German Irish speedfolk lifers Fiddler’s Green aren’t settling for a polite birthday toast. On September 14th, they announced a full spring 2027 run — 20 Years Of Drive Me Mad! Tour — celebrating the 2007 album that locked in the lineup still roaring today.
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Dropkick Murphys: The Meanest of Times Back on Wax
Boston’s Dropkick Murphys just dropped The Meanest of Times back onto the turntable — a BMG double-vinyl reissue of their 2007 classic, out September 25th.
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Muirsheen Durkin: 15th Arnsberg Irish-Celtic-Folk-Punk-Night
Germany’s Muirsheen Durkin & Friends just cracked the advance sales for their 15th Arnsberger Irish-Celtic-Folk-Punk-Night — Saturday, 28 November at the GVU-Heim in Arnsberg-Hüsten. Doors 18:30. No door sales; €25 advance only.
The Feelgood McLouds: A Decade On Parade
Germany’s The Feelgood McLouds just stamped a decade into wax. A Decade On Parade — their fourth studio album, out September 4th via Deaf Shepherd — piles thirteen tracks of bagpipe-and-fiddle Celtic punk that learned its manners in festival tents and sticky clubs, not folk museums.
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Headsticks: Autumn Dates Keep Rolling
Stoke’s Headsticks — revolutionary punk roots rock’n’roll with folk grit and Clash/Levellers DNA — keep the autumn calendar stacked. Next up: The Firebug in Leicester on Saturday, October 10th, then One For The Road Festival at York’s Fulford Arms on October 17th.
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The Mahones: Ottawa Bronson Centre Return
Kingston Irish-punk lifers The Mahones — Finny McConnell’s crew, thirty-five years deep and still painting towns red — plant another Canadian flag at Ottawa’s Bronson Centre on Friday, October 23. Support comes from Bardes À Barbes under the Deux Voix Une Capitale banner. Doors 7pm, 19+ ID required.
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No Murder No Moustache: Plastic Glass
Welsh DIY Celtic-punk one-man army Owen Crawford is back under the No Murder No Moustache banner with a two-track single out October 2nd. Plastic Glass takes a wrecking ball to stadium and festival beer rip-offs — eight quid fifty for a can of Guinness poured into a plastic cup while the bands onstage rail against capitalism. Tell Me Again is the short, sharp political slap on the B-side. Crawford writes, records, loops the fiddle and accordion live, and has shared stages with Mr Irish Bastard and Cam Cole. Pre-order from Bandcamp now and keep the plastic out of your Guinness.
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Young Dubliners: Mill Valley Celtic Rock Stop
The Young Dubliners plant another West Coast flag at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, California on Thursday, October 15 — doors 7, show 8, all ages. Thirty years deep and Keith Roberts’ Celtic rock crew are still grinding: their tenth studio album is cooking with Tim Boland, this time fan-financed so they keep the reins. Fiddle, amps, and a room that knows how to shout along. Go fill it.
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Boys From The County Hell: Hope, Love & Whiskey
Dutch Celtic-punks, Boys From The County Hell — the so-called Limburgse Pogues — just poured another round with, Hope, Love & Whiskey, a six-track EP released in August. Check it out.
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Finnegan’s Hell: Glorious Mess
Swedish Celtic-punks Finnegan’s Hell are lining up their fifth full-length. Glorious Mess arrives 30 October via Wild Kingdom — accordion, flute and bouzouki welded to distorted guitars, whiskey-soaked choruses with a wink at life’s glorious chaos.
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