Waterford City Event Guide

Mick Electric

WhodahWoodah wrote: »

Where's even left to go now after the big nightclub massacre? The Forum (which was €15 in last time I was there) or Revolution? I never thought I'd say this but I miss Muldoons, Oxygen, Rubys and The Woodman. Nothing against the Forum or Revolution but all of a sudden there's no variey to choose from.:(

As promoter at The Forum, I have to defend this one. If you paid €15, it would defintely have been for a one-off gig by a reasonably high profile band. We feel we have pretty good variety up here between our 2 spaces, the Venue and the Lounge. The weekly clubnights DECADES (Lounge) and TRAFFIK (Venue) are €5 entry before midnight and €10 after and for this you will get a quality live band and DJ. Check local press or www.forumwaterford.com for details each week.

Eroticplants

Mick Electric wrote: »

As promoter at The Forum, I have to defend this one. If you paid €15, it would defintely have been for a one-off gig by a reasonably high profile band. We feel we have pretty good variety up here between our 2 spaces, the Venue and the Lounge. The weekly clubnights DECADES (Lounge) and TRAFFIK (Venue) are €5 entry before midnight and €10 after and for this you will get a quality live band and DJ. Check local press or www.forumwaterford.com for details each week.

THANK YOU for that website link!

Mick Electric

FORUM LOUNGE LAUNCH WEEKEND

Next weekend (17th/18th September) sees the Official Launch of Waterford’s newest entertainment space, the FORUM LOUNGE. The LOUNGE has the potential to be the most glamorous night spot in the City. It has a cool stage with great sight lines and top quality sound and lights. The LOUNGE also has a large dance-floor for maximum atmosphere, and there is a separate glitzy bar and lounge area with loads of comfortable seating for weekend socialising. Finally, the LOUNGE has it’s own spacious smoking terrace so you can enjoy your cigarette with a drink.

DECADES will be the weekly Saturday club-night at the FORUM LOUNGE, launching this Saturday 18th September. As the name implies, the club will feature the very best music from the 80s, 90s and 00s, to get you up on the dance-floor and give you the most glamorous and fun-filled Saturday night out. The club will also feature top quality live acts and everyone’s favourite, THE JAM TARTS ORCHESTRA, play a special 80s set at the launch party. The fantastic SMASH HITS play week 2 of Decades (Sat 25th Sept), and over the coming weeks the likes of SPECIAL BREW, PUMP UP THE JAM, RUBBER SOUL and the FIZZ BOMBS will be playing great live sets, followed by the DECADES DJs who will keep you dancing till the early hours. DECADES doors open at 11pm each Saturday night and the admission charge is just €5 before midnight and €10 after.

The FORUM LOUNGE is also ideally suited to host intimate gigs by the country’s best live acts, and DECLAN O’ROURKE kicks things off this Friday 17th September (doors 8pm). Declan used to be one of Ireland’s best kept secrets, but rave reviews for his debut album ‘Since Kyabram’ and it’s follow up “Big Bad Beautiful World”, a growing international fanbase, and an enviable collection of eminent devotees, including Paul Weller, Snow Patrol and Jonathan Ross are rapidly changing that. Both albums went double-platinum in Ireland and Declan’s third album is recorded and ready for release later this year. At the Forum Lounge this Friday, fans can expect a preview of some of these songs alongside favourites from his first 2 albums, all sung in that velvet-tinged bartitone with a killer falsetto. Other live gigs on sale at the Forum Lounge include, Mick Flannery, Damien Dempsey, Jerry Fish, Jape, The Unthanks, Kieran Goss and John Spillane. Tickets are available at Next Door Forum Waterford and 051 87111.

theillest

Friday 17th-Dirty 10 to 1,The Eletrix,DJ Louis(Rock/Indie/Alternative)
http://www.myspace.com/dirty10to1

Friday 24th-DJ Wez Baldwin(Electro/Funk) DJ DIRT(Rock/Rap/Regge/Metal)

Friday 1st- Trousersnake,Dj Louis,more tbc
http://www.myspace.com/trousersnakerock

Friday 8th-DJ Wez Baldwin,tbc


Doors 11pm
5 euro

New Set from DJ Wez Baldwin for anybody whos in to thier funky electro
http://soundcloud.com/wez-baldwin/9-9-10-wez-baldwin

kryogen

Revolution also doing live bands 5 nights a week these days... normally pretty good and no cover charge

Sully

Karl Spain and Robbie Bonhman are live tonight in Escape Nightclub, at 9pm. Tickets are only €5 (the price of a pint!) and are available on the door from 8pm (or in Revolution Bar any earlier).

abouttobebanned

The Revolution thread.

Mick Electric

SMASH HITS PLAY DECADES @ THE LOUNGE !

After a jam-packed glamorous launch party at the Forum Lounge last week, Decades Club welcomes the phenomenon known as SMASH HITS this Saturday (25th Sept). Smash Hits are the BIG success story on the Irish entertainment scene of the last 12 months, they really bring the FUN back to Saturday nights. The 6 piece band from Dublin only came together in 2009, and were immediately offered a monthly residency at Tripod (which they have sold out everytime). Their reputation was further cemented by crazy performances at the Oxygen and Electric Picnic festivals. After a brilliant sell-out show in May, SMASH HITS return to The Forum Lounge this Saturday for another high energy live show of 90s Club Classics at the Decades clubnight. The Forum Lounge is the most glamorous entertainment space in Waterford, and is the perfect venue for The Smash Hits formula which is very simple; fully decked out in 90s gear they perform a fun filled and high energy set of 90s dance, pop and R’n’B chart classics from Technotronic, N-Trance, Culture Beat, Dr. Alban, MC Hammer, Snap, C+C Music Factory, Vanilla Ice and many more. It’s a throwback to the FEELGOOD time of old skool nightclub DJs, all night raves and packed out dancefloors. Just take a look at their current set-list highlights… “U Can’t Touch This”, ”Rhythm Of The Night”, “Gangter’s Paradise”, “It’s My Life”, “Ice Ice Baby”, “Return Of The Mac”, “I Like To Move It”, “Mr Vain”, “Free From Desire”, “Jump Around”, “Ebeneezer Good”, “Summertime”, “Imsonia” and “Born Slippy”. So grab your bum bag, bleach the tips of your hair and totally check out Smash Hits, who play the FAB and totally Glam Decades Club at The Forum Lounge this Sat 25th September. The Decades DJ will be playing a high energy mix of 80s90s00s hits to round off the night. Doors are at 11pm and admission is just €5 before midnight and €10 after. Next up at Decades on Sat 2nd October is Ska tribute band Special Brew, who stole the show at the recent First Of The Summer Wine festival.

Max Powers

Free O Emperor gig for album launch on saturday @ 4pm in blackfriers abbey. Well worth a look lads and ladies. also doing official album launch saturday night in forum.

They are excellent and local lads also so get out there and support them.

nkay1985

Max Powers wrote: »

Free O Emperor gig for album launch on saturday @ 4pm in blackfriers abbey. Well worth a look lads and ladies. also doing official album launch saturday night in forum.

They are excellent and local lads also so get out there and support them.

Yeah I'm raging that I'm missing both of these as it's my stag on Saturday. I'd urge anyone to go and see at least one of these shows. If you want a preview, they're on The Late Late Show tomorrow night.

Manic087

Saw them at Indiependence. Excellent gig. Will be purchasing the album!

ilikemusic

Max Powers wrote: »

Free O Emperor gig for album launch on saturday @ 4pm in blackfriers abbey. Well worth a look lads and ladies. also doing official album launch saturday night in forum.

They are excellent and local lads also so get out there and support them.

Sounds good, Can forum tickets be bought on the door?

nkay1985

ilikemusic wrote: »

Sounds good, Can forum tickets be bought on the door?

Details here. €5 in before midnight. €10 after.

Album is now on sale on iTunes and available in the shops from 9am. Just bought my copy. Only €8.

Icky Thump

wait wait wait am i missing something here???

its says free gig but we are talking about paying???????????????

nkay1985

Icky Thump wrote: »

wait wait wait am i missing something here???

its says free gig but we are talking about paying???????????????

Haha. No, there are two gigs. They're doing a free gig outside BPM on Saturday evening. I presume this will be five or six songs or whatever. Then, they're playing a full gig for the launch of their album in The Forum Saturday night which is where people will have to pay.

And their album has just been released tonight which also costs money! But if you want to hear them for free, you can check out The Late Late tomorrow night and/or head down to BPM Saturday afternoon.

Mick Electric

A SPECIAL BREW AT DECADES

DECADES, the new Saturday clubnight at the very glam Forum Lounge, has had a great reaction over the last 2 weeks with the Jam Tarts Orchestra playing a super live 80s set at the Launch Party, and Smash Hits rocking the joint with their 90s club set last week. With the Decades DJ playing the best of 80s90s00s music before and after the bands, it really is a brilliant Saturday night out. This week (Sat 2nd Oct) sees the return to Waterford of the stars of the recent First Of The Summer Wine festival, SPECIAL BREW. Doors are at 11pm with admission just €5 b4 midnight and €10 after.

Special Brew, a 7 piece Ska Tribute band from Dublin, contain all the essentials for providing a night of Two Tone madness, (keyboards, brass section, guitar, drums, bass and nutty vocalist). The lads have held down a monthly residency at the “ Late Night @ The Gaiety” in Dublin for the best part of a decade, and their set list is guaranteed to keep you on the dancefloor. It includes all the classics by Madness (One Step Beyond, Baggy Trousers, Our House, It Must Be Love), The Specials (A Message To You Rudi, Gangsters, Too Much Too Young, Rat Race), The Beat (Mirror In The Bathroom, Tears Of A Clown, Hand’s Off She’s Mine), Bad Manners (Special Brew, Lip Up Fatty, Lorraine) and other Ska classics like Too Much Pressure (The Selecter) and You Can Get It If You Really Want (Desmond Dekker). So for a night of top quality entertainment, get yourself down to Decades at the Forum Lounge this Saturday.

Mick Electric

O EMPEROR ALBUM LAUNCH

Local heroes O EMPEROR launch their highly anticipated debut album “Hither Thither” with a live show at the Forum Venue’s TRAFFIK club this Saturday, 2nd October. There is a huge amount of national interest in the band, and in fact last week’s News Of The World devoted a full page to O Emperor commenting “We have had a sneak preview of the album and it’s full of epic songs which echo classic acts such as Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Bob Dylan and The Beach Boys. It is surely going to go down as one of the great Irish albums.” High praise indeed, but despite all the national attention the lads are coming home to Waterford next Saturday to play it first at Traffik. Doors are 11pm and admission is €5 B4 midnight, €10 after. Support act is The Gorgeous Colours and the Traffik resident DJs kick in with their usual great mix of indie classics after O Emperor. It’s going to be Gig of the Year. Don’t miss !

It seems that O Emperor appeared to burst onto the scene with the release of their debut single “PO” in October 2009, a jangly mid paced song named “Single of the Fortnight” in Hot Press. In reality is it was the culmination of years of hard work. Renowned for their sumptuous live performances, O Emperor were already building a staunch fan base; in 2009 they headlined the New Band Stage at Oxegen and were considered to be the band of the moment at the Hard Working Class Heroes Festival.
This was followed by their signing to Universal and the release in May 2010, of a four track EP “Reverie” led by the sublime “Don’t Mind Me”. 2010 also saw O Emperor touring Ireland and the UK in their own right and as guests of Mumford and Sons. They also made their second appearance at Oxegen and Electric Picnic, and are currently on tour on Germany. We will leave the last word on the band to Jim Carroll (Irish Times’ respected music critic): "Gentle and delicate songs, guided by intricate urgently-picked guitars, grinding electric lines, expansive piano playing, and wonderfully harmonised vocals - there’s a straightforward sincerity to the music of Waterford band O Emperor. They haven’t even released an album yet and they’re already better than many decades-old bands I could mention..."

Mick Electric

Yep the lads are doing a short acoustic set at BPM tomorrow and this is for free.

It's a full live electric show at The Forum with the lads taking the stage at midnight. Doors are 11pm with a good support band The Gorgeous Colours on at 11.15pm. Admission only €5 for what we reckon could well be Gig of the Year.

bullpost

Album is also featured album this week on 7digital.ie

Album available for 6.99 euros and its higher quality than itunes (320kpbs)

http://ie.7digital.com/artists/o-emperor/hither-thither/

homolumo

album of the week in the Irish Times

nkay1985

homolumo wrote: »

album of the week in the Irish Times

So it would seem. Album review here and article about the lads here.

kryogen

They are on the Late Late Show tonight also for anyone who is interested

nkay1985

kryogen wrote: »

They are on the Late Late Show tonight also for anyone who is interested

I might have mentioned that. :P

Thought they sounded great on The Late Late.

kryogen

Didnt read thread pal sorry

nkay1985

kryogen wrote: »

Didnt read thread pal sorry

Ah I was only having a laugh.

Max Powers

gig was excellent, top marks. get up to forum, €5 into forum to see em before 12. I honestly think these lads are gonna be massive. A breath of fresh air on the Irish music scene, not to mention the Waterford music scene

dayshah

Max Powers wrote: »

A breath of fresh air on the Irish music scene, not to mention the Waterford music scene

The biggest thing since Chris Doran (I wonder what he's up to now)

Best of luck to them, I hope they do well.

AdMMM

I'm pretty sure I've had this album for over a year! What was the delay in them releasing it?! Although my version doesn't have Don't Mind Me but same cover. Did they self-publish it first?

theillest

DJs
Luke Creed(Techno)
Shane Murphy(Tech House/Techno)
Wez Baldwin(Funk/House/Electro)
Kieran Bolger(Techno)
DJ dirt (Rap/Rock)

Luke Creed was voted runner up for best up and coming Irish DJ 2010 in the Irish Dance Music Awards at the young age of 21.. Born in Dublin,Ireland(1988). Signed for: Gobsmacked Rec(GER), Corrupt Systems(UK), Assimilation(US), Kamikaze(Kosovo), TMM(Albania) and a multitude of upcoming releases on the aforementioned and more to be confirmed..
Creed has remixed for: Space Djz(UK) / Kamikaze(CA) / Diarmaid O'Meara(DE) / A.Paul(PO) / Decibel Flekx(US) / Vegim(Kosovo). Featured on EP's with Robert Armani(US) / Gayle San(UK) / Axel Karakasis(GRE) / Patrick DSP(DE) / George Privatti(IT), and has received consistent support from techno heavyweights including the great Dave Clarke.

5 Euro
Doors 10.30

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