O’Connell’s Irish Bar is proud to present: ComedyO’Connell’s!

ComedyO’Connell’s is Tampere’s only English Speaking Stand Up Club. We will be bringing both professional and amateur stand up comedians from around the globe to perform live on stage for you! Once a month on every third Thursday of the month.
And, like always, its FREE at OC’s!

We’ve got another dose of English Language Stand Up Comedy coming your way!

O’C‘s Suamiräp ilta!
Three great performers on our Guinness stage on Friday, 18th of April:

Tykopaatti
Has just released his new album, ‘Bäk in Bisnes’ on April 4th.

Tyko Haapala, better known as the artists Tykopaatti, started his musical career at the age of ten behind a drum set listening to Motörhead. Later he got interested in Hip Hop when he got hold of a tape by Naughty by Nature. In 2003 he started to work on his own lyrics in English under the name Frankly Irrational. Then he teamed up with the producer Gabro and the duo evolved into The Irrationals, whose debut album came out in 2011. Now he is performing his Finnish beats under the name Tykopaatti. You can also spot him with such artists as Jo’ Buddy, Hobo News and Joku Roti Mafia

Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, 6,8% ABV, is festive fresh hop holiday fun.

“The start of Celebration season is a festive event. We can’t start brewing until the first fresh hops have arrived, but once they have the season is officially under way! First brewed in 1981, Celebration Ale is one of the earliest examples of an American-style IPA and one of the few hop-forward holiday beers. Famous for its intense citrus and pine aromas, Celebration is bold and intense, featuring Cascade, Centennial and Chinook hops—honoring everything we have at Sierra Nevada.”

We now have BrewDog’s Dead Pony Club on tap too!

Dead Pony Club 3,8%

This Californian Pale Ale packs a huge hoppy punch. A 21st century low amplitude, high voltage hop hit. Some people say slow is good. We believe fast is better.
Being shot from a Hoppy Howitzer beats the hell out of trotting round a submissive paddock. That’s why the internal combustion engine got mounted onto two wheels.
Screw down the throttle and listen for that dull banshee howl floating back from those malted mufflers.
Drink fast, live fast, sleep late and rip it up down empty streets.
This pale ale is chopped, tuned and ready to roll. Fuel up and hold tight, this little thoroughbred kicks like a mule.
Malts: Spring Blend, Cara and Crystal Malts
Hops: Simcoe, Citra and HBC
Twist: 3.8% but hoppy as hell

Club Harha goes close up!

Jose & Johannes , Tampere’s own modern magic duo, are starting a close up magic evening in O’Connell’s Irish bar every second Thursday of the month from 8 to 10 pm.
Come sit around and Jose & Johannes will tour the bar going from table to table doing close up magic, magic that happens right in front of your eyes if not in your own hands!
Next show is on April 10th

O’C‘S GOES FULL STEAM AHEAD:

The New Tigers

The New Tigers is a fuzzy pop group from Finland. The band was founded in 2006 in order to play noisy yet melodic freewheeling pop music. Some people have described the band’s sound similar to Yo La Tengo, Jonathan Richman and Teenage Fanclub, yet in the same sentence underlined the band’s quirky originality.

We are getting back in action with our changing BrewDog tap. At the moment there is:

Clown King 12%

The infamous Clown King is in town, with his twisted circus of salaciousness. Ready to corrupt the senses, he’s brought together two show-stopping acts in a riot of flavour and aroma. In this two-ring extravaganza, an imperial pale ale and a barley wine come crashing together, and left standing in the sawdust is an American Barley Wine.

This freak of nature might be red, but that’s where the similarities with a normal clown’s nose end – on Clown King’s nose you’ll find all the fun of the fair, with caramel and toasted marshmallow aromas, but also raisin and dried fruit. With toasty malt and sweet dark fruit flavours, and a smooth, chewy mouthfeel, you’ll be lulled into a false sense of security, before the Clown King springs up and flings a bucket of spicy, fruity hops right in your face.
OG: 1113
IBU’s: 85
Malts: Extra pale, Cara, Crystal, Brown Munich
Hops: Simcoe, Mosaic, Ahtanum, Magnum
Twist: A barley wine with a hoppy punch and a light finish

Jukka is back for one more quiz!

Jukka, our former Quiz Master, is back to fill in this Wednesday at the pub quiz. He has made the questions himself and he is ready with that Love Boat -voice of his to test your knowledge, old school!
Be there to experience a blast from the past at 19:00 sharp!