AUSTIN, Texas (Top40 Charts/ Green Light Go) AUSTIN, It's a year of 25th anniversaries at SXSW and Hill 16 Management is throwing a day party that not only celebrates the festival's 25th year, but honors the anniversary of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott's passing. The party, Dancing in the Moonlight, will feature performances by seventeen bands, many of them from Ireland, including activist and former Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof, who will also be SXSW
Music 2011's Keynote Speaker. Geldof's latest release How To Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell, has just come out this month. Dancing in the Moonlight will be held at Jovita's on March 18 from noon to midnight with performances both inside and outside.
Hill 16 Management Services has extensive contacts and experience in the music business covering four decades and all areas from A & R, Production, Tour Management and Development, PR, Marketing, Retail, SXSW on-ground strategies and liaison networking, Radio, Television and Film. Hill 16 CEO and Founder Frank Murray, a quintessential Dublin rock n' roller, became a key individual in the Thin Lizzy camp. A close personal friend of Philip Lynott, he was the band's tour manager at the height of their powers. Murray has worked with a host of artists including: Thin Lizzy, The Poges, Kirsty MacColl, Glen Hansard and the Frames, Joe Strummer, The Specials, Elton John. Hill 16 is notorious for booking some Irish bands fourteen shows in four days during SXSW. Visit: https://hill16management.com/
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Soon after they opened, Jovita's became known as a venue where bands could get started and make a name for themselves. Performers don't just play there, they become family. Wayne Hancock, The Derailers, Don Walser, The Cornell Hurd Band, Shelley King, The Gourds, Flaco Jimenez, & James McMurtry grace the stage regularly and they're always adding great new acts to the lineup.
Artists
Bob Geldof and Band (Dublin/London)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuMplSNLBdY
The Mighty Stef (Dublin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R1Ca8sKD_0
O Emperor (Waterford, Ireland)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh819uGBNzM
Thee Attacks (Copenhagen Denmark)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4fDKFZ2NgQ
The Lost Brothers (Navan & Armagh, Ireland)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0vw3Nj0HVw
Grand Atlantic (Brisbane, Australia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uhc5d97pD0&feature=relmfu
The Funeral Suits (Dublin, Ireland)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsfFT0Ywt-4&feature=related
Pint Shot Riot (London)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpqryLMl7x8
Sweet Jane (Dublin, Ireland)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVZtDQxQ8rE&feature=fvst
BP Fallon and Band (Dublin, Ireland & NYC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGm6_kIvS80
Leo Roudeau (Austin, Texas)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcCA855X4Ls
Ciaran Dwyer (Dublin, Ireland)
Gavin Glass (Dublin, Ireland)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ktkoNvR3RM
Sour Soul (Mexico City)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a6cwTrWNqE&feature=related
Rarely Seen Above Ground (Kilkenny City, Ireland)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tibp5PeLZ54
Will Sexton (Austin Texas)
https://www.myspace.com/willsextonmusic
Hell and Lula (Los Angeles, California)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1oNWV5zt80
Revolver (Paris France)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt9EYSpzlTg
Skiggy Rapz (Netherlands)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCZ2IUPbLto
Ham Sandwich (Dublin, Ireland)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwBe_jxkJ-A
Leo Rondeau (Austin, Texas)
https://www.leorondeau.net/
Dancing in the Moonlight SXSW Day Party
Friday, March 18, 2011
Jovita's
1619 South First St., Austin, TX
512-447-7825
Schedule
Creekside Stage
1:00 Pint Shot Riot(London)
2:00 O Emperor(Waterford, Ireland)
3:00 Sweet Jane(Dublin, Ireland)
4:00 Funeral Suits(Dublin, Ireland)
5.00 Revolver (Paris, France)
5.45 The Mighty Stef(Dublin, Ireland)
6.15 7.00 Bob Geldof and Band (London)
7.15 BP Fallon and his band (Dublin & NYC)
Cantina Stage
12:30 Rarely Seen Above Ground (Killkenny, Ireland)
1:30 Leo Rondeau (Austin, Texas)
2:30 Skiggy Rapz (Netherlands)
3:30 Hell & Lula (Los Angeles, CA)
4:30 Ham Sandwich (Dublin, Ireland)
5:30 The Lost Brothers (Navan & Armagh, Ireland)
MOONLIGHT HOURS (Cantina Stage)
9:00 Gavin Glass (Dublin, Ireland)
9:45 Thee Attacks (Copenhagen, Denmark)
10:30 Sour Soul (Mexico City)
11:15 Grand Atlantic (Brisbane Australia)
FLOATING BANDS (El Patio Stage)
Singer Songwriters in the round this is a drop by stage and will have set hours when we are nearer to the event
Ciaran Dwyer (Dublin, Ireland )outside porch after Bob Geldof
Will Sexton(Austin)
Ciaran Dwyer (Dublin, Ireland )outside porch after Bob Geldof
Will Sexton(Austin)
