Tír na nÓg who will appear at éistmusic on
Friday, October 10th.
Andy Irvine @ éistmusic. March 14th 2008.
Gary Dunne @ éistmusic. April 11th 2008.
Eleanor McEvoy supported by Tadhg Cooke @ éistmusic. January 18th 2008.
John Spillane supported by House of Cosy
Cushions @ éistmusic. December 14th 2007.
Sounds Like
éistmusic is a club where the bar is not allowed dominate the music; a club that sees great virtue in its small capacity; an audience that listens carefully, but is loud in its appreciation. éistmusic prides itself on providing our patrons with as wide a range of music as possible. Our first season (September 2006-June 2007) has featured Singer/songwriters, Blues, Folk, Country, and Irish Traditional, and we have welcomed a diverse range of artists: Duke Special, Andy Irvine, Frankie Gavin, Gary Dunne, Dermot 'Blues' Byrne, The Kill Nashvilles, Íse, Bill Coleman, Nicole Maguire, Jenny Lindfors, Peter Doran, Jimi Cullen, Rory Faithfield, Carla Brunell, and Chris Ward. And, demonstrating our committment to emerging artists from our local area, we have been proud to present Shane Booth, Terry Byrne, James O'Connor, David Bowe, Bonnefires, Emer Dunne, Aoife Corcoran, Dave Morrissey, Adela Meally, Niamh O'Neill, and The Sham Lawlor. Our thanks to each and every one of them. And to you, our audience, for making nearly every éistmusic gig sold out well in advance.
éistmusic is a monthly music club in Portlaoise. Whether you like singer/songwriters, rock, pop, folk, traditional, classical, blues or jazz, éistmusic will provide an opportunity to enjoy performances by both well-known and emerging artists in intimate, atmospheric surroundings. éistmusic is a listeners' club and, since we started in September 2006, we have had memorable performances by artists as diverse as Damien Dempsey, Duke Special, Andy Irvine, Declan O'Rourke, Julie Feeney, Séamus Begley & Jim Murray, David Geraghty, Eleanor McEvoy, Gary Dunne, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Frankie Gavin, John Spillane and Dermot 'Blues' Byrne plus many local singers and musicians. Please note that, because other Portlaoise venues do so, éistmusic does not present full electric bands.
éistmusic is currently creating a database of future performers.
If you are a musician, or member of a group who would like to be part of this exciting new venture, please contact Vincent or
John by e-mailing eistmusic@gmail.com. Please note that all performers should be over 18 years of age.
éistmusic performers please note that, given the capacity of the venue (maximum 60),
and our belief that you should be paid as much as possible, there will be no
guestlist for any event. This will be strictly adhered to.
We regret that, at present, support acts will be paid travel expenses only.
éistmusic promises performers a listening, appreciative audience.
éistmusic promises patrons a wide variety of interesting, enjoyable performers. Please note that admission is by ticket only. Tickets for most events will be available from the venue (057 8621744) from the night of the previous event. Tickets for all éistmusic events are offered to our regular patrons first. Any remaining tickets will then go on general sale. We are happy to be able to say that most éistmusic gigs are sold out well in advance.
Hey, Just wanted to let you know about several shows coming up this week with Juliet Turner. Hope you can make it out to one of them. Also, this Friday afternoon I will be on Dublin's Country Mix 106.8 FM so tune in and check that out if you can. Thanks for all the support on the tour!
Gentry
www. gentrymorris. com
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July 22nd - Midleton @ McDaid's Folk Club
July 23rd - Baltimore @ The Gleeb Gardens
July 24th - Cobh @ The Sirius Arts Centre
July 25th - Gentry Live on Dublin's Country Mix 106. 8 FM 12:30pm
July 25th - Dublin @ Whelan's
To all at Eistmusic, I cannot express enough in words how much it warmed my heart to perform at your club. It really was a privilege. Eistmusic is a true gem.
Just wanted to leave a short note to say how much I enjoyed the gig at 'eist'. It was such a lovely, lovely night. It really was. You run the whole night so beautifully and draw a fantastic, warm, music loving audience. It was a real pleasure from start to finish. I wish I could be there to see some of the up coming dates too. Keep up the good work.
Hi John, Just to let you know, Dee and I are home safe and sound! :) Thanks so much for inviting me down to play on Friday - it's such a great venue you're running there and the atmosphere is second to none! And it was great to get away for the weekend too! Keep in touch and keep up the good work, Laura
thanks a million for arranging a great night lads!great atmosphere, great venue and great people. pleasure to play for you! hopefully see you all again soon, dermot
Thank you to ÉistMusic for an amazing night and also to everyone who turned up and listened...we had a really great time! See you again soon I hope. Cheers D
Well Done Lads, nearly scared to say it, but think it was the best éistmusic last night, amazing, Declan O'Rourke, Niamh O'Neill and surprise guest Paddy Casey!! Where else would you get it?? Well Done Again, must get you the pics ASAP.
Congratulations to all in éistmusic and thanks for bringing this great music venue to Portlaoise. I really appreciated the opportunity I was given to perform my own songs there, and I enjoyed taking over from Flatley on the second night with my few solo steps! Thanks for everything. I am looking forward to next season's line up and playing there again in the future. Emer
