Two-for-one pre-sale tickets available until midnight June 7th – Just buy a ticket and DM Patrick on Instagram with your friends name.
PATRICK STEFAN
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Whelan’s Upstairs • Sat 8th June 2024
“It’s in the nuanced detail that his songs slowly unfurl to reveal their real beauty” – Folk Radio UK
“…a gorgeous debut album from a hugely talented musical mind…” Totally Dublin
“Ethereal melodies from Indie-folk merchant…” – Hot Press
‘Remember that name, Patrick stefan’ – RTE Radio1
“Brilliant track” – BBC NI – Gemma Bradley, Across The Line
With entrancing folk songs that blend old with new accompanied by deft guitar playing & delivered with a delicate strength, Irish singer-songwriter Patrick stefan is described as the ‘voice of James Blake meets the guitar playing of Nick Drake’.
The son of a Dutch songwriter, Patrick – himself an award-winning songwriter – recently released his debut album Wayfare, an alt-indie-folk document of Patrick’s nautical ancestry & of his own weaving travels from Scandinavia, Brazil, to west Africa and back home, his songs voyaging through time and cultures, speaking to the intimate and profound.
In 2024 Patrick has performed at Folk Alliance USA & Your Roots are Showing showcases, and for Whelan’s ‘Ones to Watch’ and is fast becoming a must-see live act that captivates audiences with his hypnotic intensity and folk charm.
A once-Fulbright scholar, Patrick instead opted to follow the path of his father’s folk-singing- footsteps after an array of collaborations with artists like Niwel Tsumbu (Rhiannon Giddens), fiddler Martin Hayes (with award-winning instrumental group Ensemble Ériu) & Eurovision winner Luisa Sobral.
After racking up over half a million streams on Superman – a star-studded soulful co-write with Uly & Rob de Boer, Patrick was tipped as by the likes of Nialler9 & BBC’s Across The Line for his unique sound.
Patrick stefan is an Irish Arts Council Next Generation awardee, winner of the inaugural Night & Day festival song competition with the song Head Voices and an ISC songwriting semi-finalist. Patrick is endorsed by Tanglewood Guitars.
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TICKETS
€15 available online from Whelan’s – 50c per ticket service charge applies.
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
AFTER THE GIG
Whelan’s Indie Club w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm or check out the Silent Disco in the upstairs venue – Free Entry via front door until 10:30pm | Drinks Promos