Gillian McVeigh

LOCAL music enthusiasts Adam Brennan and Daniel Mahony are doing their bit to promote music in Monaghan, by establishing their own music promotions company.

Venue Promotions hope to bring some of Ireland’s most promising acts to the farney county, in a bid to enhance the local music scene. Adam Brennan told the Monaghan Post: “We saw a need for music promotion in Monaghan and decided to take action. We want to bring some of Ireland’s best acts to the people of Monaghan, and also promote local bands who perform original material.

”We felt that it was unacceptable that in order for people to see unsigned bands they need to travel to Dublin, Kilkenny etc to see a band,” Adam said. “We hope to change. We aim to give local and national bands an opportunity to play to a music-loving Monaghan audience.”

The guys hope to have one gig per month in McKenna’s Bar in Monaghan Town. If this proves to be popular, they will add more dates. The first gig will take place Friday 15 February in McKenna’s Bar in Monaghan. Dublin band Saccade will headline the evening. The band who are best know from the TG4 programme Deis Rock, are sure to be popular with the Monaghan crowd. The back up acts will be Dundalk’s Open Door Policy and Greenlights. For more information log on to www.myspace.com/venuepromotions.