Event booking, promotion, stage management and press relations in Cork City.
Operating under various marquees: Luchador Gigs (also promoting indie night STRICT under the marquee), Midweek Mixer, Drop-d Presents, Acheron Promotions, HXP and others.
Bands and artists promoted in the past include: Funeral for a Friend, Every Time I Die, The Menzingers, T.S.O.L., KENmode, Steve Strong, Alpha Male Tea Party, Living With Lions, Marathonmann, Brutality Will Prevail, Vaccine, among many others.
Liaising with artist management, agents and tour managers, as well as regional tour bookers and sub-agents, regards the arrangements for live music events passing through Cork City on tour, as well as artist liaison and stage management for spot shows featuring local and national bands & artists.
Public relations and promotion involving local and national media, websites/blogs and social media/forum engagement, physical postering and flyering, spreading word of event line-ups, copy-editing and copy-writing press material, engaging entertainment & nightlife editors from media, arranging interviews & press kits for major events, organising social media event campaigns and viral flyering.
Mike McGrath-Bryan 