The Old Dubliner - Irish Pub

The Old Dubliner - Irish Pub is a 120-person concert bar in Hamburg-Harburg’s Lämmertwiete. Its defining feature is a folk-focused programme: the German Music Information Centre records about 85 Irish-folk concerts each year, a striking rhythm for a pub-scale room. Live sets share the evening with the house’s Irish-pub service of Guinness, cider, beer and Irish and Scottish whisk(e)y, creating a close, social setting for shows.

A second opening, then a long handover

Noel and Mercedes Redmond opened The Old Dubliner in 1997 as a sibling to their Lüneburg pub. Kirsten Czeskleba-Huuck moved into management after the venue’s early years, while Christina Lürken also arrived through the Lüneburg-Harburg connection. In November 2007, the pair took over and marked the change with what local cultural coverage called a second opening; they remain the venue’s artistic and business leadership. That handover supplies the central thread in the pub’s story: a small music room whose current operators learned the trade inside the original operation. Its 25th-anniversary weekend in December 2022 captured the format clearly, pairing Mikel OneTwo’s rockabilly and rock’n’roll set with the Fiesen Friesen’s originals and covers on the following night.

Late sets in a tight pub room

Friday and Saturday are the core live nights. The venue welcomes bands, solo artists and duos able to play three 45-minute sets, usually from 21:30 until 00:30; artists receive a fixed fee plus a hat collection, and the house provides basic stage equipment. Irish folk anchors the identity, while current bills also include blues, rock and pop. A musicians’ directory measured the stage at 6 by 2.5 metres in 2009; paired with the listed 120-person capacity, that scale points to close sightlines, direct sound and a bar-led concert experience.