Voimaryhmä will be playing live on our Guinness Stage on Friday, 27th January!

Voimaryhmä is a ska band put together in 1997 in Tampere, Finland. They have released two albums, Straight outta Tampere (2001) which was the first ska album in Finnish language, and Menopaluuna (2007) so far. At the moment they consist of these wonderful and professional musicians: Quitzi Loponen, Veli-Pekka Lehtonen, Ville Rauhala, Jarppi Laaksonen, Tomi Hyttinen, Sami Sippola, Maiju Kopra and Lauri Hannu.

Alas, it was only a short visit from Jackie Brown on our changing tap, but now we get Cranberry Stout to join the line instead…

Cranberry Stout, at 4.5% ABV, from Meantime is an oatmeal stout with roast and caramel malt character balanced by the sweet acidity of cranberries.

We will soon be changing Warsteiner to Bavaria on tap!

Brewed in Lieshout, Holland since 1719 by seven generations of the Swinkels family, Bavaria is crafted from a centuries-old family recipe using natural mineral water and malt. Today, Bavaria still maintains 100% control over the entire brewing process; ensuring consumers get a great tasting beer in every drop!

Friday brings you two hilarious two men comical music shows!

23:00 Janne ja Tulkki: is a two men concept of music and stand-up in the style of ‘Flight of the Conchords’ and they also took part in our band competition in the spring of 2011, so you might even now what their all about already…

22:00 Rekkakuskit was put together already in 1995 on a lovely escapade on a cruise boat. The boys decided to make music the likes of which the world had never heard…This comical duo consists of Jussi (vocals, guitar, flute, kazoo etc) and Kimmo (vocals and guitar…)

O’Connell’s has it’s own fan site in Facebook too if you would like to join. We try to share the information about current events mostly through our website, but you can also get to us through Facebook and find other fan’s of the bar through the site.

Ants in the Pants playing LIVE on our Guinness Stage on Friday the 13th!

On Friday our humble bar is once again acting as a stage for the great duo Ants in the Pants. They play traditional Irish music spiced up with some more modern tunes. They’re also not afraid to take into account requests from the audience.
The music consists of up-tempo Irish fiddle tunes, traditional ballads, and towards end of the show, they usually put in a few well chosen pop songs (Queen, Oasis, Green Day etc.).
But then, one gig tells more than a thousand words!
BE THERE, OR BE SORRY!!
Show time is after 21.30

The annual City-lehti voting for the best bar etc. is on again and you can participate on the web at City-Lehti’s pages.
You can only vote once, so all of your votes really count! We are hoping to renew some of those prizes from earlier years…

It’s time to continue the traditional Wednesday night pub quizzes again and here’s how they work: You turn up at O’Connell’s a bit before 19.00 and take a few friends to make a team. The team size is not limited. The questions are both in Finnish and in English and will be shown on the screen and TVs. There are 10 questions per round and there are two rounds. All in all the quiz takes about 1,5 hours. The best three teams always get a prize and there is also a raffle prize between the other teams. So you always have a chance of winning something!