitable for adults and older teenagers.
• Aindrias de Staic on storytelling, music, comedy and spoken word, with the Latchikos on Balkan, Roma, Irish and world music.
• Late bar. Valentine’s runs live music and a late licence most weekends, so the room is set up for it.

Getting There

Edward J. Valentine’s is on Main Street in the centre of Longford town, a couple of minutes’ walk from the Market Square and the Ballymahon Street junction. Longford is on the N4 between Dublin and Sligo, and the town centre is signposted from both approaches.

Longford railway station is about a ten minute walk away on the Dublin Connolly to Sligo line, with late services limited on a Saturday, so check the last train before you travel. Bus Eireann and Local Link services stop in the town centre. Drivers will find pay and display parking on Main Street and free evening parking in the town car parks off Church Street and Dublin Street after 6:00 PM.