Free summer music at Campbell’s Taven

The Ceol an tSamhraidh series of free live music events, taking place under the auspices of the Government’s Local Live Performance Programming Scheme, returns this weekend with shows at Campbell’s Tavern, Clougnhanover.

The concerts will kick off this Friday at 8pm with Cousin Tablet and guests Union Avenue. Cousin Tablet, who performed regularly at Campbell’s in pre-Covid times, will be joined by Anto Thistlethwaite (sax), Dave Clancy (piano/keys) and Juliana Erkkonen (strings). They’ll be playing songs from their forthcoming debut album as well as some covers.

On Saturday at 8pm, there’s a night of traditional music and song with Pauline Scanlon and Friends. They include Nicola Joyce of The Whileaways, multi-instrumentalist, Barry Kerr, Tóla Custy on fiddle and Beoga’s Eamon Murray on percussion.

On Sunday, local legend Matthew Berrill will present Jazz at the Tav at 3pm, performing on clarinet and saxophone alongside his colleagues and friends as they recreate the legendary Sunday afternoon jazz sessions at Campbell’s. Later, at 8pm, Dave Clancy and Band will perform songs from his album, The Path, as well as new material. Dave will be joined by some of the musicians who played on the album, including Matthew Berrill (clarinet and sax), Fergal Scahill (fiddle), Wil Merrigan (double bass) and Eoin Wynne (banjo, mandocello and vocals).

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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