Our Thursdays - local showcase FINAL
- in assocation with Arthur's Day 2010(Guinness)
Thu, August 5th, 9:00pm - Admission - FREE!

All around the world, starting at 17.59 on September 23rd 2010 Guinness are once again celebrating the remarkable life and legacy of Arthur Guinness! Building on the success of last year’s inaugural global celebration, Arthur’s Day is back and is bigger than ever, with a series of remarkable celebrations and live music events taking place around the world.Not content with organising…

Gypsy Carnival presents The Crooked Fiddle Band + Za Ucha Project + DJ Mayakovky
Fri, August 6th, 9:30pm - Admission - €10 on the door only

Gypsy Carnival presents: a night of groovy hot Balkan and Gypsy music.The event will feature a combination of great performances: Za Ucha Project, The Crooked Fiddle Band and DJ Mayakovky, for one night only!

THE CROOKED FIDDLE BAND
All the way from Australia, The Crooked Fiddle Band’s high energy thrash-folk-Balkan live show has been very popular with dancers, late night revelers and…

Arlo Guthrie
- Special guest Jess Klein
Sat, August 14th, 7:30pm - Admission - €27(including booking fee) - on sale NOW!!

Arlo Guthrie was born with a guitar in one hand and a harmonica in the other, in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York in 1947. He is the eldest son of America’s most beloved singer/writer/philosopher Woody Guthrie and Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, a professional dancer with the Martha Graham Company and founder of The Committee to Combat Huntington’s Disease.

He grew up surrounded by dancers…

Time Is A Thief
- EP Launch IDENTITY
Thu, August 26th, 9:00pm - Admission - €5 on door only...

Like all great bands, Time Is A Thief came from humble beginnings. It was the usual situation, a shared love of music between friends became the start of a band. After spending months finding their sound, learning from mistakes, and gigging constantly all over Ireland, the band are finally on the road to becoming what they dreamed of.

After launching their debut E.P., Coversations, in 2009,…

The Jimmy Cake
- plus support to be announced..
Fri, August 27th, 9:00pm - Admission - €10 on door only

Formed in 2000 from the simmering ashes of the recently defunct Das Madman, the Jimmy Cake were only initially to play a one off show in Eamonn Dorans. But people kept coming, and the music kept getting louder.

Following on from 2008s critically acclaimed Spectre and Crown, The Jimmy Cake are back, with a new set and a new sound. Reduced from a cast of hundreds to a slimmed down six piece,…

The Doors Alive
- in assocation with Tom Keating
Thu, September 9th, 8:30pm - Admission - €17.50(including booking fee) - on sale NOW!

The Doors Alive is the No.1 tribute band to the legendary, Sixties, Californian rock guru’s - The Doors.
 
They re-create the sound, look, presence and feel of a real 1960’s Doors concert perfectly and effortlessly, transporting the crowd back in time with such classic hits as ‘Light My Fire’, ‘When The Music’s Over, Riders On The Storm, The…

Cathal Coughlan(solo)
Sun, September 12th, 9:00pm - Admission - €15 - on sale NOW!!

Cathal Coughlan is an Irish singer and songwriter who has been based in the UK for over two decades. He releases his fifth and latest album, Rancho Tetrahedron, on Kitchenware in August.  He was also a member of the groups Microdisney and The Fatima Mansions, with each of which he recorded several albums and toured internationally.

The new album was recorded in various locations in London,…

John Cooper Clarke
Wed, September 22nd, 9:00pm - Admission - €20(including booking fee) - on sale NOW!

John Cooper Clarke was born on the 25 January 1949 at Hope Hospital, Salford, Lancashire. His father George was an engineer, and his mother, Hilda, was an unpublished poet. He has one younger brother.After teenage years as a Mod, John served time as an apprentice engineer, a lab technician at Salford University (then Salford Tech, where he was interviewed by Tony Wilson for Granada TV) and also…

Zion Train
- in assocation with Tikki Lounge
Fri, October 8th, 10:00pm - Admission - €15 + online booking fee + €15 on door - onsale SOON!

Zion Train are Dub/Dance pioneers and have been undisputed leaders in the genre for more than 15 years. The band are heavily involved in alternative and DIY underground culture and have been since the 90s as well as being purveyors of the finest Roots Reggae music throughout this period. They are one of the finest live dub acts in the world and promoted the practice of dynamic onstage dub mixing…

Lloyd Cole Small Ensemble
- Broken Record European Tour 2010
Thu, October 21st, 8:00pm - Admission - €25(including booking fee) on sale NOW!

Lloyd Cole is an English singer and songwriter, known for his role as lead singer of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions from 1984 to 1989, and for his subsequent solo work.This November see’s him travelling with a ‘small ensemble’ of musicians featuring Lloyd, Mark Schwaber & Matt Cullen. September 2010 see’s the release of a new album entitled Broken Record.

Yann Tiersen
Sun, October 24th, 8:00pm - Admission - €25 - on sale NOW!!

Yann Tiersen is, by far, one of the best known French artists of his generation and the most world- renowned for his writing skills. While his reputation as a musician was first established thanks to his early studio albums, “La valse des monstres” (Monsters Waltz), “Rue des cascades” (Cascade Street) and “Le Phare” (The Lighthouse), that served as an introduction…

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Bell X1 Acoustic Show

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the release of their debut album, Neither Am I, Bell X1 are pleased to announce a special acoustic tour of Ireland this November which will see them return after a long hiatus to some of the venues they played on that first album tour.

Having just played a key slot on the Main Stage at Oxegen 2010, the band are looking forward to stripping things back and…