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The Spirit Store = Music, Comedy, Gigs, Venue, Bar, Drink...
George's Quay, Dundalk, Co. Louth +353-42-9352697
JUNE 2013

Complementary shuttle service into town from 12.45am

Fri 21st June Luka Bloom
Doors 8pm - Tickets €20
Luka’s reputation as one of Irelands leading performing and recording artists is not hindered by his stunning new release. His first release of new material since ‘Eleven Songs’ (2009) carries on the high standard to which Bloom fans worldwide are accustomed. Bloom is at the top of his game with ‘THIS NEW MORNING’.He has a catalog of quality recordings that would make any budding songwriter aspire to. The combination of his melodic thought provoking material, along with his incredible skill in reading and connecting with his audience on classics such as 'The City of Chicago' and 'You couldn't have come a better time...' makes this praise worthy.
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Fri 21st Backroom Bashment DJ's
Downstairs - FREE

BACKROOM BASHMENT in'a D area!... Sounds for your Spring vibrations!!! Righteous Reggae...Heavy Hip-Hop + Dirty Dubstep brought to you by resident DJ B. Augustus + special guests! 3rd Friday of every month.
Sat 22nd June Whole Lotta Voltage
Doors 8pm - Tickets €10
Following their brilliant debut Spirit Store performance in January,Whole Lotta Voltage return for another show . “We believe that a true AC/DC Tribute should be as close to the look, sound and energy as the real thing.Whole Lotta Voltage makes the audience feel that they are watching the kings of hard rock live at the peak of their powers in 1979 with their notorious wild style”.
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Sun 23rd June Desert Hearts + guests
Doors 8pm - Tickets €10

As a band they've released two albums across a career which seems to place quality ahead of quantity. These albums came out on Rough Trade off-shoot Tug Boat Records (Let's Get Worse) and Glasgow / Belfast indies Gargleblast and No Dancing (Hotsy Totsy Nagasaki). The eagerly anticipated 3rd album ‘Enturbulation = No Challenge‘ is released May 27th onsale.
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Sun 23rd June Traditional Session
Downstairs FREE 6-9pm

Based around the core group of Philip Hickey (Accordian), Pat Dunne (Banjo) and Tommy Derby (Acoustic and vocals) this weekly get together of folk and traditional musicians is a wonderful way to spend your early Sunday evenings.
Wed 26th June Morgan OKane + guests
Doors 8pm - Tickets €12.50

Deeply steeped in old traditions, O'Kane treats the banjo differently than you've heard it before and brings a punk sensibility to his music. Add in Zeke Healy on dobro, ( who sounds like a mix of Ravi Shankar and Jerry Douglas), Ferd Moyse on fiddle (Hackensaw Boys) and Liam Crill on spoons and the sound is vibrant, fresh, mesmerizing and joyful. The result is an irresistibly compelling performance.
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Fri 28th June The Rubberbandits + Guests The Trampz + MojoGoGo
Doors 8pm - Tickets €18

With filming just wrapped on their first full length tv show for Channel 4, the Rubberbandits head into Summer 2013 with a bag on their faces and a song in their hearts. A series of appearances at the best uk festivals, an almost sold out 12 night run at the Edinburgh Fringe and the release of their Irish chart topping album Serious about Men worldwide mean that Mr. Chrome and Blindboy Boat Club have lots to look forward to.Coming off the back of new single “Black Man”,cult hit “Spastic Hawk” and “I Wanna Fight Your Father” ”, the Limerick duo launched their debut album late last year.
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Sat 29th June Finnian Kelleher, Mark Durnin,Sean Bradley €7 admission
Three emerging local songwriters and special guests “In The Round” playing their songs with new arrangements and a few surprises. Mark has not played here for some time but Sean and Finnian are no strangers to the Spirit Store stage.
Sun 30th June Grainne Duffy and Band + guests The Stonecold Hobo
Doors 8pm - Tickets €10

‘In a world of chic rockers Duffy is the real deal’-Henry Yates,Classic Rock Magazine. 'the spiritual heir to Rory Gallagher, an Irish blues singer of real integrity'Sunday Times Grainne is a unique talent,raw and powerful, edgy and elegant. Growing up in Co. Monaghanshe gained exposure at an early age to such defining influential artists as The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac and The Pretenders by raiding her elder sisters’record collection and very soon was developing her own musical tastes.
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Sun 30th June Traditional Session
Downstairs FREE 6-9pm

Based around the core group of Philip Hickey (Accordian), Pat Dunne (Banjo) and Tommy Derby (Acoustic and vocals) this weekly get together of folk and traditional musicians is a wonderful way to spend your early Sunday evenings.
JULY 2013

Thu 4th July Craic Haus
Doors 8pm - Tickets €10

As the only pioneers of SHAMROCKABILLY, CRAiC HAUS hails from California, but brings a heavy dose of the Emerald Isle to their aggressive rockabilly sound. Jake Burns of Stiff Little Fingers calls their SHAMROCKABILLY “FANTASTIC”. This high energy, tight trio has raised roofs and brought great cheer to pubs and clubs all over.Having shared the stage with other great acts like: -X-, the Bay City Rollers, the METEORS, DEVIL'S BRIGADE, VOODOO GLOW SKULLS, the CHOP TOPS, the ROCKETZ and a slew of touring Rockabilly/Psychobilly band, Craic Haus make their debut here for a 4th July party.
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Fri 5th July Fire In Cairo ( A Tribute To The Cure)
Doors 8pm - Tickets €10

Out of all the bands that emerged in the immediate aftermath of punk rock in the late '70s, the Cure was one of the most enduring and popular. Finally 5 Cure fans have thought to give Irish Cure fans the chance to to don the eyeliner, brush of the mascara and relive the 80's!! The band covers all classic Cure songs from the debut release 3 Imaginary Boys, through the hairspray and glitter of the 80's era and right up to the bands position of 90's alternative pop darlings.
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Sun 7th July John Spillane + Guests
Doors 8pm - Tickets €13.50
JOHN SPILLANE is a musician, songwriter, performer, recording artist, storyteller, poet, dreamer – a canvass filled with color and brilliance. His music transports the listener; his live performance captivates the audience. In a world filled with strife and upheaval, a time-out with John Spillane is enough to ease the load a bit on anyone lucky enough to bask in his light. The man and his music are pure magic.
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Sat 20th July Jason Byrne
Doors 8pm - Tickets €20

After being cooped up in the BBC writing and recording his sitcom ‘Father Figure for the past few months Jason Byrne is bursting for a chat. He comes to The Spirit Store in Dundalk to do what he does best. Stand on stage and open his mouth. Then after an hour or so he’ll close it again leaving behind a roomful of deliriously happy punters who have just witnessed ‘The Outright King of Live Comedy’ The Times, deliver an hour of comedy ‘So Good It Hurts’ The Metro.
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Fri 26th July Raglans + The Hot Sprockets + 2Minutes2Midnight Doors 8pm - Tickets €10
Raglans are set to release their highly anticipated single 'NATIVES' on Friday 28 June 2013. 'NATIVE'S' is the follow up to Raglans' highly successful “Long Live” EP and is released through Faction Records, was produced by Kieran Lynch, (Elvis Costello, U2, Declan O Rourke) and mixed by Rob Kirwan (Depeche Mode, U2, The Horrors).
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Sat 27th July The Medicine Show On The Road with Phil Lee The Mighty King Of Love
Downstairs 8pm - FREE

Before he settled in to becoming one of the best songwriters in captivity Phil Lee spent a couple of decades playing drums, driving trucks, dumping motorcycles, hauling equipment and of cource stealing hearts. Ably supported by Hamish Roberts on slide and acoustic guitar, this duo played here 2 years ago and brought the house down.
AUG 2013
Sat 3rd August Duke Special
Doors 8pm - Tickets €16

You’ll know Duke Special, of course, from catchy, radio-friendly songs such as Freewheel and Last Night I Nearly Died. (For the record, Freewheel was recently nominated the second best Northern Irish song of all time at Radio Ulster’s Great Northern Songbook). You’ll know him also, from his Choice Music Prize nominations (2005’s Adventures in Gramophone, 2006’s Songs From The Deep Forest) and his three Meteor Music Award nominations.
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SEPT 2013
Tues 24th September The Magic Numbers Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
The band will play in the intimate surroundings of some of most beautiful theatres, churches and live music venues across the UK and Ireland.Alongside all the old favourites, the band will be premiering new material from their forthcoming fourth album and connecting with the audience through question-and-answer sessions. Breaking away from the usual venues and big cities allows the band to reach out to a new audience.
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Remaining tickets from the Spirit Store
OCT 2013
Mon 28th October Therapy?
Doors 8pm - Tickets €22.50

The band's story stretches back to 1989, when vocalist/guitarist Andy Cairns, bassist Michael McKeegan and drummer Fyfe Ewing - three young men in thrall to Captain Beefheart, The Stooges, Killing Joke, Motorhead, Detroit techno and the most scarifying, scabrous loathe songs oozing from the American noise rock underground - first set to forging their own none-more-bleak tales of alienation, desolation and dislocation in small town Ulster rehearsal rooms.
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Tickets can also be purchased at the bar in The Spirit Store (042-9352697 for Credit Card booking from 2pm to 10pm), and McAteers Food House, 15 Clanbrassil St, Dundalk.

All events are over 18 (ID required) unless otherwise indicated.
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