Hey we are heading towards the highlight of the Festival week – Sunday Family Fun Day lots of great events for all the family in Lucan Village. One of the the big event on the Sunday will be the Village Stage 8 great bands appearing from 1.30 to 6pm. Around 3pm we are also hoping to have a little Dublin silverware on the stage if you get my meaning?
Here is the schedule of bands appearing on the day, come down and enjoy some great music!
Sophie Coyle from Dundalk began writing songs at the age of 12 on a rare ‘two string’ guitar but threw it all away to complete her secondary school studies. All the old 45minute cassette tapes containing her songs have been lost or taped over, such is life.
Sophie’s music could be described as folk-jazz, old-timey feel with quirky lyrics and catchy tunes.Her song `Delirium` has been used for the Credits of `Spiderhole`, a 2010 feature length, Irish made horror film being distributed internationally. She has sung at many well-established Irish venues such as the Spirit Store, the Roisin Dubh, the Cobblestone, the Belltable, and at the Electric Picnic. Sophie recently played support to John Spillane and was also on the line up for this year’s Flat Lakes Festival just gone.
Sophie’s’ influences included Ella Fitzgerald, Hugues Aufrey, Divine Comedy, Madeleine Peyroux, Willie Colon, John Spillane, Joni Mitchell, St. Vincent, Bob Dylan.
The Village stage promises to keep the crowd entertained through the afternoon with the best line up of acts ever seen at one location in Lucan. This is one event you don’t want to miss at its all FREE!
Lucan Festival are delighted that The Gandhis have confirmed to play The Village Stage on Sunday September 25th. The Gandhis are a Dublin based four-piece, in which writing and singing duties are shared between all four members. They have a unique style and panache in creating a simple yet immediately infectious melody – something that you can sing along to as if you’ve known it all your life. Throw in a neat brass section; some wonderfully arranged harmonies, and a collection of delightfully sunny guitar riffs. The four band members are: Niall Cullen – Bass and Vocal, Conor Deasy – Lead Guitar and Vocal, Aidan McKelvey – Guitar and Vocal, Bazz O’Reilly – Drums and Vocal.
In 2008 they were signed to Dublin label 1969 records, and their debut album ‘You Are My Friend’ was released in October ’09 with a sell-out launch night in Whelans. The band have made national appearances on the likes of RTE’s “Saturday Night With Miriam” and “The Cafe”, Having developed a strong reputation for their energetic live shows, some press comments attributed to The Gandhis include:
“A sweet delight….some of the catchiest pop tunes you’re likely to hear all year”Evening Herald,
“a great night out is always guaranteed at their gigs”News Of The World..
In the recent past they played three support slots with Declan O’Rourke at Dolan’s Warehouse in Limerick, The Róisín Dubh in Galway and The Killarney INEC, Saturday. Gandhis. The guys should have a new single out in early October watch out for that.
Madra are a rock ‘n’roll band with members from Lucan and Cabinteely. Each member brings their own diverse and unique styles and tastes in music, but it is the guitar driven, drum pounding, bass thumping rock ‘n ‘ roll of the 60′s and 70′s that shines through in our original material. While listening to Madra, one can expect to hear anything from Zepplinesque! Heavy rock to melodic music in the vein of The Beatles to songs, with just a hint of good solid punk like the Ramones or a touch of the alternative, a la Bowie. Recently the band have played at Captain Americas, The Village and the Twisted Pepper.
The band consists of Noel Gleeson – Guitar & Lead Vocals, Darragh Dalton – Drums & Backing Vocals and Mark Phelan on Bass & Vocals.
Having played solo for a number of years under her own name, Adela Meally was nominated as Best Female at the Balcony TV Awards 07 and was hyped as the “new queen of the local indie scene” by Hot Pres
Adela, played support to John Spillane, Eleanor McEvoy, Liam O Maoinlai, Don Mescall, Gavin Glass, Juliet Turner, Damien Dempsey, Mick Flannery & Arthur Ebeling and also made a video ‘Party for Three’ with the New York Film University. The song has been described as “Sesame Street on craic” and as having “hit written all over it” according to John Creedon of RTE Radio 1.
Comprised of a group of four professional musicians, Adela and the Meanits began as a project in 2009 when they made their debut in the Body and Soul Arena at world famous music and arts festival, Electric Picnic.
After a chance encounter on a St Patrick’s Day float in Portlaoise, Adela met drummer Ros O’ Meara. Then a member of several bands, Ros introduced Adela to Barry Hayes who in turn introduced everyone to John Davidson. Like peas in a far out pod…they became Adela and the Meanits. Their music has been likened to Madness, Sultans of Ping and Lily Allen, but comparisons aside, Adela and the Meanits have an infectious, happy buzz in their sound. Their live shows are a quirky mix of trashcan jazz-meets-pop-meets-folk.
All four musicians (Adela Meally, John Davidson, Ros O’ Meara, Barry Hayes). are multi-instrumentalists and incorporate vocals, double bass, piano, ukulele, melodica, drums/percussion, nylon string guitar and violin with effects pedals into each live performance. They are now set to release their debut album just in time for this year’s summer festivals. The upcoming studio album has a definite left of centre pop sound.
We are delighted that Adela and the Meanits will perform at The Village Stage Sunday September 25th.
This years festival is really shaping up very nicely, we have now almost completed our line up for the the Village Stage on Sunday September 25th. The latest band to confirm are Half Shot.
Formed in 2006 – Half Shot are a 4 Piece Hard Rock band with two band members from Derry and two from Dublin. The line-up includes: Leo Devine (Vocals/Guitar) Stephen “Heeps” Devine (Lead Guitar/Vocals) Ben O’Brien (Bass) Luke Gleeson (Drums) who hails from Sarsfields Park in Lucan.
Half Shot are very much an in-your-face powerful rock band with influences from classic rock and 70’s punk such as ACDC, Sex Pistols, Led Zeppelin while adding their own bit of spice for taste. They are a fantastic tight live rocking outfit with great riffs, melodies, leads, driving bass rhythm, thunderous drums and sound song structures. Half Shot are bound to get the crowd jumping around. Great to have them on board!.
The guys have a busy year ahead with gigs in Dublin, Derry and in the UK in Northampton and Nottingham.
