SAM CLIFFORD
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Whelan’s Upstairs • Sun 27th April 2025
Sam Clifford is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Ireland. He began playing music from a very young age and has been writing his own songs since the age of 14. Throughout his teenage years, he was a familiar face busking on Grafton Street in Dublin. It is here that Sam fully immersed himself within the music scene across Dublin. Busking allowed him to develop his performance technique and being surrounded by a friendship circle of other musicians enhanced his songwriting skill over time.
Sam has performed in many venues across Europe and has already grown a small fan base. In recent months, he has began to work with a backing band which he formed himself. He plans to debut this new full band sound live in his upcoming debut headliner in Whelan’s.
One significant milestone that Sam has previously hit was being given the opportunity to perform in the 3arena in 2019 along side country music legend Keith Urban. Keith had spotted a young Sam performing on Grafton street earlier that day and invited him to join him for a song during his headline set that night.
From that moment Sam got the fire in his belly to pursue music full time having being given a taste of what could come again in the future.
He released his first single in November of 2021 but took a small break from releasing after that in order to fully perfect his craft and figure out his sound. He appeared again in July of last year with his next single called “Lost In A City” and following the success of this, he released another titled “Forever”
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TICKETS
€12 available online from Whelan’s – 50c per ticket service charge applies.
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required