Fanning at Whelan’s returns for its sixth season this weekend on Saturday December 6th on Virgin Media Two and Virgin Media Play at 10pm.
The show in which broadcaster and music radio legend Dave Fanning presents performances and chats to Irish and international music guests is broadcast from the iconic Dublin venue Whelan’s.
This season’s lineup of music features:
- Finneas
- The Divine Comedy
- Florence Road
- Waylon Wyatt
- Aimee Carty
- Ellie O’Neill
- Declan O’Rourke
- Curtisy
- Declan McKenna
- The Waterboys
- Darren Kiely
- The Scratch
- Nell Mescal
- Damian Lewis
- KhakiKid
- Madra Salach
- Theatre
- Amble
- Bold Love
- Miles Kane
The show is repeated at 11pm on December 11th on Virgin Media One and the first episode features Mike Scott on discovering lost Fisherman’s Blues tracks With performances from The Waterboys, Bold Love, KhakiKid, Nell Mescal and Amble.
The show runs for seven weeks in association with Guinness throughout December and January and music fans can also catch up on the series at any time by tuning in to Virgin Media Play.
Follow the show on Instagram @fanningatwhelans.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
