Bistro Nights, Friday’s 6 – 9pm Blackrock Market Cafe

Continuing every Friday evening for July and August, with Summer Special Menu – only €10 for Main Course and Dessert. With live music, featuring different artists each week. To include folk, jazz, blues, traditional and modern music. Outdoor seating available – Reservations taken – Contact us for further details – Call: 086 3151786.

This Friday July 29th: With Robert Harvey; Flute and Jonny Tennant; Vocals, Bouzouki

Hailing from Co. Laois, Robert Harvey is a member of Donal Lunny’s supergroup Ciorras and has performed on TV on a number of occasions. Jonny Tennant has sung and played with bands across Europe over the last 10 years. The lads will be performing a mixture of Irish, Scottish, English and Bulgarian traditional music.

‘Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea’

A new exhibition of paintings and drawings by Madeleine Lara Smith

‘A selection of the artist’s current paintings and drawings of cityscapes and landscapes, exploring the subjects of dereliction and abandonment, often tinged with a poignant atmosphere of absence rather than presence.’

Opening Reception: 7.30pm, Tuesday 9th of August at the Market Cafe

All welcome to call in for a glass of wine – Exhibition will be on view at the Cafe, Wednesday to Sunday, from Aug. 9th to Sept 18th.

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madeleine lara smith, 'broken town' 2006, mixed media on wooden panel, 72cmx62cm

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Blackrock Market Cafe Bistro Nights on Fridays!

From Friday July 1st the Market Cafe will be opening with an evening Bistro Menu every Fridayfrom 6 – 9pm.

Summer Special Offer of a Main Course and Dessert – Only €10.

With Live Music –  featuring a range of different performers, beginning on July 1st with singer/songwriter Lisa Gorry.

Bring your own bottle – Outdoor seating available – Every Friday for July and August

Contact us for reservations, or if you are interested in performing – 086 3151786

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BistroMenu-1  sample bistro menu for viewing

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Vinyl is back!!

 

 

Well … it never really went away, did it ?

If you ask any record collector, it is the sound quality they love the most about vinyl. The music isn’t compressed into ones and zeros or binary sound.

On top of the musical attributes, there is also the element of “collectibility,” i.e. some people may buy vinyl as an investment, in hope that, over time, the records will appreciate in value.

According to a recent report from eBay, they sell more than three million vinyl records each year – that is an average of one every ten seconds !

Furthermore, people collect vinyl because they may want a piece of their past, so nostalgia is also an important element for the record collector. People are also drawn to actually owning a physical product and may enjoy the ritual that is involved in listening to the records.

A new generation is discovering the special allure that vinyl records have, the limited editions, coloured vinyl, picture discs, the album cover artwork and the sound have all lured youngsters in the hobby of collecting vinyl records.

Before you get too excited about the prospect of your Dad’s collection being worth a fortune and climbing up into the attic to look for his boxes of nostalgia – just remember one thing – at any given moment, there may be more than six thousand collectible Beatles’ albums for sale on eBay.  Some sell for thousands of dollars and it is reported that the album that is bought and sold the most in vinyl format is the Beatles’ “White Album.”

Artists such as the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, James Brown, Madonna, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Elvis Presley and even newer artists like Nirvana, Radiohead are sought after. There is also a keen interest in “Northern Soul,” Motown records, old blues recordings as well as jazz, punk and indie vinyl records.

The Collectors’ shop now offers a growing stock of collectible vinyls.

Drop in any weekend you’re in Dublin and looking for a bargain !