Come down and meet the folks is a brand new live music night at Fred Zeppelins in Cork, focussing on acoustic/americana/folk songwriters from Cork and further afield. Each night will feature performances from at least two acts with a special guest host taking charge of proceedings and perhaps spinning a yarn or two to go with a song of their own along the way.

The night kicks off on Thursday May 6th, with a feature performance from locally based Louth man Aaron Dillon and Band. “Songs of fear, loss, Religion, Injustice, love, protest, anger and joy. And the voice, poetic flair, melodic sensitivity and lyrical audacity to deliver all those emotions. The music skates on the fringes of numerous genres, folk, rock, bluegrass, pop and blues”. Joining Aaron and long-time collaborator Dave Hackett in their newly begun step up from acoustic duo to full band (Judas!), will be the established and highly praised rhythm section of Donal Linehen and Shane Murphy (Circus Cat/Together We Are Nobody).

Also playing on the night, following his well received recent opening set for Richard Hawley, is Seattle native James Eliot Taylor. James recently released his brilliant debut album ‘Sink or Swim’ as an online only download on the music website bandcamp.com free of charge, and has since followed this with the ‘Parallel Universe’ EP.

With both acts clearly bound for larger venues and local folk legend Hank Wedel our special guest host for the evening, this promises to be a wonderful night and modestly priced at a recession busting €5. The night will continue on May 20th with Lynda Cullen and Band and Peter Delaney, where again we invite you to come down and meet the folks.