Month: June 2015

FRAZEY FORD

Aiken Promotions presents FRAZEY FORD and special guests CHANELE McGUINNESS _ Main Venue _ Tickets priced €16.50 (Incl booking) on sale Thursday June 25th @ 9am from www.ticketmaster.ie & outlets nationwide Frazey Ford, best known as the lead voice of beloved alt-folk band The Be Good Tanyas

NIGHT HOWL w/ THE RIOT TAPES & MONGREL STATE

Pickled Onion Records presents THE RIOT TAPES & MONGREL STATE Sign up for guest list HERE Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight. Doors: 11:30pm ////// We are delighted to announce that Off The Boat will be going back “On The Boat” for one night only. Yes! We are going back to Dublin Ireland June 26th to showcase artists in Whelans Live (Only… Read more »

HAIL THE GHOST

HAIL THE GHOST plus support  _ Main Venue _ http://www.hailtheghost.com/ Kieran O’Reilly (Love/Hate) unveils his new alternative band, Hail The Ghost at Whelan’s, with their first ever live show. Their debut album ‘Forsaken’ is out March 6th. “Hail The Ghost’s sound hosts a prevalent brooding ambience intertwined with elegant piano, baritone vocals and a luring understated alt-rock quality”. They have been compared… Read more »

DEPARTMENT

DEPARTMENT  plus guest ^upstairs^ http://www.breakingtunes.com/department Hotly tipped Dublin band Department bring their unplugged set to Whelans ahead of their highly anticipated EP release later this summer. The release of a debut video at the start of the year for their song ‘Cut Me Down To Size’ set people buzzing & with the band having lain… Read more »

BUNOSCIONN

BUNOSCIONN plus guest – Tod Doyle – Peco _ Main Venue _ http://bunoscionn.com/ Through friendship, sessions and copious amounts of tea, Bunoscionn was created – a musical love-child, mothered by Irish folk music and fathered by dance/reggae/rock/, (paternity tests pending)! This lively Kildare band have been entertaining crowds for the past 5 years, with notable… Read more »

SONGHOY BLUES

MCD.ie presents SONGHOY BLUES plus guest _Main Room_ http://songhoy-blues.com/ Once one of the most prominent and powerful of Mali’s many ethnic groups, the Songhoy, who hail from the banks of the Niger River between the ancient cities of Timbuktu and Gao, have suffered a long slow decline since their apogee in the 6th and 17th centuries.

JOEL PLASKETT & MO KENNEY

JOEL PLASKETT & MO KENNEY plus support ^upstairs^ http://joelplaskett.com/ Joel Plaskett returns with one of the most diverse and fan-pleasing albums of his career. Proving that he can be all things to everybody, the rock veteran offers up a wide mix of styles on Joel Plaskett and the Park Avenue Sobriety Test. It touches on his… Read more »

SHANNON

SHANNON plus guest ^ Upstairs ^ http://www.shannonband.com/ Shannon is a leading six-piece band of virtuoso musicians performing Irish and Celtic music featuring five members from Poland and one from Ireland. Shannon was formed in 1994 in Olsztyn, Poland, where the band is still based. Shannon was founded by multi-instrumentalist Marcin Rumiński

MIDNIGHT HOUR w/ JAMÉIRE

featuring – JAMÉIRE Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight. Doors: 11:30pm Sign up for guest list HERE Whelanslive.com is proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland. ——— Full 6 piece band rockin out the reggae classics. Spreading the love in the city! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXoLzgk57pA TICKETS Sign up for guest list HERE FREE before 10:30pm,… Read more »

THE PRETTY THINGS PEEPSHOW

Whelanslive presents: THE PRETTY THINGS PEEPSHOW Vintage Vaudeville Circus plus guest _Main Room_ http://www.prettythingspeepshow.com/ Wind your way down the carnival midway with The Pretty Things Peepshow , a  vintage vaudeville circus that features an international cast of performers who are just as beautiful as they are brave.