A Country Night in Nashville

Dominic Halpin & The Hurricanes bring A Country Night in Nashville to the Sunderland Empire on Thursday 7 January 2027, with Shelly Quarmby joining them on vocals. It's a tribute show that takes the whole evening as a journey through the history of country music, built around the scene of a buzzing honky-tonk in downtown Nashville.

That Nashville setting is the thread that holds the set together, and the songs they pull from run across the genre's biggest stars, past and present. You'll hear the older standards alongside the more recent hits: Ring Of Fire, Crazy, Follow Your Arrow, It's Five O'Clock Somewhere, Need You Now, 9-5 and The Gambler are all on the list. The songs are performed by a cast of musicians, and the singers and backing band have earned praise from audiences who've seen them before.

The evening is framed by country's recent resurgence, which they trace back to artists like The Shires, Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum, and to the US TV show Nashville that introduced the sound to a huge new, younger audience. It's that mix of the old guard and the new that the show works through, so it should sit comfortably whether you've followed the genre for years or only know the names from the radio.

It starts at 7:30pm at the Sunderland Empire, and tickets are from £30.68.