Irish Rock Fest

The Jivin' Jones Irish Rock Festival was founded in December 2004 with inaugural events spanning both sides of the Hudson river. One night in Hoboken, NJ and one night in New York City. It was designed to showcase the disparate styles of Irish rock music that have been developing across the globe and pervading the underground music scene for more than a decade. It featured the Irish jig-punk of The Prodigals, the rockabilly celtic raucousness of Lancaster County Prison, direct from London, the psycho-ceilidh of Neck, the quirk-pop celtic-americana of Icewagon Flu, the Irish-American punk of The Ruffians, and more.
The first Irish Rock Festival was an incredible success and to continue the tradition, it was recommended that the event occur more often to highlight more groups that are working to expand the genre of Celtic influenced rock music. Since then, the Irish Rock Fest has taken place five more times with line-ups including:
The McCabes
Ceann
The Kissers
Larkin Brigade
Jackdaw
The Mickey Finns
Icewagon Flu
The Peelers
The Prodigals
Neck
The Ruffians
Moonspank
The Pubcrawlers
Lancaster County Prison
The Mighty Shakes
Surfchixxx
Screaming Orphans

The Festival has recently found a home at Connolly's, 121 West 45th Street, (The home of Black 47) where it will be a continuing music series featuring the best Irish rock bands from around the globe.