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Music at the Roadside Tavern
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Traditional Music
The Roadside Tavern is a legendary venue for Irish music. Music has been played at the Roadside for well over a hundred years. One well-known North Clare player Mickaleen Conlon played here for all of 57 years.
Many well-known names have entertained the patrons of the Roadside down through the years to the present. They include Christy Moore, Davy Spillane, Tommy Peoples, the Fureys, Paul Dooley, Seán Tyrrell, Christy Barry, Micko Russell, Mickaleen Conlon, Sharon Shannon and many, many more. It has a particular draw for the musicians of the region; at its summer peak, there is live music seven nights a week. Young and old come by to listen, play and sing. The style and standard of the music is top class, so along with the laid-back old world atmosphere it leads to a unique and lively night out.
Traditional Music, Ballads, Song Clubs, Poetry, Sean nos dancing and even music from as far away as Nepal can be heard at the Roadside Tavern. One never knows who might just drop by to join in on the music and the craic.
For the summer months of 2010, we have musicians dropping in every Monday, Friday and Saturday to play the best of traditional music. And Gerry McLoughlin is playing the famous piano every Wednesday night. Certainly something not to be missed!
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Next gigs at the Roadside Tavern:
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Previous gigs at the Rockside Tavern:
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Sunday 29 August 2010
9.30pm
Bushplant
Bushplant is a long-standing band having played for a long number of years for a loyal fan base. They played at the Roadside Tavern outside series in 2008, and are looking forward to meeting you again inside the Tavern this time.
As always, this gig is free of charge.
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Sunday 22 August 20109.30pmThe Skazz Band This well-known band from Doonbeg in West Clare will bring the roof down - phantastic music to dance to. They played among many other venues at the Electric Picnic in 2009.
Listen to them on Myspace.
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Sunday 15 August 20109.30pmSons of GingerbreadSons
of Gingerbread are a three piece band based in Co Mayo. The band has an
original and dynamic sound stemming from a huge variety of music that
has influenced them over the years. Their live blend of diverse music
from hard rock, funky acoustic numbers, soulful blues and epic
compositions brimming with the bands distinct sound have endeared them
to crowds wherever they have played. And they are certainly no
strangers to the Roadside Tavern!Listen to their music on MySpace.
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Thursday 12 August 20109.30pmHat Fitz & Cara Robinson- Blues, Accoustics, Root Music -
All the way from Australia and Northern Ireland
and back for a third gig in the Roadside Tavern,
because they liked the audience and the venue
so much! Be early, this is developing into a
Lisdoonvarna highlight.
Click here to see Hat Fitz' profile on MySpace
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Sunday 8 August 20109.30pmSons of GingerbreadA Band Called WandaThe Cujo FamilySons of Gingerbread's live blend of diverse music from hard rock, funky acoustic numbers, soulful blues and epic compositions brimming with the bands distinct sound have endeared them to crowds wherever they have played. A Band Called Wanda are an enigmatic, energetic quartet from Galway in the west of Ireland. Influenced by classic songwriters such as Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, The Beatles, Leonard Cohen and The Band, A Band Called Wanda have created their own blend of Folk'n'Roll.
The Cujo Family hale from Bray and Dublin. They have been regulars in the Dublin Music scene now for the past two years and have gathered up a dedicated following. Their gigs are high energy, stomping sessions with interludes of reflective balladry. They are both rawkus and wistful with a keen sense for the air of a tune.Here are the MySpace links to A Band Called Wanda, Sons of Gingerbread and The Cujo Family.
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A 9 Bands, 2 Nights
Festival in Lisdoonvarna!
Friday 6th and Saturday 7th August
8pm to 1am
Friday:
A Band called Wanda (Galway)
Absolutely Curtains (Dublin)
The Cujo Family (Bray)
Loudest Whisper (Cork)
Saturday:
Elastic Affair (Dublin)
Sons of Gingerbread (the West)
Niwel Tsumbu (Cork)
New Secret Weapon (London)
Trevor Hansbury & The Tzerz (Clare)
Admission: €10 per night
Bar licence and free parking
Doors open at 8pm
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Sunday 1 August 2010 (bank holiday)
9.30pm
The RatzingersThis group from Dublin counts up to 7 members. They influences are rooted in classic soul, jazz and swing, but basically anything that they enjoy playing and makes people dance!!!
Classic Soul: Aretha Franklin, James Brown.
Contemporary: Jamiroquai, Joss Stone, Duffy, Kt Tunstall.
Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, and Charlie Parker.Listen to their music on MySpace.Admission is free.
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Sunday 18 July 2010at 9.30pmEarthshipThis
will be the second gig at the Roadside Tavern for this group who produce funky jazz music. In their music, you will hear echoes
of the classic seventies fusion bands, such as Weather Report and
Return To Forever, the funk of Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters, and
the restless experimentation and exploration of Miles Davis. But above
all, you will feel the need to dance!Listen to them on Myspace.Admission is free, as usual.
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Sunday 11 July 2010
9.30pm
Loudest Whisper
will play again in the Roadside Tavern!
They are establishing themselves as Roadside favourites.
Admission free.
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Sunday 4 July 2010
9.30pm
Sons of GingerbreadSons of Gingerbread are a three piece band based in Co Mayo. The band has an original and dynamic sound stemming from a huge variety of music that has influenced them over the years. Their live blend of diverse music from hard rock, funky acoustic numbers, soulful blues and epic compositions brimming with the bands distinct sound have endeared them to crowds wherever they have played. And they are certainly no strangers to the Roadside Tavern!
Listen to their music on MySpace.
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Sunday 27 June 20109.30pmHat Fitz - Blues, Accoustics, Root Music - All the way from Australia and back for a third gig in the Roadside Tavern, because he liked the audience and the venue so much!Click here to see Hat Fitz' profile on MySpace
Admission free.
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Sunday 20 June 2010at 9.30pmEarthshipThis group produces funky jazz music. In their music, you will hear echoes of the classic seventies fusion
bands, such as Weather Report and Return To Forever, the funk of Herbie
Hancock and the Headhunters, and the restless experimentation and
exploration of Miles Davis. But above all, you will feel the need to
dance!Listen to them on Myspace.Admission is free, as usual.
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Saturday 12 June 2010
at 9.30pm
Peter Lang
is an accomplished acoustic guitarist from Minnesota. His music is from the same genre - American Primitivism - as the better-known guitarists Leo Kottke and John Fahey. It also covers roots and folk music.
He has recorded or performed with Ry Cooder, Leo Kottke, Emmylou Harris, Freddie King and many many others. He received numerous awards over the years, among others Minnesota Music Awards, "Best Guitarist" 1981, 1982, 1988. He took time out from the music business to pursue a career in animation and special effects production.
Listen to his music on on MySpace and come along to the gig! Another music legend performing in Lisdoonvarna.
Admission free.
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Sunday 27th December 2009
at 9.30pm
Sons of Gingerbread
This group has become a staple group in the Roadside Tavern,
and will rock their fans out of any Christmas stupor!
Admission free.
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Sunday 20th December 2009
Loudest Whisper
will play again in the Roadside Tavern! Don't miss this event - it will put
you in the "right spirit" for Christmas!
(but beware, no Christmas bells and no carols will be provided!)
Admission free.
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Saturday 28st November 2009
at 9.30pm
Paulo
Music on the piano
Admission free.
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Saturday 21st November 2009
at 9.30pm
Gerry McLoughlin
promises an entertaining music night on the piano
Admission free.
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Sunday 8th November 2009
8pm
Tracey Bunn and the Denizens of the Bog
are promising a night of sin, degradation, insanity and vice... The truth about country folk music!
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Micilín Conlon
Celebration of the Music and Life of a gifted musician!
Friday 23 to Sunday 25 October 2009
in the Roadside Tavern
Friday 23rd October 2009
9pm
Christy Barry (flute), Jack Talty (piano/concertina)
and Colin Nea (accordion)
Saturday 24th October 2009
4pm
Peadar Reilly & Friends
9pm
Davy Spillane (pipes/D whistle), Bobby Gardiner (accordion),
Seán Tyrrell (banjo/mandola), Jack Talty (piano),
Paul Dooley (fiddle)
Sunday 25th October 2009
4pm
Eoin Ceírin & friends
9pm
Johnny Conlon (accordion), Jack Talty (piano) and
Kate Teasby (flute)
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These were the
Road*Rock*side Tavern
Summer 2009 sessions
Free gigs at the Roadside Tavern!
All gigs took place inside.
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Sunday 27th September 2009 at 9pm
Left Right & Centre
- Blues -
One of our best Blues players - we are looking forward to listening to their great music!
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THURSDAY !! 24th September 2009 at 9pm
Spider John Koerner
What a catch for the Roadside Tavern and you! Coming
all the way from Minnesota, Spider John Koerner is a
Blues icon.
This is a gig not to be missed!
Please note that this gig is on a Thursday,
and not the usual Sunday.
Click here to check him out on MySpace
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Sunday 20th September 2009 at 9pm
Loudest WhisperThree parts folk, two parts country blues and two parts melodic
contemporary rock, all shaken up with a dash of classic songwriting.
Absolutely excellent!Click here to go to their MySpace website
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Sunday 13th September 2009 at 9pm
New Secret Weapon
Interesting Irish band with a progressive
twisty turny kind of sound and an originally
pitched vocal like Edgar Brougton meets
Cobain maybe - but the music is a
blues related downhome math rock grunge
affair.
Click here and check them out on MySpace
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Sunday 6th September 2009 at 9pm
Swamp
- Soul, R'n'B, R'n'R -
A 4 piece band: they have a sax player, double bass,
drums and guitar. A great sound!
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Sunday 30th August 2009 at 9pm
Mata Hari- The band produces flawless renditions of classic hits by THIN LIZZY, AC/DC, CREAM, DARKNESS, METALLICA and a host of others -Mata Hari are a 3 piece classic rock band: VOCALS + BASS GUITAR - BETO KUPPER (Sao Paulo, Brazil)DRUMS - JOHNNY ROZ (Bratislava, Slovakia)GUITAR - PAT O'SULLIVAN (Ireland)Click here to see their MySpace profile
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Sunday 23rd August 2009 at 9pm
The Tzerz, Trevor Hansbury - Loud Exciting Blues Rock Music -
This is their third gig in the Road*Rock*side Tavern -
they must like us!
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Sunday 16th August 2009 at 9pm
Niwel Tsumbu - the Modern Day Hendrix
coming back to the Roadside with bass and percussion
- Fusion/Roots/Alternative -
"Niwel Tsumbu trades in good
vibrations. His wayward incantations and
surgically precise guitar lines were a breath
of fresh air."
(Siobhan Long, Irish Times)
Click here to see his profile on MySpace
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Sunday 9th August 2009 at 9pm
Hat Fitz and Cara Robinson
- Blues, Accoustics, Root Music -
All the way from Australia and back for
a second gig in the Roadside Tavern,
because they liked us so much!
Click here to see Hat Fitz' profile on MySpace
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Sunday 2nd August (bank holiday weekend)
at 9.30pm
Paul Dooley and Terry Bingham
- Traditional Music -
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Sunday 12th July 2009 at 9pm
Swamp
- Soul, R'n'B, R'n'R -
A 4 piece band: they have a sax player, double bass,
drums and guitar. A great sound!
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Sunday 5th July 2009 at 9pm
Niwel Tsumbu - the Modern Day Hendrix
- Fusion/Roots/Alternative -
"Niwel Tsumbu trades in good
vibrations. His wayward incantations and
surgically precise guitar lines were a breath
of fresh air."
(Siobhan Long, Irish Times)
Click here to see his profile on MySpace
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Sunday 28th June 2009 at 9pm
The Tzerz / Trevor Hansbury
- loud exciting blues rock music -
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Sunday 21 June 2009 at 8pm
Sons of Gingerbread
- Blues/Rock -
Hat Fitz and Cara Robinson
(on tour from Australia)
- Blues/Acoustic Roots Music -
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Celebrating the life and music of Micilín Conlon
24th to 25th October 2008
at the Roadside Tavern
Friday, 24/10/08 at 9pm
Tommy Peoples, Christy Barry & Colin Nee
Saturday, 25/10/08
2pm Concertina Class with Terry Bingham (no beginners)
4pm Session with Peadar Reilly
9pm Michael Hynes & Johnny Conlon
Sunday 26/10/08
4pm Session with Seamus Hynes
9pm Davy Spillane & Danny Burke
- Musicians welcome! -
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Free Open Air Gig at the Roadside Tavern, Lisdoonvarna
Sunday 10th August
4pm Onya / Fran E. Fray
6pm The T'Zerz
9pm Sons of Gingerbread
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The Roadside turned Rockside Tavern
Sunday 8th June 2008
This open air gig started at 4pm and went long into the night featuring Bushplant, Jackhammer Purr and Sons of Gingerbread.
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Bushplant were the first to play -
veterans of the Clare music scene!
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After that, Jackhammer Purr got the crowd going
with their take on rock and blues classics.
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Sons of Gingerbread played well into the night.
The gravel was pushed aside and people danced
till late...
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