Arthurs Day- Non Ticket Pubs - Help!

PrivateEye · 21-09-2009 9:47pm #1

hey folks.
heres the scenario- me and a mate are big timeGuinness drinkers. Have tickets for a very much non-traditional Dublin venue for Thursday (southside) and we're wondering what good pubs are non-ticketed this Thursday so we can spend that 17.59 moment in the right kind of environment. Ideally southside city centre haunts.

Setting- its all about setting. A Pint Of Plain.....

irlirishkev · 21-09-2009 9:55pm

I'm in the same boat as yerself..

Here's the list of pubs that are ticketed, so I guess just pick one you like that isn't listed?

PrivateEye · 21-09-2009 10:01pm

Anywhere one of us throws up is mentioned!

df1985 · 21-09-2009 10:05pm

yeah me and my mates have no tickets for anywhere either.bleedin horse,the barge,and the portobello ae in the runnin for us.nice pubs.

arse..biscuits · 21-09-2009 10:09pm

God I'd no idea so many places are ticketed. My ol fella gave me tix for Vicar street

Proxy · 21-09-2009 11:28pm

I'll be running out of work and into a pub on Camden St. A barman told me last week the tickets sold were not capacity, many places you'll be able to get in by paying either 8 or 10 euro on the doors. I'll be trying a few places anyway, i've not taken Friday off for nothing!

PrivateEye · 22-09-2009 5:35pm

Bleeding Horse the best one put forward so far, leaning to that or Kehoes or something.

admiralofthefleet · 22-09-2009 5:37pm

crossbar in harolds cross is giving free pints to the first 50 people in before half 5, and free finger food

Gavin "shels" · 22-09-2009 6:08pm

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

crossbar in harolds cross is giving free pints to the first 50 people in before half 5, and free finger food

Are they paying you extra for that?:pac:

segadreamcast · 22-09-2009 6:17pm

From what I was made believe last week, most places received kegs from Guinness with the idea that 50-100 customers were to be served a free pint at 17:59 or thereabouts.

However, nobody is promoting this - not sure if that's explicit instruction from Guinness, whether the pubs don't want to play along, or whether the promotion isn't as widespread as I thought...

John Mason · 22-09-2009 6:18pm

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

crossbar in harolds cross is giving free pints to the first 50 people in before half 5, and free finger food

ah, we cant be there before 530pm:(

we are heading up around james street/thomas street

damnyanks · 22-09-2009 7:43pm

Whats actually gonna happen on Thursday? Why are people paying into pubs? I'm out of hte loop!

John Mason · 22-09-2009 7:55pm

damnyanks wrote: »

Whats actually gonna happen on Thursday? Why are people paying into pubs? I'm out of hte loop!

err.....it's Guinness day

250 years since Arthur started brewing the black stuff

Locamon · 22-09-2009 8:29pm

irishbird wrote: »

err.....it's Guinness day

250 years since Arthur started brewing the black stuff

the phrase 'any excuse will do' comes to mind:D

will be in the foggy meself -what time do the gigs start?

irlirishkev · 22-09-2009 9:39pm

Locamon wrote: »

the phrase 'any excuse will do' comes to mind:D

will be in the foggy meself -what time do the gigs start?

Saw an ad on the back door of the Foggy Dew saying 'live tv broadcast from 5pm'..

Essexboy · 22-09-2009 9:45pm

Find a place that serves Beamish. Better drink, no crowd!

stovelid · 22-09-2009 9:49pm

It's kind of like reverse Good Friday syndrome, except the day makes me want to drink lager instead of a big burger.

irlirishkev · 22-09-2009 10:25pm

Essexboy wrote: »

Find a place that serves Beamish. Better drink, no crowd!

Eurgh

admiralofthefleet · 23-09-2009 10:09am

Gavin shels wrote: »

Are they paying you extra for that?:pac:

im off but ill be there, i plan on being one of the 50:pac:

sheemsa · 23-09-2009 7:55pm

M1(merrion inn)

Bartender told myself and a mate that there is a fee pint going at 17:59

WindSock · 23-09-2009 10:36pm

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

im off but ill be there, i plan on being one of the 50:pac:

Drink fast enough and use your elbows to be 4 of the 50

admiralofthefleet · 23-09-2009 10:50pm

WindSock wrote: »

Drink fast enough and use your elbows to be 4 of the 50

have you seen me drinking pints?

oh wait you have:D

gurramok · 23-09-2009 11:08pm

damnyanks wrote: »

Whats actually gonna happen on Thursday? Why are people paying into pubs? I'm out of hte loop!

So you have to pay in to have a cheap pint of Guinness to enjoy the occasion. Unless they have entertainment on, i smell a conjob.

Essexboy wrote:

Find a place that serves Beamish. Better drink, no crowd!

At least you won't be sh1tting after those pints

kumate_champ07 · 23-09-2009 11:15pm

You have to pay 10euro to get a free pint??

DO'Carlo/Wex · 23-09-2009 11:17pm

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

You have to pay 10euro to get a free pint??

Sounds odd alright.
Is this going on all-around the country be it a city, town or village or even clubhouse?
I don't imbibe Guiness anyway so celebrations aren't worth anything.
When're Bulmers gonna do something similar?

budgemook · 24-09-2009 11:20am

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

You have to pay 10euro to get a free pint??

No. You have to pay for entertainment (the proceeds of which go to the Arthur Guinness fund). This is the information I have gathered which I think is correct.

St. James' Gate has some bands playing and a big party. Kasabian and Tom Jones will be there. Tickets never went on sale for this and were only available through Guinness promotions.

There are 4 big venues after that which cost 18 euro odd to go. These are Tripod, Academy, Vicar Street and Whelans. These are all sold out. Each venue will have 7 acts through the night. Each one has 2 confirmed acts and 5 surprises. The 5 surprises will be some of the other acts playing the other venues - They will all swap around.

Then there are the 28 pubs. All of these cost around 9 euro to get in and will each have 2 acts. Mainly of moderate stature. It is possible though that some of the big acts from the big venues are going to turn up in some of these smaller pubs. It hasn't be released who will be playing where. The pub acts include Born Blonde, Concerto for Constantine, David Kitt, Fiona Melady, General Fiasco, Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club, Leopold, Lumiere, Oppenheimer, Sharon Shannon, Spring Break, The Coronas, The High Kings, The Infomatics and White Belt Yellow Tag. AFAIK, it is possible that the likes of Razorlight or the Kooks or even Kasabian could turn up at one of these pubs too. Currently the only place with tickets left for sale is Spy Bar but it says on this thread that it might be possible to pay in on the door in some places.

Then there are the rest of the pubs. I'm really not sure what's going on with these but I think maybe free pints and promotions and possible the whole event on the TV although I don't think this TV broadcast will be on on channels at home. Apparently the celebrations will be worldwide with Bob Geldof and Carson Daly hosting shows (I assume London and New York respectively). I was in a pub in London at the weekend and they had a sign up saying they will be showing it on TV but i'm not sure what the story is.

The last thing I suppose is drinking on the streets or entertainment in Temple Bar - Anyone know anything about this?

January · 24-09-2009 1:41pm

I know this isn't southside... or northside... but the Thirsty Bull in Tyrellstown is serving free pints of Guinness between 5-6pm... no sign of a cover charge either.

Arthurs Day- Non Ticket Pubs - Help!

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