We wrote about the return of Arthur’s Day for 2010 back in June but since then there’s been a lot happening in preperation for it. Tickets went on sale last month and promptly sold out across the 7 studio venues and 28 pubs in Dublin, Cork and Galway. Fear not though! Culch has learned that extra tickets for the studio venues will be going on sale tomorrow morning (24th August) on ticketmaster.ie Studio tickets and the outdoor Galway music event will cost €10 and the 28 pub venues will cost €5 with proceeds benefiting the Arthur Guinness Fund.
Along with announcing the additional tickets an additional 15 artists have been added to the lineup. They include: rock legends Manic Street Preachers, Irish fans favourite David Gray, Dublin singer-songwriter Cathy Davey and Oscar-winning actor turned musician Tim Robbins & The Rogues Gallery Band. The new additions to the line up also include some fresh new talent making waves including British hip hop rapper Ty, The Courteeners, Mercury Prize nominee Biffy Clyro and Bitches with Wolves.
A unique element to this year’s Arthur’s Day is Our Thursdays’ where bands across the country have been competing for the chance to play one of the big studio venues. From the shortlist of bands, Guinness will be running 4 Regional Showcases in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Belfast on 26th August, to determine which lucky 24 bands will go through to the National Showcase in Belfast on 9th September. At the National Showcase, a panel of music industry judges will choose their final 3 winners to play as part of the Arthur’s Day line up, alongside the biggest acts. For a full list of acts and where they’ll be playing, see below:
| Studio Venues |
Artists |
| St James’ Gate | Snow Patrol Manic Street Preachers Biffy Clyro Our Thursdays Winner |
| The Academy | Brandon Flowers Plan B José González Slow Club Tim Robbins & The Rogues Gallery Band |
| Olympia Theatre | Carbon/Silicon Cathy Davey The Chapters Our Thursdays Finalist |
| Vicar Street | The Maccabees The Hoosiers Eliza Doolittle The Courteeners |
| The Village | Kelis Tinie Tempah Example We Have Band Ty |
| Folan Quay, Galway Harbour | David Gray Newton Faulkner The Magic Numbers Sharon Shannon Our Thursdays Finalist |
| Savoy, Cork |
Paolo Nutini
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| PUB VENUES |
Each pub will also welcome a surprise performance on the night from a studio artist
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| Dublin | |
| The Baggot Inn | Heathers David Kitt |
| The Bank | Joey Negro & The Sunburst Band |
| The Brazen Head | The Shoos Sparrow and the Workshop |
| Bruxelles | Sparrow and The Workshop Heathers |
| Dakota | The Milk Bitches with Wolves |
| Doheny & Nesbitt | John Spillane The Boy Who Trapped the Sun |
| Fitzsimons | Pilotlight Ryan Sheridan |
| Flannery’s | Molotov Jukebox |
| The George | Bitches with Wolves Dirty Epics |
| Hogans | RoySeven |
| Odeon | Oliver Cole Butterfly Explosion |
| O’Donoghue’s | David Kitt The Chapters |
| Oliver St. John Gogarty’s | The High Kings Oliver Cole |
| The Palace Bar | The Boy Who Trapped the Sun John Spillane |
| Pygmalion | The Dirty 9s The Rags |
| Sinnotts | Fight Like Apes Pilotlight |
| The Stag’s Head | The Rags Ryan Sheridan |
| The Temple Bar | Broken Records The High Kings |
| Whelans | Dirty Epics Butterfly Explosion |
Galway |
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| Kelly’s | Duke Special |
| Róisín Dubh | A Band Called Wanda Plus Special Guest |
| Taaffes | Johnny Flynn Plus Special Guest |
| Tigh Cóilí | A Band Called Wanda Johnny Flynn |
Cork |
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| Crane Lane Theatre | Carly Connor Keywest |
| Old Oak | Director Simon Fagan |
| The Pavilion | Mick Flannery Simon Fagan |
| Reardens | Mick Flannery Carly Connor |
| SoHo | Keywest Director |
Thanks for this post Anto - hadn’t seen the latest lineup yet! Stoked that David Gray will be making an appearance too
Just spotted this now, thanks for posting. Just to say that EleventyFour is playing at Bia Bar after winning the Our Thursdays competition. Bia Bar isn’t listed here or on the posters around town either, hmmm..