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Thu
18th July
James Mackin & Matthew Nolan
Backroom@Spiritstore - 9pm
As a graduate of the prestigious Drummers
Collective New York, James went on to complete
his Masters in Music under the tutelage of
leading jazz guitarist Mike Nielsen, with
whom he still performs regularly. Matthew
Nolan is a Dublin based musician, music curator,
and academic. He was the founder and artistic
director of 3epkano from 2004 to 2015, an
instrumental music ensemble who specialised
in the production of original music for movies
from the silent era. |
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Sat
20th July
The
Prodigy Sons
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 and 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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Sun 21st
July
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 22nd
July
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
25th July
Vincent
Cross
Backroom@Spiritstore 9pm
Vincent Cross' new song cycle brings together
early Irish-American ballads, and old-time
mountain banjo with recently composed and
discovered traditional songs around and about
the infamous 19th century, Irish-American
gang leader James "The Rooster"
Corcoran. |
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Sat 27th July
Bobby
McCarthy SOSAD
Fundraiser
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
Following his sold out show at Xmas, Bobby
returns for a night and music and craic
with all proceeds going to local suicide
charities SOSAD & PIPS. Punters can expect
aural delights with covers of the likes
the Beatles, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen
and the Pogues plus many, many more. Gu
est on the night include Briege Lee and
support will be from the excellent Martin
McEnteggart and Sean Fee's new musical endeavour,
Table Manners
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Sun 28th
July
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 29th
July
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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| AUGUST
2019 |
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Thu
1st August
Niall
McGuigan & Friends
Backroom@Spiritstore - 9pm
After the successful release of Niall's debut
album "Awareness" Niall returns to the spirit
store to perform tracks from his new album
"Spiritual Anarchy" Its a reflection of the
spiritual journey, beyond our psychological
belief systems, religious dogma, and mental
concepts towards truth and true freedom. Mixing
Mongolian throat singing, reggae, folk, and
alternative rock. |
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Sun
4th August
Goitse
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
Goitse has released four critically acclaimed
recordings and maintains a year round touring
schedule that includes performances throughout
Ireland and the UK, Germany, France and the
United States. Their distinctive sound lies
in the quality of their own compositions interspersed
with traditional tunes from the countryside
of Ireland and abroad, which make each performance
unique.
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Thu
8th August
No
Oil Paintings
+ guest Chris
Wilson
Backroom@Spiritstore - 9pm
No Oil Paintings are a vivacious, dynamic
alternative-folk band from Belfast. Using
typical folk instrumentation and four-part
harmonies they produce music that's a little
wilder than what is often associated with
the genre. The band switch and share vocal
leads, each member playing to their own strengths
and bringing their own style to the songs
they shepherd. Expect to hear everything from
swampy blues rock to straight-up country waltzes. |
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Wed
14th August
Games Night
Downstairs in the Kitchen €2 - All welcome
8-12pm
An evening of board, card, social and role-play
games. Various games will be provided and
taught on the night, but feel free to bring
games from your own collection, too. |
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Fri
16th August
The
Pale
Doors 8pm - Tickets €13.50
The Pale return with their strongest album
to date 'Merciful Hour' Produced by sonic
maestro Keith Farrell (Duckworth Lewis Method,
Cathy Davey, Pugwash). Over eleven tracks
the album builds on the classic Pale sound
expanding it musically and lyrically. The
eleven tracks shift constantly between styles
and themes but never once loose direction.
Sure to surprise fans and newcomers 'Merciful
Hour' is the band's boldest statement to date.
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Fri
23rd August
Swampcandy
Doors 8pm - Tickets €12.50 Swampcandy's
music is pig drinkin’, whiskey eatin’, foot
clapping’, hand stompin’, american music.
Their roots are fermented in American mud,
primitive blues, pre war folk sounds, field
hollers, gypsy jazz, and ragtime. Steeped
in influences from Robert Johnson to Radiohead.
Their sound is distilled in a boiler of mercurial
energy swirling with tempo changes, dynamic
peaks and valleys that hold the ear and refuse
to let go.
Tickets on sale Thurs
18th July at 9am
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Sat
24th August
El
Clash Combo London Calling 40th Anniversary
Tour
Doors 8pm - Tickets €12.50
London Calling is regarded as the band's artistic
pinnacle. Rolling Stone named it the best
album of the '80s and ranked it at #8 on their
list of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.
The show will include the album in its entirety
as well as other Clash hits, including Rock
the Casbah, I Fought the Law and Should I
Stay or Should I Go?
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Thu
29th August
Jason
Ringenberg
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
"The Godfather of Americana... the spirit
of Woody Guthrie rocks on in Daddy Ringenberg's
boy." - Mojo (UK) "One of the most
overlooked country rock pioneers in the business...
Ringenberg has gained the reputation as one
of the most dynamic live performers of his
generation." - The Times (UK)
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| SEPTEMBER
2019 |
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Thu
5th September
Carson
McHone
Backroom@Spiritstore 9pm
Dark, driving and evocative, McHone's 2018
album Carousel captures this period of remarkable
growth, shining a light not only on McHone's
honky-tonk roots, but on her development as
a modern, alt-country storyteller. It features
newly written songs and updated versions of
tracks that first appeared on Goodluck Man,
pushing traditional sounds and themes into
a modern context. |
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Thu
12th September
Noctambule
Backroom@Spiritstore - 9pm
Noctambule are Marla Fibish and Bruce Victor
from San Francisco. This unique collaboration
brings out surprising qualities in these seasoned
musicians. Their work is rendered with lush
beauty, sensitivity and humour on an unusual
array of strings - different guitars in varied
tunings, mandola, mandolin, cittern, tenor
guitar - and their blended voices. |
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Fri
13th September
Who's
Next + DJ Drew Stanstall (The Specials)
Doors 8pm - Tickets €20
"2019 see's the 40th anniversary of cult
classic Quadrophenia, a film and soundtrack
that inspired a whole generation and continues
to do so to this very day. To celebrate this
milestone we are pleased to bring you 'Quadrophenia
night' featuring live band 'WHO'S NEXT' and
DJ Drew Stansall (ex The Specials) and Bellboy
character from the movie.
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Sat
14th September
Kern
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
Debut album, False Deceiver, produced by Trevor
Hutchinson (Lúnasa, The Waterboys). It is
a mix of songs and tunes from the band’s home
County of Louth along with original material
and has already garnered significant national
airplay in Ireland (including RTE Lyric FM
and Radio 1), including live on Newstalk’s
Pat Kenny Show and Raidio na Gaeltachta. They
have toured heavily this year in Canada and
Germany and Ireland. They have a major national
tour planned to promote their second album
with the launch being held in the Spirit Store.
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Sun
22nd September
Shane
Todd "The Toddfather"
Doors 8pm - Tickets €14
Following a hugely successful 2018 tour, Shane
Todd is set to embank on an expanded tour
of Ireland later this year. When you lose
a bet with a mate and have to get 'The Toddfather'
tattooed on your leg you can either have it
removed with a laser, or become... The Toddfather.
With millions of online video views, a 2018
UK & Ireland stand up tour, television appearances
and 'The Shane Toddcast' podcast, it's a live
show where he's most at home. Join him for
his biggest tour yet!
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Fri
27th September
Noel
Gallagher's High Flying Carpets
Doors 8pm - Tickets €17.50
As the band walk out on stage Liam Gallagher
decides not to do the show. With a sold out
venue, and the eyes of the world watching
on MTV... Noel Gallagher decides to step up
to the mantle and produces one of THE most
iconic performances in the entire history
of Oasis. 23 years on The Sound House and
the UK's leading tribute to all things Noel
Gallagher (Noel Gallagher's High Flying Carpets)
will be exactly recreating the show.
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Sat
28th September
Little
Hours
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
Donegal songwriter / multi-instrumentalist
/ vocalist Little Hours releases his brand
new single ‘Dream, Girl’ today, Friday 12th
July, and is delighted to confirm the title
and release date for his long-awaited debut
album. ‘Now The Lights Have Changed’ will
be released on vinyl, CD and digital platforms
on Friday 20th September. To coincide with
the album release, Little Hours aka John Doherty,
will be touring Ireland with his live band
playing old and new songs.
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Sun
29th September
Pop Up Record And CD Fair
10.30am-5pm FREE
Thousands of LP's, Singles, 7 inch, 12 inch
records and CD's all in one place with several
stalls from all over Ireland. Buy, sell, trade.
Come along and browse the collections on show.
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| OCTOBER
2019 |
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Sun
6th October
John Power
Doors 8pm - Tickets €17.50
Having first made his mark on the UK pop scene
in the late '80s and early '90s with renowned
Liverpudlian quartet The La's, Power left
the group to form a new group called Cast.
The timing of band's emergence was perfect,
chiming with the mid-1990s rise of Britpop
and, with guitar-based kindred spirits such
as Oasis and Blur dominating the charts, Cast's
first two LPs, All Change (released in 1995
and reputedly Polydor's biggest-selling debut
album) and '97's Mother Nature Calls both
sold over 1,000,000 copies.
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Thu
10th October
All Tvvins
Doors 8pm - Tickets €22.50
All Tvvins duo Conor Adams and Lar Kaye enjoyed
a phenomenal start to their career. Their
debut album 'IIVV' shot into the Irish charts
at #2, earned a Choice Music Prize nomination
for Irish Album of the Year and smashed the
15 million streams landmark.Their new album
"Just To Exist" was released Friday
12th April.
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Fri
11th October
Jake
Clemons
Doors 8pm - Tickets €20
Dividing his time between touring the world,
performing his own music and spending the
last seven years as the tenor and baritone
saxophonist with Bruce Springsteen's E Street
Band, Jake continues to make a deep connection
in the present by living life to its' fullest.
Our first glimpse came in 2013 with release
of his debut EP, Embracing Light. Then came
his album Fear + Love in 2017 which allowed
a deeper appreciation of what Clemons has
to offer.
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Tues
15th October
Reginald
D Hunter "Facing The Beast And N***AS"
Doors 8pm - Tickets €27.50
Reginald D Hunter returns to Ireland in 2019
with his highly anticipated brand new show.
After twenty years of gifted storytelling
and effortless dark humour, Facing the Beast
showcases Reginald at his controversial and
hilarious best. "HE HAS THE AUDIENCE
IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND" **** Edinburgh
Festivals Magazine
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Thu
17th October
Sinnerboy
Doors 8pm - Tickets €13.50
The Spirit Store once again welcomes the mighty
Sinnerboy bringing you the music of Rory Gallagher,
played with energy and passion. Led by Barry
Barnes, 'Sinnerboy' have been flying the flag
for their hero Rory in a total of ten countries
this year, and the general feedback is that
this is the best Sinnerboy ever! With a set
list that encompasses all of Rory's long and
glittering career, Sinnerboy guarantee an
evening not to be missed.
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Thu
24th October
Thomas
Gabriel
Doors 8pm - Tickets €13.50
Thomas Gabriel is the eldest grandson of Johnny
Cash. Predominantly raised on the road with
his grandparents, he dreamed of life as a
career musician. When he was young, his grandfather
would call him onstage to sing.Thomas is a
prolific songwriter. His own music brings
to mind the likes of Steve Earle, Townes Van
Zandt and Tom Russell, along with a voice
that sounds so much like his grandfather's.
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Fri
25th October
David
O'Doherty - Ultrasound
Doors 8pm - Tickets €18
SOLD OUT
The hairy Enya is delighted to return to the
Spirit Store with a brand new show made up
of talking and songs played on the plastic
keyboard he got for his Confirmation. Once
again, he will try to fix everything that
is wrong in the world. SPOILER ALERT: once
again he will fail. |
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Sat
26th October
David
O'Doherty - Ultrasound
Doors 8pm - Tickets €18
SOLD OUT
The hairy Enya is delighted to return to the
Spirit Store with a brand new show made up
of talking and songs played on the plastic
keyboard he got for his Confirmation. Once
again, he will try to fix everything that
is wrong in the world. SPOILER ALERT: once
again he will fail. |
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Sun
27th October
David
O'Doherty - Ultrasound
Doors 8pm - Tickets €18
The hairy Enya is delighted to return to the
Spirit Store with a brand new show made up
of talking and songs played on the plastic
keyboard he got for his Confirmation. Once
again, he will try to fix everything that
is wrong in the world. SPOILER ALERT: once
again he will fail.
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| NOVEMBER
2019 |
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Sat
9th November
Negative
Creeps
Doors 8pm - Tickets €13.50
Ireland's premier Nirvana tribute band, Negative
Creeps, are playing a series of special shows
over the coming months 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...
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Fri
15th November
Pearl
Jem (Pearl Jam Tribute)
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
Pearl Jem have gone form strength to strength
and this highly acclaimed tribute show is
now regarded as Europe's No. 1 Tribute to
the Seattle giants Pearl Jam. Truly a must
see show for any Pearl Jam fan out there.
Whether it's the more melodic, chill out aspect
of the 2 hour plus programme or the full on
guitar driven songs Pearl Jem capture all
the passion and emotion of the music as the
lads have given great attention to detail
when rehearsing their show.
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Sat
16th November
Pontious
Pilate & The Naildrivers
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
The now 9 piece band complete with brass section,
come to you in association with Andiamo Scooter
Club. Fronted by Dundalks own Sean McDonnell,
The band have shared the stage with The Undertones,
Bad Manners and The Selecter, The Naildrivers
energize audiences playing the ska and punk
music of late seventies and early eighties.
Bands like The Specials, Madness, The Jam,
and The Clash come to life in their hands.
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Sun
17th November
Wallis
Bird
Doors 8pm - Tickets €23.50
Acclaimed Irish artist Wallis Bird is back.
The string-shredding singer-songwriter - once
described by the Irish Times as having enough
energy on stage to be able to "kickstart
an entire economy" - has announced over
40 live dates and will be touring across Europe
in celebration of her new album. "I'm
calling it the New Moon Tour because of its
symbolism; transition, femininity, the passing
of time and new beginnings; the dark side
of light. All of this amounts to how I feel
at this point in my life. This is my new moon".
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Sat
23rd November
Neil Delamere "End Of
Watch"
Doors 7:30pm - Tickets €25
Fresh from a sell-out tour, star of BBC's
the Blame Game, Fighting Talk and the Newsquiz
Neil Delamere returns to the Spirit Store
with a brand new show. Time waits for no man,
especially one trying to buy a watch. Things
always get complicated. "You'll be hard
pressed to find a more gifted comic at the
Fringe. *****" The Scotsman "One
lean, mean, comedy, killing machine. *****."
The Herald
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Sat
30th November
David
McSavage "The Wonderful Dripping Tap
Of My Inevitable Doom"
Doors 8pm - Tickets €20
As old age approaches and David becomes even
less attractive to the women he wants to have
sex with, he has become angrier, not wiser
or financially secure, just angrier, and its
the worst kind of anger, because he has no
power to do anything, his anger sits like
a congealed mass of non-biodegradable cooking
fat in the sewer pipe of his brain. Basically
he's losing the horn, thank god for porn,
which he uses as defibrillator for his libido.There
is one good thing about getting older....
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| DECEMBER
2019 |
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Sat
14th December
Made Of Stone
Doors 8pm - Tickets €15
Made Of Stone are Ireland's top The Stone
Roses tribute band. Playing the music of the
iconic Manchester indie band that inspired
a generation. Bring the music of The Stone
Roses to your venue and enjoy an energetic
and authentic tribute to one of the world's
most loved bands.
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Thu
26th December
Live
Forever - Oasis Tribute
Doors 8pm - Tickets €20
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 sing their hearts out to the classic Oasis
anthems that we all know and love
Tickets on sale Thurs
18th July at 9am
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Sat
28th December
The
4 Of Us
Doors 8pm - Tickets €25
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 setting.
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| JANUARY
2020 |
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Sat
11th January
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’.
Tickets on sale Thurs
18th July at 9am
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Sun
12th January
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’.
Tickets on sale Thurs
18th July at 9am
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