Where will you be for Paddy's Day???

Want to be here?...

Only a week to go to a very long weekend of blurry green-tinged experiences that you can't really remember afterwards. Where will you be? Wish you could be in Ireland for the parade? You're not missing much - just a few old rusty tractors puttering down the street in the rain. 

...or here?

You're better off down at Muddy Murphy's with Gan Ainm where Paddy's Day has been completely off the wall for the last few years since we took over! Every night from Thursday 13th March right up to St Patrick's Day itself on Monday 17th March we'll be blasting out some choons that are not recommended for anyone with a heart condition. On Sunday 16th we'll be starting bright and early at 2pm and going till late - just enough time for people to drag themselves out of bed after spending Saturday night with us! All the timings for the week are here.

This year is going to be particularly wild as you might say Gan Ainm have "gone electric". A few years ago we introduced bass and drums into the equation and our sound exploded. Now we've taken it to the next level and have Belfast heartthrob, Ignacio Calamari, playing full-on electric guitar that will blow your ears off, but not before we fill them with some of the best known Irish rock/punk/folk songs by bands like U2, The Pogues, Thin Lizzy, Stiff Little Fingers, The Sawdoctors, Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Mollys.We've revamped our setlist, learned lots of new songs and thrown a few curveballs like Van Morrison and The Clash in there, just to make sure you're paying attention. And for our long-time fans who might be appalled at the idea of us going electric, don't worry, we're still playing a lot of your old folksy favourites just like we used to - plus we've got an excitable young fella, Jeffrey, on the fiddle now - if you haven't had the chance to see him yet, you'll get exhausted just watching him sawing away at that fiddle.

If you want a sneak preview of what to expect, you can drop down to see us play a short 2-set gig at Muddy's this Sunday (9th March) at 5pm.

So where would you rather be for Paddy's Day?....

Muddy Murphy's, TripleOne Somerset, 111 Somerset Rd. That's where everyone else will be!

Gan Ainm Play at the Oyster Festival

Sunday 9th March - Go down on an oyster at Muddy's at the annual Guinness Oyster Festival. Afterwards, at 5pm, we'll be there to play for you one last time before the madness that is the week building up to St Patrick's Day...watch this space for more details of those gigs...