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23
Oct
2012
24th annual Rockfall Festival - October Bank Holiday Weekend
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This years festival will feature over 70 acts with Bands, Solo Artistes, and DJ,s playing in venues all over Kilkeny City during the October bank holiday weekend. The Festival will once again showcase the enormous talent that is in Kilkenny.
From Rock to Dance,Country to Folk, Blues to Americana, Trad to Pop, its all here. As well as that,Thin Az Lizzy, The Sawdoctors, A Mayfair Joe Dolan Tribute, Woody Guthrie Centennial Tribute, Devious Theatre, A Busking Competition (in conjunction with Savour Kilkenny Festival) and world renowned Dance/Progressive DJ John Gibbons (who flies in from Mexico) will all entertain over the weekend.
While all of the Pub gigs are free we would people to support any fundraisers we will have in house. All of our pay in gigs are very reasonably priced also. Proceeds from the Festival will once again go to support the wonderful work of Enable Ireland at the O'Neill Centre in Kilkenny.
Friday, 26th October 2012
| Event | Venue | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfair Anniversary Dance in Hotel Kilkenny with The Marble City Sounds, Paddy Hanrahan,Sonny Cullen, Special Guest Paschal Brennan with The Joe Dolan Tribute Show | Hotel Kilkenny | 9.30am -1.30pm | €10 |
| TV Jones & The Tomahawks | Ryan's | 10pm | Free |
| Catch 22 | Matt the Millers | 10pm | Free |
| Fright Night Friday Rockfall Fancy Dress Party Night - DJs, Spots, Great Prizes, Great Craic | Biddy Earlys | 9pm | Free |
| Woodie Guthrie Tribute | Cleeres Theatre | 9.30pm | €7 |
| DJ John Gibbons with DJ Amos, Barry D, Gary Bates | Pegasus Night Club | 9pm | €5 |
Saturday, 27th October 2012
| Event | Venue | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockfall at the Town Hall | Town Hall | 11am - 5pm | Free |
| Busking Competition | Sreets of Kilkenny | 2pm - 4pm | Free |
| Thomas Donoghue Band, Nathan Conway and The River Valley Band + Soul Kitchen | Set Theatre | 9.30pm (doors) 10pm (first band on scene) | €5 |
| The Uptown Band | Ryans | 10pm | Free |
| Lancelot Lynx (formerly Mata Hari) | Paris Texas | 10pm | Free |
| Devious Theatre will present the first screening of the Irish stage premiere of Night Of The Living Dead followed by The All Time DJ's performing the Dead Disco | Cleeres Theatre | 8.30pm | €5 |
| Yvonne Moriarty with Him and Her | Rafter Dempseys | 10pm | Free |
| Durida Nua | Paddy Leydons | 10pm | Free |
| Billy Mac | O'Gormans | 10pm | Free |
| Ignition | Egans | 10pm | Free |
| Larry Dowds Rockfall Disco Night | Pat Carrolls | 10pm | Free |
| Karaoke Night | PVs Bar Kilford Arms | 10pm | Free |
| Live music | Campions | 10pm | Free |
| Live music | Clubhouse Hotel | 10pm | Free |
| 32-20 | Breathnachs | 10pm | Free |
| Leg Wax + DJ Keith Osborne | Lanigans | 8.30pm | Free |
Sunday, 28th October 2012
| Event | Venue | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages Gig. Kilkennys Best young talent on the Pegasus stage. M.C. Martin Bridgeman (KCLR)). | Pegasus Cliffords Arms | 2.30pm - 5pm | €5 |
| Busking Competition | Sreets of Kilkenny | 2pm - 4pm | Free |
| Thin Az Lizzy | Kytelers Inn | 10pm, doors 9.30pm | €10 with €7 concession |
| Backdoor Blues - Halloween fancy dress night | Ryans | 10pm | Free |
| Kitchen Sessions Special | Paddy Leydons | 5-8pm | Free |
| The Bar Flies | The Pumphouse | 10pm | Free |
| O'Dwyer Bros | Kytelers Courtyard | 6pm | Free |
| Kids Disco (3-8yrs) | Clubhouse Hotel | 2pm-5pm | €5 |
| DJ Tracey Edwards | Rafter Dempseys | 10pm | Free |
| The Midnight Union Band + The Scenes | Billy Byrnes | 10pm | Free |
| Rockfall Fancy Dress Disco with Johnie Jukebox | Egans | 10pm | Free |
| The Wildwood Boys | O'Gormans | 10pm | Free |
| Eamon Comerford | PVs Kilford Arms | 10pm | Free |
| Rusty Springs | Breathnachs | 7pm | Free |
| Mid Life Crisis | Campions | 10pm | Free |
| Rockfall and Out for the Weekend present Halloween Fancy Dress Party with The Hujas + DJ IANO. | Nixon at the Watergate | 9pm | Free |
| Octaves | Clubhouse Hotel | 10pm | Free |
| The Sawdoctors | Set Theatre | 8pm | €20 |
Monday, 29th October 2012
| Event | Venue | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank Holiday Marathon Gig 4- finish with Frantic Jack, Clive Barnes, Midnight Union Band, The Quare Hawks, Thomas Donoghue Band, Edisons, Shane O,Dwyer, Abey Folk, The Fundamentals, Jamie Fitzpatrick and Sophie Knox, John Treacy, Stephen Murphy, The Acousticats, DJ Amos. | Kytelers Inn | 4pm | €5 |
| Stephen Murphy | Tynans | 9.30pm | Free |
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