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THE madness is about to return to Lisdoonvarna this weekend with the second Road Rocks Lisdoonvarna Fringe concert on Sunday. The open air free gig will begin at 4pm with You’re a Star favourite Onya, which will be followed by Fran E Fray, the T’Zerz and the Sons of Ginger- bread.
The free outdoor concert will take place at the Roadside Tavern in Lis- doon, there the first Lisdoonvarna concert was hosted earlier this sum- noe
“The first one went well, there was
a great cross section of people. At the early part we had a lot of young kids dancing. It was almost a family experience at the beginning and then in the evening we had a different vibe,’ said Peter Curtin of the Road- side Tavern.
“Tt was a bit of a marathon really – when you consider that we had seven and a half hours of music without stopping. We had a nice coming and going of people all day.”
First up on this weekends gig will be Onya, star of this weeks You’re A Star programme.
“Onya is areal heavy hitter – some- thing in a Joni Mitchell. So that
should add something interesting to the gig,” continued Peter.
‘Next up we will have Fran E Fray who is a local woman and this will be her first time ever getting up on the stage. She’ll be doing six num- bers.
‘Following that we have the T’Zerz from Ennis. They have a fairly lively set and should get the crowd going.
‘After that we have Sons of Ginger- bread back, they are the only band who we have back from the first gig. They will finish off the night and play to 11.45pm at the latest. We like to make sure that everything is done and dusted at that stage. It’s nearly
eight hours of music so they are all shagged out after it anyway.”
Like the first Lisdoon Fringe gig, this concert is offered completely free of charge.
‘Human beings are extraordinary. It’s written on the posters that’s it’s free but still some people don’t seem to think that it’s free,’ continued Pe- ter.
“It’s written on the poster and still some people don’t believe it. I think Pll write ‘I swear to God it’s free’ on the next poster. It’s free, free, free.”
The second Lisdoonvarna Fringe open air gig takes place this Sunday, August 10 from 4pm.