You've a room to fill and guests who want to sing. The Galway Escape start with the fiddle, bring the bodhrán in beneath it, and within a song or two the whole room is clapping along.
Between the reels and the ballads come the twists: songs everyone knows from the radio, played as if they were written in Dublin. Then it's back to The Wild Rover and Whiskey In The Jar, with the chorus coming back from the floor.
They move from a quiet ballad to a roaring singalong without losing the room, which suits an evening where guests range from 25 to 65 and everyone needs a reason to get up.
Made For Irish Nights
St Patrick's parties, Irish themed celebrations, festival stages and live music venues. Seated, standing or a mix of both, though the party side of the set works best with room to dance.
- Line up
- Four piece: vocals, fiddle, guitars, bodhrán and percussion
- Acoustic options
- Solo singer with guitar, a duo with percussion, or a trio with bass and cajon
- Set length
- About 90 to 120 minutes
- Staging
- Minimal, with a PA system
- Suits
- Rooms of around 100 guests to large festival crowds
- Irish Bands rating
- 4.8 out of 5
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The Galway Escape Set List
A typical set from The Galway Escape. Every night is shaped around your crowd, so the running order is agreed with you before the event. Ask for a favourite or a first dance and the band will tell you if it can be learned.
62 songs
Irish Classics
- The Wild Rover
- Whiskey In The Jar
- The Fields Of Athenry Pete St John
- Dirty Old Town Ewan MacColl
- The Parting Glass
- Galway Girl Steve Earle
- Molly Malone
- The Irish Rover
- Black Velvet Band
- Rocky Road To Dublin
- The Rattlin' Bog
- Star Of The County Down
- Raglan Road Luke Kelly
- Grace Jim McCann
- Spancil Hill
- Fiddler's Green
- Seven Drunken Nights
- Finnegan's Wake
- The Town I Loved So Well Phil Coulter
- Muirsheen Durkin
- I'll Tell Me Ma
Irish Rock And Folk
- Fairytale Of New York The Pogues
- Sally MacLennane The Pogues
- Streams Of Whiskey The Pogues
- Fisherman's Blues The Waterboys
- Zombie The Cranberries
- Linger The Cranberries
- The Boys Are Back In Town Thin Lizzy
- Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
- Bright Side Of The Road Van Morrison
- Nancy Mulligan Ed Sheeran
- Galway Girl Ed Sheeran
- Take Me To Church Hozier
Pop With A Dublin Twist
- Mr Brightside The Killers
- Wonderwall Oasis
- Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond
- I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) The Proclaimers
- Shotgun George Ezra
- Take Me Home, Country Roads John Denver
- Wagon Wheel Old Crow Medicine Show
- Dancing In The Moonlight Toploader
- Valerie Amy Winehouse
- Use Somebody Kings Of Leon
- Livin' On A Prayer Bon Jovi
- Don't Stop Me Now Queen
- Dakota Stereophonics
- Shut Up And Dance Walk The Moon
- Wake Me Up Avicii
- Ho Hey The Lumineers
- I Will Wait Mumford & Sons
- Little Talks Of Monsters And Men
- Hold Back The River James Bay
- Seven Nation Army The White Stripes
- Teenage Dirtbag Wheatus
- Angels Robbie Williams
Slow Songs And First Dances
- Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran
- Perfect Ed Sheeran
- Make You Feel My Love Bob Dylan
- Someone You Loved Lewis Capaldi
- The Voyage Christy Moore
- Caledonia Dougie MacLean
- Ride On Christy Moore
