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The King Kong Club Returns!

The Eight Wonder Of The World is Back!

The King Kong Club returns for its sixth season and it is bigger and better! 



This

years winners get to play 3 shows in NEW YORK CITY over the Patricks

Day Festival Weekend 2011 with flights and accommodation included! The

winning act will also get a photographic documentation of their Big

Apple trip and an Empire State Building publicity photo shoot taken by

rock photographer Ruth Medjber (Ruthless Imagery - Flaming Lips, Rage

Against The Machine, Mercury Rev, Hot Press etc etc) AND get to perform

live on Balcony TV NYC in Times Square!!!
 

All 5 semi final winners will go to London to play two shows and one appearance on Balcony TV London in one night!



All bands will be interviewed and recorded live for RTE2XM King Kong Radio



All bands will be video recorded for our you tube channel



All bands enter for free!



email:kingkongclub1@gmail.com



This

absolutely amazing prize wouldn't be possible without the help of our

great friends in The Village, Becks Vier, MusicMaker, Balcony TV,

Eardrum Buzz, KnockanStockan, Corkscrew Music and Jewel DC Publishing.


More prizes to be announced!

 Yes,

ladies & gentlemen & boys & girls, The Village on Wexford

Street plays host to the weekly musical extravaganza which sees 6 acts

go head to head playing three songs each in a cauldron of excitement.


Then we roll out our famous Clap-O-Meter;

a gigantic, scientifically homemade replica of The Empire State

Building which lights up to the ecstatic reaction of an audience going

bananas. The winner then goes forward on a journey through a perilous

musical jungle until we are left with the King of the Kong, the grand

prizewinner!
 



Last years winners where The Hot Sprockets.

They went to Portugal for 10 days, all expenses paid, to record with

Boz Boorer - Morrissey's guitarist and musical director - in his studio

villa...CONGRATS…


Now in its 6th season, the infamous King Kong Club has an incredible prize to offer this years winner - In association with The Village, Becks Vier, MusicMaker, Balcony TVEardrumbuzzCorkScrew Music, KnockanStockan andJewel DC Publishing . The overall winning band will go to New York City for Patrick's day weekend. They will Play 3 shows, plus a photographic documentation with Ruth Medjber, a photo shoot at the Empire State Building. Plus a performance on Balcony T.V in Times Square . Including flights & accommodation for up to six. 

All 5 Semi Final winners will go to London to play 2 shows and a session on  Balcony Tv London in one night. Yes 5 bands will go to London.....

All bands will be interviewed and recorded live by Jolly and Ivor for our Radio show on RTE2XM ( King Kong Radio)

All bands will be recorded for YouTube on our own channel by Hazel and will have control of using the video's for their own on line networks.

This is a phenomenal opportunity for an Irish-based act to experience playing outside Ireland. It is free to enter!

Log on to www.myspace.com/kingkongclub for entry details or just email back here.

Again it is free for bands to enter. SO FEEL FREE TO ENTER YOUR BAND. Thank you for supporting local music. 18's and over

The

King Kong Club is a weekly, free admission, open mic night with a

difference. Now in it’s sixth year! The show features 3 song

performances from 6 emerging acts, competing for fantastic prizes, all

judged by the specially made highly scientific 'King Kong Clap-O-Meter'.

The judging takes place on audience reaction .


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