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| Hi Stu, Last week saw the launch of this year's Open House Festival, which runs between the 1st - 31st August in Bangor. There will be many events happening throughout the month in The Court House. Expect plenty of live music, DJ sets, literary events including talks with local and international writers as well as a pop-up market and film screenings. Tickets will sell fast for many events.
| | | We will have all our regular Irish Traditional Music Sessions this coming weekend with excellent young players on Friday evening and Catherine McGinn and friends bringing their Sunday best. On Saturday, Pie Eyed return with their delicious hand-pressed pies alongside our Trad Sessions across both floors. We also have a couple of special events to mark Record Store Day. Read on for more on that.
We hope to see you soon! Court House Crew |
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| | THIS WEEK AT THE COURT HOUSE |
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| | VINTAGE VINYL MARKET + DJ SETS | SAT 18 APRIL • DOORS 12.00PM | | |
| Along with Bending Sound Records, we have a treat for both collectors and music fans this Record Store Day. Doors open at 12.00pm for our Vintage Vinyl Market where local collectors and vendors will have a multi-genre selection of records for sale. We also have All-Day All-Vinyl DJ Sets from noon until 11.00pm featuring some of our favourite local collectors and selectors delving into their personal collections to bring you the best tunes. | | |
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| | HOOKER | SUN 19 APRIL • DOORS 2.30PM | | |
| Hooker began life in the 70s as an acoustic trio playing a mellow set of original songs interlaced with some Eagles, CSNY and the like. Several decades and the odd personnel change have seen Hooker evolve into a 5-piece band, playing a set that is both bluesy and soulful. Expect some Joe Cocker, some Carlos Santana, some Van Morrison and some down and dirty 12-bar blues as Hooker return to the Court House. | | |
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| | CATHAL MURPHY | FRI 24 APRIL • DOORS 8.00PM | | |
| If you like new wave jazz artists like Tom Misch, Yussef Dayes, Ezra Collective and Zak Irvine then you will love this young part funk – part jazz Irish guitarist and band. Cathal Murphy blends guitar-centric funk with new wave jazz and soul. He has sold out shows across the UK and Ireland as well as finding time to write, record, and perform with artists such as Grammy winner Ella Feingold, and the superb Beoga. For this Drawing Room show, Zak Irvine, familiar to jazz fans at The Court House, joins on keys. | | |
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| | DRINK + DRAW | WED 29 APRIL • DOORS 7.00PM | | |
| Join local artist Sam Finnegan of Big Dipper Arts for an evening of relaxed drawing in our Upstairs Bar – the aptly named Drawing Room. Drink + Draw is open to beginners and professionals. Expect a night of good fun, creativity, and observational drawing as people volunteer to pose for five to fifteen minutes, whilst the crowd draws them. All materials will be supplied and there’ll be prizes for the ‘best three’ drawings on the night according to the punters. | | |
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| | WOMEN ON THE
VERGE OF A
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN | TONIC CLASSIC FILM CLUB
WED 29 APRIL • DOORS 7.30PM | | |
| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is the highest-grossing Spanish movie ever. This absurdist comedy directed by Pedro Almodóvar, released in 1988, charts the story of actress Pepe. Abandoned by her lover, she embarks on a voyage of discovery. It's raunchy, farcical and gloriously inventive. (In Spanish with English subtitles). | | |
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| | DAVID BROWNE MURRAY | THU 30 APRIL • DOORS 7.30PM | | |
| If you like guitarists Tommy Emmanuel, Pat Metheny, John Knowles, Pierre Bensusan and Leo Kottke then you will love fingerstyle guitarist David Browne Murray. David has been active on the Belfast music scene since his return from Berklee College of Music, Boston in 2011. He has toured throughout Ireland with a number of guitar greats and opened for Tommy Emmanuel in The Ulster Hall. Murray’s most recent album Square One contains all original compositions that have become fan favourites at live shows. | | |
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| | THE COURT HOUSE16 Quay St, BT20 5ED, Bangor |
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