With St Patrick's Day in our sights....

That time of year is upon us once more, and The Craic Horse are busy getting their act together in time to entertain all you craic addicts for 15 sets across 9 gigs at 7 different venues! Sadly, there will be no international gigs this year, but those of you in Singapore are in for a treat!

What to expect this year? Well, we are delighted to be back at Muddy Murphy's again at the end of February, to give you all a taster of what is to come in March.. and then we'll be doing a very special acoustic set on 1st March at Féile 25, a family Irish festival being held at the Australian International School. Féile 25 will also have performances by some very good friends, including Gan Ainm and the Irish Inspirational Dancers, as well as a trad session, a guided ceili dance, kids activities and food & drink. Tickets are $8 per adult and $3 per child (or $20 for a family pass) and can be bought at https://www.comhaltassingapore.org/ 

As we get closer to St Patrick's Day we will be doing our usual warm up at The British Club on Thursday 13th, before opening the annual St Patrick's Street Festival on Friday 14th. Across that weekend we'll be very busy, debuting at both The Tanglin Club and Hero's Bar, as well as heading back to our old haunt Molly Malone's. Having opened the Street Festival, we also have the privilege of headlining the main stage on the final day, Sunday 16th, after it has been graced by several other fantastic acts including Gan Ainm and Boys from the County Hell... but we're not done there!

St Patrick's Day this year falls on a Monday for the first time in 11 years, which means we get to prolong the weekend just a little... and are looking forward to rounding off an epic month on Monday 17th at Molly Malone's, with support from fantastic soloist Kevin McCabe.

All in all, it's looking like the party of the year, so make sure you head along to a few of the sets and raise a glass to St Pat with us!

Sláinte!

Getting back in the saddle...

So..... it's been a while since we posted. There's been a fair bit going on in the world, but gigging hasn't been a part of that (at least not for us). We did put together and play a Virtual St Patrick's Festival online in 2021, with performances from friends in Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia, but that was pretty much it. Then early this year we got the bombshell that Zac, our drummer of four years, would be leaving to head back to the US...

Thankfully Singapore brought back live music in April, just in time for us to give Zac one last hurrah with the band. We were a little rusty, but it all came back to us - and the audience turnout was absolutely brilliant!

Of course, if we wanted to really get gigging again we needed to fill the drummer vacancy asap... and it just so happened that our old friend Kunal had finished his degree and moved back to Singapore! Once again welcoming him into the fold, we got busy teaching him our newer material (and relearning some of his old favourites).

With a couple of dates already in the diary we had to work fast to get back up to speed, before hitting the ground running back at our old haunt Molly Malone's for their 27th Anniversary - and what a gig that was! You could feel the whole building move with the dancing and singing along. It was an atmosphere close to St Pat's, just on a random Thursday in September....

No resting on our laurels, just last weekend we were back for the Singapore Formula 1 gig, with some brand new material in our back pockets, and we already have more dates lined up from here to St Patrick's Day next year... so do subscribe to our social media for updates, because you don't want to miss us!

See you all very soon - Sláinte

It's St Pat's, so come dance!

Keep on Craic-ing on with us this Paddy's weekend!

***UPDATE 18/03***  With the increased health risks at this time, we have decided in conjunction with Muddy Murphy's that we will not proceed with the gig on 25th March. Please stay safe all, and we will see you all soon!

Sláinte!

Getting ahead of ourselves...

April was, unsurprisingly, a bit of a quieter time for the band.... a time to catch up with family and rest those weary fingers.... a time to spend our hard earned gig money on more frivolous toys for our instruments.... and a time to reflect on the past and plan for the future....

....on which note, we have some news for you! The programme for our next few gigs is taking shape, slowly but surely, kicking off with a return to Molly Malone's on June 21st. It's always a fun evening at our spiritual stable, and we look forward to seeing you all there!

But then, the following weekend, we will make our BeerFest Asia debut! Yes, The Craic Horse are playing in a tent full of beer from all over the world. What could possibly go wrong? We heartily recommend you come down and join us on the family friendly Sunday 30th afternooon... we'll confirm our exact start time as soon as we know, but in the meantime you can get tickets at https://www.beerfestasia.com/

Into August, we have a gig lined up for a very special group of friends - more on that to follow once the details are confirmed - and of course, in September expect to see us doing a post-F1 party on Circular Road once more.

With a trip to play in Thailand for Big Nev's 60th birthday in October, followed by plans for another Hong Kong visit in November, it's shaping up to be a bumper year.... hope you can join us for most (if not all) of it!!

Sláinte!

March Madness....

So, that was an epic month.... our Hong Kong debut plus the usual shenanigans in Singapore, both of which kept us pretty busy (understatement of the year...).

If you follow us on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter (and you should!) you may have seen a few photos and videos of us doing what we do best, and if you were lucky enough to be at any of our shows we really hope you will upload your photos / videos and tag us, or just email them to us and we will share with the world!

In the meantime.... here is a taste of one of the gigs inside Molly Malone's, which I hope will be repeated somewhat when we head back there tonight for our last gig of the month...

Hope we see you all soon! Sláinte!

Ready for The Craic....?

If you are lucky enough to be a member of NUSS, the party starts tonight for you down at SunTec! We will be on stage in the members bar from 7pm...

The rest of you will have to wait and catch us at Molly Malone's late Friday night (after The Cans), or at 10pm Saturday, or on the main festival stage on Sunday at 8.30pm.

And when you do see us, please do tag us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and whatever other cool social media platforms spring up and become trendy over the weekend.....

Like us please! Go on, go on, go on! Ye will, ye will, ye will!

International Bright Young(ish) Things!

Yeah, I know, we keep promising to post more often, but we're always too busy rehearsing (read, down the pub)....

That said, the band have been putting together some craic-ing new songs, and this year we get to showcase them all on foreign shores as well as our usual Singapore shenanigans! So if you are in Hong Kong or Singapore, check out our tour dates (on the Gigs page) and get down to see us. We even have tour t-shirts this year - look at us!!!

In the mean time, here are a few new pictures from our recent photoshoot, courtesy of Jonty! Don't we make a handsome bunch....? Don't we........?