1 The Antique Tavern2 Dawson’s3 T. Doyle4 Rackards5 Alba6 Holohans7 Enniscorthy Castle8 Treacy’s Hotel9 Byrne’s Books10 Toss Kavanagh’s11 The Cotton Tree Café12 Stamps13 Enniscorthy Library

Sponsors:Heineken Ireland ✦ Wexford Co. Council

C&R Print ✦ Catty TownCentra (O’Callaghans Food Store)

The Orchard Recording StudioEnniscorthy Guardian ✦ Creane & Creane

Slaney News ✦ Pettitts SuperValuEnniscorthy Credit Union ✦ Global SteelAircon Mech ✦ Kavanagh’s Pharmacy

JACKIE McAULEY As a member of THEM he recorded andtoured with Van Morrison behind hitrecords like ‘Baby Please Don’t Go’‘Here Comes The Night’ and ‘Gloria’sharing the Wembley stage with TheBeatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinksand others. Later when Van Morrisonwent solo, McAuley joined Paul Bradyin Dublin Blues band The Kult. Jackie has a very colourfulpast in the music scene, and has written a book about it.“I, Sideman, The Greatest Period in the History of Rock &Roll & My Humble Part Playing in it’'. Join Jackie in a booksigning seminar and a few acoustic songs at Byrnes BookStore at 1.30pm on Saturday 8th September and 6.30pm atThe Antique Tavern.

C&R Print are pleased to support the Blackstairs Blues Festival.crprint.ie 053 92 35295

FRIDAY 7th SEPTEMBERAlba 6.00pm Slidin PKT. Doyle 7.30pm Will KilleenAntique Tavern 8.30pm David KingRackards 10.00pm Shuffle TruffleHolohans 10.00pm Daniel De VitaTreacys Hotel 11.30pm Delta Dogs

SATURDAY 8th SEPTEMBERHolohans 4.00pm Jam with Delta DogsAlba 6.00pm Ada Storm & Paul McMordieAntique Tavern 7.30pm Will KilleenDawsons 9.00pm Colm SkwirbatStamps 9.00pm Slidin PKTreacys Hotel 9.30pm Shuffle TruffleToss Kavanaghs 10.00pm David KingRackards 10.00pm Daniel De VitaHolohans 10.30pm The Stonecold HobosTreacys Hotel 11.30pm Dublin Blues Cartel (ft. Mik Pyro)

SUNDAY 9th SEPTEMBERAlba 1.30pm Daniel De Vita (solo)Stamps 2.30pm David KingStamps 4.30pm Colm SkwirbatRackards 7.00pm The Stonecold HobosDawsons 7.30pm Will KilleenAntique Tavern 8.00pm Ada Storm & Paul McMordieToss Kavanaghs 9.30pm Delta DogsT. Doyle 9.30pm Slidin PKHolohans 9.30pm Shuffle TruffleTreacys Hotel 11.00pm Daniel De Vita

BLACKSTAIRS BLUES FESTIVAL 2018

FRINGE EVENTSTHURSDAY 6th ENNISCORTHY LIBRARYDaniel De Vita (an audience with) 7pmSATURDAY 8th BYRNES BOOKS & TOYS

Jackie McAuley Book Signing & Acoustic Session 1.30pmSATURDAY 8th ENNISCORTHY CASTLE

Blues Workshop, Daniel De Vita, Shuffle Truffle & Slidin PK. 2.30pmSATURDAY 8th THE ANTIQUE TAVERN

Jackie McAuley Book Signing & Acoustic session 6.30pmSUNDAY 9th COTTON TREE CAFÉEddie Crean & Richard King 12pm

MONDAY 10th THE ANTIQUE TAVERN.BBF Survivors gig with Daniel De Vita 8.30pm

A big thank you to our local publicans for their support and cooperation.

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E n n i s c o r t h ySeptEMBER 7th, 8th, 9th, 2018

DANIEL DE VITADaniel De Vita is a guitarist andsinger born in Buenos Aires whohas been playing in theArgentine Blues scene for thepast 10 years. In 2015 herecorded his first solo albumcalled "Southside Blues" and isa tribute to great masters such as Muddy Waters, Little Walterand many other Bluesmen. It received great reviews frompublications such as Blues Junction.com, Blues BlastMagazine, and many more. Late 2017 his second album was released, the album is called"Third World Guitars" and it is a collaborative work withguitarists Netto Rockfeller (Brazil) and José Carrasco (Chile). Daniel will play over the Festival weekend backed by well-known bassist Pat Murphy and the home talent of BrendanCarty on Drums.

SLIDIN PKSlidin PK Polish Musician basedin Cork, singer/songwriter,whose music is stronglyinfluenced by primitive and rootsound of the musical pioneersfrom the 1920’s-30’s era. Hismission is to preserve the spirit

of the root Americana style, its technique and sound. PK came to Ireland in 2004 and continues to deliver the soundof this almost forgotten era, recalling artists such as Blind BoyFuller, Blind Blake, Willie Brown, Big Bill Broonzy, RobertJohnson or Bukka White.He is accompanied by Marek Blaszyk, who is one of the mostprolific saxophone/clarinet players. He has been collaboratingwith various projects across his musical career.

SHUFFLE TRUFFLEThree accomplished Austrianmusicians with the mostvaried backgrounds joinedforces to perfect what gotthem together in the firstplace: Blues! Now Jörg "Dr.J." Horina (guitar, vocals), Michael Scarpatetti (bass) andHelfried Grygar (drums) are working to put their own Blueswith a touch of jazz on the map. The band favours its owncompositions but also interprets numbers from John Mayer,Eric Clapton, Larry Carlton, Brian Setzer and others.

COLM SKWIRBATBorn in Dublin in 1997, ColmSkwirbat is carrying on the traditionof the old Blues masters of theMississippi Delta by playing theBlues on his homemade cigar-boxguitars. He puts his own twist on old Blues classics, whilestill capturing the raw feel and authenticity of the ‘20s and‘30s bottleneck Blues on his 1-string and 4-string guitars. Hisfather, Jurgen, built these instruments out of a cigar-box, adog bowl and a broomstick.

ADA STORM & PAUL McMORDIEJazz/Blues vocalist Ada Stormteams up with lauded guitarist PaulMcMordie to bring you a uniquegenre-crossing duo. Minimalistarrangements featuring McMordie'sfearless guitar style & Storm'shoney sweet voice take you on a

Blues tour through the ages, covering artists such as GeeshieWylie, Robert Johnson & Big Mama Thornton.

WILL KILLEENWill Killeen is a highly acclaimed Irishacoustic Blues guitarist, singer andsongwriter. He has a totally uniquestyle; celtic roots mixed with AmericanBlues. You can expect songs from earlyBlues standards through to Dylanclassics delivered with inimitablepercussive guitar and whirling vocals. He's also consideredto be one of the foremost slide guitar players in Europe today.He taught himself guitar from the age of 10, influenced byHowlin' Wolf, Doc Watson, The Pretty Things, RobertJohnson, Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones to name a few.He plays regularly at countless venues and Festivals aroundLondon and the rest of England, in Ireland, Wales, Scotland,Italy, Germany and the United States.

DUBLIN BLUES CARTEL (FT. MIK PYRO) The Dublin Blues Cartel is made up of the talented Mik PyroVocals/Guitar, Pat Farrell Vocals/Guitar, John QuearneyVocals/Bass and Eoin Redmond on Drums. They will beplaying mostly a version of New Orleans R’n’B with a classic

rock twist, sandwiched with swing,Rock’n’Roll, Soul, Funk, Blues andrap of all eras. Their set consistsof radical re-workings of well-known classics, being played bysome of Ireland's most seasonedmusicians.

DAVID KINGDavid King is a Dublin Blues singerwith a debut album "RuirteachBlues" (2015) an upcoming(Autumn 2018) follow-up albumtitled "Custodian". Influences goback to the Blues greats such as Muddy Waters, HowlinWolf, Robert Johnson and Son House but David hasdeveloped a vocal and guitar style of his own with emotionallive and recorded performances bringing together lots ofdifferent styles of the Blues and roots. “David King doeswhat a lot of modern Blues artists struggle to do. - he makescomplex chord progressions work in the Blues format…PureM Magazine. Whilst touring Ruirtech Blues David playedover 200 gigs in Ireland with the album reaching no.5 on theiTunes Blues Charts in 2016.

THE STONECOLDHOBOSThe Hobos are known fortheir own brand ofauthentic, low downmean and dirty "BoyneDelta" Blues. A strong vocal, some slide guitar wizardry, anauthentic Blues harp, and the tightest rhythm section in theNorth East, combine to inflict an experience so infectious,you will be left wanting more.Stonecold Hobos have just released their second offering‘Notes from the Boyne Delta’ featuring 10 of the finest foottapping Blues this side of the Atlantic. The band are regularson Ireland's Blues Festival scene (North and South),appearing annually at 7 Hills Blues Fest, Armagh andMonahan's Harvest Time 'Poc The Blues' Festival amongstothers.

DELTA DOGSDelta Dogs are the house band forWaterford Blues Club, which launchedin 2013 and has developed a devotedfollowing in the South East. The DeltaDogs bring you a set whichseamlessly blends the soul of the

original Delta and Chicago Blues masters, like ElmoreJames, Muddy Waters and Bo Diddley, with the fire of 60'srevivalists like Clapton, Green, Hendrix and Irish icon RoryGallagher, and the swagger of Texans Freddie King, StevieRay Vaughan and Billy Gibbons