DUBLIN BLUES, ROOTS & BRASS FESTIVAL 2025

Whelanslive.com in assoc. with O’Haras Craft Beers presents

featuring

MARY STOKES BAND • STEVE RAY LADSON • Chief Keegan • Tan & Sober Gentlemen • Frank • DELTA FUSE

And more to be announced

Whelan’s Main Venue & Upstairs • Thur 31st July to Sat 2nd August 2025

THURSDAY:

MAIN VENUE
21:45 MARY STOKES BAND
20:45 STEVE RAY LADSON

FRIDAY:

MAIN VENUE
21:45 CHIEF KEEGAN
20:30 TAN & SOBER GENTLEMEN

UPSTAIRS
21:45 THE STONECOLD HOBOS
20:30 ~~THE SO-CALLED~~ CANCELLED

SATURDAY:

MAIN VENUE
22:30 DELTA FUSE
21:00 FRANK

THURSDAY:

MARY STOKES BAND

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THURSDAY:

STEVE RAY LADSON

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Steve Ray is an artist, actor, vocalist, music producer, songwriter, arranger, and musician. His musical talents include banjo, Dobro, piano, Hammond organ, lead guitar, bass guitar, accordion, spoons, and the harmonica. He has written, produced, and is currently traveling the world with 6-time Grammy Award winners and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners, “The Blind Boys of Alabama.” He also sings and plays with 4-time Grammy nominee Robert Randolph and the Family Band.

Steve Ray has made appearances on the Don Imus TV show, CTV, BET, “Canadian TV,” Audio Tree TV, The Today Show, ABC’s The View, The Rachael Ray Show, AOL’s The Build, Paste Magazine, Salon TV, and many more. When not touring or on the road, he dedicates most of his time to the farm riding horses and studio production.

He is now setting out on his own musical journey, bringing his own genre to light entitled “Blackgrass Brothercana.” Although his roots are quartet, he has set himself to be well-rounded in all genres of music including blues, R&B, hip-hop, country, and bluegrass. He is steadily traveling and working hard to do what he has set out to do, which is to “keep the blues, funk, pop, soul, and rock ‘n’ roll alive.”