The
Spirit Store = Music, Comedy, Gigs, Venue, Bar, Drink...
George's
Quay, Dundalk, Co. Louth +353-42-9352697
DECEMBER
2018
Fri
14th December
M'Anam Community Presents
Tune Fusion
Doors 8pm - Admission €7
In aid of Dundalk Simon Community, this gathering
of like minded artists and writers, curated
by M'anam have come together to create a new
event for both well established and budding
musicians from the Dundalk locality. These
groups have been asked to compose an original
piece and learn a cover piece each which will
be performed on the night.
Sat
15th December Andiamo
Scooter Club Christmas Party
Upstairs 9pm
Andiamo Scooter Club.Christmas Party for you
lovers of Ska, Motown, and Northern Soul.
Sat 15th December
The Blair Mix Project
Backroom@Spiritstore 9pm
Playing Indie, Soul, Rock And Roll, Ska,
Trojan Reggae, Rare Grooves, Funk, Brit
Pop and many more.
Sun
16th December 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.
Wed
19 th December
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. The ending sing-along
is uptown top rankin'.
Thu
20th December Trick
Mist "Both Ends" Album Launch
+ Participant
+ Conal McIntyre
Doors 8pm - Tickets €10
Songwriter, electronic musician and multi
instrumentalist Trick Mist (Gavin Murray)
returns to The Spirit Store to mark the release
his debut album 'Both Ends' via Pizza Pizza
Records. The highly anticipated debut will
be available on limited edition 12'' vinyl
and across all digital platforms. BUY
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Thu
20th December Ben
Reel
Backroom@Spiritstore 9pm
Ben's music has evolved into an honest earthy
sound that has matured like a fine wine, drawing
from the well of different styles of musical
influence from rock, soul, blues, alt folk/Americana,
country & reggae which fuses all these genres
into a melting pot to create a great sound
which has become his own
Fri
21st December The
4 Of Us
Doors 8pm - Tickets €22
Brendan & Declan Murphy will perform the highlights
of their 20 year career, along with new material,
on their upcoming Irish dates This show will
be an chance to hear "Mary", "Washington
Down", "Sunlight", "She
Hits Me", and many more classics in an
acoustic. BUY
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Sat
22nd December Bobby
McCarthy (Full Band)
+ Spuds Dont Bounce + martin McEnteggart
Doors 8pm - Tickets €14.50 SOLD OUT
Bobby returns to the Store for yet another
Christmas show for a night of song, laugh
and festivities. Bobby, being backed by a
fantastic 8 piece band, pays homage to musical
greats from the last 50 years, putting his
own twist on both classic and obscure gems.
Expect tracks made famous by Bruce Springsteen,
U2, David Bowie, Queen, The Pogues, Madness
and The Beatles as well as a few festive treats
thrown in for good measure. Ho Ho Ho!!
Sun
23rd December David
Keenan And Band
Doors 8pm - Tickets €20
"Not just another young lad with an acoustic
guitar, Keenan is the sound of Tim Buckley
and Brendan Behan arguing over a few jars,
while Kavanagh deals Dylan a suspicious hand
of cards, and Anthony Cronin and Jack Kerouac
furiously try to scribble it all down"
Pat Carty Hotpress Magazine. BUY
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Sun
23rd December 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.
Wed
26th December
St Stephens Day with Live
Forever - Oasis Tribute
Doors 8pm - Tickets €20 SOLD
OUT
They recreate songs from every era of Oasis
from the timeless hits of the 90's when brit
pop was at it's height, to the hits off their
final album! Having toured Ireland extensively
playing many of it's major venues and festivals,
live forever have a wealth of experience when
it comes to stagecraft.The audience continues
to six`ng their hearts out to the classic
Oasis anthems that we all know and love.
Thu
27th December These
Charming Men
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
These Charming Men have been playing the music
of The Smiths for over ten years now. With
uncanny similarities and superb live performances
the Dublin four piece have played sell-out
gigs throughout Ireland and headlining The
Smiths/Morrissey Convention in LA 6 years
running. The band have headlined the Fuji
Rock Festival in Japan, playing to their biggest
crowd to date, some 35,000 people. These Charming
Men are a must for all Smiths / Morrissey
fans. BUY
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Fri
28th December Thin
Az Lizzy
Doors 8pm - Tickets €13.50
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. BUY
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Sat
29th December Declan
O'Rourke
Doors 8pm - Tickets €25
Declan has played for three Irish Presidents,
and the King and Queen of Sweden (with Peter
Jöback). He appeared on two seasons of
the popular music show Other Voices, as well
as season five of BBC's Transatlantic Session
alongside Alison Krauss and Amos Lee. Declan
has guested with New Zealand indie-sensation
Bic Runga, and 3multi-platinum alternative
rock group Snow Patrol throughout Europe,
including London's Wembley Arena. BUY
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Sat
29th December Video
Blue + The Future West
Backroom@Spiritstore 9pm
Video Blue's album 'Love Scenes' came out
in March 2017, and has seen him perform throughout
the UK, and at home at the Electric Picnic,
Castlepalooza & Vantastival festivals. THE
FUTURE WEST, the musical brainchild of Dundalk
/ London based writer Francis Watters continues
to expand further upon the release of latest
EP "Radio Town".
Sun
30th December 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.
Sun
30th December Rebel
Rebel - The David Bowie Experience
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
Rebel Rebel; experienced musicians who dont
regard themselves as a covers band but as
"Bowie fans playing music we love to
Bowie fans". Rebel Rebel play a costumed
show of Bowie's greatest hits and key album
tracks from 'Space Oddity' to 'Where Are We
Now' - no mean feat when you consider the
range of musical styles and techniques that
the legendary chameleon has deployed over
6 decades of enthralling music.
Mon
31st December
Spirit Store Hootenanny
With Third
Smoke, Elephant,
Larry,
Kelso,
The Future West, Sea Legs Collective, Alice
Robinson + Finnian
+ Many More To Be Added
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
Our 5th Annual celebration of local artistic
talent with 3 stages upstairs and downstairs
to ring in the new year with a vibrant and
mixed array of music. BUY
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JANUARY
2019
Fri
4th January Modern
Love
+ Love
Ghost + Coastline Pickup + Hedcase
Doors 8pm - €5 Admission
Drogheda based outfit who are crafting some
seriously catchy upbeat indie & alt-pop anthems..The
band have played support slots to the likes
of The Academic, Apella & Hudson Taylor and
have earned a firm following for their ethereal
and energetic live shows. Love Ghost has opened
for Smash Mouth, Berlin, TheTubes, Fuel, Buckcherry,
The Young Dubliners.
Sat
5th January Mack
Fleetwood
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15 SOLD OUT
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.
Sun
6th January 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.
Thu
10th January Neil
Delamere "Controlled Substance"
Doors 7:30pm - On Stage 8pm
Tickets €25
Fresh from a sell-out tour, the star of BBC's
The Blame Game and Soft Border Patrol, Neil
Delamere, returns to Wexford with a brand
new show. This time he thinks he has that
whole "illusion of control" idea
sussed. Then again he would think that, wouldn't
he? 'You'll be hard-pressed to find a more
gifted comic at the Fringe' ***** (Scotsman).
'One lean, mean, comedy, killing machine'
***** (Herald). BUY
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Sat
12th January Jason
Byrne - You Can Come In, But Don't Start Anything
Doors 8pm - Tickets €22 SOLD
OUT
A brand new show from 'The Outright King of
Live Comedy' The Times. The star of 'Irelands
Got Talent', Jason Byrne is one the most exciting
live comedy performers in the world. What
he achieves on a stage cannot be adequately
described by audience members, critics or
fellow comics. Thus his legendary shows become
a secret shared experience among his audience.
Every night stars are born, friendships are
formed, mascara is ruined and pants are binned.
BUY
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Sun
13th January Jason
Byrne - You Can Come In, But Don't Start Anything
Doors 8pm - Tickets €22
A brand new show from 'The Outright King of
Live Comedy' The Times. The star of 'Irelands
Got Talent', Jason Byrne is one the most exciting
live comedy performers in the world. What
he achieves on a stage cannot be adequately
described by audience members, critics or
fellow comics. Thus his legendary shows become
a secret shared experience among his audience.
Every night stars are born, friendships are
formed, mascara is ruined and pants are binned.
BUY
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Fri
18th January The
Legend Of Luke Kelly
Doors 8pm - Tickets €20
They have amazed audiences following powerful
sell-out performances with the regular attendance
of the Kelly family.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. BUY
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Sat 19th January Run
For The Border
Upstairs 7pm
Time to meet the neighbours! The Island
of Ireland is home to two wonderful, talented,
clever and attractive game dev communities,
an
d it’s a crying shame we don’t get together
more often. Let’s change that. RUN FOR THE
BORDER is an international meeting of the
minds, an event created for the purposes
of friendship, cooperation and camaraderie,
taking place exactly halfway between Dublin
and Belfast. Tickets from.... https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/run-for-the-border-2019-tickets-52478650055#tickets
Wed
23rd January Jarrod
Dickenson
Backroom@Spiritstore 9pm
Storytelling is something of a Texas tradition.
Tall hats and even taller tales are woven
into the fabric of The Lone Star State, and
singer- songwriter, Jarrod Dickenson can spin
a yarn with the best of them. Hailing from
Waco, now based in Nashville via Brooklyn,
Dickenson spends most of his time on the road
bringing his own particular brand of soulful
Americana to a wide variety of music loving
audiences around the globe.
Fri
25th January Joanne
McNally "Gleebag"
Doors 8pm - Tickets €14
Ireland's comedy sweetheart (self-titled)
will perform at the Spirit Store in Dundalk
on the 25th January 2019. Joanne is feeling
powerful and she hopes Vogue Williams & Amy
Huberman are sh*tting themselves because she's
coming for their emerald crowns and if she
can't take them fairly, she will joust them
right off their immaculately groomed heads. BUY
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Sun
27th January The
Bob Dylan Band
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
THE BOB DYLAN BAND, celebrate Dylan's music
with a high energy approach to songs from
the prolific periods of his writing from the
60's to modern times. Scripted with anecdotal
commentary, the show is about the songs and
the band and draws inspiration from all the
great Dylan bands from THE BAND to the line-up
he uses today. BUY
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FEBRUARY
2019
Fri 1st February "Alison
Spittle Makes A Show Of Herself"
Doors 8pm - Tickets €12
Tatler comedian of the year and the star
and writer of RTE's 'Nowhere Fast' and 'Culchie
Club'. Alison is doing a second tour, she's
very excited and has warned her family not
to heckle her this time. She's looking forward
to discovering new towns, friendly people
and the fresh delights of the new service
stations across the country. BUY
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Sat
9th February Kevin
McAleer "Guru"
Doors 8pm - Tickets €20
Tyrone's oldest lama Kevin McAleer has just
been voted 'Ireland's Most Humble Guru' by
Mindfulness Magazine for the eighteenth year
running. To celebrate this modest achievement,
he has announced a majestic national tour
of his unique self-awareness seminars for
2019, promising full spiritual enlightenment
on the night, or your money back. BUY
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Fri
15th February Chris
Kent "Looking Up"
Doors 8pm - Tickets €12
Cork comedian Chris Kent returns with his
6thsolo show Looking Up. Chris has spent the
past year balancing comedy with being a stay
at home dad and trying to grow a beard. He
has also removed the word "mate"
from his vocabulary as it takes too much effort
to say in an Irish accent.T.V. appearances
include the RTÉ 2 panel show Next Year's
News, The Craig Doyle Show and Conor's Dad
in the hit series The Young Offenders. In
the UK, he has appeared on Russell Howard's
Stand Up Central for Comedy Central. BUY
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Sat
16th February Harvest
(A Tribute To Neil Young)
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
Harvest play a selection of songs from Neil
Young's classic albums "Harvest",
"After The Gold Rush", "Harvest
Moon" & "Freedom", to name
but a few.Harvest play Neil Young's greatest
hits and more - songs such as "Heart
Of Gold", "Old Man", "Harvest
Moon", "Rockin' In The Free World",
"Cowgirl In The Sand", "Down
By The River" and "Helpless". BUY
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Sat
23rd February Bernard
O'Shea And Karl Spain
Doors 8pm - Tickets €20
Irish comedy fans can enjoy a double dose
of laughs over the coming months with top
Irish stand-ups Bernard O'Shea and Karl Spain
in their show, Fat Chancers. Commenting on
the tour, Karl Spain said "Don't expect
massive weight loss or body transformations
or Bernard being funny".Audiences can
expect plenty of on-stage banter as Fat Chancers
will feature the popular comics share the
stage, as well as performing their own stand-up
routines. BUY
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MARCH
2019
Fri
1st March Bone
Machine
Doors 8pm - Tickets €12.50
For the past year Irish audiences have witnessed
an incendiary show performed by Bone Machine,
that captures the character and musical genius
of Tom Waits. An exhilarating performance
that's playing to packed houses of increasingly
adoring fans. Bone Machine are a band of internationally
renowned touring and recording musicians that
perform a firebrand, melancholic, and punk
jazz set of Tom Waits songs. BUY
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Sat
2nd March Enya
Martin "Would Ya Be Able"
Doors 8pm - Tickets €18
Announcing Stand up comedian Enya Martin,
writer and creator of the very famous comedy
video Facebook page "Giz a laugh",
Enya has successfully made the transition
from creating comedy videos online to performing
on the the live stage. Enya is the best selling
female comedian in Dublin's Vicar Street,
having sold out 3 shows this year. She has
performed successfully in the Laughter Lounge,
Vodafone Comedy Carnival, Vodafone Comedy
Festival and also sold out at this years Jest
Fest in Wexford. BUY
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Thu
14th March Eleanor
Tiernan "Success Without A Sex Tape"
Doors 8pm - Tickets €12
From Irish Pictorial Weekly, Bridget and Eamon
and BBC Radio 4's News Quiz stand up comedian
Eleanor Tiernan returns with a new show recounting
her struggles to live a happy and comfortable
life without releasing a sex tape. Includes
cautionary tales, tips on how to avoid ending
up having your intimate private details available
online and cat cafe etiquette. BUY
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Sat
30th March David
McSavage "National Treasure"
Doors 8pm - Tickets €18
David McSavage is a self proclaimed national
treasure. It has been said he is to comedy
what the Abbey is to theatre.Maybe because
he believes he's more important than he is,
or that the majority of the country doesnt
care about him. But unlike the Abbey theatre
Davids best days aren't behind him, His intention
for this new show which he has yet to write
is for you the audience member to feel "wow
that was one of the funniest things Ive ever
seen, it was so original, courageous, and
yet very flawed. I would really like to be
his friend" BUY
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APRIL
2019
Sat
6th April Danny
O'Brien "Lock In"
Doors 8pm - Tickets €12
Danny was handpicked this year to perform
as part of the iconic Best of the Edinburgh
Fest show touring Australia, has featured
on The Comedy Channel and is a regular on
Irish TV and Radio. He recently opened for
American comedian Bill Burr in front of over
7,000 people in Dublin. 'Lock-In' has already
sold out at Galway International Arts Festival,
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, A European
tour in over 10 cities as well a tour in Dubai
and South East Asia. Book tickets now to avoid
disappointment! BUY
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Thu
11th April Grace
Petrie
Doors 8pm - Tickets €12.50
Grace Petrie's unique takes on life, love
and politics, and the warmth and wit with
which they are delivered, have won over an
army of loyal fans across the alternative,
folk, political and comedy scenes. She's toured
with Billy Bragg and Frank Turner, supported
comedians Robin Ince and Josie Long, and collaborated
with Leon Rosselson and Peggy Seeger. She
is a frequent guest on BBC Radio 4's the Now
Show and has appeared on Channel 4's Random
Acts. BUY
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Sun
14th April
Peco
+ Special Guest Tracey Gallagher
Doors 8pm - Tickets €10
Live Loud Music in association with The Spirit
Store present 'Peco with special guest Tracy
Gallagher'. The debut album from indie alternative
folk singer Peco is looming with a release
date penned for Feb 15th. With that he's announced
a nationwide tour.The first single release
from his debut album 'The Middle Ages' will
be available from January 11th entitled 'Monster'. BUY
TICKETS ONLINE >>
Sat
20th April Negative
Creeps (Nirvana Tribute)
Doors 8pm - Tickets €13.50
April 2019 will be the 25th anniversary of
Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain's death. Ireland's
premier Nirvana tribute band, Negative Creeps,
are playing a series of special shows over
month to celebrate the music that defined
a generation and still has huge influence
today.These shows will include material from
across all of the bands albums and is a must
see for any fan of Nirvana or live music..
Come as you are... BUY
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MAY
2019
Thu
2nd May Kaz
Hawkins
Doors 8pm - Tickets €13.50
"My Life And I" is an intimate and
personal show about her life in song that
has been a hit with audiences across Europe,
UK & Ireland in 2018. An artist that truly
connects with her audience on a personal level,
using her music in a personal mental health
campaign to reduce stigma."One of our
musical treasures & one powerful woman"
Ralph McLean BBC "Probably the best blues
artist to come out of Northern Ireland since
Van Morrison" Belfast Telegraph BUY
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Fri
3rd May Luka
Bloom & The Fiddle Case
Doors 8pm - Tickets €20
Luka will be joined on the night by Jon and
Kieran O'Connell, Eoin O'Neill and Adam Shapiro.They
are The Fiddle Case. Since moving to north
Clare 6 years ago Luka has struck up a friendship
with and has been doing shows with the lads.
Songs will be sung and fun will be had. BUY
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Sat
11th May The
Outcasts
+ Special Guests The
Gakk
Doors 8pm - Tickets €16.50
The Outcasts formed in Belfast in January
of 1977. Due to a severe lack of venues in
Belfast for punk bands, The band were forced
to hire nightclubs to use for private parties,
and then playing before the management knew
what was happening. Dubbed 'The band you love
to hate' by the local press, the band began
to attract their own local following and are
still attracting a large and loyal fanbase
to this day with regular European Tours. BUY
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JUNE
2019
Sat
1st June Mack
Fleetwood
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
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. BUY
TICKETS ONLINE >>
Thu
6th June Lioness
- The Amy Winehouse Experience
Doors 8pm - Tickets €22
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. BUY
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