Various Verses Tours

04/08/2025

IRELAND? October 2025?? (Need to get out of Dodge (or Doge) for a while???)
If you need to give yourself something to look forward to, one of the tours that we are planning for later this year began as a partnership with Hallahan High School Alumni. My pal Eileen Lafferty approached us about doing this and we were delighted to plan something very special for one of my oldest friends but we're able to open about 15 spots for folks who'd like to join the tour.
It'll be the same type of tour that we do with the band, visiting Donegal, Westport, Lahinch and Dublin, there'll be music (my brother Damien Byrne will be joining me and we'll add more players if the numbers allow), day-trips, Simon Smyth, and all the usual c.r.a.i.c. Here's the details -
Travel dates: October 23 – November 1, 2025
The towns and hotels
1. Friday Oct 24th & Saturday Oct 25th: The Central Hotel, Donegal
2. Sunday Oct 26th & Monday Oct 27th: The Wyatt Hotel, Westport
3. Tuesday Oct 28th & Wednesday Oct 29th: Lahinch Coast, Lahinch
4. Thursday Oct 30th & Friday Oct 31st: Camden Court Hotel, Dublin
Land Cost:
Double Room (PP Sharing) = $2675 per person
Single Room = $3200
We've also secured a Group Air rate of $909 which will include a checked bag. Feel free to book your own flight and hang out longer!! Feel free to book a one-way ticket and hide out in Mayo till the heat blows over!
Day trips will include visits to the Slieve League Cliffs, The Walls of Derry City, Killary Fjord, The Aran Islands and many more. We'll take you off the beaten trail, we'll spend two nights everywhere we go and give you time to relax and breath some of the freshest air your lungs have ever tasted.
Shoot us an email at [email protected] and we'll send you an application and answer all of your questions.
www.VariousVerses.com
"It's your tour, but no one will take it more personally than us"

We specialize in deep dives into targeted areas of Ireland where we explore what makes those parts of the country special. We are not about zipping you all over the country in a few days to check all the boxes on a bucket list so that all you remember is getting up early and being on a bus. We want....

10/30/2024

I probably don't need to tell ya'll this but the only place you can buy my shirts is on www.johnbyrneband.com - anything else is a scam, and a smart one too because the scam posts don't actually show up in my own feed.

1. Special Place In Hell 2. All In All 3. Hard Living Lovers 4. Just Like You 5. Time Ain't Changed A Thing In This Town 6. Ghost Of A Chance 7. Hold That Against Me 8. Your Love Is All There Is 9. Easy To Get Stuck Here 10. As The Crow Flies

10/21/2024

Just a few more days before our show at World Cafe Live. It'll be a 7-piece band of absolute superstars including Andy Keenan, Freddie Rojo, Maura Dwyer, Rob Curto, Dave Cope and Mike Taylor. We'll be playing some new songs and maybe a protest song or two to get the blood flowing. You can get tickets here - https://worldcafelive.org/event/john-byrne-band/

Or you can save $5.65 per ticket by getting them from me...I have exactly 11 of my 75 consignment tickets remaining but there are plenty (too many) still available online. Message me if you want some or just venmo me at JOHN-BYRNE-MUSIC ($20 each) The other-worldly Dave Cope will open the show with a solo set before joining the band for the main set. This will be the last full band show for a bit and we'll be giving it all.
Join us Oct 26th 8pm at World Cafe Live,
Cheers.

VENUE INFO - PLEASE READ! This is a ticketed event. Everyone must have a ticket for entry. You must make a table reservation in addition to your ticket purchase to guarantee seating. Without a reservation, seating will be first-come, first-served if available. There is standing room by the bar area...

10/17/2024

If you want to know what we're all about, get it from some of the folks who've traveled with us.

See photos and testimonials from past Various Verses Tours here.

10/14/2024

Here's a little taste of the lineup for our World Cafe gig in less than two weeks!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFRmZesxTUw
It’ll be the full band of brothers and sister on stage at WWorld Cafe Liveon Oct 26th, FFreddie Rojo Taylor, AAndy Keenan MMaura Dwyer RRob Curtoand DDave Copeopening the night and joining us for a few!
I have about 20 consignment tickets left. Message me to get some...or get yours by going to https://worldcafelive.org/event/john-byrne-band/
The new album is coming along very well and we’ll be performing a bunch of it that night. It’ll be a brilliant one.
If you want consignment tickets you can venmo me at JOHN-BYRNE-MUSIC and let me know how many, they'll be waiting for you at our merch table...Tickets are $20 Photo by .kulperger

The John Byrne Band covers Thunderclap Newman's 1969 hit "Something in the Air" at Philadelphia's World Cafe Live

09/14/2024

I hadn’t planned on getting any more made but I had a few requests…so here they are. The shirt pictured below which says "Fly Eagles Fly" in Irish (Gaelic)...pronounced "etch-lig-ee, a yillar, etch-lig-ee"
Available here…
http://www.johnbyrneband.com/store2018.html

06/10/2024

Springfield, IL…! Love you. Such a great night, sold out show, standing O, couldn’t ask for a better place to start the tour, couldn’t ask for better folks..thank you all so much. On to beautiful Nebraska City today for a show at Whispering Pines..!

06/07/2024

Headed out to the Mid-West for some shows starting June 9th in Springfield, Illinois..!
JUNE 9th - 16th Solo MID WEST TOUR 2024 - DATES
If you happen to know a few folks around Cincinnati, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri or Nebraska, please feel free to send them my way..!
Sunday, June 9th, 7pm Springfield IL, ’s Italian Imports
3132 Cockrell Ln, Springfield, IL 62711 (SOLD OUT)
Monday, June 10th, 6.30pm Whispering Pines, Nebraska City NE 2018 6th Ave, Nebraska City
Tuesday, June 11th, 7pm Grand Island Liederkranz, Grand Island NE
Wednesday, June 12th, 7pm Prairie Creek Inn - just outside Lincoln NE (2400 S 148th St, Walton, NE 68461)
Thursday, June 13th, 7pm Whistle Stop Antiques Belton Belton, 315 Main Street, Belton, MO
Friday, June 14th, 7pm Macomb Arts Center 25 East Side Square, Macomb, IL 61455
Saturday, June 15th, 7pm
Irish Heritage Center of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH - TICKETS https://www.simpletix.com/.../the-john-byrne-band-tickets...
Sunday, June 16 Private Event somewhere deep in Ohio

Pic by Bren Holmes Music

05/28/2024

JUNE 9th - 16th Solo MID WEST TOUR 2024 - DATES
If you happen to know a few folks around Cincinnati, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri or Nebraska, please feel free to send them my way..!

Sunday, June 9th, 7pm Springfield IL, 's Italian Imports
3132 Cockrell Ln, Springfield, IL 62711
Monday, June 10th, 6.30pm Whispering Pines, Nebraska City NE 2018 6th Ave, Nebraska City
Tuesday, June 11th, 7pm Grand Island Liederkranz, Grand Island NE
Wednesday, June 12th, 7pm Prairie Creek Inn Lincoln NE (2400 S 148th St, Walton, NE 68461)
Thursday, June 13th, 7pm Whistle Stop Antiques Belton, 315 Main Street, Belton, MO
Friday, June 14th, 7pm Macomb Arts Center 25 East Side Square, Macomb, IL 61455
Saturday, June 15th, 7pm
Irish Heritage Center of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH - TICKETS https://www.simpletix.com/e/the-john-byrne-band-tickets-171269

Sunday, June 16 Private Event, Ohio

The John Byrne Band is led by Dublin native and Philadelphia-based John Byrne.Their debut album, After the Wake, was released to critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic in 2011.

04/26/2024

On the Rocky Road to Dublin today with a stop off at Glendalough…tonight we play at Kennedy’s, 30-32 Westland Row in Dublin with Home Brew Folk featuring my brother Damien Byrne along with Simon Bushby and Finbarr O'Connor…it’ll all start around 8:30.