Operated by by sister company Rising Moon Productions, our dedicated events space can be used for theatre, comedy, live music, events and everything in between.
Events in September–October 2022
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Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
Grainne Hunt
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Grainne Hunt
Gráinne Hunt - contemporary nu-folk singer/songwriter.
Grainne has a rich background in performance and song writing. She is an experienced and versatile professional musician with a demonstrated history of working in the Arts. She has a music degree and some formal training in guitar and vocals.
With captivating vocals &insightful songs, she has toured extensively and performed on stage in Ireland, UK, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Czech, Austria, Slovenia and the US.
She has shared stages with Glen Hansard, opened for Gladys Knight and Eagle Eye Cherry, Declan O’Rourke, the Bay City Rollers and Kane Brown. Her influences range from The Dubliners to Joni Mitchell, and from Mary Black to John Mayer.
Her ‘gorgeous new album’ (RTE Radio 1), This Secret, was released in September 2019. ‘[A] seamlessly gentle fusion of Irish folk & Nashville backing, together with Gráinne’s gorgeous, slightly throaty vocal delivery’ (FolkRadio.co.uk), it was recorded with Grammy nominated Thomm Jutz (Nanci Griffith) & features the skills of Mark Fain (Ry Cooder) on bass & Lynn Williams (John Hiatt) on drums.
Alongside her solo project, Grainne is involved in
- Songs from Ireland - Irish traditional/classical project with award-winning guitarist Brendan Walsh. Album released April 2019.
- Hibsen - a recent collaboration with Jim Murphy. Together they have written 15 songs to reflect James Joyce’s Dubliners. Thanks to Arts Council funding, this album of songs has been recorded and will be released in early 2023
- club – in 2020 Gráinne founded an online songwriting group to support other musicians in their songwriting.
Following Covid lockdowns and cancellations, Gráinne took the time to focus on creating and collaborating. She performed for #IrelandPerforms, founded songwritercircle.club, created the first #AdventCalendarOfSong (recordings of 24 Christmas songs released on social media in Dec’20) and joined U2, Glen Hansard, & others for The Late Late Show Charity Busk raising €1.5m for the Simon Community. 2021 saw over 35 songs written, a focus vocal, guitar and home-recording skills, the launch of her #1981series, and some shows, live and streamed. Gráinne saw out 2021 with a full band live recording in Iontas Theatre, she has just completed the Kildare Creatives Development Programme with the Local Enterprise Office Kildare and is joining the cast of new folk musical In the Midst of Plenty this summer.
Gráinne is currently compiling songs for her next record, that will be recorded later this year.
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Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
The Kirk Mcelhinney Trio
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The Kirk Mcelhinney Trio
The quality of Kirk McElhinney’s songwriting, his voice and guitar playing is recognised by any who come across his work.
His sound once described by Nitin Sawney as “a melting pot of sonic bliss”, Kirk himself calls urban folk.
His songs and his delivery have an uncanny ability to capture people’s hearts and move minds and bodies.
On the road promoting his new album “You Are Not Your Past” on Manchester WorldFolk Label Limefield, he’s joined by 2 artists in their own right.
Andy Hay on drums recently released his second album after the acclaimed “Many Rivers” made its mark on the British music scene and long time collaborator John Ellis has worked with The Cinematic Orchestra, Corinne Bailey Rae, Lily Allen, Tom Jones and too many more to mention.
All three blend together vocally and musically with real fire and soul.
Kirk is a national treasure with a universal aim. To see him with the trio is to see him truly in his element and not to be missed.
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Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra
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Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra
Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra don’t care what genre you choose to put them in – western swing, blues, country, rock & roll or whatever else – as long as you understand that they’re 100% sincere and 100% immersed in this stuff. This is no lazy pastiche, no dressing up box. They live and breathe this music and want you to get immersed with them.The Tea Pad are eight years into a remarkable story that began with four friends studying at Newcastle University and now sees them playing venues and festivals across the UK and mainland Europe. Based in Newcastle Upon Tyne but with members hailing from Orkney to Warwickshire, the Tea Pad sound draws on myriad influences – from Hank Williams to Django Reinhardt, Tom Waits to The Beatles – yet ultimately sounds like nobody else, that North Eastern swing style that’s utterly their own and changing all the time.Across the four wonderful albums – 2012’s Money Isn’t Everything, 2014’s Talk About The Weather, 2016’s Something Blue and 2019’s Soul Of My City – the band have constantly added new flavours to their sound: Heron in particular is a vinyl obsessive, always fired up about some new passion – calypso or boogaloo or whatever this week brings – and that eclecticism feeds into their songs, with the newest releases adding twangy 60s guitar tones and modernist R&B styles.The band tour the way bands should – widely and endlessly – winning friends and fans at each new show with notable performances at festivals like Glastonbury, Bestival, Wilderness and Cambridge Folk Festival. They’ve appeared three times on Radio 4’s Loose Ends, and had their music played by everyone from Marc Riley to Huey Morgan.October 2019 sees the band release Eta Carinae, a four track EP, with a title track reminiscent of The Beatles and features a string quartet and lyrics inspired by Brian Cox documentaries. The new EP, which sees the Tea Pad sound evolving more than it ever has previously, is released on October 11th on 10? vinyl and digital.Joining Rob Heron (vocals/guitar) is Tom Cronin (mandolin/harmonica/guitar), Colin Nicholson (accordion/organ/piano) and Ted Harbot (double bass/electric bass) and Paul Archibald (drums).Tour support comes from Tommy Arch. -
Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes!