This is a brilliant achievement!
Kavanagh’s Bar in Portlaoise has been shortlisted for an Irish Music Rights Organisation CLG (IMRO) Live Music Venue of the Year Award.
The pub, on main street, has been shortlisted among 25 other venues to win the overall National Venue of the Year award.
This is a further honour for PJ, Niamh and all their staff after they scooped two huge prizes last year.
They won ‘Best Live Music Venue’ prize for the Eastern Region in October and went one better in November by winning the national award at Pub of the Year Awards.
Meanwhile, Electric Picnic has also been shortlisted IMRO Music Festival of the Year 2019 section.
This year’s IMROs will see a change of location for the Awards, with the event taking place at Twenty Two, South Anne Street in Dublin on Tuesday February 11.
The nominees shortlist was announced today by IMRO Chief Executive, Victor Finn.
The annual awards, now in their twelfth year, celebrate the venues and individuals working in the live music industry, whose passion and determination brings the joy and inimitable experience of live music to the public across Ireland.
In ordert to win, Kavanagh’s need you to log on here and choose their favourite from the shortlist provided, by 5pm on the 7th of February. Voters will by entered into a draw to be in with a chance to win an iPad.
The ceremony will also see the presentation of the award for Hot Press Live Music Venue of the Year via The Readers Poll which is contributed to by Hot Press fans and can be viewed at Hotpress.com
The winners of the IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year Awards 2019 will be announced on Tuesday 11th February 2020 from a live event from Twenty Two, South Anne Street, Dublin.
IMRO LIVE MUSIC VENUE OF THE YEAR AWARDS SHORTLIST
Dublin
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin 2
Vicar Street, Dublin 8
Arthur’s Blues and Jazz Club, Dublin 8
The Old Storehouse, Dublin 2
The Underground, Dublin 2
Rest of Leinster
The Royal Meath Bar, Navan, Co Meath
Kavanagh’s Bar & Venue, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
Bridge House Hotel, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
The Spirit Store, Dundalk, Co. Louth
The Set Theatre, Kilkenny
Ulster
Iontas Theatre, Castleblayney Co. Monaghan
An Grianán Theatre, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
McGinley’s Bar, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
The Chasin’ Bull, Bundoran, Co. Donegal
Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey, Co Donegal
Munster
Coughlan’s Bar & Live Music Venue, Cork
Mike the Pies, Listowel, Co. Kerry
De Barra’s Folk Club, Clonakilty, Co. Cork
Connolly’s of Leap, Co. Cork
Crane Lane Theatre, Cork
Connacht
Matt Molloy’s, Westport, Co. Mayo
The Quays Bar, Galway
JJ Harlow’s Bar, Roscommon
Anderson’s Live, Sligo
Róisín Dubh, Galway
IMRO Music Festival of the Year 2019
All Together Now
Body & Soul
Electric Picnic
Longitude
Féile ’19
Galway International Arts Festival
Forbidden Fruit
Sea Sessions
Live @ The Iveagh Gardens
Sligo Live
IMRO Small Music Festival of the Year 2019
Clonakility International Guitar Festival
It Takes A Village
Claremorris Folk Festival
K-Fest Arts Festival
Another Love Story
The Acoustic Yard Festival
Sounds from a Safe Harbour
Ireland Music Week
Kilkenny Tradfest
Doolin Folk Festival
IMRO Tech Crew of the Year 2019
Coughlan’s Live Bar and Music Venue
Axis Arts Centre and Theatre
BelloBar
Sea Sessions
Other Voices
Beatyard
Live at St. Luke’s
The Sugar Club
Olympia Theatre
The Academy
