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Thu
17th Machine
Gun Baby + guests Kodakid
€7
The boys eschew the lo-fi aesthetic for a
louder, clearer sound – It's more Foo Fighters
meet Kings of Leon on E Street; and yes –
the relatively local influence of U2 comes
through too. It's pop, it's soul, but more
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Fri
18th Goitse
Tickets €10
Goitse is a flourishing, highly talented five
piece band fast making a name for themselves
as one of the most sought after bands amongst
connoisseurs of Irish traditional music. Their
fast paced energitic playing has seen them
enjoying a growing fan base through show stopping
performances in Ireland, America, Finland,
Denmark and even Africa.
Buy Tickets Online>>
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Fri
18th Backroom Bashment. Downstairs FREE
BACKROOM BASHMENT in'a D area!..Sounds for
your Autumn vibrations!!! Righteous Reggae...Heavy
Hip-Hop + Dirty Dubstep brought to you by
resident DJ B. Augustus + special guests!
3rd Friday of every month. |
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Sat
19th
Green Floyd (Pink Floyd Tribute) Tickets
€10
The Store have never done a Pink Floyd Tribute....until
now. Hear Comfortably Numb, Money, Another
Brick In The Wall, Wish You Were Here and
many many more Waters and Gilmore classic
Floyd songs from a hugely talented group of
experienced musicians.
Buy Tickets Online>>
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Sun
20th Mark
Geary (Full Band Show - With Graham Hopkins
(drums), Colm Quearney (bass, guitar), Grainne
Hunt (backing vocals) + guest Nicole Maguire
Tickets €10
Mark’s album 33 1/3 Grand Street, grabbed
the attention of new fans in the U.S. and
abroad. Mark’s next album, Ghosts, brought
him critical acclaim on both sides of the
Atlantic and was voted 2005's Album of the
Year by the Irish Voice. 2008's Opium continued
the trend of showcasing Mark’s considerable
talents. Mark is touring his new album 'Songs
About Love, Songs About Leaving' which is
released on 8th June.
Buy Tickets Online>>
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Sun
20th Traditional
Session Downstairs FREE 6-9pm
Based around the core group of Philip Hickey
(Accordian), Fiona Flynn (Concertina) and
Pat Dunne (Banjo) this weekly get together
of folk and traditional musicians is a wonderful
way to spend your early Sunday evenings. |
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Tues
22nd Trad Session Downstairs with DKIT Group
+ guests 9pm FREE
DkIT students and lecturers and local musicians
come together to play the music they love
in a live setting. Mandolins, guitars, harp,
flute, accordians, bodhrans, fiddles galore. |
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Wed
23rd Beta Movement Film Club. Doors 7.30pm,
Screening 8pm. €5
The Beta Movement presents “We Need To
Talk About Kevin”. Film trailer and membership
info at
www.beta-movement.com. |
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Thu
24th Mark
Black And The Trips + guests Red
Queen Contest + The
Idle Revival €6
Featuring amplified 12 string acoustic guitars,
lap steel, didjireedoo, driving roots rhythms
and grooves; Mark Black and the Trips are
one of the hottest and most dynamic live acts
around. Mark Black is no stranger to the live
circuit and has toured with the likes of Alabama
3, Paddy Casey, Mundy, Hot House Flowers,
Jerry Fish & the MudBug Club. |
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Fri
25th The Flaws
+ guests Take
The Money And Run + Dave
Keenan €10 / €7 Students
The band have been away writing a batch of
new songs. The first fruit of that process
is Million Miles which is released on iTunes
on May 25th. All the hallmarks of the band's
sound are there, the soaring harmonies, Colin
Berrill's relentless drum attack and the sumptuous
melodic interplay between Paul Finn and Shane
Malone's guitars. |
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Sat
26th Permanent
Deja Vu + guests Mighty
Tempest + C ONeill and Co €8 / €6 Students
The band’s second album ‘Palace in Flames’
is currently awaiting summer release. The
new album brings the band’s light/dark aesthetic
to new heights combining intimate, evocative
torch songs with unadorned rockers of stirring
passion. They will be releasing the first
single from the album 'Dark Heat, Dark Love'
for this show. |
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Sun
27th Traditional
Session Downstairs FREE 6-9pm
Based around the core group of Philip Hickey
(Accordian), Fiona Flynn (Concertina) and
Pat Dunne (Banjo) this weekly get together
of folk and traditional musicians is a wonderful
way to spend your early Sunday evenings. |
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Tues
29th Trad Session Downstairs with DKIT Group
+ guests 9pm FREE
DkIT students and lecturers and local musicians
come together to play the music they love
in a live setting. Mandolins, guitars, harp,
flute, accordians, bodhrans, fiddles galore. |
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Wed
30th Elsa
Jean McTaggart + guests Downstairs FREE
Elsa is an accomplished Scottish singer song
writer. She plays guitar and also writes and
performs tunes for the fiddle and whistle
and has frequently been likened vocally to
Eva Cassedy, Joni Mitchel and Joan Baez. |
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Thu
31st May The
Trends + We Are Strangers + Dave
Keenan €8
Fashioned together by three childhood friends
with diverse musical interests that have been
infused to create original swaggering chants
and flamboyant pop-rock anthems. The Trends
are fronted by a uniquely defined voice, and
describe their music as powerful charismatic
pop-rock to scream, shout and dance to. |
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| JUNE
2012 |
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Fri
1st June The
Curtain Thieves + guests €7 / €5 Students
This gig will be the first in their series
of summer gigs to promote their new single
Animal but will also be the debut show of
a few new tracks the band have been working
on. This gig is like a homecoming for The
Thieves - and they intend to celebrate as
if it was! |
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Fri
1st Rastachaun Presents. Downstairs FREE
Dundalk based Drum and bass outfit Rastachaun
explore all thinks breakbeat downstairs once
a month. An excellent mix of breakbeat, dubstep,
hip-hop and funk. Rastachaun residents : Covert,
Skinny, Skelly, Rabhadh. |
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Sat
2nd June 'Spirit Stock 2' - 4pm until
close
The return of the all-day DJ festival sees
the 'Band of DJs' take over for the Saturday
Bank Holiday. We will have 15 DJs performing
on 3 different stages playing all kinds of
'themed sets' all day long. An extra bar will
also be in operation throughout the day plus
tasty BBQ grub will be available. Admission
for all-day entry is €2 - All proceeds go
to Down Syndrome Ireland (Louth/Meath branch)
- Full details on the Facebook event page. |
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Sun
3rd June Eamonn
McCormack + Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy
/ Motorhead) Tickets €15
Eamonn is touring “Heal My Faith” His last
release “Kindred Spirits” went gold and featured
the late great Rory Gallagher, Jan Akkerman
and Keith Donald and this tour will be highlighted
by guest guitarist Brian “Robbo” Robertson
(Thin Lizzy, Motörhead) who is riding high
on the success of his long awaited debut solo
album “Diamonds & Dirt”
Buy Tickets Online>>
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Sun
3rd Traditional
Session Downstairs FREE 6-9pm
Based around the core group of Philip Hickey
(Accordian), Fiona Flynn (Concertina) and
Pat Dunne (Banjo) this weekly get together
of folk and traditional musicians is a wonderful
way to spend your early Sunday evenings. |
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Tues
5th Trad
Session Downstairs with DKIT Group + guests
9pm FREE
DkIT students and lecturers and local musicians
come together to play the music they love
in a live setting. Mandolins, guitars, harp,
flute, accordians, bodhrans, fiddles galore. |
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Thu
7th Gavin
Glass And The Tourettes + guests Finnian
Kelleher + Sean Bradley Tickets €8
A full time member of Lisa Hannigans band,
Gavin will be joined by Lisa and Damien Rices
bandmates Tom Osander and Shane Fitzsimons
and by Clive Barnes on slide guitar. Gavin
will be touring his new album “Sunday Songs”.
Buy Tickets Online>>
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Spirit Store Presents
@ Crowne Plaza Hotel Dundalk
Friday 8th June
Duke
Special
With Phil Wilkinson (drums), and Mark Edwards
(Hammond).
Tickets €20 from www.spiritstore.ie/tickets.php
and Spirit Store Phone 042 9352697.
Tickets also available from Crowne Plaza
042 9394900
Buy Tickets Online>>
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Fri
8th Mod, Ska, Motown & Northern Soul. Downstairs
Free
Courtesy of Andiamo
Scooter Club. At 8.30pm on the second
Friday of each month.All welcome! |
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Sat
9th June AC/DC / Foo Fighters Tribute Tickets
€10
After an extremely successful run of shows
in 2011 throughout the country, Foo Fighters
tribute "IN YOUR HONOR" and AC/DC tribute
"FLICK OF THE SWITCH" return to Dundalk to
join forces again to bring you their high
energy rock and roll show .Anyone who made
it to the last 2 sold out shows will vouch
for the quality on offer.
Buy Tickets Online>>
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Sun
10th Traditional
Session Downstairs FREE 6-9pm
Based around the core group of Philip Hickey
(Accordian), Fiona Flynn (Concertina) and
Pat Dunne (Banjo) this weekly get together
of folk and traditional musicians is a wonderful
way to spend your early Sunday evenings. |
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Tues
12th Trad Session Downstairs with DKIT Group
+ guests 9pm FREE
DkIT students and lecturers and local musicians
come together to play the music they love
in a live setting. Mandolins, guitars, harp,
flute, accordians, bodhrans, fiddles galore. |
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Fri
15th Backroom Bashment. Downstairs FREE
BACKROOM BASHMENT in'a D area!..Sounds for
your Autumn vibrations!!! Righteous Reggae...Heavy
Hip-Hop + Dirty Dubstep brought to you by
resident DJ B. Augustus + special guests!
3rd Friday of every month. |
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Sun
17th Traditional
Session Downstairs FREE 6-9pm
Based around the core group of Philip Hickey
(Accordian), Fiona Flynn (Concertina) and
Pat Dunne (Banjo) this weekly get together
of folk and traditional musicians is a wonderful
way to spend your early Sunday evenings. |
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Tues
19th Trad Session Downstairs with DKIT Group
+ guests 9pm FREE
DkIT students and lecturers and local musicians
come together to play the music they love
in a live setting. Mandolins, guitars, harp,
flute, accordians, bodhrans, fiddles galore. |
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Wed
20th Beta Movement Film Club. Doors 7.30pm,
Screening 8pm. €5
The Beta Movement presents TBC . Film trailer
and membership info at www.beta-movement.com. |
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Thu
21st Gareth
Woods + guests €8
The second album for Chicago/Ireland, native
Gareth Woods, “Made of Love” is the result
of the singers growth as both an artist and
a man. It is as much a collection of memories,
hopes and dreams as it is songs, and a showcase
for Woods' brilliantly clear voice and love
of life and fatherhood. |
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Fri
22nd June Mary
Coughlan Tickets €16
“The Whole Affair- The Very Best Of Mary Coughlan
“ is released Fri 1st June and Mary embarks
on a nationwide tour to promote what will
no doubt be a fantastic record. Marys songs
remain a testament to her seemingly timeless
and endless talent. Her smoky, bluesy, boozy
drawl has always been a seduction, no matter
what the subject.
Buy Tickets Online>>
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Sun
24th Traditional
Session Downstairs FREE 6-9pm
Based around the core group of Philip Hickey
(Accordian), Fiona Flynn (Concertina) and
Pat Dunne (Banjo) this weekly get together
of folk and traditional musicians is a wonderful
way to spend your early Sunday evenings. |
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Thu 28th June Martin
Hayes And Dennis Cahill Tickets €18
Martin is regarded as one of the most extraordinary
talents to emerge in the world of Irish
traditional music. His unique sound and
his mastery of the violin combine to create
an astonishing and formidable artistic intelligence.
Dennis Cahill is a master guitarist.His
spare, essential accompaniment to Martin
Hayes’ fiddle is acknowledged as a major
breakthrough for guitar in the Irish tradition.
Buy Tickets Online>>
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Fri
29th Kevin
McAleer + MC Steve Cummins Tickets €17.50
Kevin McAleer came to prominence on the RTE
television show Nighthawks which began broadcasting
in the late 1980s. McAleer became known for
his three minute sketches of surreal rustic
tales told in his slow County Tyrone drawl.
One critic said that McAleer "put the dead
back into deadpan"
Buy Tickets Online>>
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2012 |
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Sun
1st Traditional
Session Downstairs FREE 6-9pm
Based around the core group of Philip Hickey
(Accordian), Fiona Flynn (Concertina) and
Pat Dunne (Banjo) this weekly get together
of folk and traditional musicians is a wonderful
way to spend your early Sunday evenings. |
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Fri
6th The
Lost Brothers Tickets €10
The Lost Brothers have a melting pot of influences
with touches of country, doo wop, golden era
rock ‘n’ roll dark folk tales that echo John
Steinbeck and tales of love gone wrong, while
at the same time it’s all sprinkled with that
magic Lost Brothers dust that makes it all
sound just like them. You'd be forgiven for
thinking the Losties were a folk duo.
Buy Tickets Online>>
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Sat
7th The
Roadhouse Doors Tickets €10
Including the Big hitting songs such as Roadhouse
Blues, Riders On The Storm, Light My Fire,
The End, Peace Frog, When The Music's Over,
Break On Through, Love Me Two Times and more.
To recreate the whole 1960's feel, the band
have also assembled some pre-show nostalgic
audio montages from 1960's LA scene.
Buy Tickets Online>>
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Fri
8th June Jameire
(Bob Marley Tribute) + Special Guests Rastachaun
Djs €8 / €5
Students Jaméire are a 5 piece Reggae band
hailing from Louth, Meath and Mozambique.
True to the original Jamaican reggae style,
Jaméire are bringing Bob Marley's message
of love,freedom and hope to these uncertain
times. Playing all the wailers classics and
more, We are delighted that Reggae/Dubstep
collective Rastachaun are also on board. |
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