The Phogues – St Patricks Celebration

The UK’s leading Pogues tribute THE PHOGUES make their Cheese & Grain debut with a very special St Patricks weekend celebration show on Saturday 14th March. After selling out The Tree House venue a record breaking SEVEN times, this is sure to be a fantastic evening of live music and dancing.

In the mid to late 1980s, The Pogues were one of the wildest and most talked-about bands of the era. They crashed punk rock headlong into Irish Folk, lyrically ignited by singer/songwriter Shane MacGowan’s brutal yet romantic observations on life at the dog end of the Thatcher revolution. Full of spirit, in both senses of the word, there was simply no other band like them.

With a full line-up and the pick of the songs from five studio albums, The Phogues pay tribute to one of the greatest bands. The Phogues have live experience ranging from Somerset’s famous cider pubs to the internationally famous Sidmouth Folk Festival. They bring verve, energy and authenticity to every show they play, backed up by songs including ‘Sally McLennane’, ‘The Irish Rover’, ‘Thousands Are Sailing’, ‘Streams Of Whiskey’ and, of course, the greatest Christmas song ever written, ‘Fairytale of New York’ – which they’ll happily play even on a boiling hot summer’s Afternoon.

The Phogues will sweep your audience back to the days when Guinness was 50p a pint, the racing was on the telly in the corner of the boozer and there was always an ‘oul fella’ at the bar, sharing his wit and wisdom. Happy, raucous times brought right into the present by no less than the best Pogues tribute band in the UK.

And if you don’t believe us, Shane MacGowan himself said of The Phogues, “It’s brilliant.”

Local legends ORIGINAL BARN FINDS & RIBBLE will be supporting on the night.

Hailing from the heart of rural Somerset, the Original Barn Finds were conceived in 2017 with the mission to bring joy to the masses through the medium of classic covers and originals in a Folk/Americana/Bluegrass style.

Ribble are the combination of a fiddle, a guitar, a 90s drum synth, some mighty arrangements of meaty fiddle tunes, some songs, some wrong turns, battle scars earned busking the streets of Salisbury, a barrowload of inane banter and the feeling that your mad rum-soaked uncle is roaring at you to dance on the tables, then you’re getting close to what Ribble offer.

Estimated set times:

7PM – DOORS

7:50PM – RIBBLE

8:40PM – ORIGINAL BARN FINDS

9:30PM – THE PHOGUES