You don’t need the luck o’the Irish to find some great shows playing across the Triangle’s live music venues this week, even considering that little shindig that’s about to go down in Austin when the annual South By Southwest festival starts up Wednesday.
And, because we’re all Irish on St. Paddy’s Day, why not raise a pint to celebrate some of the best music to ever wash ashore from the land of Erin this Thursday at The Casbah in Durham? Talent buyer Steve Gardner has put together what might be the best show of the night with local bands the Magnolia Collective, the Bastages and Decoration Ghost covering the Pogues, the Stiff Little Fingers and Thin Lizzy respectively. Doors are at 7 p.m.; show starts at 8 p.m.
We have a pair of tickets to give away to the first person to reply in the comments below with the name of the first band to really put “Whiskey in the Jar” on the map (and, no, it wasn’t Metallica). Cut off for the contest is noon Wednesday.
If corned beef and cabbage ain’t your thing, run across the street to The Federal for a little pre-show grub at the gastropub, which has an anti-party, appropriately called Ain’t Paddy’s Day. Southern food and a Gardner curated southern-fried playlist are on tap. Expect to hear some Skynrd and Waylon, he said.
