Viper Central in Ireland, 29 May-4 June 2011

L-r: front, Tim Tweedale (Dobro), Steve Charles (upright bass, clawhammer banjo, vocals), Tyler Rudolph (banjos, upright bass, vocals); back, Lorraine Cobb (guitar, vocals), Mark Vaughan (mandolin), Kathleen Nisbet (fiddle, vocals)

Thanks to UKBluegrass.com for the news that Viper Central are scheduled to play the following shows in Ireland, among ten or more other shows in England, Scotland, and Wales, in a tour beginning at the end of this week. Viper Central are based in Vancouver, Canada, not too far from the vigorous old-time/ bluegrass/ Americana scene in Oregon, USA, and their music similarly combines bluegrass, old-time, and related genres. The Irish dates on their schedule are:

May 2011

Sun. 29th-Mon. 30th: Mannion's, Balla, Co. Mayo
Tues. 31st: Whelan's (with No Crows), Dublin

June 2011
Wed. 1st: Red Room, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone
Thurs. 2nd: Bronte Music Club, Rathfriland, Co. Down
Fri. 3rd: Colfer's, Carrick-on-Bannow, Co. Wexford
Sat. 4th: The Ballyrafter House, Lismore, Co. Waterford