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Fri 3rd
Third Smoke +
guests Four Kicks
+ Soviet Flares €6 Local favourites Third Smokes first
headline show here, a band with strong song structures
and harmonies and building a nice following along the
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Fri 3rd
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 4th
Evil Presidentes present: Electric Presidentes Music &
Film Festival. Upstairs. FREE. Dundalk's first 'Band
of DJ's' take to the stage upstairs for a very special
performance. As an alternative to Electric Picnic, our
resident vinyl spinners present their live show in a unique
audio & visual conception using images and movie clips
while simultaneously playing their own brand of rock n'
roll on their turntables. A performance not to be missed. |
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Sun 5th
Traditional Session (downstairs) 6-9pm Free Based
around the core group of Philip Hickey (accordian) Aine
McGeeney (fiddle/vox) and Henry McDonald (guitar/vocals).
Each week we are treated to special guests from throughout
the land and from wider afield. |
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Mon 6th
Sept Madaleine
Pritchard + Karen
Coleman Tickets €10 Two talented women combine
forces to present acoustic versions of some of their self-penned
compositions taken from each of their respective debut
albums. Having both previously worked together as session
vocalists Karen and Madaleine have since forged careers
as songwriters and solo performers.
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Mon 6th
Sept Bird Talking. Upstairs FREE 8pm-9pm Anita Donaghy
will give an illustrated talk on Corncrake Conservation
in Ireland. Anitaworks with Birdwatch Ireland and is project
manager for their corncrake conservation effort. |
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Wed 8th
September Reverend
Deadeye + guests Tickets €10 His most savage and
heartfelt work to date ‘The Trials and Tribulations Of
Reverend Deadeye’ is a record featuring the many sides
of the Rev’s diverse musical palate; including rockabilly
tinged one-man band blasts; original, old-timey ballads
of loss and melancholy; fiery gospel ensemble interpretations
featuring washboard and organ; and garage-blues party
anthems.
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Thu 9th
Barnardos Childrens Charity Benefit with Township
Rebellion (Rage Against The Machine Tribute), Celsey
McFadden and Damien Kelly Tickets €8 Township Rebellion
have been regulars in all the major college towns across
Ireland. Their biggest gig to date came in 2010 as they
headlined the hugely successful Ceol For Kayley music
festival in Gormaglough, county Meath in front of over
1000 people.
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Fri 10th
Highway 67 Presents I'd
Fight Gandhi, Four
Kicks, Third
Smoke, The Vires €10 Highway 67s monthly new band
shows continue with 4 very talented local acts that are
emerging this year. Id Fight Gandhi have already released
a critically acclaimed EP this year. The four acts are
an eclectic mixture of rock, pop and rap, and metal. |
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Sat 11th
Sept GnR + guests Black
Swan Tickets €13 Guns N Roses Tribute night with
special guests Black Swan. Expect all the hits from Slash
and co from Appetite For Destruction, Use Your Illusion
I and II.
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Sun 12th
Traditional Session (downstairs) 6-9pm Free Based
around the core group of Philip Hickey (accordian) Aine
McGeeney (fiddle/vox) and Henry McDonald (guitar/vocals).
Each week we are treated to special guests from throughout
the land and from wider afield. |
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Mon 13th
James
O'Connor And Audrey Trainor Downstairs. FREE Since
teaming up just over two years ago; the pair have performed
over a 100 shows in Ireland, the UK and the USA, recorded
an album in the famous Sun Studio, Memphis and have supported
a host of artists including; Mick Flannery, The Walls,
and The Waterboys |
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Tues 14th
Sept Morgan O Kane
Tickets €12 O’Kane’s music does not need kick-starting.
This is mountain music that makes your feet want to move.
Great banjo playing with a side of raw and rough vocals…This
show is highly recommended if you like organic mountain
music. It’s hard not to be a fan of this kind of music
when it’s done with such skill by talented performers
like Morgan.
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SECOND DATE ADDED
Wed 15th September Brendan
Benson – a special acoustic performance Tickets
€20 A very intimate show with The Raconteurs guitarist/vocalist/keyboardist
and a very fine writer in his own right. His latest
album “My Old Familiar Friend” is a thing of real beauty.
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Thurs 16th
Sept Electric
Eel Shock + guests Tickets €10 Mixing dark, fuzzy,
stoner rock riffs with classic rock sensibilities .punk
and metal ,and addictive song-writing hooks, EES occupy
the gaping void somewhere between AC/DC, Queens Of The
Stone Age and Black Sabbath.
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Fri 17th September Brendan
Benson – a special acoustic performance Tickets
€20 A very intimate show with The Raconteurs guitarist/vocalist/keyboardist
and a very fine writer in his own right. His latest
album “My Old Familiar Friend” is a thing of real beauty.
SOLD OUT
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Sat 18th
Sept Mundy (Solo) Tickets
€16.50 Strawberry Blood is the long-awaited follow
up to the Number One album Raining Down Arrows (2004).
The subsequent tour was documented on Live & Confusion,
a stopgap live album and DVD that impressively notched
up double platinum sales and delayed Mundy’s return to
the studio due to the unexpected success of the live versions
of ‘July’ and ‘Galway Girl’.
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Sun 19th
Traditional Session (downstairs) 6-9pm Free Based
around the core group of Philip Hickey (accordian) Aine
McGeeney (fiddle/vox) and Henry McDonald (guitar/vocals).
Each week we are treated to special guests from throughout
the land and from wider afield. |
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Mon 20th
The Gonzo Club Tickets €8 "The Gonzo Club, a collective
of musicians, performance artists, writers and poets,
founded by Philip Doherty, as seen at the Flat Lake Literary
Festival and Electric Picnic. Expect a night of spellbinding
poetry, prose and music."
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Tues 21st
Rory Faithfield.
Downstairs. FREE Rory Faithfield is a Dublin-based
yet Australian born and bred singer-songwriter with Celtic
songlines in his head and grains of sand between his toes,
currently promoting his fourth album SONGS FOR SOONER,
recorded here in Ireland. |
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Wed 22nd
Boy Lights Fire
+ Geriko + Sister
Lovers, One Ear €8
/ €6 students Boy Lights Fire, the “D.K.I.T Three”,
formed in September 2009, are known for their infectious,
upbeat fusion of indie hooks, dance rhythms, progressive
structures and vivid lyrical content. With more than a
passing salute to Led Zeppelin and Rory Gallagher and
some dance, reggae, blues and funk thrown in for good
measure, the Geriko sound can best be described as bawdily
pure and blisteringly energetic. |
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Thu 23rd
Cloud Castle
Lake + guests Cashier
no. 9 €5 Cloud Castle Lakes atmospheric post rock
tunes have got them the attention of many industry insiders
and they have been chosen to play Electric Picnic this
year among many other festivals.Cashier No.9 have supported
Snow Patrol on a British Arena tour, played Glastonbury,
Oxygen & Glasgowbury |
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Fri 24th
September Fighting
With Wire + special guests The Curtain Thieves Tickets
€10 The band have already established a huge presence
in Ireland and are current favourites amongst the Irish
Music press such as 2FM, BBC Radio Ulster, Alternative
Ulster Magazine, Hotpress. Across ‘the pond’ FWW are receiving
backing from XFM, Kerrang!, Metal Hammer, Rocksound. Expect
a new album out around this tour period.
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Sat 25th
Sept The Reserved Moments Tickets €10 The Band will
be returning with new material written by David Tuomey
and Kelvin Frain plus their usual take on some cover versions.
This Band generated a good interest in their last appearance
in The Spirit Store, and are promising a strong lively
show when they appear this coming September.
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Sun 26th
Traditional Session (downstairs) 6-9pm Free Based
around the core group of Philip Hickey (accordian) Aine
McGeeney (fiddle/vox) and Henry McDonald (guitar/vocals).
Each week we are treated to special guests from throughout
the land and from wider afield. |
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Mon 27th
Pete Courtney
Album Launch Downstairs. FREE Peters new album Karma
biscuits shall be available for download from September
onwards on iTunes, Napster, etc. It shall also be available
with customised art for download from his site www.petecourtney.com
or a customised CD can also be ordered. |
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Tues 28th
Mo McMorrow +
guest Ben Reel Downstairs, FREE Mo has created a masterful,
cohesive album in “Mona Lisas Don’t Cry”. She banded together
a backing group of Austin’s heavy hitters: Eliza Gilkyson,
Gurf Morlix, Ray Bonneville, Cindy Cashdollar and Betty
Soo! Sharon Shannon adds a Celtic/Cajun feel to “The Wolf
is Gone”! Magic! |
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Wed 29th
Tadhg Cooke +
special guest Fiach €8 Tadhg Cookes new album, “Fingertips
of the Silversmith”, melding jazz and rock sensibilities
with his own soul and folk influences,has created a new,
stripped-down, soulful, dark-folk sound. Influenced by
the sparse sounds of The Police, Ben Allison and the arrangements
of Ethan Johns, the album was produced by David Geraghty.
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Thu 30th
The Cast Of Cheers + guests €8 / €5 students With
echoes of bands like Battles, Foals and Death From Above,The
Cast of Cheers post-rock sound is catching on very quickly
in the cities and colleges of Ireland. Check them out
at http://www.myspace.com/thecastofcheers |
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| OCTOBER
2010 |
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Sun 3rd
October O Emperor
+ guests Tickets €10 A majestic name for an imperious
band. Hailing from Waterford, O Emperor have orchestrated
a multi layered, multi faceted sound that betrays their
tender years and that, with one giant leap, puts them
at the forefront of our brightest talent.
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Fri 8th
Duke Special
Tickets €18 Duke Special is the ringmaster of a broken
down circus, the lead dancer in a forgotton ballroom of
ghosts,the loudest singer in a midnight choir and the
first on his knees in an old time revival tent.
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Sat 9th
October Pearl Jem
(Pearl Jam Tribute) Tickets €15 Covering songs from
every album in the back catalogue Pearl Jem’s set will
include the likes of ‘Love Boat Captain’, 'Given to Fly’,
‘Smile’ as well as the classics ‘Alive’, ‘Even Flow’,
‘Daughter’ and many more. Truly a must see show for any
Pearl Jam fan out there.
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Thu 21st
October Le Galaxie
+ guests €10/€6 students ''Meshing pounding techno
rhythms, shimmering cyber-synths and cascading streams
of sonic guitar-wizardry, sci-fi sampledelics Le Galaxie
have wasted no time stamping their 'grid vs guitars' ethos
on 2008...' Drop-D.ie |
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Fri 22nd
October Jinx Lennon
+ guest Captain
Moonlight Tickets €14 The antagonist genius of
social disorder and scuzzy beat lyricism returns with
his latest album NATIONAL CANCER STRATEGY, another peep
under the rock of this Septic Tiger Island also equipped
with uplifting anthems to clear the demons out of the
heads of those willing to listen. Special guest is CAPTAIN
MOONLIGHT another fearless word-y alchemist whose last
album AGROCULTURE PART 3 :ON THE LOUGH is a political
statement of agitation worthy of Public Enemy
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Sat 23rd October Colin
Murphy Tickets €16
When he’s not scribbling notes on the set of RTE’s The
Panel, or reading the news for the next week of BBC’s
The Blame Game, nordie comedian, Colin Murphy is perfecting
his material for his first true love, stand up comedy.
Not only is Colin Murphy a first class TV star, he is
one of the finest Irish comedians working today.
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Sun 24th
October An Intimate Evening with Jerry
Fish, an acoustic performance. Tickets €15 What
do you get when you cross Tom Waits with a Circus Showband,
when you mix Jacques Brel with Mink DeVille, when you
lock Dr John, Dean Martin and The Fun Lovin Criminals
in the same room....Jerry Fish and The Mudbug Club is
the answer. With Justin Carroll on keyboard.
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Fri 29th
October Gemma Hayes
+ guests Tickets €15 Gemma first burst onto the scene
with her Mercury Prize nominated album “Night On My Side”
and her output since then has been of consistant brilliance
Her shows here are always special and this one will be
no different as she plays acoustic versions of new and
old songs.
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Sat 30th
Michelle Shocked
Tickets €26.50 One of the great true American artists
of today, Michelle has consistantly produced records of
depth and conciousness in the spirit of folk and American
songwriting. Her show here in 2005 was one of the best
we have seen here in our ten years.
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| NOVEMBER
2010 |
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Thu 11th
November Vladimir
Jablokov and Classical Twist Tickets €15 From
Bach to Bowie, and from Mozart to Johnny Mercer; Classical
Twist puts a fresh, contemporary spin on some of the greatest
melodies ever written. Dazzling musicianship and inventive,
rhythmic arrangements delivered with verve in an accessible
and approachable style.
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Fri 19th
Nov The
Stone Roses Experience Tickets €14 The songs selected
in the live set span from the early Roses classics like
‘Tell Me’ and ‘Sally Cinnamon’ through ‘Waterfall’ and
the acid funk of ‘Fools Gold’ to the latter period of
‘Second Coming’ with ‘Love Spreads’ and ‘Ten Storey Love
Song’. This Scottish quartet are regarded as the best
tribute out there.
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Sun 21st Nov Diamond
Head Tickets €15 Diamond Head are a British
heavy metal band formed in 1976 in Stourbridge, England.
They were one of the leading members of the New Wave
of British Heavy Metal with songs such as "am i evil"
and "helpless" and "it's electric" are acknowledged
by later bands like Metallica and Megadeth as an important
early influence.all other info can be found on the bands
web site.www.diamond-head.net
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Wed 24th
November An Evening With Bell X1 Tickets €28.50 Doors
8.30pm Special acoustic performance with Dom, Paul and
Dave. These shows will be their last Irish dates in 2010
and a chance to hear stripped down versions of their material
from their sparkling career to date.
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