Outdoor Music

From early Friday to late Sunday evening there's always an array of sounds to be heard on the streets and quays of Waterford as the music at Spraoi gets going.

The Mainstages at Spraoi focus on World and Contemporary music.  For the 2010 Festival the TalkTalk Stage on John Roberts Square featured a swirling spectacle of sensation and sound over three days, with a full line-up of bands from lunchtime through to late evening.  

Just some of the bands playing at Spraoi 2010 included the swirling spectacle of sensation and sound  that is The Destroyers, the return of hugely popular punk, funk and dub band Los Albertos, and the versatile soul and blues sound of Rueben Richards and Soul Train. Other bands were The NailDrivers, The Roaring Forties, Two Time Polka and soul and blues masters Soul Driven.  

The Irish Beats Stage on the William Vincent Wallace Plaza in association with Beat 102103 was also a huge draw.  Headliners included up and coming Waterford band O Emporer on Friday night, and on Saturday evening we said farewell to that great Waterford band, Gorbachov.   Sunday evenings headline act was "Flaming Rhythms", a fire, percussion and acrobatic show will brought the Irish Beats Stage to a rousing finale on Sunday evening.   Other bands over the three days included The Amazing Few, Together we are Nobody, Sounds of System Breakdown, Luasa, Floyd Soul and the Wolf, 16 Layers, Sweet Jane and Shane Barry and the Distractions.    

A brand new stage at Spraoi 2010; Stage 2 at Blackfriars featured a fantastic line-up of the young, the not-so-young and the positively quirky. The line-up on Saturday included Kytte, with a special appearance by young UK band Paint the Silence.  Sunday saw the extreme experience that was Big Paulie Kool, the punk folk poet troubadour Jinx Lennon, the thrilling harmonies and side splitting gags of Mundo Jazz, and headlining on Sunday was Katie Kim, fast making a national and international name for herself with her own inimitable sound.