Leslie Dowdall cancelled - next up Carnival Saloon

Unfortuately our scheduled gig with Leslie Dowdall & Mike Hanrahan tomorrow night has been cancelled due to illness. Apologies for any inconvenience. It's a pity as I was a big fan of Leslie from her In Tua Nua days and was looking forward to it.

Anyways, next up is Carnival Saloon who, trust me, are absolutely brilliant and will make up for any disappointment. There's a Tom Waits tribute act from Dublin and are a real must see for any Tom Waits fans out there. I've just got off the phone from Letterkenny bluesmeister Mark Black who has agreed to do the support slot so even more value for your money. And at €12 it's hardly going to break the bank.

See you next thursday...

Urban Hermits Last Saturday, Leslie Dowdall this Thursday

Well, fair play to Tommy and the rest of The Urban Hermits lads - last saturday was a great night. It takes a bit of balls to put on a gig in your home town - there's nowhere to hide if it all goes pear-shaped - so we're delighted to see it pay off for them with a great night.

The Balor was packed, both the Hermits and support act Mark Black got rousing receptions and a great night was had by all - including a certain local DJ who got extremely carried away and began throwing underwear at the stage!

The music continues this thursday with Leslie Dowdall of In Tua Nua fame and Mike Hanrahan of Stocktons wing. Guys of a certain age will no doubt remember falling madly in love with Leslie while humming 'Do You Want Somebody To Love' in the early 80's.

Mike Hanrahan is instantly recognisable as one of Ireland’s finest musical talents. Singer, songwriter and guitarist with the legendary Stockton’s Wing, a band who released album after album of greatness during the 80’s and 90’s. Balor audiences will remember him playing here in Oct ‘05 with Ronnie Drew.

Oh, and our new May/June brochures should be back from the printers this thursday so have a look for them being distributed around the county in the next week or so.

About Time For Another Blog

It's been a long time since we posted so apologies but, from now on, we're determined to keep this up do date.

There's a very busy line-up for the next few months with lots of big names - Des Bishop, Andrew Maxwell from the world of comedy, in drama we have Roy - a play about Corks most famous footballing son/moany pr#ck (delete as appropriate depending on whose side took on the whole Saipan thing) and musically, among others, there's Ronan O Snodaigh and Eoin Dillon from Kila both bringing solo acts up in the coming months and there's a really exciting exhibition and traditinoal Irish/Cajun music fusion project planned for July - full details on the listings page of the site.

Tonight we have local band Urban Hermits playing - the lads have a very good rep locally and it should be a great gig. And we promise, we will update on monday to let you know how it went...honest!