The 'Our Thursdays' Regional showcase’s took place in Belfast, Cork, Dublin and Galway on 26th August. The most promising acts who will progress to the National Showcase are listed below.
The National Showcase will take place on Thursday 9th September in Lavery’s, Belfast
Click on the venue finder to view the bands playing.
National Showcase
Venue Name
Band Name
Belfast - Laverys
Maud In Cahoots
Belfast - Laverys
Reko
Belfast - Laverys
Dave Peyton
Belfast - Laverys
Empire Saints
Regional Showcases
Venue Name
Band Name
Dublin- The Village
21 Demands
Dublin- The Village
Maud In Cahoots
Dublin- The Village
Harrie & The Maniax
Dublin- The Village
Six Foot Small
Dublin- The Village
Heroes In Hiding
Dublin- The Village
Doris
Cork- Old Oak
Goldfish Syndrome
Cork- Old Oak
I Caught Fire
Cork- Old Oak
Low Mountain
Cork- Old Oak
Reko
Cork- Old Oak
Bebop & Rocksteady
Cork- Old Oak
Saving J
Galway- Upstairs in Kellys Bar
Birdthistle
Galway- Upstairs in Kellys Bar
Hogan
Galway- Upstairs in Kellys Bar
Dave Peyton
Galway- Upstairs in Kellys Bar
The Jordans
Galway- Upstairs in Kellys Bar
People On Streets
Galway- Upstairs in Kellys Bar
Big Box
Belfast- The Empire
Bettylee and The Blonde
Belfast- The Empire
Empire Saints
Belfast- The Empire
Naoimh O'Hagan
Belfast- The Empire
Picture The Sound
Belfast- The Empire
Shouting At Planes
Belfast- The Empire
Escape Fails
Local Showcase Winners
Venue Name
Band Name
Alfie Hales
Euphoric Symphony
An Brog
Time is a Thief
An Poc Fada
MGRB
Andersons
Holy Bleeding Jaysus
Auntie Annies
High-Output
Baker's Corner
Roadrunner
Bar 903
Thomas McPartland with band
Beach House
The Riptorns
Bellini's
The Red Admirals
Bia Bar
Eleventy Four
Boomers
Doris
Brennans Lane
Collective Whisper
Brubakers
Redtwelve
Buskers
TKO
Campbells Tavern
The Jordans
Cellar Bar
Oddsocks Revival
Cleary's Bar
The Stella's
Courthouse Bar
Naoimh O'Hagan
Crane Lane Theatre
Deburca
Danny Byrne
Strange Glue
De Barra
Low Mountain
Dolans
Acoustra
Downeys Bar
Bettylee & the Blonde
East Village
The Arcadeans
Errigle Inn
One Shot the King
Fibber's Rock Bar
Youth Mass
Fibbers Magee
Veroa
Fiddlers Creek
Big Box
Gearys
Setmaker
Gibneys Malahide
Six Foot Small
Grace's
Miracle Bell
Grellan Delaney & Sons
Bebop & Rocksteady
Headfort Arms Hotel
The Whatmans
HQ
Jester
Hugh Lynch's
Dave Peyton
Ivy Bar
Man Made Skies
Joymount Arms
Escape Fails
Kelly's Bar
Strawberry Blonde
Killarney Grand Hotel
The Lagunas
Laverys
Stillpoint
Liz Delaneys
Mahoney
Mantra
Seven Days
Matt the Millers
Saving J
Matthews
Geriko
McDaids
Goldfish Syndrome
McHugh's (Sligo)
Red Brick House
McHughs Bar (Belfast)
Firebobbies
Mercantile Bar
Heroes in Hiding
Metro 17
Flying Columns
Old Oak
This Way Up
Patrick's
The Government
Patrick's
Bad Pennies
Peter Clohessys
Birdthistle
Reardens
Ruben Stone
Rody Bolands
The Fibbs
Sally O'Briens
The Logues
Sallynoggin Inn
The Juice
Scraggs Alley
The Boondalk Saints
Sean's Bar
Crimson
Silver Dollar
Sethway
Strand Bar
Furlo
Sweeneys
Sounds of system beakdown
The Bell
Bennett vs. Matrix
The Bleeding Horse
Photosonic Orchestra
The Blue Note
Queen Elvis
The Chasing Bull
Turbulent Eddy
The Chestnut
Hogan
The Clonsilla Inn
Alan Doyle
The Coachmans
I caught fire
The Cuckoo's Nest
Y-F-O
The Empire
Amberline
The Foggy Dew
Half Hour Heroes
The Gin Mill
Empire Saints
The Globe
Maud in Cahoots
The Limelight
Thom Southern
The Palace
Harrie & The Maniax
The Pav
Artful Renegade
The Pumphouse
Reko
The Silver Granite
People On Streets
The Squealing Pig
Shouting at Planes
The Sub
Half shot
The Wild Duck
Picture The Sound
Thomas House
The Little Invincibles
Uluru
Chimpanbee
Wrights Café Bar
21 Demands
'Our Thursdays' - Winning Bands, Week 4 Thursday 5th August 2010
Venue Name
Band Name
Alfie Hales
Euphoric Symphony
An Brog
Time is a Thief
An Poc Fada
MGRB
Andersons
Holy Bleeding Jaysus
Auntie Annies
High-Output
Baker's Corner
Roadrunner
Bar 903
Thomas McPartland with band
Beach House
The Riptorns
Bellini's
Crowbar blues
Bia Bar
Eleventyfour
Boomers
Doris
Brennans Lane
Collective Whisper
Brubakers
Redtwelve
Buskers
T.K.O
Campbells Tavern
Without George
Cellar Bar
Deadbeat Collective
Cleary's Bar
The Stellas
Courthouse Bar
Naoimh O'Hagan
Crane Lane Theatre
DeBurca
Danny Byrne
Strange Glue
De Barra
Low Mountain
Dolans
Acoustra
Downey's Bar
Sweeney and the Bull
East Village
The Arcadeans
Errigle Inn
The Dead Parrots
Fibber Magees
Lexington 125
Fibber's Rock Bar
Youth Mass
Gearys
The Setmakers
Gibneys
Six Foot Small
Grace's
Miracle Bell
Grand Hotel
The Lagunas
Grellan Delaney & Sons
Bebop & Rocksteady
Headfort Arms Hotel
The Whatmans
HQ
Jester
Hugh Lynch's
Dave Peyton
Ivy Bar
Legions Elite
Joymount Arms
Escape Fails
Kelly's Bar
Strawberry Blonde
Laverys
Stillpoint
Liz Delaneys
Mahoney
Mantra
Seven Days
Matt the Millers
Saving J
Matthews
Geriko
McDaids
Goldfish Syndrome
McHugh's (Sligo)
Red Brick House
McHugh's Bar
Firebobbies
Mercantile Bar
Heroes in Hiding
Metro 17
Flying Columns
Old Oak
This Way Up
Peter Clohessys
Birdthistle
Reardens
Ruben Stone
Rody Bolands
The Fibbs
Sally O'Brien's
The Belfords
Sallynoggin Inn
The Juice
Scraggs Alley
The Boondalk Saints
Sean's Bar
Crimson
Silver Dollar/ Maddens
Sethway
Strand Bar
Furlo
Sweeneys
Sounds of system breakdown
The Bell
Bennett VS Matrix
The Bleeding Horse
Photosonic Orchestra
The Blue Note
Ultan Conlon
The Chasing Bull
Turbulent Eddy
The Chestnut
Hogan
The Clonsilla Inn
Alan Doyle
The Coachmans
I Caught Fire
The Cuckoo's Nest
YFO
The Empire
Amberline
The Foggy Dew
Half Hour Heroes
The Gin Mill
Empire Saints
The Globe
Maud in Cahoot
The Limelight
Thom Southern
The Palace
Harrie & The Maniax
The Pav
Artful Renegade
The Pumphouse
REKO
The Silver Granite
People On The Streets
The Squealing Pig
Shouting at Planes
The Sub
Half Shot
The Wild Duck
Picture the Sound
Thomas House
The Little Invincibles
Uluru
Chimpanbee
Wrights Café Bar
21 Demands
'Our Thursdays' - Winning Bands, Week 3 Thursday 29th July 2010
Venue Name
Band Name
Alfie Hales
Euphoric Symphony
An Brog
The Vital Sparks
An Poc Fada
MGRB
Andersons
Chayka
Auntie Annies
Sinner Falls
Baker's Corner
Roadrunner
Beach House
Noise
Bellini's
The Red Admirals
Bia Bar
Bailer
Boomers
Doris
Brennans Lane
Collective Whisper
Brubakers
Blind Pilots
Campbells Tavern
The Jordans
Courthouse Bar
Signed By Jeff
Crane Lane Theatre
Echogram
Danny Byrne
Strange Glue
Dolans
Proto Baby
Downeys Bar
Future Chaser
East Village
The Taxmen
Errigle Inn
Jason Clarke
Fibber's Rock Bar
Mark Two
Fiddlers Creek
Big Box
Gearys
The Good Rain
Grace's
Shoman & The Purple Trees
Grand Hotel
The Lagunas
HQ
Monorail
Ivy Bar
Man Made Skies
Laverys
The Emerald Armadda
Limelight
Exit
Live @ Gibneys
The Spikes
Liz Delaneys
Voodoo Jack
Mantra
Jethro Pickett
Matt The Millers
Soma State
Matthews
Geriko
McDaids
Hey!Maker
McHughs Bar (Sligo)
Society X
McHughs Bar (Belfast)
GinXed
Mercantile Bar
Heroes In Hiding
Metro 17
Flying Columns
Old Oak
This Way Up
Patrick's
The Government
Peter Clohessys
Supermodel Twins
Reardens
Rubin Stone
Rody Bolands
The Fibbs
Sally O'Brien's
Chocolate Love Factory
Sallynoggin Inn
Stylus
Scraggs Alley
The Boondalk Saints
Sean's Bar
Crimson
Silver Dollar/ Maddens
Issue Zero
Strand Bar
Rainy Boy Sleep
Sweeneys
Mutefish
Temple Bar Hotel
Maud In Cahoots
The Bell
The Merciful Hour
The Bleeding Horse
Holy Roman Army
The Chasing Bull
Ciaran O'Neill & Co.
The Chestnut
She's A Beauty
The Coachmans
I Caught Fire
The Cuckoo's Nest
Y-F-O
The Empire
Katie And The Carnival
The Foggy Dew
Half Hour Heroes
The Globe
I Draw Slow
The Headfort Arms
Eskimo Kid
The Palace
The Paddy Usher Band
The Pav
Karma Parking
The Pumphouse
Keepers Of Doubt
The Silver Granite
Dermot Kennedy W/Band
The Squealing Pig
Shouting At Planes
The Sub
Liz Seaver
The Wild Duck Inn
Cat Malojin
Thomas House
Baker Jnr
Uluru
Trousersnake
Wrights Café Bar
21 Demands
'Our Thursdays' - Winning Bands, Week 2 Thursday 22nd July 2010
Venue Name
Band Name
Alfie Hales
Ghetto Amaretto
Andersons
Holy Bleeding Jaysus
Baker's Corner
Hamlet Sweeney
Bar 903
Fling
Beach House
The Riptorns
The Bell
Bennett vs. Matrix
Bia Bar
Cillian Foster
The Blue Note
Mr Wisel
Boomers
Black Swan
Brennans Lane
Silver Circus
An Brog
Together We Are Nobody
Brubakers
FROUD
Cellar Bar
Oddsocks Revival
The Chasing Bull
Red Light Command
Cleary's Bar
The Stellas
The Clonsilla Inn
Andy Doyle
Crane Lane Theatre
Deburca
The Cuckoo's Nest
Anthony Furey & The Young Folk
De Barra
W!LD
Grellan Delaney & Sons
Exile
Dolans
Acoustra
East Village
Novella Hermosa
Fibber Magees
Chris Nash
The Foggy Dew
Junah
Fibber's Rock Bar
Youth Mass
Gearys
Daniel Jones and The Small Town Lovers
Live @ Gibneys
Six Foot Small
The Gin Mill
Empire Saints
The Globe
Bluefever
Temple Bar Hotel
Soundproof
Grace's
Miracle Bell
Headfort Arms Hotel
The Whatmans
HQ
Autonomous I 2.7
Hugh Lynch's
Clodagh Kerley
The Icon
Deuces Wild
The Ivy House
Sounds of System Beakdown
Liz Delaneys
Jemson Green
Mantra
Niall O'Shea
Matthews
Kato
McDaids
Goldfish Syndrome
Mercantile Bar
Futures Apart
Metro 17
Joey Ryan
Matt the Millers
Saving J
Sallynoggin Inn
Syllian Rayle
Old Oak
Palko
Patrick's
The Buzzmonkeys
The Bleeding Horse
Photosonic Orchestra
The Palace
Harrie & The Maniax
The Pav
Artiful Renegage
Peter Clohessys
Dave Morrissey
The Players Lounge
A Modern Fate
The Pumphouse
Reko
Reardens
Nicole Maguire
Rody Bolands
Bairbre Munnis
Sean's Bar
Icon on Fire
The Silver Granite
People on Streets
The Sub
Half shot
Thomas House
The Little Invincibles
Uluru
The Mozes
Valentines
Town Criers
Wrights Café Bar
Von Bizmark
Campbells Tavern
This Nachez
Fiddler's Creek
The Social
Danny Byrne's
Brian Canavan and the Difference Eng
Auntie Annies Porter House
Drifting Waves
Downeys
Bettanly & the Blonde
Empire
The Elective Orchestra
Errigle Inn
One Shot The King
Ivy Bar
Louisiana Joyride IVB1
Jack's Apartment (STRAND BAR)
Paddy Nash & The Happy Enchiladas
Joymount Arms
Sweet Taste
Laverys
Glory Holes
Limelight & Dome Complex
Indigo Fury
McHughs Bar (Belfast)
Nanook
Sally O'Brien's
The Logues
Silver Doller
Junior Johnson
The Wild Duck Inn
Schiehallion
The Strand Bar
Barefoot
'Our Thursdays' - Winning Bands, Week 1 Thursday 15th July 2010
Venue Name
Band Name
Alfie Hales
Kytte
An Brog
Time is a Thief
An Poc Fada
Sanzkrit
Andersons
Ilsantino
Baker's Corner
Capture
Bar 903
Black Tooth
Beach House
Grushenka
Bia Bar
Eleventy Four
Brubakers
Red Twelve
Cellar Bar
Padraig Jack
Cleary's Bar
Fergal Nash
Crane Lane Theatre
Berrie Blue
De Barra
Low Mountain
Dolans
Dirty Diamonds
East Village
The Arcadeans
Fibber Magees
Ka Tet
Fibber's Rock Bar
Tupelo
Fiddlers Creek
Paul Mooney
Gearys
Setmaker
Grace's
Chaperones
Grand Hotel
Mudcat Blues Band
Grellan Delaney & Sons
Bebop & Rocksteady
Headfort Arms Hotel
The Myth
HQ
Jester
Hugh Lynch's
Dave Peyton
Kelly's Bar
Dharma Rose
Live @ Gibneys
The PW Sessions
Liz Delaneys
Mahoney
Mantra
Seven Days
Matt Molloy's
Dennis McCallmont
Matt the Millers
The Ragmen
Matthews
Two Minutes to Midnight
McDaids
Sideburn Sun
McHugh's
Red Brick House
Mercantile Bar
The Fallen Drakes
Metro 17
Chucky's River
Old Oak
Versives
P McGinleys Bar
Ruari Friel
Peter Clohessys
Birdthistle
Reardens
N/A
Rody Bolands
Mick Heslin
Sallynoggin Inn
The Juice
Scraggs Alley
The J-Walkers
Sweeneys
Elastic Affair
Teach Dolman
Mark Buckridge
Temple Bar Hotel
TKO
The Bell
The Novas
The Blue Note
Queen Elvis
The Chasing Bull
Turbulent Eddy
The Chestnut
Hogan
The Clonsilla Inn
Boneidlewaster
The Coachmans
Minus One
The Cuckoo's Nest
The Unemployable
The Foggy Dew
The Looks
The Gin Mill
Box Social
The Globe
Henrietta Game
The Ivy House
City of Angels
The Palace
Maria Butterly
The Pav
Dimititry Datus
The Players Lounge
N.O.J.U.S.
The Pumphouse
Caladh Nua
The Silver Granite
Steve Young and the Union
The South William
Preachers Son
The Squealing Pig
Kaplin
The Sub
The Wayward Sinner
Thomas House
Roy Shiels
Treacys
Toy Soldier
Uluru
Chimpanbee
Wrights Café Bar
Karl Vincent
NATIONAL SHOWCASE
The 4 most promising bands have now been selected and have made it through to the National showcase.
