Rising Waterford artist Tadhg Williams announces free hometown gig 

With a bumper tour of Ireland already underway, Waterford’s Tadhg Williams has announced one final show to round off ‘This Tour is a Nixer’ - a hometown show in a Waterford city institution, the back of Geoff’s Café Bar.

2024 saw Tadhg release his debut EP, sell out shows in Waterford and Dublin to celebrate, and earn support slots with the likes of Kingfishr and Hermitage Green.

2025 has continued that momentum, with support slots alongside The Coronas and Toucan, and an eight-date tour of Ireland, proving Williams as an artist on the rise.

“This is the biggest tour I’ve done. I feel like everything is going in the right direction and I’ve put this whole tour together myself with the help of friends and other artists I love and admire” Tadgh said.

“Obviously I’ve had a few shows in Waterford over the years but this one feels special. After seven years living in Dublin, I’ll be moving home to Waterford soon, and that kind of lines up with this show. 

"Also, the first song I ever released, ‘My Father’s Clouds’, is quite literally about being with friends out the back of Geoff’s. So having the chance to play that song in that space feels very poetic!” 

Upon release in late 2024, his debut EP ‘This Record is a Nixer’ was hailed as a showcase of Williams’ honest lyricism and tender portrayal of its challenging subject matter.

The title track, ‘Nixer’, noted Williams as “a luminary in the contemporary folk music landscape” by Pure M Magazine; while the history graduate’s wartime epic ‘Frank Edwards’ was noted by Hot Press Magazine as one of their Songs of the Year for 2024.

This was amongst airplay across Ireland and the UK, notably receiving support from the BBC, RTÉ, Today FM, and locally via WLRfm and Beat 102 103.

The free show at Geoff's takes place on Saturday July 5.