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Whelan’s DJ w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm (Free Entry)
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MCD.ie presents
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Little Bear are a four piece band from Northern Ireland playing emotionally literate rock, and are made up of Steven McCool (Bass and vocals), Mark O’Doherty (Drums), Ryan Griffiths (Guitar), and Conor Mason (Piano).
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Howard Marks – Scholar, Smuggler, Prisoner, Scribe
In 2013 intrepid bon viveur Howard Marks will debut his brand new spoken word show; Scholar, Smuggler, Prisoner, Scribe. With trademark honesty and penetrating humour, Howard will look back at four extraordinary and action packed phases of his life.
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ELLEN SUNDBERG (Sweden)
As a native of Missouri, Israel Nash Gripka grew up slap bang in the heartland of America. Ever restless, Israel was somehow destined to take the well travelled road to New York City where his songwriting skills were properly put to the test. In 2011 he released Barn Doors and Concrete Floors. The album was recorded live in an old barn in upstate New York and was an ode to Israel’s influences in the shape of Neil Young and the Rolling Stones; widespread critical acclaim followed and thereby ushered in a new, classic songwriter to the scene.
“music soaked in rural American lore.” ★★★★ – ROB HUGHES, UNCUT MAGAZINE
“retreating to the Catskills he reflects on the city’s temptation and hard-won redemption on a swaggering country rock album” ★★★★ – ANDY FYFE, Q MAGAZINE
“his breakthrough album” BOB HARRIS, BBC RADIO 2
Israel Nash Gripka has now signed to Loose Music and is commencing the next chapter of his career. The forthcoming album Rain Plans was inspired by Israel’s new home outside Austin, deep in Texas hill country. The young songwriter has fully embraced the meandering hills and endless skies of his Texas home, where you can find yourself so isolated that it is not uncommon for your path to be crossed by a tumbleweed or to hear the percussive warning of an agitated rattlesnake. There is an uneasiness that goes alongside the visual thrill of living in the untainted Lone Star hills and Rain Plans is a testament to the overwhelming grandeur of nature and our place in it. These songs are about finding solace in family and the fear of the future – knowing what you’ll never know and the uncertainty that comes with that knowledge. At times melancholy celebrations and at other times raw guitar rock, Israel’s new surroundings have helped him create a tone only hinted at in his previous work and a songwriting sophistication that comes with great time and effort. Rain Plans is new territory for Israel Nash Gripka, both literally and figuratively, as well as an expression of his finding a strange sort of direction in the fragility of existence.
http://youtu.be/KW3QYJ1yLTI
€14 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone, internet or creditcard bookings)
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
Whelan’s Indie Club w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm or check out the bands playing The Midnight Hour in the upstairs venue (FREE ENTRY, 12am).
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MANDEN EXPRESS
LEAFZANG is an acoustic ‘alt-trad’ outfit that weaves threads from jazz and world music into re-imagined Irish traditional and folk songs. Join them to wish the best to their bassist, Barry Donohue, as he leaves Dublin for one year.
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Support on the night comes from MANDEN EXPRESS, a relatively new but awesome Dublin group:
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Manden Express is an international group of Artists fusing traditional and contemporary styles of West African music from the Mande Empire of what is now known as Mali. Inspired by village, Wassalou (Oumou Sangare) styles and the explosion of new musical influences that merged with African music in the 1960′s it blends Kamele n’goni harp, djembe, and African bass drums (dunun) with Electric bass and guitar to produce stomping grooves and hypnotic time patterns.
The band have made recent appearances at Love live music 2013, Body and Soul Festival and the Drogheda Samba Festival.
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€7/€5 cheap list – just write ‘Cheaplist’ on the event page HERE
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
Whelan’s Indie DJ in the bar and Sonntags [Disco/House/Funk] upstairs from 11pm til late (Free Entry).
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Ed Romanoff has lived in VA, WY, and NY collecting an array of songs ranging from cattle ranches to carnivals. He co-wrote and toured internationally with Mary Gauthier. “The Fifth of July,” with Mary Gauthier and Crit Harmon, won First Place for ‘Best Lyrics’ in the 2011 USA Songwriting Competition. His debut album, produced by Crit Harmon features Josh Ritter, Tift Merritt, Mary Gauthier and Meg Hutchinson. Ed lives in Brooklyn.
Rachael Yamagata has reunited with Happenstance producer, John Alagia (Dave Matthews Band, Jason Mraz, Liz Phair) for her third studio album Chesapeake, the follow up to her heralded 2 CD Set Elephants…Teeth Sinking Into Heart.
Praised by critics for her intimately confessional songwriting and arrangements, Rachael released her last album, Elephants…Teeth Sinking Into Heart on Warner Bros. Records in October of 2008. Entertainment Weekly called her delivery “Gorgeous” and Rolling Stone said her “soulful, cigarette-scratched voice and melancholy lyrics recall Fiona Apple and PJ Harvey.” She toured extensively in support of the album playing to crowds throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Songs from the album appeared in various television programs and films including Greys Anatomy, Private Practice, Brothers and Sisters and more. She also made an appearance in the season finale of 30 Rock in 2009.
€13.50 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone, internet or creditcard bookings from WaV).
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
Whelan’s Silent Disco from 10:30pm – 2 DJs, just pick the one you like best [Free before 11:30pm, €5 after] plus Late Bar.
plus SARAH RED & MARKAS CARCAS
Rulebreaker. Trailblazer. Visionary. Phenomenon. And yet, even the breathless plaudits of the world press don’t quite do him justice. When Preston Reed picks up an acoustic guitar,words will fail you. To watch Reed perform is to witness the bending of reality.
The New York master tweaks the nose of musical convention, pokes the eye of received wisdom and burns the rulebook of the past. Using an evolution of the two-handed acoustic technique he pioneered in 1987, he fuses chord-based grooves, soaring melodic runs and polyrhythmic percussion that integrates the breathtaking potential of the guitar body.The power and depth of his original compositions are as unique as the man’s execution, as blues, rock, funk and jazz meet, interlock and attack in a sonic brew unlike anything you’ve heard before. Preston Reed doesn’t need a band. He is the band.Twenty-six years after his idiosyncratic style was born, Reed’s seismic global impact has created a sea of guitarists playing in his style, many of them inspired by 1994’s hit instructional DVD, The Guitar Of Preston Reed: Expanding The Realm Of Acoustic Playing.
The homages are flattering, but, today at the height of his game, and despite his many followers and imitators, Reed’s recordings and live performances still define the sound of the pioneering compositional guitar genre he invented over a quarter century ago.
€16.50 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone or creditcard bookings)
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
Whelan’s DJ w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm (Free Entry)
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of Nirvana’s In Utero a bunch of Limerick musicians decided to get together to pay tribute to this great & influential album. Members of Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters, The Hip Neck Blues Collective, Fire In Cairo, Cluairichaun and friends have joined forces for a one off performance of In Utero from start to finish, as well as a selection of Nirvana favourites. It will be a night of celebration that no Nirvana fan should miss.
In Utero is the third and final studio album by the American grunge band Nirvana, released on September 13, 1993, on DGC Records. Few bands in rock history have had a more immediate and tangible impact on their contemporary pop musical landscape than Nirvana did in the early Nineties. When the Seattle trio hit the big time in 1991 with the game-changing album Nevermind, mainstream radio was awash in the hair metal of Poison and Def Leppard. But seemingly within hours of the release of Nirvana’s anarchic, angry single “Smells Like Teen Spirit” — and its twisted anti-pep-rally video—the rules had changed. Artifice was devalued; pure, raw emotion was king. Overwhelmed by the sudden success of Nevermind, Nirvana promised to take a harsher, more abrasive route on their second major-label release. Enlisting Chicago-based noise merchant Steve Albini (of Big Black fame), Kurt Cobain and company succeeded in producing a record that was violent, disillusioned, and deeply moving. Every song reads like a commentary on the cost of fame (“Serve the Servants”) and the unhealthy relationship between performer and fan (“Milk It”). There is no denying the sheer power of Cobain’s songwriting, his singing, and the band’s amazing, visceral power. Cobain even manages a John Lennon-like mantra at the end of the heart-wrenching “All Apologies.”
Join some of Limericks finest musicians as they pay tribute to In Utero as well as an extensive revisting of the bands back catalogue and a special revisiting of Unplugged for a one-off not-to-be-missed show!
Full Lineup will be announced shortly
€10 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone, internet or creditcard bookings)
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required
Whelan’s Indie DJ in the bar and Sonntags upstairs from 11pm til late, Free Entry.
Trigger and The Hitmen
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aving spent the summer traveling the highways and by-ways of Ireland in support of their debut album “What Tiger”, Trigger & the Hitmen have their sights set firmly on Dublin. The group will bring their much lauded live show to the home of Irish music, Whelan’s of Wexford St. Dublin 2 this coming Friday the 23rd of August.
This well-travelled group of musicians formed in 2010 and are led by the Peadar “Trigger” Farrelly who is the group’s front man and chief songwriter. For back up trigger has The Hitmen who consist of seasoned musicians Richie “Gingy” Farrelly (vocals & guitar), Francis McGinn (bass guitar), Eoin McDonnell (mandolin), Cormac O’Keeffe (electric guitar) and keeping the posse in check Aiden Carolan on drums.
Fresh from having played the Lunasa festival in Sligo in early August and having earlier rocked the Spiegeltent as part of the hugely successful and well received “Navan Artists in the Round” evening the six piece folk rock ensemble are very excited to bring their live show to Whelan’s of Wexford St., this venue is well renowned as being the home of Irish music and provides the ideal environment for the group to showcase their talents.
Admission on the night is €5 euros with support taking to the stage at 8.45 and the headline act commencing at 9.45. The group are also organising a return bus for fans that will leave the Fair Green Navan at 7pm this Friday the 23rd of August to return later that night.
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Free Entry
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
Whelan’s Indie DJ in the bar and Sonntags [Disco/House/Funk] upstairs from 11pm til late (Free Entry).
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this week featuring
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DDC records in association with Diablo DC are delighted to announce the release of debut single ‘The Losing Game’.
In what’s been a busy year for the fast rising Dublin band so far, they look forward to your company on Fri Sept 13th upstairs in Whelan’s for the official launch. Doors open 8pm with support on the night from Tarantella Fall — our heroes hit the stage @9.30pm sharp. The single is available to download on iTunes from Fri Sept 13th.
See you there
Diablo DC
€6 on the door
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
Whelan’s Indie Club w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm or check out the bands playing The Midnight Hour in the upstairs venue (FREE ENTRY, 12am).
AND THE EXISTENTIALISTS
plus guest
Simeon Kirkegaard has found his own expression in which the 60s and 90’s meet. “Last Train Back To My Place” is a light pop song with a jagged expression, where Kirkegaard show himself as a songwriter with high international potential. -NRK Radio P3 (NO)
a film by Conor Masterson
[SCREENING 8:30pm]
Conor Masterson’s film In the Deep Shade is not a ‘definitive’ careerspanning documentary of The Frames. Nor is it a fly-on-the-wall expose or an us-against-the-world hero saga. It is, simply put, a stark portrait of an extraordinary band, who have played together for over 20 years.
MCD.ie presents
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SYD ARTHUR
White Denim will play a headline show in Whelans on the 23rd of Novemeber. Tickets are priced at €18 including booking fee and are on sale now from Ticketmaster.
featuring –
Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight.
Doors: 11:30pm
Whelanslive.com is proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland.
Music Network presents
Show starts 8:30pm – No Support
“Breathtaking… a young musician who is essentially standing on the shoulders of giants, but who has worked his way through these influences and created something of his own.” – Toner Quinn, Journal of Music in Ireland, on Liam O’Connor
“Here we have a stylist who has taken his instrument to new heights… Noel shapes each tune as a finely sculpted piece of intricate musical art, delicacy and beauty.” – P.J. Curtis on Noel Hill
Liam O’Connor – Fiddle, Viola
Caoimhín Ó Fearghail – Uilleann Pipes, Flute, Guitar, Vocals
Noel Hill – Concertina
Spanning three generations, O’Connor, Hill and Ó Fearghail – all TG4 Gradam Ceoil winners – are united by a deep knowledge and love for the music of the legendary masters of Irish tradition: Coleman, Ennis, Clancy, Potts and Tóibín.
For this tour, these three stellar soloists are sure to delight trad fans with their fresh, vibrant take on the classic Irish traditional music repertoire, as well as digging deep into the vaults to unearth some lesser-known melodies from manuscript sources.
Expect to hear everything from powerful dance music, lively jigs and melancholic hornpipes to poignant Gaelic slow airs and sean nós songs. Thanks in no small measure to multi-instrumentalist Ó Fearghail, there’s also a wide range of sounds and instrumentation to drink in: with fiddle, viola, concertina, uilleann pipes, flute, guitar and singing in various combinations – all laced with a healthy dose of folklore, personal anecdotes and good humour.
Noel Hill, Tony MacMahon – The Concertina, Come West Along the Road, The New Mown Meadow
€16/€12 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone, internet or creditcard bookings)
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
Whelan’s DJ w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm (Free Entry)
featuring –
Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight.
Doors: 11:30pm
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the evolution of hip-hop
MIDNIGHT – MAIN VENUE – FREE ENTRY
Live seven-piece hip-hop group, oldskool, play classic to modern rap & hip-hop by artists such as Grandmaster Flash, DJ Kool Herc, Sugarhill Gang, Run DMC, N.W.A., Missy Elliot, Kanye West, Eve and Jay-Z
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiknxdwCFTM
plus guests
Redwoods is Elliot Crampton, Killian Dunne, Paul Sheehy and Tristan Gresty. We play music.
Check it out: http://redwoodsofficial.bandcamp.com/
Watch this space!
€5 on the door.
Strictly over 18’s, I.D. may be required.
Whelan’s Indie Club w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm or check out the bands playing The Midnight Hour in the upstairs venue (FREE ENTRY, 12am).
DIT presents
€5 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone or creditcard bookings from WaV).
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
Whelan’s Silent Disco from 10:30pm – 2 DJs, just pick the one you like best [Free before 11:30pm, €5 after] plus Late Bar.
[MORNING WAITS EP LAUNCH]
plus Special guests
Adela Meally (Adela and the Meanits) and Burning Boy.
Chart appearances, radio sessions, festivals and a sonata have all featured in just a short time for newcomer Kevin Healy. His catalogue of original songs highlight his accomplished guitar playing and vocal style.
· He featured on RTE Raidio Na Gaeltachta’s An Seisiun Acustach in a one hour programme dedicated to him and his music.
· Dublin City FM’s Good Morning Dublin invited him on air for an interview and live songs
· The top 20 compilation album Connect One featured his song “Stand Up”
· He has played at various festivals nationwide
· He was a finalist in the Laois Bands for the Electric Picnic competition
· RTE Raidio na Gaeltachta’s afternoon show played his song “Sunrise”
· He wrote a piano and cello sonata “Songlines” that was performed at the Royal Irish Academy of Music
“Kevin Healy blew the audience away…and has certainly created a stir with people wanting to find out more…one of the most talked about guitarists in the area having built up a wealth of songs performing them with passion and finesse” Leinster Express
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=961eHSjP3Z4
FREE ENTRY – EP available for €5 on the night
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
Whelan’s Silent Disco from 10:30pm – 2 DJs, just pick the one you like best [Free before 11:30pm, €5 after] plus Late Bar.
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The Furious Haze has been born to give the Irish rock scene the booster injection that it needs and the music speaks Volumes. TFH Single “Crazy Jane The Hurricane” is due for release mid-July 2013 followed by the EP 5 weeks later. The album, recording, mastering, videos, PR and whole package has been funded through the last 3 years of gigging as a covers band. From mid Summer 2013 they will be on tour across Ireland and will be playing a number of support slots with Irish Rockers “The Minutes” and “The Laundry Shop” with a lot more support slots promised as various bands tours book up.
TFH have secured their slots in Electric Picnic 2013 and have taken Goodseed PR, (Marlyn Manson, The Prodigy, Madness), on board. They will be promoting all of the gigs through Press, Radio, Tv and Online. Already a few people have listened to the album including radio Dj’s Ritchie Ryan (Phantom fm) and Marty Miller (Nova). TFH have had extremely positive feedback from them on this album.
As quoted last week by Richie Ryan, from Phantoms Fm’s Key Cuts
“In an Irish music scene already in rude health, The Furious Haze take it one step further with an album that’ll stun you into wondering how you lived without it. Ridiculously original, delivered with the ferocity their name promises. A superb debut.” – Richie Ryan
The music on the album can be described as diverse to say the least, with tracks ranging from slightly commercial and PunK Rock to Underground, so far underground that some of them could be Australian. You can see the influences of The Jam, the Ramones, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, The Clash, Ice Cube, Oasis, Lee-Scratch Perry and The Stone Roses, prominent in the Album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhmaYxmNMy8
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Whelan’s Indie Club /// ZEBRA /// [Live Bands and guest DJs] w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm (Free entry before 10:30pm).
Whelanslive presents a new, exciting & exceedingly busy night…
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2 x FREE SHOWS/IN ASSOCIATION WITH LOCKDOWN
NO FRILLS, NO SPILLS…
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//ALL AGES SHOW (14+)//
TIMES : 4pm – 6pm (curfew)
*strictly no alcohol served*
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//OVER 18’s SHOW//
TIMES : 8pm – 11pm (curfew)
* ID essential
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FREE ENTRY
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
Whelan’s Indie Club w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm or check out the bands playing The Midnight Hour in the upstairs venue (FREE ENTRY, 12am).
featuring –
Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight.
Doors: 11:30pm
Whelanslive.com is proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland.
Live from the Window at Whelan’s
– PLAY THE FRONT BAR –
7pm – FREE ENTRY
Whelan’s Indie Club w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm or check out the bands playing The Midnight Hour in the upstairs venue (FREE ENTRY, 12am).
Jack of Diamonds presents
in association with O’Hara’s
Aug 16th-18th
LIVE FROM THE WINDOW
WHELAN’S BAR – 7PM – FREE
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Hello Rhythm Rockers & Beat Boppers,
We are very happy to announce the 2nd Annual Jack of Diamonds Rhythm & Roots Festiva Aug 16 – 18 2013!
So polish up yisser dancin’ shoes and come join us for the most hoppin roots weekend in the city!!!! We got over 100 acts across 13 venues all for FREE!!!
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I DRAW SLOW
THE HOT SPROCKETS
PRISON LOVE
THE ESKIES
THE CUJO FAMILY
GAVIN GLASS
LOUIS BARABBAS AND THE BEDLAM SIX
NIWEL TSUMBU
ROSS BREEN
GYPSY REBEL RABBLE
NORTH STRAND KONTRA BAND
CONOR LINNIE
NC LAWLOR
JOHN BLEK AND THE RATS
SARAH RED
THE URGES
CROW BLACK CHICKEN
GREASY COAT STRING BAND
WYVERN LINGO
BLIND YACKETY
ARROW IN THE SKY
LARKFIELD FOUR THE ROCKETS
ORCHID COLLECTIVE
THE RAGMEN
RUFUS COATES AND THE BLACKENED TREES
HOZIER
THE BOO BOX
SAUCY JACK AND THE BANG BANG BAND
WELL ENOUGH ALONE
THE VIKING PROJECT
RIVER VALLEY BAND
THE ANNULMENTS
THE FITZAFRENIC
LYNCHED
SAILS
CONOR WHITETRASH AND THE SPARRAWHAWKS
LIGHTS CAMERA SUNDOWN
ZASKA
MY FELLOW SPONGES
MICKEY AND THE SCALLYWAGS
OLD HANNAH
THE BOG FROGS
THE LIGHTNING KIDS
MILK AND HONEY
HUMALAYA
MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!
Whelans, The Workmans, The Grand Social, The Button Factory, Sweeney Mongrel, The Mercantile, The Garage Bar & more to be announced
FREE ENTRY
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
Whelan’s Indie Club w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm or check out the bands playing The Midnight Hour in the upstairs venue (FREE ENTRY, 12am).
Featuring
It’s been a long road but the wait is finally over as Corner Boy, Touchwood and Aces Wild have earned their place on this year’s festival circuit and will battle it out in the final to become 2013 Red Bull Bedroom Jam champions.
After winning over the Buzz Chart and Festival Chart, the bands will now go on to perform at one of Castlepalooza, Westport Festival and Glasgowbury before sharing a stage together at Indiependence in Cork. Then the three will face off for the live final in Whelans later in August where our judges Nialler9, Spin 103.8’s Dara Quilty and Glasgowbury founder Paddy Glasgow will decide who is worthy of a recording session in the famous Grouse Lodge studios and the chance to follow in last year’s winners Walking On Cars’ footsteps.
Commiserations are due to the three worthy competitors Red Elephant, Don’t Shoot andBang Bang who helped make up an incredibly strong festival chart but for the rest of the summer it’s all about three bands.
Aces Wild
Cork five piece Aces Wild were the first band through on the Buzz Chart way back in April thanks to their polished funk-rock anthem Kids On Bikes And Flashing Lights. The band are only two year’s old but they’ve got already found their sound and if their Bedroom Jam session is anything to go by they’re sure to rip it up on the festival stages this summer.
Corner Boy
Week three of the Bedroom Jam brought us a real gem in the shape of Wexford’s Corner Boywhose catchy take on trad and folk saw them through. Just listen to the band’s session and you’ll hear how perfect their sound is for an early evening festival set.
Touchwood
The last band through on the Buzz Chart but by no means least, Touchwood blew through the competition with their big pop sound. They’re no newcomers when it comes to the big stages having already supported Kodaline this summer and they’re sure to win over more fans when they take to the festivals.
INVITE ONLY – see www.redbullbedroomjam.ie
Strictly over 18’s, I.D. may be required.
Whelan’s Indie Club /// ZEBRA /// [Live Bands and guest DJs] w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm (Free entry before 10:30pm).
featuring
Morgan La Faye, Ciara Ashmore, Rosco Flanagan & more
€5 on the door
Strictly over 18’s, I.D. may be required.
Whelan’s Indie Club /// ZEBRA /// [Live Bands and guest DJs] w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm (Free entry before 10:30pm).
Live from the Window at Whelan’s
– PLAY THE FRONT BAR –
7pm – FREE ENTRY
”Propelled by the jaw-droppingly dynamic vocals of front woman Amy Kelly”
The Stoney Brokes are Tallaght’s retort to burnt-out cars and pyjama fashion chic. The band endeavours to provide a spectacle for their live audiences. The vivacity that died with the drain-pipe wearing, trendy hair-cut bands of the new Millennium is alive here, making The Stoney Brokes one of the most exciting bands on the Irish scene today.
Their catalogue of catchy choruses, fearless drive and precise delivery also transcends the stage and makes for quality listening on record, The band features Amy Kelly on Vocals, Dan McKenna on guitar and vocals, Ciaran Redmond on lead guitar and vocals, Dave Penny on Bass and Ollie Jordan-Kelly on Drums. The Stoney Brokes debut album is due early summer 2013.
Whelan’s Indie Club w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm or check out the bands playing The Midnight Hour in the upstairs venue (FREE ENTRY, 12am).
Whelanslive.com presents
[‘Visor’ EP LAUNCH]
plus guests
THIS IS THE RESCHEDULED DATE, ORIGINAL TICKETS STILL VALID
Formed in the summer of 2008, Croupier are a five-piece from Co. Wicklow who create energetic rock with electronic and pop influences.
Live from the Window at Whelan’s
– PLAY THE FRONT BAR –
7pm – FREE ENTRY
Live in the bar at Whelan’s of Wexford St., it’s the fabulous RECTIFIERS ! Thursday August 22, 7pm. Cast off the shackles of your working day, place your orders at the bar, and get on down to the righteous sound of THE RECTIFIERS ! Free admission, bring a friend !
Whelan’s Indie Club /// ZEBRA /// [Live Bands and guest DJs] w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm (Free entry before 10:30pm).
The Spirit of Folk Festival is delighted to announce a daylong hooley in Whelans Wexford Street for the
With doors opening at 3.30pm the day will play host to nine of Irelands folk stars on the rise, storytellers from all over Ireland and a craft market ending in a massive ceili.
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The MUSICAL Line-up includes
MOXIE
http://breakingtunes.com/
MIRIAM DONOHUE
http://breakingtunes.com/
MY FELLOW SPONGES
http://breakingtunes.com/
GARR CLEARY
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MOSSY NOLAN & COLM MCGOWAN
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LAURA ANN BRADY
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THE CUJO FAMILY
http://breakingtunes.com/
VICKERS VIMY
http://breakingtunes.com/
A BAND CALLED WANDA
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The STORYTELLING Lineup includes
STEVEN JAMES SMITH
RUTH MARSHALL
GEMMA MCGOWAN
Tickets cost just €10 for the day and give you access to the upstairs venue and the boutique parlor bar for the day.
Visit www.spiritoffolk.com or email hello@spiritoffolk.com
FOLK AND ROLL!!!!!!
€10 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone, internet or creditcard bookings)
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
plus guests
Will Sexton, whose writing credits range from work with Waylon Jennings and Stephen Stills to Joe Ely and Bill Carter, is shaped by the unique diversity of the Austin music scene.
MCD.ie presents
plus guest
For a decade, alt-rock phenom The Boxer Rebellion have been turning heads globally as a band known and admired for not sticking to the rule book. “This band can alter your life,” said the UK’s NME Magazine, referring to the incredibly epic and ambitious, yet intimate and melodic nature of the band’s musical output.
Live from the Window at Whelan’s
From Portland, Oregen
– PLAY THE FRONT BAR –
7pm – FREE ENTRY
plus guests
“One of the freshest bands in Irish traditional music” Séan Laffey, Irish Music Magazine
Whelanslive.com presents:
Whelan’s Newest Music Night
TUESDAYS | 3 BANDS | €5
featuring
WhelansLive is proud to present a celebration of new Irish music. Every Tuesday will see the upstairs venue play host to a series of the best of new music this country has to offer. Three hand-picked bands showcase their originality, performance and amazingly fresh songwriting skills. It is a great opportunity to see the next round of Ireland’s unsung and unsigned.
Whelan’s DJ w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm (Free Entry)
Whelanslive.com presents:
Whelan’s Newest Music Night
TUESDAYS | 3 BANDS | €5
featuring
WhelansLive is proud to present a celebration of new Irish music. Every Tuesday will see the upstairs venue play host to a series of the best of new music this country has to offer. Three hand-picked bands showcase their originality, performance and amazingly fresh songwriting skills. It is a great opportunity to see the next round of Ireland’s unsung and unsigned.
Whelan’s DJ w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm (Free Entry)
Whelanslive.com presents:
Whelan’s Newest Music Night
TUESDAYS | 3 BANDS | €5
featuring
WhelansLive is proud to present a celebration of new Irish music. Every Tuesday will see the upstairs venue play host to a series of the best of new music this country has to offer. Three hand-picked bands showcase their originality, performance and amazingly fresh songwriting skills. It is a great opportunity to see the next round of Ireland’s unsung and unsigned.
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If you want to be involved in the new music night please email Keiron @ newmusic@mercantilegroup.ie
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Whelan’s DJ w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm (Free Entry)