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Two quick Sligo things…Two great and different gigs coming up this weekend- both in the same pub. Upstairs in McGarrigles is the destination for James Yorkston and Chequerboard on Friday 27th March and then for the monthly comedy gig on Saturday 28th- this time with Robbie Bonham and Simon O’Keeffe.
The Comedy is hosted by John Colleary and is only €10 on the door so it’s well worth a look. Great uplift to the weekend. Check out the myspace for more info.
James Yorkston with Daisy. pic by Sean Dooley
James Yorkston is set to be an altogether more beautiful affair. A brilliant brilliant musician I first came across him through the Month of Sundays project with Donal Dineen and his albums have become much played on my music listening machines. His music is intelligent and poetic and beautiful with clever and often witty lyrics. Woozy with Cider (video below) is one of my all time favourite songs and a perfect accompaniment to Sunday afternoons. Yorkston is a proper musicians musician and well worth catching live. He doesn’t come to Ireland that often, let alone to Sligo, so I would give this a huge Stranded Must See stamp (I must get one of those) made all the more so by the presence of Chequerboard as support. Chequerboard’s Penny Black is a properly incredible album (was robbed not be in the choice shortlists for 2008) and to see John Lambert weave the sounds and textures live with his guitar and looping machines brings it all to another dimension.
So if you are in Sligo and want a lovely night of properly great live music head to McGarrigles on Friday 27th. I’ve no idea what time or how much but I’d guess from 9pm is safe enough. Bring your listening ears.
The Model’s Craic in the Box gigs have been on the move since the Model closed for the redevelopment and they finally settled upstairs at McGarrigles in Sligo in December. I missed the December gig but after a January hibernation (them, not me) I caught the February one last night. I say caught- i mean i worked the door to help out but I was side stage throughout.
Master MC (MC squared if you will) John Colleary has taken over the reigns and is programming his favourite comedy folk for the Sligo gigs. He picked a great headliner last night…his old TJ and TJ conspirator Bernard O’Shea. Last time I saw Bernard it was in a pokey, hot little prefab in Edinburgh (this is entirely normal for Edinburgh Fringe gigs) hitting 5 star gold with his first edinburgh solo show. In sligo last night he stayed on for well over an hour and had us all spellbound with his slightly crazy thoughts and his reflective pants. where can you find reflective pants? Get along to a Bernard gig and find out.
The Model Niland’s monthly comedy club Craic in the Box has been on the move a fair bit since the Model closed for redevelopment in the spring, and it’s at it again- this time to McGarrigles in Sligo. Have to cite a vested interest here as I work for the Model, but the night is a great one, and has been bringing stellar comedy to Sligo once a month for over four years now, so we’ve gotten pretty good at it.
The very brilliant MC John Colleary has been with the club since the start, indeed it was an early gig from him as part of the Solo Festival that inspired the club getting set up in the first place. John is a Ballisodare man who’s based in Dublin these days- less of a call for regular comedy slots in Ballisodare – but comes here once a month to get the Sligo crew laughing their asses off.
The new incarnation of the club is an altogether more recessionary affair, no prebooking- just buy on the door- cheaper tickets €10/8 instead of the usual €15 – and in a great dirty little pub roomupstairs in McGarrigles. John is doing the picking, brining his friends and his favourites out west. First one is back this Saturday 13th Dec with the Fun-dalkian Colum McDonell and Bob Hennigan. Doors are 8.3opm and if you’re looking for something to do in Sligo of a Saturday night you can’t go wrong with this one.
See the Model’s comedy page or the myspace for more info.
