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Cobh set to Rock to the Blues.
More than 22 bands to play
13 venues over 3 days !
Cobh will come alive to the rhythm of Blues Music when the Cobh Blues Festival kicks into action on the 25th, 26th & 27th September 2009.
Twenty two local and international bands will be taking part in the festival, playing live Blues music, such as Eric Clapton and Rory Gallagher favourites, at thirteen different locations in the town. The three day event is being sponsored by Guinness.
Following the success of the inaugural Cobh Blues Festival in 2008, the Cobh Blues Club was formed. Five of the bands in the line up of this year’s entertainment are members of the Club. To encourage young musicians in the town, part of this year’s programme will include a music workshop on Saturday morning, organised by the Cobh Blues Club. This will take place at the Sirius Arts Centre and those taking part will play live music on the Bandstand from 2 to 5.30 p.m. with the Cobh Blues Club performers.
Headlines at the Commodore Hotel on Friday and Saturday will see Arcadia plus James O’Mahoney and The Totalers performing from 11 pm till late. Performers at the other festival venues include Aaron Curtis from London, the Tom Cats from Killarney and the Blues Brother style music performed by the Swinging Blue Cats from Kilkenny. Also included in the line up will be Ted Cramer, Azzuro, Padraig Parker, Remedy, McGill, John & Barry, the Red Bloosters, the Young Once, the Vipers, J&B Rox, Scruffy, Sound Affairs, Rumbleshack, Dr. Dec & The Side Effects, the Uncle Alberts Rupp Band, the Cobh Blues Club and the well known Israeli Blues musicians, the Valdeman Trio.
Saturday is the Family Fun Day on the Promenade, with a Farmers Market plus free entertainment for children. This will include bouncy castles, balloon artists and face painting – and of course the workshop performers live on the bandstand. If the weather should be inclement, everything will move into the Jack Doyle room at the Commodore.
The Cobh Blues Experience – a true musical feast! |
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A Full Program of Events can be downloaded in PDF Forma from here
You can get a taste of what it's all about at the Cobh Blues Club page here
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11:00pm to late
Headlines at the Commodore Hotel
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Friday
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James O’Mahoney & The Totalers |
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Saturday
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The Prester John Blues Band in O'Sheas Bar
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ARCADIA in Jack Doyle Room |
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Sunday
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The Swinging Blue Cats
in O'Sheas Bar |
Free music at the following
venues over the weekend
Well House Bar, Rob Roy Bar, Mauretania Bar, Ryans Bar, Tarrants Bar, Kelly's Bar, O'Sheas Bar @ The Commore, Bellavista House Hotel, The Village Inn, The Crows Nest Bar, The Commodrdore Hotel, Blues Workshop @ Sirius Arts Centre, Jack Doyles Bar, The Quays Bar.
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Performers Include
Cobh Blues Club, Dr Dec and the Side Effects, Arron Curtis, The Prester John Blues Band, Azzoro, The Tom Cats, The Valdman Trio, Uncle Alberts Rupp Band, James O'Mahony & The Totalers, The Red Bloosters, The Young Once, The Rumble Shack, Ted Kramer, McGill, Remedy, John & Barry, The Swinging Blue Cats, Scruffy. |
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