NICK KELLY has been described as “uncompromised and ever-shining, precious” by NME and “the most visual songwriter Ireland has ever produced” by Hot Press. He first came to prominence fronting fabled ‘90s band The Fat Lady Sings. He has subsequently released four acclaimed solo albums, the latter two as Alien Envoy. He has been awarded Best Solo Artist at the Irish Music Critics Awards, nominated for Irish Album of The Year at the Choice Music Prize, and voted Ireland’s #3 Best Songwriter in the Hot Press annual Readers’ Poll. In recent years Nick has also gained fame as a film maker. Oscar-shortlisted for his third short “Shoe”, his first feature “The Drummer and The Keeper” won 18 major awards on the global festival circuit.
DOGS, the recent collaboration between Nick and Seán Millar have released their much-anticipated debut album Joy. Joy has already debuted at Number 12 in the official Scottish album charts.
‘The Song Cycle’ is a lauded documentary about Nick and Seán’s sustainable tour by bicycle and bus to perform at Glastonbury 2022. Directed and produced by Nick, it premiered at Ireland’s most prestigious festival, the Galway Film Fleadh in July 2024, where it won Best Independent Film. More recently, it screened at September’s IFI Documentary Festival, winning the Audience Choice award for Best Irish Feature.
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BRIAN HOGAN has been playing in bands since the age of ten. In the early nineties he co-founded bands: Wild Cherry Tonic, Illywhacker, The Galloping Hogans and seminal Dublin band PAMF.
In 1996 he returned to Dublin and joined contemporary Irish group KíLA, with whom he co-composes and travels the world. With KíLA he has won a Meteor award, earned a platinum, several gold discs and achieved a number-one-hit alongside U2, The Dubliners and the Band of Bowsies with the single The Ballad Of Ronnie Drew.
He has enjoyed playing with George Hamilton IV, Bono, U2, Sinéad O Connor, The Dubliners, Paul Brady, Donal Lunny, Liam O Maonlaoí, Glen Hansard and George Hook. He now has his own band Preachers Son.
Doors open 1.30pm. Music starts 2.30pm. The venue is mixed seated and standing. Tables are limited and available on a first come first served basis so, if you’d like a seat, we recommend arriving early!
