Out on the road with the Fighting Jamesons.....

Our lead guitarist Geo Bauman.

We kicked off May with a pleasant return to McGrath's Pub in Dalton, Pennsylvania. We had a great time, as Dalton is a beautiful mountain town, and the owner Jimmy is a huge fan and highly hospitable towards the band; he and his staff treat us like kings, every time we visit his place is something to look forward  to. The next day we played nearby in Scranton, Pennsylvania for the Scranton Celtic Irish Festival as well. It was a great festival set inside, with a multiple stage layout; we were really stoked to be headlining it and hope to return to it again.

Niagara Falls, NY.

Following that, we did a make-up date at the Rapids Theater in Niagara Falls New York on May 18th, as our original date back in March got snowed out by the blizzard at the time. Rapids is truly a blast, its an incredible venue full of history, charm, and style. The building is massive, the sound in the room with its immaculate mural ceiling is incredible, and the owner and the staff are the greatest any band could hope to have the pleasure of working with. It used to be an opera house and still has a very neat intricate look to it on the inside. Also, as we found out on the ghost tour last time- apparently it's haunted and was once even featured on the  TV show Ghost Hunters. Luckily while we were there I also got to take a quick peak at the falls for the first time, definitely an impressive sight to see.

at 9 Irish Brothers Lafayette, Indiana.

Shortly after the Falls, we came back down for a street festival in Rockville, Maryland. The event had a great layout with several stages spread across the area with multiple blocks shut down, completed with numerous vendors lined up in between. Following that, were several dates playing for the independent 9 Irish Brothers chain again in Lafayette, Indiana. We were really excited for them to have us back again after having us last March, although the new location was delayed its grand opening, we played the other two locations for three days and had an excellent time. We're looking forward to whenever we do return and the new location when it is ready, but in the mean time we had a blast playing the other locations.

Next up in was Rehoboth Beach, Delaware at the Dog Fish Head Pub, where the beach crowd was definitely a fun bunch of people to play for, they were ready to dance around and have a great time; we gave a killer set and were glad to finally make it a stop along our route. It was particular interesting since it was a new stop for us, and we always love exposing our music to new audiences everywhere. The next day was Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey for their 42nd Annual Monmouth Irish Festival. It was located near the horse races, it was a nice family oriented event; with both traditional Irish acts and more fusion groups such as ourselves.

Last stop for the month of June was the Fairfield County Irish Festival, it was a wonderful large outdoor event, with 3 beautiful tent stage setups, food and beverage stands, topped off with a nice roster full of a variety of different acts-- both music and dancing groups. During the day we were lucky enough to have some down time to watch some of the other groups, pipe bands, and some dancing, before setting up on the main stage to have the honor of closing up the night as headliner. We'll be hitting the road again in July, and in the mean time are cooking up some ideas for some new original material.