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Up and gunning for a good few months now, The Whale has been playing a blinder, bringing the good, the superbad and The
Good to see Dann’s are back on the gig circuit. On the first Friday of each month, Steve Belton gets his cigar
Doing what it says on the tin, the monthly Blues Jam Session at The Hot Spot – which happens monthly on the second Sunday (or thereabouts) – brings together all
Those musicians who like to dance to a difficult drummer will be happy to know that The Hot Spot’s monthly jazz jam is back
A Sunday afternoon get-together that usually happens every month – usually – Pat’s Fireside Folk Sessions pulls together all
SUN2APR23 1.30PM 4PM The Whale Sold Out Joe The Magician It’s Magic!
FRI7APR23 9PM The Hot Spot €14 Thinner Lizzy
THURS13APR23 8PM The Whale €12 Greystones Film Club The Whale
THURS13APR23 The Hot Spot 7.30PM €20 Deirdre O’Kane
FRI14APR23 9PM The Hot Spot €12 Marie Keane & Band
SAT15APR23 8PM The Whale €18 Julie Jay Oops, This Is Toxic
FRI21APR23 9PM The Hot Spot €18 The Jeremiahs
THURS27APR23 8PM The Whale €25 Social Fabric: Against All Odds
FRI19MAY23 The Hot Spot 9PM €18 Doc MacLean: JoJo Man Blues Tour
FRI26MAY23 8PM €20 The Whale Fabian Willmann Trio feat Jeff Ballard
FRI9JUNE23 The Whale 8PM €20 Niamh Dunne
THURS22JUNE23 8PM €10 Unsinkable
THURS6+FRI7JULY23 8PM €26 The Whale Jason Byrne Live
FRI21+SAT22JULY23 8PM The Whale €30 Mary Coughlan
FRI1+SAT2DEC23 8PM €20 The Whale Chris Kent Back At It
SUN8OCT23 5pm €27 (€25 early bird) The Hot Spot Iarla O’Lionáird with Cormac McCarthy
Close to The Edge…
t’s going to take some time before people start hitting the town as
before…
The good news is, to help those tired of living la vida sofa, there’s plenty on offer around de town.
Up and gunning for a good few months now, The Whale has been playing a blinder, bringing the good, the superbad and The
Hothouse Flowers to town.
The Beach House and Dann’s are putting the final touches to their long-awaited return to the live circuit, with the latter hosting Friday gigs for now, whilst Pluck’s are keeping Wicklow safe for country and cabaret.
We’ll add those and any other new gigs when we get ’em…
In the meantime, put on your drinking pants – it’s time to party like it’s 2019…
Good to see Dann’s are back on the gig circuit. On the first Friday of each month, Steve Belton gets his cigar
box-guitar-toting mojo working, Conor O’Donnell and Tom Galvin keep it country rock with The Big Muddy every third Friday, and The Fisher Kings will be gently rockin’ the house every fourth Friday. When it comes to that second Friday, it’s open season. The mysterious Sergio & Marco are in de house on February 10th.
The diddley-aye will be turned up to 11 at The Horse every Wednesday as their weekly Seisún by the fire makes a welcome return. Fiddles at dawn, people, kick-off at 9pm. More details here.
Talking of which, the long-running Dann’s diddley-aye is moving to The Beach House with their new Tuesday night Snug Sessions, led by Liam Ruth and the notorious Eddie Dunphy. Kick-off is 9pm, details right about here.
Doing what it says on the tin, the monthly Blues Jam Session at The Hot Spot – which happens monthly on the second Sunday (or thereabouts) – brings together all
those locals who wish they’d been born on the wrong side of the tracks in Chicago circa 1950. Your hosts for the session will be the Urban Mojo Blues Band, keeping those 12 bars rolling, rolling, rolling… Happening at 4pm, it’s a free gig, but a €5 donation is suggested. With menace. Details here.
Those musicians who like to dance to a difficult drummer will be happy to know that The Hot Spot’s monthly jazz jam is back
up and gunning. As always, anybody attempting to play a sweet melody will be thrown out of the second-floor window. Twice. For first half of 2023, it’s January 22nd, February 19th, March 26th, April 30th, May 28th and June 25th – call Dara MacMahon on 0868146926 if you want to get involved. Details here.
A Sunday afternoon get-together that usually happens every month – usually – Pat’s Fireside Folk Sessions pulls together all
the local tradheads and troubadours for a free and fertile freakout. Or thereabouts. The monthly Sunday session starts at 4pm and ends somewhere in the late ’70s. Or thereabouts. Details here.
SUN2APR23 1.30PM 4PM The Whale Sold Out Joe The Magician It’s Magic!
Having sold out on his visit to The Whale in February 2022, Irish
magician Joe Daly has pulled the same trick for his April 2023 shows. The fact that kids tend to walk away gobsmacked and giggling might have something to do with the man’s popularity. You can find out how he keeps it all in pocus with our interview here, and go join that waiting list over here.
FRI7APR23 9PM The Hot Spot €14 Thinner Lizzy
Channeling the spirit of the coolest Dub that ever lived along with the rest of the Thin Lizzy boys, this hard-rockin’ five-piece from
the wilds of Wicklow bring together years of experience and adoration for a show that’s very much live and, if you sit in the front two rows, probably dangerous. The line-up consists of Johnny Dillon on lead vocals, Ronan Carroll and Brendan Curran sharing dueling guitar duties, Gavin Moloney on bass and
Brendan Smyth on drums. Details here.
THURS13APR23 8PM The Whale €12 Greystones Film Club The Whale
It’s the small details about being this big, this helpless, this frightened, this alone, that The Whale (USA/16/116mins) captures so well. Brendan Fraser has deservedly won two major awards for his performance already, and just added an Oscar on March 12th. Having long been off Hollywood’s radar (hitting hit the box-office heights with 1997’s George Of The Jungle and The Mummy franchise soon after), the man cried when he got a standing ovation at the film’s premiere in Venice last September.
For some, Fraser’s return is a big part of The Whale‘s appeal, but the entire cast (Samantha Morton also swings by) is uniformly wonderful. Feature here, tickets here.
THURS13APR23 The Hot Spot 7.30PM €20 Deirdre O’Kane
One of Ireland’s most successful female comics of the past three decades, young O’Kane is a familiar face – and a very familiar voice (courtesy
of Gogglebox Ireland) – to telly watchers, and even managed her own show last year on Sky. But let’s not hold that against her. Part of an Ireland and UK tour, we’re very lucky to have Deirdre play our backwoods metropolis, baby. Details here.
FRI14APR23 9PM The Hot Spot €12 Marie Keane & Band
A young local singer-songwriter who’s already making quite the impact nationally, from hitting the main stage at the Cork Jazz Festival to serenading the sunflowers at Dublin’s Botanical Gardens, Marie Keane is bringing her band to The Hot Spot for a sort of homecoming.
You can catch her new single, Shelter, right here, with Keane’s second album, MNÁ, due out this summer. Details here.
SAT15APR23 8PM The Whale €18 Julie Jay Oops, This Is Toxic
Searching for parallels between her own life and her teen idol Britney Spears throws up some ugly truths and some serious belly laughs for Irish comedian Julie Jay in this trip – and occasional fall – down a blurred memory lane.
As the poster says, ‘Warning: This show may contain images of nineties and noughties fashion which some audience members may find upsetting‘. With hoorays from Joanne McNally and Tommy Tiernan, Julie Jay is clearly on her way. So, catch her while you can still afford it. Tickets here.
FRI21APR23 8PM The Whale €18 Stephen Mullan Ouch!
Making the move from acting (Love, Rosie, Charlie), Stephen Mullan has a brand new stand-up show, Ouch!, all about dating, Love Island and life as a single dad. Jason Byrne reckons the lad is “Beautifully goofy and electric”, whilst Joanne McNally rates the man as “Seriously funny”. You can find out if they’re lying when Stephen Mullan takes over The Whale on Friday, April 21st – tickets here.
The Jeremiahs
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