‘Ladies in the Blues’ concert

‘Ladies in the Blues’ will perform at Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, on Friday and Saturday, March 3 and 4, at 8 p.m.

Ladies In the Blues is a live music theatre show charting the journey of pioneering women in the blues such as Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith & Maimie Smith who made early blues recordings.

The four Irish women of the blues – Flo Mc Sweeney, Clara Rose, Emma Nicolai and Jhil Quinn – are accompanied by a cracking live blues band featuring Ireland’s greatest exponents of the blues including Ed Deane and James Delaney.

For tickets or more information go to mermaidartscentre.ie.