Young Dubliners

The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome Young Dubliners!

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This was our bio before the Coronavirus took a grip on the world and changed everything. We will update it as soon as we know what the future holds. Meanwhile, it’s nice to remember what a great plan we had and will soon have again.

It’s the start of a new decade and an exciting new beginning for the Young Dubliners. After thirty years as one of the world’s leading Celtic Rock bands, the boys have begun work on their tenth studio album while simultaneously launching the 2020 Winter tour. They are also welcoming onboard new bass player Ethan Jones who had previously worked for the band in the early days as a tech and stage manager. When the Dubs were holding auditions for the job in November 2019, Ethan reached out and said he would like to try out. Although they hadn’t seen him in many years it was as though they had never been apart. Ethan’s bass playing is superb but it was the ease with which he assimilated into the band that has really caused the most excitement and renewed commitment from the whole band. “It felt more like a family member coming home” says frontman Keith Roberts. The new line up is Keith Roberts (vocals / guitar), Chas Waltz (Violin, keys, vocals), Justin Pecot (guitar, vocals), Dave Ingraham (drums) and Ethan Jones (bass guitar)