the Roaring Forties
Gigs and Biography Page
A Hero is Some one still able to function while as terrified as the rest of us
People will forget what you said to them,
forget what you did for them,
but will never forget how you made them feel
life gave us children so we would have Roses in December
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The Roaring Forties at Play :
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BELOW...OUR SHOWS
January 2008
Friday 4th: Dunmore House Clonakilty (wedding)
Saturday 12th: Mount oval bar (Cork).
Friday 18th: stavenga Jazz Festival (Norway).
Saturday 19th: Stavenga Jazz Festival (Norway).
Thursday 24th: Dublin (confirmed).
Saturday 26th: Raddisson Cork.
February 2008
Friday 1st: muddy mahers 10 - 12 (3 piece)
Saturday 2nd:
Sunday 3rd: Treacys 7 - 9
Friday 8th: not available
Saturday 9th: not available
Thursday 14: Oriel house ballincolig clare mcsweeny 086 8165162
Saturday 16th: Sundays well tennis club 4 piece
Thursday 21st: Crane Lane: 12.00
Saturday 23rd: Cork city football club fund raiser Silver Springs (confirmed)
Thursday 28th: Crane Lane: 12.00
Friday 29th: Clarion Limerick (Post Graduation Ball)
March 2008
Saturday 1st: Clarion cork male voice choir 40th anniversary. (confirmed)
Saturday 8th: limerick gala ball
Friday 14th: Classic Bar 10.00
Thursday 20th: Crane Lane (Cork) 12.00
Saturday 22nd: Roaches town (Private function) 4 piece
Wednesday 26th: DCU (Dublin) Main Room 10.30
Thursday 27th: Crane Lane 12.00
Saturday 29th: Med Ball - Limerick Radisson Hotel
April 2008.
Wednesday 2nd: Boutique Burlesque (Crane Lane) 10 -12
Saturday 5th: Mount Oval. 10 - 12
Tuesday 8th: NUI Maynooth Univercity Kildare. 10 - 12
Thursday 10th: Crane Lane 12.00
Saturday 12th: Barnabrow (wedding) (confirmed)
Friday 18th : Muddy Mahers 10 oclock (4 piece)
Sunday 20th: Cobh Promenade 2.30 - 4.30
Thursday 24th Crane Lane 12.00
Sunday 27th: Treacys 7 til 9
May 2008
Friday 2nd: Derry JAZZ Festival.
Saturday 3rd: The Millhouse, Slane.
Sunday 4th: Derry JAZZ Festival. Beckets Bar
Wednesday 7th: Scalea (Italy)
Thursday 8th Scalea (Italy)
Friday 9th: Scalea (Italy)
Saturday 10th: Scalea (Italy)
Thursday 15th: The Crane Lane. start midnight
Saturday 17th: Mount Oval 10 - 12
Sunday 18th: Cobh Bandstand 1.45 - 3.45
Thursday 22nd: Crane Lane. start midnight
Friday 23rd: killarney Muckross park hotel (wedding) 3 piece
Saturday: cobh promenade 3 - 5
Thursday 29th : Hilton Hotel Limerick 11.30
June 2008.
Thursday 5th: Crane Lane. midnight start.
Saturday 7th: darva castle, co.louth.
Friday 13th: Dunmore House (private)
Saturday 14th: Town hall youghal midsummers ball. (confirmed)
Friday 20th: Glandore Rectory (Wedding) (confirmed).
Saturday 21st: Lough Ine. Skibbereen (confirmed)
Thursday 26th: live on 96fm 11 - 12
Thursday 26th: Crane Lane. midnight start.
Friday 27th : Barcelona
July 2008.
Friday 4th: Back from Barcelona
Friday 4th: Trinities Limerick 5th birthday with The Spirit of Burlesque. free 10.30
Saturday 5th: Carlton Hotel (Wedding)
Sunday 6th: Treacys Bar 7 - 9
Thursday 10th: Crane Lane. midnight start
Friday 11th Le ceila 5.30 - 7.30
Saturday 12th: Glandore Rectory (wedding)
Sunday 13th: Corkweek Cronins 6 til 8
Thursday 24th: Crane Lane. midnight start
Friday 25th: Courtyard: Schull 10 - 12
Saturday 26th: Castle martyre (confirmed)
Thursday 31st: Kincora hall hotel Killaloo. (confirmed)
August 2008.
Saturday 2nd: Glandore Rectory (Private)
Tuesday 5th: Silda Jazz Fest
Wednesday 6th: Silda Jazz Festival
Thursday 7th: Silda Jazz Festival
Friday 8th: Barberstown castle (confirmed)
Saturday 9th: THE SUGAR CLUB DUBLIN 12 START.
Thursday 14th: Crane Lane midnight.
Friday 15th: Oriel house. 10.30 - 12
Saturday 16th: Ballygary house. Tralee. (Private).
Thursday 21st : Ballykealey Manor Hotel Ballon, Co. Carlow (wedding)
Saturday 23rd: Churchtown (Aine & Diarmuids big day)
Wednesday 27th: Ballycotton (confirmed)
Friday 29th: South Court Hotel Limerick (Graduation Ball)
September 2008.
Friday 5th: Kingsly Hotel Cork (Confirmed)
sat 6th: Sugar club dublin
Thurs 11th Crane Lane Midnight Start
Saturday 13th: Schull Comunity Centre
Thursday 18th: Crane Lane 12.00 Start
Friday 19th: Marlogue (tbc)
Saturday 20th: Barley Cove (John Obrien)
Friday 26th : Cobh blues weekend kellys bar 9.00
Sunday 28th : Cobh blues weekend kellys 5.00 3 piece.
October 2008
Wednesday 1st : FRIARS GATE KILMALLOCK (LIMERICK) tickets €15
Friday 3rd: Raddisson limerick (saphire ball).
Saturday 11th: Fota Sheraton (confirmed).
Sunday 12th: Longueville house, mallow. (confirmed)
Saturday 18th: Airport Hotel BNI Gala 10 - 12 (confirmed)
Friday24th: Jazz Comitte Schools Programme 11.45
Friday24th: Jazz Comitte Schools Programme 2.30
Friday 24th: Boardwalk Bar and Grill 5 - 7
Friday 24th: Briar Rose 8. 30 10.30
Saturday 25th: Metropol Ball Room 1.00
Saturday 25th: Boardwalk Bar and Grill 5 - 7
Saturday 25th: Mcartheys Bar 10.30
Sunday26th: White lady Kinsale 2 til 4
Sunday 26th: Boardwalk Bar and Grill 5 - 7
Monday 27th: Boardwalk Bar and Grill 12 - 2
Friday 31st: wheelan lodge castletown bear (confirmed)
November 2008.
14th-23rd: London Jazz Festival (tbc)
100 club
la pigalle
December 2008.
Christmas extravaganza (tickets available) Dublin.
Saturday 6th: Fota sheraton (confirmed)
Sunday14th: Crane Lane Christmas extravaganza doors 8.00 (tickets available €20) Cork
15th: Crane Lane Christmas extravaganza doors 8.00 (tickets available €20) Cork
16th: Crane Lane Christmas extravaganza doors 8.00 (tickets available €20) Cork
17th: Crane Lane Christmas extravaganza doors 8.00 (tickets available €20) Cork
Thursday 18th: Crane Lane Christmas extravaganza doors 8.00 (tickets available €20) Cork
Christmas extravaganza (tickets available) Limerick
Saturday 20th : Mount oval 10 - 12
27th: Ballinacurragh House (confirmed)
NEW YEARS EVE: monks town golf club
ALL ARE WELCOME....
2009
January
February
Sat 6th: Actons (Confirmed)
friday 13th:trim castle (enquiry)
friday 20th: montenotte hotel (wedding) pat & gemma
March
7th: Oriel House Balloncolig (Donal and Celine)
16th: Denise Connolly dunmore house (enquiry)
april
18th: glandore rectory (confirmed) Colette & Gerry
May
8th glandore rectory (confirmed)Roisin & Maurice
15th: muckross house (confirmed)
23rd: Tralee kerry (provisionally confirmed)
28th -31st May: Southport jazz (liverpool) tbc
30th: Celtic Ross Hotel. (CONFIRMED) jeanne cherie
JUNE
Sat June 27th: Mark.Laffan (Castle Oaks House in Castleconnell) (confirmed)
july
Friday 10th: glandor rectory (wedding) (confirmed)
18th: victor (provisionaly confirmed)
31st : coolronan co meath (enquiry )
August.
8th: Keadeen Hotel, Kildare (enquiry)
Aug 22nd celtic ross hotel 3.30 - 5.30 (3 piece) and 9.30 -12(confirmed)
SEPTEMBER 2009
Friday 11th: Cristina and Roberts Wedding. (confirmed)
Friday: BIRDHILL TIPPERARRY (confirmed)
| nov 26th 2009 | jen | kilkenny | e mail |
| sept 5th 2009 | mick | cork | e mail |
Buona sera.
Dont mean a thing.
Just a gigolo.
Route 66.
Mac the knife.
Choo choo cha boogie.
Is you Is.
Nagasaki.
Straighten up and fly right
Summertime.
Autumn leaves.
5 guys named mo.
I got rythm.
Call the police.
Jonny b good.
Shake rattle and roll.
Jump jive n wail.
You rascal you.
Rock this town.
King of the swingers.
The Sheik of Arabi.
Pennies from heaven.
Lady b good.
Cheek to cheek.
Sweet Sue
Sweet Georgia Brown.
Oh Marie.
Angelina.
Paper moon.
Bannana splits.
Undecided.
St James's infirmary.
Georgia.
Lady is a tramp.
When Your Smiling.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL ABOVE LISTED SONG SONGS MAY NOT BE PERFORMED.THEY CAN BE ADDED TO AND SUBTRACTED FROM AT THE BANDS DISCRESION
Jeri Ryan (7 of 9) We love her
THE ROARING FORTIES. BIOGRAPHY.
The Roaring forties are Irelands Premier Jump Jive Swing band, Its high energy
delivery of this music makes it one of the most exciting bands in the country.
Made up of six of the most talented musicians in Ireland with a vocalist / front man whose
voice suits this genre of music . Formed in 2003 for the Cork Jazz festival
The Roaring Forties have gone from strength to strength to become a highly
recognised ultra tight band in and out of the Jazz scene , with its rocky approach it is
watchable and dancable to by all ages. Currently the y have a single in the Irish charts with
Jon Kenny and an album "swing til you die" that are available in Virgin, HMV and tower records. Downloadable through
cd baby and iTunes
to find out more about this band look on
www.theroaringforties.com or
http://profile.myspace.com/theroaringforties
SALLY, ORLAGH, SAM, AND LAURENCE.
The Cat, G doggy G, The Horn, Ali B, Fats Patterson, Pedro Fingers Luis
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