Garth Brooks at Croke Park FAQs: Tickets, transport, stage times - all you need to know
Garth Brooks on stage at Croke Park, Dublin. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin
Garth Brooks comes to the end of his five stadium shows in Croke Park, Dublin, on Friday and Saturday, with close to 400,000 people having expected to see the country superstar.
Event organisers are keen to stress the importance of checking your tickets in advance of the concert to ensure you travel on the correct date, and you have them sorted on your phone.
They have also stressed the importance of making sure your phone is charged, as this will be your method of gaining entry to the concert.
Screenshots or printouts of digital tickets will not be accepted, and they have advised all gig goers to ensure they download their tickets from your Ticketmaster account to your iPhone wallet / Google Pay wallet in advance of show day as network coverage may not be available at the venue. Patrons are also asked to ensure the brightness on their phone is set at maximum as they enter the scanning area.
Organisers say Garth Brooks taking to the stage at around 7.30pm. There is no support act and gates will open at 5pm.
The exact length of the show can vary but it's usually in excess of two hours. The finishing time of the opening shows was soon after 10pm. The curfew for the venue is 10.30pm.
‘All the hits’ is probably an accurate prediction. Brooks likes to vary the set slightly, but favourites such as If Tomorrow Never Comes, Friends In Low Places and The Dance are almost guaranteed. Time-permitting, Brooks also likes an encore much longer than the standard two or three songs. Interesting cover-versions sprinkled through his recent gigs have included Shallow by Lady Gaga, Make You Feel My Love by Bob Dylan, and American Pie by Don McLean.
Friday and Saturday night looks dry for Dublin, but be warned it'll be much chillier than last week's gigs. Met Éireann forcecasts lowest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees
There is little or no parking close to the venue, so public transport could be your best option.
If you plan on travelling to Dublin from Cork or Limerick by train, and have yet to book your ticket, be quick as a number of trains on the days of the Brooks concerts are already sold out.
An adult train ticket from Cork Kent to Dublin Heuston before showtime on Friday will cost you between €30.99 and €45.49. The last train home is 9pm, so too early to return home on the same night.
Croke Park is roughly a 25-minute walk from O'Connell Street, or a 20-minute walk from Connolly Station.
If you’re landing at Heuston Station, your best option will be to hop on the LUAS red line from Heuston to Connolly Station (get off at the Busáras stop). This will take around 15 – 20 minutes.
The stadium is a similar walking distance from both Parnell and Marlborough LUAS stops on the Green line. The closest DART stop is Connolly Station.
A large number of Dublin bus routes will bring you within walking distance of the stadium also.
There is a dedicated section on the Transport for Ireland website which provides public transport details for the shows here.
No. Inflatable and folding chairs are not permitted.
No. Bags larger than A4 will not be permitted into the venue.
Any large lens professional cameras or any form of video recorder will not be admitted.
Children under the age of 14 are not permitted on the pitch standing areas. Children under the age of five are not permitted in the concert venue at all, and anyone under 16 must be accompanied by an adult at all times during the show.
