Two gigs in Dundalk's Toales this weekend

Music-lovers are in for a treat with plenty of gigs in Toales Rock Bar and Live Venue this weekend.

Friday 19th April - Avocado Rocks Promotions present Arcadian Shadows + Somehow Sentient + Peer Pleasure.

Avocado Rocks is a very popular monthly "original music" event in Toales, featuring an eclectic mix of amazing acts of every genre, both locally and from around the country, hosted as always by Caroline Reel, and all for a fiver!

This month features Dublin's high-octane five-piece Indie punk band Arcadian Shadows, the Belfast-based Punk/Rock/Ska/Funk band Somehow Sentient, and, dragging garage rock kicking and screaming to all new lows Peer Pleasure.

Doors 8pm. Admission €5

Saturday 20th April - The Distortion Project Promotions present - SKYPILOT + Haint + Solothurn.

The Distortion Project, Northern Ireland's leading heavy metal concert promotions company, brings another night of noise to Toales with three top quality metal/rock bands Skypilot, Haint and Solothurn.

Born in 2002, SKYPILOT have been following their own distinct path through the past 15 yrs. Drawing their influences from a wide and varied collection of bands and genres, this 3-piece groove laden rock band from Doagh, Northern Ireland simply play what feels right, making them notoriously hard to pigeon hole into any one area of the rock music spectrum.

This approach has served them well so far, proving SKYPILOT are comfortable in the big venues as well as the regular club stages during their numerous Irish and UK tours.

With 4 EP’s and a full length debut album under their belt, Skypilot show no signs of slowing down.Support on the night comes from Belfast's riff-heavy, progressive metal 3-piece HAINT and Alt-Metal Belfast band SOLOTHURN, who draw influence from bands like Alice in Chains, Deftones, Kerbdog, Therapy?, Helmet, Tool and Soundgarden, combining heavy, melodic riffs and hook laden vocals with stoner rock grooves to create a reverb drenched wall-of-noise.

Doors 8pm. Admission €10