02/11/2026
LOOK AT THAT. WE'RE ON TIME!
After last week's slightly late announcement, someone must have remembered to check the calendar.
Right then, here's what's coming up this week:
THURSDAY is PUB QUIZ night from 8pm. Round up your team, bring whatever knowledge you've managed to collect over the years and prepare to discover how much of it is completely useless when you actually need it. Up to seven players per team, no reservations. Just come along and have a go.
FRIDAY gets a little louder, rougher and considerably less polite. The BLACK ELEPHANT BAND is coming to the Celtic Cellar! One man, one guitar, a harmonica and a healthy disregard for musical conventions. Jan Bratenstein delivers sharp, funny and occasionally rather angry Antifolk and Folk Punk, with songs that tend to get straight to the point. Over 1,400 gigs under his belt, and apparently still plenty to complain about. We like that.
SATURDAY takes us in a different direction with SACKVILLE STREET. Coming from Germany's Ruhrgebiet, they bring a beautiful collection of Irish and Scottish Folk, from heartfelt ballads and rebel songs to tales of love, loss and life on the road. Strong voices, thoughtful arrangements and plenty of soul. Proof that you don't have to be born in Ireland to understand what makes a good Irish song.
And SUNDAY, as always, belongs to our IRISH TRAD SESSION. Musicians gather, tunes are shared and nobody quite knows which one is coming next. Just the way we like it.
So, a bit of brainwork, some gloriously unruly Folk Punk, a Saturday full of Irish songs and a Sunday session to finish things off.