On Saturday 4th February 2023, The Pogue Traders will be playing an afternoon gig (doors – 2pm) at The Dublin Castle in Camden Town, London – tickets are now on sale – here.
St Patrick’s Day 2023 – Brighton date announced
The Pogue Traders will be joined by Dizzy Lizzy for a St Patrick’s day gig in Brighton’s Concorde 2 on Friday 17 Mar 2023.
Tickets are now on sale online via the venue’s website – here. Doors open at 6:30pm and it’s going to be a long night.
More mid-March dates will also be announced shortly. Details of the December gigs in London and Liverpool can be seen here.
December gigs in Liverpool and Putney confirmed.
Tickets are now on sale for The Pogue Traders gig at The Liverpool Irish Centre on Saturday 3rd December 2022. Buy tickets for The Pogue Traders at Liverpool Irish Centre here.
The band are also booked in for The Half Moon in Putney (London) on Saturday 10th December for The Pogue Traders Christmas Shindig. Buy tickets for The Half Moon here.
And don’t forget, some tickets are still remaining for the 4th October 40th Anniversary of the first Pogues gig at London’s Water Rats in Kings Cross.
The evening also features an hour-long Q&A with Shane MacGowan’s official biographer Richard Balls discussing his recent book ‘A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane MacGowan‘ with Maeve Murphy, award-winning Director and author of “Christmas At The Cross“. Both will be in conversaton.
Pogue Traders headline 40 years of The Pogues celebration
On the 4th October 1982, a new group, originally known as Pogue Mahone played their first gig. James Fearnley, Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy and Jem Finer took the stage at The Pindar of Wakefield (now known as The Water Rats) in London’s Kings Cross.
40 years later, to the day, the UK’s leading Pogues tribute band The Pogue Traders are returning to the same venue for a wider celebration of the band’s music and their impact on the world’s music scene. Tickets are now on sale here.
The evening’s celebrations will open with an hour-long Q&A with Shane MacGowan’s official biographer Richard Balls discussing his recent book ‘A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane MacGowan‘ with Maeve Murphy, award-winning Director and author of “Christmas At The Cross“. Both will be “In Conversation”. Their books will be available to buy and get signed as well !
Supporting The Pogue Traders for the night is from Paul ‘Mad Dog’ McGuinness And Band who toured with Shane MacGowan for almost a decade as a founder member of The Popes.
Exact stage times for each part of the evening are yet to be finalised (Check with venue or Facebook nearer date). Tickets are £15 / £20 On the door.
Greyfriars Nottingham – last few days to get tickets
Only a few days to the gig on Saturday night (30th April) at Greyfriars, Nottingham. Get your tickets here!
Rescheduled Camden Town date confirmed
The Pogue Traders Xmas show at the Dublin Castle was postponed at short notice due to illnesses – the rescheduled date has been confirmed for Saturday 26th February. Please note, this is an afternoon show and doors will be open from 2.30pm. You can get your tickets here.
Details of all upcoming Spring 2022 dates, including shows in…
- Leeds
- Holmfirth
- London (St Patrick’s Day)
- Glasgow
St Patrick’s Day 2022 – London gig confirmed
We can now confirm that The Pogue Traders will be playing the Half Moon in Putney on Thursday the 17th March (tickets here) before thumbing a lift to Glasgow for an appearance at McChuills the following Saturday (19th March) – tickets here.
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This follows a couple of dates in Yorkshire the previous week:
- Leeds – Brudenell Social Club, Friday March 11th – tickets here
- Holmfirth – Picturedrome, Saturday March 12th – tickets here
And finally, the Nottingham Greyfriars gig from November 2021 was postponed due to illness and is now happening on April 30th 2022 – details to follow.
We’re back! Pogue Traders gigs Winter 2021 / Spring 2022
The Pogue Traders are back after a long Covid-19 layoff!
After about 18 months, we finally got back together last Saturday night (28th August) to play outdoors at a private party. It felt fantastic – like a family reunion.
And we are now ready to announce a bunch of dates for the end of 2021, and early 2022. See you at the bar!
The dates confirmed so far are as follows:
2021
- Horam, Sussex – May Garland, Saturday, October 30th (free entry)
- Nottingham – POSTPONED – Greyfriars, Saturday, November 27th – tickets here – see below for new date.
- Liverpool – Irish Centre, Friday, December 10th – tickets here
- Southend – Chinnery’s, Friday, December 17th – tickets here
- Camden, London – POSTPONED – Dublin Castle, Sunday, December 19th (matinee performance) – tickets here
2022
- Camden, London – Dublin Castle, Saturday 26th February (date rescheduled from 19th December 2021). Please note, this is an afternoon show and doors will be open from 2.30pm. – tickets here.
- Leeds – Brudenell Social Club, Friday March 11th – tickets here
- Holmfirth – Picturedrome, Saturday March 12th – tickets here
- London – Half Moon, Putney, Thursday 17th March – tickets here
- Glasgow, – McChuills, Saturday, March 19th – tickets here
And finally, the Nottingham Greyfriars gig from November 2021 was postponed due to illness and is now happening on April 30th 2022 – details to follow.
2019 “In the Bleak Midwinter Tour” – dates
The Pogue Traders will be playing “In the Bleak Midwinter Tour” dates throughout the UK in October, November and December 2019.
We will update this page with links to ticketing websites as they become available.
- 5th October (Saturday) – May Garland Inn, Horam. (Free entry)
- 22nd November (Friday) – McChuills, Glasgow. (Tickets here)
- 23rd November (Saturday) – The Glenmavis Tavern, Bathgate. (Details here – Facebook page)
- 30th November (Saturday) – Greyfriars, Nottingham. Tickets here.
- 14th December (Saturday) – Liverpool Irish Centre. Tickets here.
- 20th December (Friday) – Manchester Irish World Heritage Centre. POSTPONED – DETAILS TO FOLLOW
- 21st December (Saturday) – Dublin Castle, Camden. Tickets here.
2018-19 Winter tour & St Patrick’s Day show announced
The following dates have been announced for The Pogue Traders. This page will be updated with more details / ticket links as they become available.
2018
- Nov 10th – May Garland Inn, Horam, Sussex (free)
- Nov 30th – Bradwell, Peak District – Shoulder of Mutton pub (free)
- Dec 1st – Nottingham – Greyfriars, Gordon Road, Nottingham NG3 2LG – tickets here
- Dec 14th – Liverpool Irish Centre, 6 Boundary Lane, Liverpool L6 5JG – tickets here.
- Dec 15th – Glasgow QMU, 22 University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QN – tickets here.
- Dec 21st – Dublin Castle pub, Parkway, Camden Town, London – tickets here.
2019
- Feb 2nd – Hennessey’s Pub – Digbeth, Birmingham (free)
- Mar 1st – The Arches Venue, Coventry – tickets here.
- Mar 17th (St Patrick’s Day) – The Half Moon, Putney, London – tickets here.
