Gigs in Dundalk's Toales live venue this weekend

There’s something for all music-lovers in Toales this weekend.

Friday 26th April - Toales' Battle of the Bands - Heat One - Doors 8pm - Admission €5

Raising much needed funds for the North Louth Hospice, Toales' Battle of the Bands showcases the very best in original bands and artists, with one winner going through for the chance to win €500 at the grand final in June.

This first heat features Dublin alt/ indie/pop rock band Kyrue, four-piece hard working young Cavan rock band NoVendors, and David OFMG with his emo/dream pop/shoegaze sound that is both ambient, yet catchy.

Three top quality bands to kick off this first Battle of the Bands, and all for just a fiver!!

Saturday 27th April - Digital - playing the music of Joy Division plus Bedside Community - Doors 8pm - Admission €15

Debuting in Toales Live Venue, Cork-based band Digital play tribute to Joy Division, the British indie group who refined the external chaos of 1970s punk into a disquieting inner turmoil, with their prominent, melodic bass, distinct rhythmic and textured guitar and drums, with complex, literary lyrics and mediumistic live performances, becoming of one of the most influential post-punk bands of all time.

Paying particular attention to the production techniques of Unknown Pleasures, Closer & Still producer, Martin Hannet, Digital perform an energetic live show featuring iconic songs spanning the entire Joy Division catalogue, capturing both the starkness and warmth of Joy Division.

Blasting out classics like Disorder, New Dawn Fades, Ceremony, Atmosphere and LWTUA, Digital will have you moving to She's Lost Control, rocking to Warsaw and singing along to Transmission...Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance to the radio.
Also on the bill as openers on the night is low-fi acoustic/electro singer/songwriter and Bedside Community frontman Roberto Tamburrini.

Sunday 28th April - White Llama (featuring Christy O'Hanlon of Crow Black Chicken) Doors open 5.30pm - Admission €10

The Sunday Session is an early evening event, with set door times 5.30pm to 9pm, and Toales Live Venue is very proud to present White Llama.

White Llama is the music of Christy O'Hanlon of Crow Black Chicken, accompanied by Jake O'Driscoll and Jack O'Hanlon from the math rock band God Alone.

It is a mixture of blues based music, sometimes folky, sometimes rocky, sometimes pensive and soulful, but always different and a real treat to all blues-lovers out there.

Note the early doors at 5.30pm, admission €10