Second Red Line Roots Festival in Dublin, 22-25 Oct. 2009

Thanks to Orla Keeshan and Linda Devlin for the welcome news that the second Red Line Roots Festival will be held in the Smithfield area of Dublin from Thursday 22 October to Sunday 25 October 2009. Orla writes:

Welcome to the Red Line Festival; it all started last year on a wild and blistery October Bank Holiday weekend in 2008. We began by linking three pubs surrounding Smithfield that were built by a passion for music: the Cobblestone, Dice Bar, and Sin É. These pubs didn’t play any old chart or pop, no siree, we kept it raw and rootsy. We are back this year to cause even more raucus and are now introducing you to another onslaught of gigs and events from Thurs. 22–Sun. 25 October that will draw you in for a whirlwind weekend and leave you feeling like lost tumbleweed come Monday morning.

In Sin É we have daytime events, old-school cinema [including the Dust Bowl Picture House, a series of movies and documentaries looking at old roots music legends], beer tasting, comedy, spoken word, and theatre to lead you into music-filled nights of blues, country, rock, and Balkan beats.

Down the road in Dice we are going a bit more hell and brimstone with D–66, a genuine one-man punk-blues-explosion-maniac, Here Comes The Landed Gentry, a big bad hairy old-school rock 'n’ roll band, and loads more acts to add extra wildness to the air.

The Cobblestone will be filled with stringed instruments from the trad sessions going all night in the front bar to the back-room venue hosting stunning old-time, folk, and bluegrass from the enthralling I Draw Slow and Southern Tenant Folk Union.

Keep watching the Red Line MySpace and website for new additions to the lineup, maps, tickets, and updates.