Saint Patrick's Day is an Irish traditional celebration, which has gone beyond the country's borders. Nowadays it has become a noisy and funny holiday all over Europe, with hundreds of people dressed up in shades of green, drinking beer in local pubs and listening to celtic motives. The Gigstarter crew spent some time to carefully create a selection of artists from all over the world to honor this magical celebration together. Bring out your green with live music!
The lovely Irish colours on St. Patrick's Day
Paracetamol (NL)
Paracetamol turns your meeting into a party with energetic dance music. Their sound echoes of Irish jigs, metal classics, Hungarian folk and jazz loops from past musical lives. Paracetamol started in 2016 with Jan Willem and Rob while more musicians were joining it. Paracetamol turns your meeting into a party with a lot of energy, think of an evening of salsa or tango, but from Western Europe. They travel from dark cafes, to festivals such as Castlefest, Burgbordunale (DE) and Le Son Continu (FR).
Paracetamol - Scotty for Lennish
The Wild Murphys (UK)
The Wild Murphys is a very lovely Irish cover group based from the north east of England. The band started off as a duo in 2005 with one simple goal in mind, to play Irish music that was impossible to not like. Despite none of the members of the group being from Ireland, The Wild Murphys have played during some of the biggest and most prestigious occasions not just in the UK but all over the world including Spain, Greece, Dubai and Germany. They are one of the most popular and most busy Irish tribute bands in the UK playing up and down the country at private events and racecourses.
Galway Girl 2021 Recording
The Red Folks (FR)
Even though from the first glance France and Ireland have not so many cultural similarities, the captivating sound of The Red Folks brings a change to this misconception. It welds folk-rock with bluegrass and celtic roots in their talented music and songs. These artists bring their experiences and personal influences together to combine and create an authentic musical identity of their own.
Game of Thrones - The Rains of Castamere [Acoustic cover - The Red Folks]
PanKart (BE)
PanKart is a Belgian band from the province of Luxembourg. They make a great mix out of rock and celtic motives. The band was formed in 2018, when the musicians from variety of stories joined together for a beautiful adventure. Even though PanKart started off as a coverband, through out their career they released an album called "ORTIBANI". The band is not only having verified bookings and performances, but also won the Gigstarter contest Artist of the Year 2020.
«Ortibani» by PanKart - Recorded live
Gott Folk! (NL)
Straight from Sweden, the "Ireland of the North", comes the folk duo Gott Folk!. This ensemble consist of two musicians: Jos Koning, who plays nyckelharpa (key violin) and Leo de Kruis on Irish bouzouki and accordion. If you want to book sea shanties full of melancholy but sometimes also full of humour, dancing and drinking songs and ballads, this band is right choice for you. This band is not directly connected with Ireland and celtic music, however their repertoire includes a couple of interesting tunes, which are definitely worth checking out.
Molen Sessie 2021 - Gott Folk!
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