| FEBRUARY
2020 |
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Mon
17th February
Monday Night Pub Quiz
Downstairs - 9pm sharp - €4 per team
of 4
Carlsberg dont do quizzes, but if they did,
they would have Bamber Goosecoigne as host.
Every Monday night. Pints for prizes. You
know it makes sense. |
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Wed
19th February
Sea Legs Open Mic Collective
Backroom@Spiritstore 9pm
“You've gotta make your own kind of music/sing
your own special song” A microphone, a guitar,
a piano and a room of ears. Here’s a call
out to all who wish to try out their thing
in front of a live audience. An opportunity
to make that move, step into the discomfort
zone and realise your potential as a singer,
musician, performer. It’s the perfect place
to try out new songs/compositions or just
sing a song you love to sing. |
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Thu
20th February
Toshín
+ Nix Moon
+ Orwell's
84
Doors 8pm - Tickets €10
Dublin soul-infused pop-funk sextet Toshín
are set to release their Debut EP Get Your
Life on the 14th of February, 2020. Having
released a handful of singles since the band's
inception in 2016, Get Your Life is the band's
proudest work so far.
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Fri
21st February
Tommy
Tiernan “A Work In Progress Tour”
Doors 8pm Show 8.30pm
Tickets €20 (+1.50 booking fee)
SOLD OUT
Tommy returns with his ‘notions for a new
show’ tour. These are the idea’s in their
rough and ready state. Expect lots of experimentation
and mischief as he tries to cram six months’
worth of thinking into a 90-minute stand-up
comedy routine. The host of his own highly
critically praised improvised TV chat show
on RTE 1 and star of the hit TV show Derry
Girls brings his Work In Progress Tour to
some of his favourite intimate venues across
the country. |
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Sat
22nd February
Tommy
Tiernan “A Work In Progress Tour”
Doors 8pm Show 8.30pm
Tickets €20 (+1.50 booking fee)
SOLD OUT
Tommy returns with his ‘notions for a new
show’ tour. These are the idea’s in their
rough and ready state. Expect lots of experimentation
and mischief as he tries to cram six months’
worth of thinking into a 90-minute stand-up
comedy routine. The host of his own highly
critically praised improvised TV chat show
on RTE 1 and star of the hit TV show Derry
Girls brings his Work In Progress Tour to
some of his favourite intimate venues across
the country. |
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Sun 23rd February
"Twinky Forever"
SOLD OUT
Doors 7pm - Tickets €10
Live music and DJ's to be announced. All
proceeds going to charity.
Charity website - http://helium.ie/about/
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Sun
23rd February
Traditional
Session
Downstairs
Free - All welcome 6-9pm
The session has been going for many years
here now and is still going strong. This weekly
get together of folk and traditional musicians
is a wonderful way to spend your early Sunday
evenings. |
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Mon
24th February
Monday Night Pub Quiz
Downstairs - 9pm sharp - €4 per team
of 4
Carlsberg dont do quizzes, but if they did,
they would have Bamber Goosecoigne as host.
Every Monday night. Pints for prizes. You
know it makes sense. |
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Thu
27th February
DkIT Music Night with
Priorland, InBetween Honey + guests
€7 Admission Doors 7.30pm
Priorland, InBetween Honey and other musical
guests will take to the stage in the Spirit
Store to help raise money for the interactive
TV gameshow, New Game Plus. This is for their
final year DkIT project. |
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Thu
27th February
Brí + Guests
Backroom@Spiritstore 9pm
Brí is an Irish electro-folk artist based
in Dublin. Upon the release of her debut single
'Low Supply', Brí received high praise from
a multitude of reputable blogs and radio.
From making her debut at the 'Ruby Sessions',
selling out 'Whelan's', to playing festivals
such as RiverFest alongside Hudson Taylor
and Chasing Abbey, Brí is an up and coming
artist to watch out for. |
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Fri
28th February
Mick
Flannery
Doors 8pm - Tickets €22.50
SOLD OUT
An award-winning, double-platinum selling
artist, Mick Flannery has not only released
his self-titled sixth album (debuting at No.
1 in Ireland), but also oversaw the worldwide
premiere of the stage musical, Evening Train
(so named after his 2007 debut album). With
his latest release, Mick touches on loose
themes of ambition and the search for a meaningful
life in the context of a musician’s sometimes
feckless and dysfunctional lifestyle. |
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Sat
29th February
The
Legend Of Luke Kelly
+ Special Guest Niamh Kelly
Doors 8pm - Tickets €20
SOLD OUT
Their popularity has seen them touring in
the Uk,Europe and Australia. Lead singer Chris
Kavanagh bears a remarkable resemblance to
Luke, while his singing captures the depth
and passion of the great man. He is joined
on stage by accomplished musicians who all
consider it an honour to bring Luke's memory
to the stage. |
| MARCH
2020 |
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Sun
1st March
Jason
Byrne “Wrecked But Ready”
Doors 8pm - Tickets €22
Jason Byrne has had a hard year. But he doesn’t
want to talk about that. He’s wrecked but
ready. Ready for a laugh. This show is a celebration.
A celebration of triumph over adversity. A
celebration of the fact that everybody’d got
their own crap going on and they don’t need
to listen to someone else moaning about their
problems. So, leave your worries at the door
and find out why ‘The Times’ described Jason
as ‘The Outright King of Live Comedy’.
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Thu
5th March
Danny
O'Brien : Reformer
Doors 8pm - Tickets €16
Whats happens when a touring stand-up comedian
can no longer stand up? After a near career-ending
knee injury O' Brien is too young for pilates
and too unbalanced for yoga. This award-winning
performer brings you his hilarious new hour
of stand-up where self-destruction and self-discovery
meet! ‘Reformer’ completely sold out its month-long
run of shows at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival
and Galway International Arts Festival as
well as a European and US tour and now he’s
back touring the show nationwide and beyond!
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Fri
6th March
Pilgrim
Street
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
Drawing from fellow luminaries such as Hank
Williams, Woody Guthrie, The Pogues and Bruce
Springsteen’s Seeger Sessions outfit, Pilgrim
St are about to bring their infectious melodies,
harmonies and songs to venues all around the
country.
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Sat
7th March
Pat
Coldrick
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
Pat Coldrick is an Irish classical guitarist
and composer who has been working for the
last six years at home but has also performed
recitals in Europe, the USA and Russia. Pat
has been described as ‘pushing the boundaries
of classical guitar’ with his musical interpretations
and compositions and has made classical guitar
exciting, interesting and more accessible
to music lovers in general.
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Sun
8th March
Preab Meadar
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
Preab Meadar is something brand new in contemporary
trad and Celtic music. 1000 years in the making,
it is a sensational new dance music style,
of complex rhythms and elaborate lyrics.Comprising
unprecedented rhythms and singing style; it
owes its inception to early and medieval Celtic
Literature. In particular it is grounded in
Gaelic strict-metre syllabic poetry of the
medieval period 600AD – 1600AD. The compositions
of Daire Bracken and Lorcán Mac Mathúna are
without precedent and have to be heard to
be imagined.
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Tues
10th March
PDF
Pockethole & Nits
Backroom@Spiritstore 9pm
PDF Pockethole is an experimental hip-hop
artist with a strong sense of humour. His
hypnotic performances feature glitched out
electronic music with an erratic vocal style
- occasionally taking detours into an absurd
stand-up comedy routine. The main philosophy
is simply to have fun. Nits is a collective
focused on performance art to the backdrop
of electronic dance music. |
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Thu
12th March
A
Different Thread
Backroom@Spiritstore - 9pm
English/American duo, A Different Thread deliver
a bluesy blend of Beatlesque folk rock meets
Gillian Welch dark country. Alicia Best (of
Durham, NC) and Robert Jackson (of Lichfield,
UK) were both traveling songwriters in their
own right when they met busking in Ireland
in 2016. Joining forces they have been on
the road together ever since. |
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Fri
13th March
Chris
Kent “Christy Doesn’t Live Here”
Doors 8pm - Tickets €14
Cork comedian Chris Kent is back with another
show, with more kids, stories and a keep cup
to compensate for his guilt about over population.
Chris tries to come to terms with being called
“well trained” for carrying out basic tasks.
Chris also gets deep and talks about his favorite
clothes horse or “garment donkey” if you’re
a maniac…
facebook.com/ChrisKentComedy/video
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Sat
14th March
Slippery
When Wet (Bon Jovi Tribute)
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
Hear all the classic Bon Jovi hits like Living
On A Prayer, You Give Love A Bad Name, Its
My Life, Blaze Of Glory and many more as the
musicians take you through the bands incredible
33 year career.
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Sat
21st March
Tony
Cantwell “Pure GRÁ” Irish Tour
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
Fresh from sell-out shows at the Dublin and
Edinburgh Fringe, cult-comedian Tony Cantwell
is taking to the road for his first-ever Irish
tour. Join the him for a new night of standup,
sketches, and songs all based on his meme-soaked
social media page. Over 5 million views online.
"The funniest Irish sketch of all time. Simple
as.” - JOE.ie "His unconventional take on
comedy belongs on the Adult Swim network”
- The Irish Times. "One of the city's most
exciting emerging comics." -Totally Dublin
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Thu
26th March
Cuchulainn Singers Presents
The 80's
Doors 7.30pm - Tickets €18
Cúchulainn Singers sing Buggles, Depeche Mode,
Bon Jovi, Human League, Elton John, Fleetwood
Mac and many many more.
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Fri
27th March
Cuchulainn Singers Presents
The 80's
Doors 7.30pm - Tickets €18
Cúchulainn Singers sing Buggles, Depeche Mode,
Bon Jovi, Human League, Elton John, Fleetwood
Mac and many many more.
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Sat
28th March
Cuchulainn Singers Presents
The 80's
Doors 7.30pm - Tickets €18
Cúchulainn Singers sing Buggles, Depeche Mode,
Bon Jovi, Human League, Elton John, Fleetwood
Mac and many many more.
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Sat
28th March
Niall McNamee
Backroom@Spiritstore 9pm FREE
Niall McNamee is a Singer-Songwriter and Actor
from Dundalk. He’s played leading roles in
London’s west end, fought Jackie Chan in Film
‘The Foreigner’ and is currently recording
his EP. Born in Leicester, he found solace
in his Irish roots musically and holds Christy
Moore, Jinx Lennon and Damien Dempsey in God
status. |
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2020 |
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Thu
2nd April
3
Voices 3 Sets
Backroom@Spiritstore 9pm Free
Naimee Coleman, Annmarie Cullen, Cynthia Catania
will perform three solo sets as part of a
series of Irish dates in May. |
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Fri
3rd April
Gis
A Laugh's Enya Martin “Would Ya Be Able?”
Doors 8pm - Tickets €20
Enya Martin , creator , writer and performer
of the hilarious Facebook and Instagram comedy
video page Giz A Laugh is returning to Dundalk
Her facebook page has almost 300,000 followers
. Video views have hit over the millions mark!!
Enya ( named after the singer, thank God her
Mam was nt a fan of the singer Meatloaf )
has successfully made the transition from
online 2 minute comedy videos to the nerve
racking live stage of stand up comedy.
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Thu
9th April
Norma
Manly
Backroom@Spiritstore - 9pm - FREE
Tipperary based Jazz/Blues and Soul singer
Norma Manly makes her second appearance here
following a brilliant Spirit Store debut in
August .Check out this beautiful track “Blue”
here...
youtube.com/watch?v=449yaQiWC2k |
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Fri
10th April
Farmer Michael And Kathleen
Doors 8pm - Tickets €22.50
The King & Queen of farming satire, after
only 3 years on the comedy scene, Stevo &
Sinéad have gathered a following of over 500,000
people worldwide, and over 100 million views
on some of their single sketches. They've
sold out shows all over Ireland and the UK,
also collaborated with Official Rugby World
Cup. As featured on: RTE, TV3's Six O Clock
Show, CNN, FOX, SKY TV.
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Sat
11th April
The
Ultimate Police - A Tribute To The Police
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
The Ultimate Police are the ultimate tribute
to The Police, covering the trio's assured,
reggae injected rock from their debut album
Outlandos D'Amour right through to their final
album Synchronicity...! Massive hit's like
Message in a Bottle, Roxanne, Every Breath
You Take, So Lonely, Every Little Thing She
Does is Magic and Can't Stand Losing You,
next to deeper cuts like Driven To Tears,
Invisible Sun, Spirits in the Material World
and Next to You are performed in an incendiary
two hour show.
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Thu
16th April
Danny
Burns
Backroom@Spiritstore 9pm Free
Danny’s 2018 debut, North Country charted
on the Billboard Charts, Bluegrass Charts,
Folk Charts and Amazon top 10, gaining rave
reviews from critics. Danny has shared the
stage with Steve Earle, Shooter Jennings,
Iris DeMent, and Sam Bush. Danny has appeared
at Music City Roots, Americana Fest Nashville,
Folk Alliance, Milwaukee Irish Fest, KC Irish
Fest. |
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Fri
17th April
The
Prodigy Sons
+Guests The
Chemical Beats
Doors 8pm - Tickets €13.50
The Prodigy Sons are a 6 piece Prodigy tribute
band. Originally set up way back in 1996 by
4 school friends after attended their very
first concert, The Prodigy. Fast forward to
2018 an5d the band decided to reform They
have vowed to keep the memory and spirit alive
of Keith Flint by bringing the joy of the
Prodigy sound and music to the warriors. We
live for the beats and we keep the beats alive
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Sat
18th April
Alison
Spittle “Mother Of God”
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
Star of RTÉ‘s Nowhere Fast. As heard on The
Guilty Feminist and BBC Radio 4's Grownup
Land. It's 2001, The world's changed irreparably
and somewhere in the middle of Ireland, a
girl fights for the meaty role of Mary of
Nazareth in the school nativity. This is a
show about righting a wrong and looking like
you want it enough. Light a candle for a ticket.
"Whether character or citizen, Spittle
comes across as a kind of genius.” **** Irish
Times"
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Sun
19th April
Owen
Colgan “On The Dry”
Doors 8pm - Tickets €20
Owen Colgan is best known for his role as
Buzz McDonnell from Hardy Bucks. Owen is a
life coach from the west of Ireland who has
seen it all. After 25 years addicted to pints
and smoking, it seems he has finally knocked
it all on the head. Now in a very loving and
highly sexual relationship with his partner/manager
Maureen, Owen intends to bring a bright and
fresh approach to his upcoming tour.
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Fri
24th April
"An
Evening With Jack Lukeman"
Doors 8pm - Tickets €22.50
SOLD OUT
Jack new show celebrates his career to date
with road tales, and tall short stories spun
in an evening that explores the globe-trotting
joys and magic of 25 years of music-making."An
Evening with Jack Lukeman" features the most
celebrated songs from his multi-platinum and
number 1 selling albums like Magic Days, Metropolis
Blue, 27 Club, Wax, Broken Songs, Burn on
Universe to name but a few. Don't miss, this
one in a million artist, doing what he does
best in a perfect venue. |
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Sat
2nd May
Thin
Az Lizzy 25th Anniversary Tour
Doors 8pm - Tickets €17.50
Playing live since 95, Yes the boys are back
in town . A “Thin Lizzy” tribute like nothing
you have heard before with a line up to die
for, hallmarked for performing Thin Lizzy
s classics with all the energy and enthusiasm
of the original.The attraction of “Johnny
Fox” of Thin Az Lizzy heritage should inspire
any ardent Lizzy fan.
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Fri
8th May
Reuben
Richards & The Jezebel Sextet Present:
The Music Of Otis Redding
Doors 8pm - Tickets €25
See Otis Redding's songs performed live on
stage as two of the UK's most exciting soul
acts join forces to make the world’s funkiest
Otis Redding show! Originally commissioned
by Soul Cookers Records for Saint Paul Soul
Jazz Festival, this show pairs award winning
soul singer Reuben Richards with Hammond and
horns from The Jezebel Sextet. The result
is a truly uplifting show steeped in 1960s
soul that's guaranteed to get you on the good
foot.
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Sun
10th May
Ryan
McMullan
Doors 8pm - Tickets €16
SOLD OUT
Ryan has already earned a formidable reputation
in the European live music scene, gaining
the favour of Foy Vance and Gary Lightbody
and supporting Ed Sheeran on Ed’s arena tour.
Hailing from Portaferry, Ryan is a fresh new
talent on the singer/songwriter scene. With
a voice reminiscent of Paolo Nutini and early
Tom Waits. |
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Thu
14th May
The
Wildwoods Duo
Backroom@Spiritstore 9pm Free
Nebraska natives, The Wildwoods bring a pioneering
sound to Americana Roots Music. The Wildwoods
released their first album, “A Little Sweeter”
in 2014 and have since released three more
albums independently: “Take A Chance” (2016)
, “Sweet Nostalgia” (2017) and their newest
album "Across A Midwest Sky" (2019) . The
two lead vocalists of the group, Noah and
Chloe Gose, also released a Duo EP titled
“Birdie and Goose” |
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Fri
15th May
The
Pale 30th Anniversary Tour
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
2020 see's the band celebrate 30 years in
the music industry, and they will be undertaking
a 30th anniversary Irish tour to commemorate
the event For some they are best remembered
for their hits 'Butterfly' and 'Dogs With
No Tails'. but that is only the tip of the
iceberg for a band that has steered clear
of the beaten track.
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Sat
16th May
The
Classic Beatles “Let It Be - 50 Years On”
Doors 8pm - Tickets €20
Get Back, Let It Be, Long And Winding Road
and all the other songs from The Beatles last
album played is sequence followed by a greatest
hits package in a stunning show played by
the band that have been playing the Liverpool
lads songs for 29 years now.
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Thu
21st May
Joey Harkum Band
Backroom@Spiritstore 9pm
After a decade of touring as the lead singer
and songwriter of Baltimore-based band Pasadena,
he released his debut solo album, Love and
Labor, to critical acclaim in 2016. Known
for his deep and poignant lyrics telling stories
of joy, love, loss and sadness, Joey brings
the human experience to life through his relentless
tour schedule that culminated in the release
of Live at Buffalo Iron Works in 2018. |
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Fri
22nd May
Joanne
McNally “The Prosecco Express”
Doors 8pm - Tickets €16
The world around her is getting married, having
children and streaming off to buy slow cooker
crock pots and buggies. Joanne owns nothing
and has birthed nothing and despite some ABSOLUTELY
MASSIVE (incredibly minor) comedic achievements,
her mother is still trying to convince her
to go back and study nursing. Due to her thirties
age box, Joanne spends her weekends celebrating
other people’s milestones at their garden
parties drinking prosecco out of jam jars.
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Thu
28th May
Lioness-The
Amy Winehouse Experience
Doors 8pm - Tickets €22.50
She’s back to black ...The astounding and
most talked about Amy Winehouse Lioness show
returns to The Spirit Store. Amy Winehouse
made a huge impact in her career which was
tragically too short . Her voice and her unique
interpretation of songs made her simply an
icon in the world of music .Amy’s albums “Frank”,
the Grammy award winning “Back To Black” and
“Lioness” are rated as amongst the best albums
ever. To honour such a music icon as Amy Winehouse
takes a very special talent
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| JUNE
2020 |
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Sat
27th June
Mack
Fleetwood
Doors 8pm - Tickets €20
Ireland’s premier tribute to the Supergroup
Fleetwood Mac, bring you on a magical musical
journey from the Peter Green blues era to
the multi-platinum selling Anglo/American
band that still tour today. MACK FLEETWOOD
deliver a spellbinding show. Their love of
the material and musical prowess shines through
in each song.They will bewitch you with authentic
renditions all your favourite Fleetwood Mac
hits.
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| OCTOBER
2020 |
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Sat 26th September
The
Fiddle Case
+ Guest Sean
Matthews
Doors 8pm - Tickets €13.50
The Fiddle Case have gigged and toured all
over Ireland and Europe, including festival
gigs as diverse as Na Fir Bolg in Belgium
to Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Ireland.
Other notable gigs include The Doolin Folk
Festival and support to Stocktons Wing.
A recent collaboration with Luka Bloom was
well received, and the two came together
for a concert in The Spirit Store last May.
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| OCTOBER
2020 |
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Fri
16th October
Gearóid
Farrelly “Alchemy”
Doors 8pm - Tickets€16
Alchemy is a new show from comedian Gearóid
Farrelly in which he is pretty certain he
will be able to solve all of the worlds problems.
To start with Science needs more laughs, we
need more superstar comebacks and Conor McGregor
should just stop talking. Gearóid has appeared
at comedy festivals all over the world, touring
with the likes of Joan Rivers, Patton Oswalt
and Sarah Millican.
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