Irish Music in Portland

[Vash]

Hey guys, just thought I'd post that if you live in the Portland Oregon area, you can catch my band Circled By Hounds weekly and monthly at our two recurring gigs...

Catch us EVERY SINGLE Wednesday night in NE Portland at:
The County Cork Public House
1329 NE Fremont Street
Portland, Oregon 97212
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Cost:FREE!
Description:A weekly unplugged performance by your favorite Irish band. Irish music as it was meant to be heard, no mics, no speakers, just instruments, voices, beer and good friends. The County Cork is a smoke free family friendly venue, with a great beer selection, fantastic food and an awesome atmosphere. Join CBH at th CO. Cork and help keep this weekly event alive and kicking.

And/or catch us on the FIRST THURSDAY night of every month in SW Portland at:
1981 West Burnside St
Portland, Oregon 97220
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Cost:FREE!
Description: CBH play the first Thursday night of each month at the Bitter End for the Jameson Irish Music Night (sponsored by Jameson's Irish Whiskey)! Tell yer friends! Come Punish yer liver and dance your legs off!

Hope to see some of my Pacific Northwestern SLY bros!!

[Paul]

Vash, that's awesome that the band is out there getting the needed visiibility.   Bummed I don't live out there to catch a set.  Still wanna know WHEN YOU GUYS GONNA ENTERTAIN THE CHICAGO IRISH!!  Hell, think we could even get that cajun irishman paulie up here for that.

[Marz]

Right on! Let me know if you are ever up in the Seattle area, my wife and I are both Irish and love trad. Irish music, we would love to come see ya.

P.s. My brother plays the bodhran too.

[PBurke]

Vash, that's awesome that the band is out there getting the needed visiibility.   Bummed I don't live out there to catch a set.  Still wanna know WHEN YOU GUYS GONNA ENTERTAIN THE CHICAGO IRISH!!  Hell, think we could even get that cajun irishman paulie up here for that.

damn right ya could. that is cool as hell vash.

[Mother Goose]

Ooohh How cool is this? I live in Portland!  I will have to come out to see you.

This is such a wild hoot too.... my son is 27, loves the local Irish pubs, and the music... *AND* when he came back to town after his session as an OutDoor School camp counselor, he had shaved his head!! He is now SLY! I told him about your web site!

He didn't even know I had adopted you guys!

[Tyler]

That's awesome Vash!  Hopefully business will send me up that way sometime soon so I can check out the band.

[Vash]

Vash, that's awesome that the band is out there getting the needed visiibility.   Bummed I don't live out there to catch a set.  Still wanna know WHEN YOU GUYS GONNA ENTERTAIN THE CHICAGO IRISH!!  Hell, think we could even get that cajun irishman paulie up here for that.

We want to get out to more of the country and more of the world, believe me! But basically it comes down to the costs involved. When we factor in travel expenses, lodging, meals and time off (see: loss of income) from day jobs, it gets REALLY (let me emphasis REALLY!) expensive for band (in our case 4 people) to travel to play. Sad but true 

I mean, even if we get our travel/lodging/meals covered, we each still lose wages ($10-$14/hr, each) for whatever days we miss form work to play a show.

So, we are taking a slow, grass roots approach to seeking musical fame and fortune. Get noticed and popular in Portland and the immediate area, then spread out to the rest of the state, then nearby states and so on and so forth. We'd love to play all over the U.S, Europe, Japan and pretty much anywhere else people would enjoy us. We just gotta get there 

 

[SlickEric]

Hey guys, just thought I'd post that if you live in the Portland Oregon area, you can catch my band Circled By Hounds weekly and monthly at our two recurring gigs...

Catch us EVERY SINGLE Wednesday night in NE Portland at:
Cost:FREE!

And/or catch us on the FIRST THURSDAY night of every month in SW Portland at:
Cost:FREE!
Come Punish yer liver and dance your legs off!

I'm willing to punish "ye olde liver". But I'm not willing to dance "me hockey legs" off !
No hidden costs? Hmmm free? Sounds too good to be true!

[BALDANDRE]

Sounds great bro...hope I'll be able to check it out one day..

nice to see how well you've adjusted to the Northwest livin' brutha!

[Alexander215]

If you ever go on tour be sure to visit Nova Scotia! We have a huge Gaelic music following here

[Vash]

Attention, Portland locals...

As part of our bid to take over the musical world, Circled By Hounds is planning to record our First Thursday show at The Bitter End Pub. The show will commence, this Thursday, Feb. 7th as usual, at 9:30pm at the Bitter End Pub (1981 West Burnside St, Portland, Oregon 97209). There's no cover and we are looking to pack as many bodies into the place as possible, so bring a friend or six!!!

Our plan is to use the best 5 or 6 tracks from the night to make a live demo CD to help us get more gigs in the Portland area and beyond. Given that we have a good enough crowd and a good enough night, it could turn into a live CD. We'll leave that in your capable, albeit, drunken hands...

If you have any friends in the Portland/Vancouver area who might dig what we do, please forward this on to them. More people means a bigger, better louder crowd, which means a bigger, better louder show! We'll be micing the audience, and the better your response, the better we sound. So help us further our carreer in music and come lend your voice to the barroom chorus!!

Thanks for your support and we'll see you all on Thursday!!

~Vash