Established and upcoming acts to give free shows for Amplify

Forty-two live acts will take to the stage of 21 venues across Galway City from Thursday next, September 25 to Sunday, September 28, for a series of intimate, free gigs. This weekend is part of Guinness Amplify, which has replaced the controversial Arthur’s Day Festival. Amplify is nationwide music programme featuring up-and-coming bands and artists from Ireland.

Thirty-five emerging acts will feature in the Galway event, alongside some of Ireland’s best known live acts including The Minutes, Duke Special, Kormac & his Big Band, Kíla, Keywest, The Hot Sprockets and The Barley Mob.

Upcoming acts playing in Galway will include Acoustra, Animal Beats, Ben Reel Band, Blades Club, Bunoscionn, Canaries, Chris Haze, Corner Boy, Crow Black Chicken, Derek Ellard, Elaine Mai, Electric Céilí, Harrison & The Devil, Harrison Tweed, Havana House Party, Hogan, Joe Casey, Kicking Bird, Leading Armies, Mojo Gogo, Moone Boys, My Violet, Na Fianna, Newfoundland, OGMA, Other Kind, Paddy Hana, Rye River Band, Ruggedwood, Vitro, The Academic, The Blood Red Mountain Band and The Notes.

Venues and bars in the West, the Latin Quarter, Shop St, Woodquay, Eyre Square and Prospect Hill areas are involved.

For more information, visit guinnessamplify.com where all details are available on gigs nationwide this September and October.

Admission to the gigs is free, on a first-come, first-served basis to those aged 18 and older.