About

the brownbread mixtape
the brownbread mixtape is a free monthly themed night of music, spoken word, comedy and performance upstairs in The Stag’s Head pub in Dublin city. Each month a new theme is chosen and artists are asked to perform a piece (or three) related to the chosen theme. The show is hosted and run by resident MC & poet Kalle Ryan and musician & sound man Enda Roche. All of the acts are generally booked many months in advance, but if you fancy performing then come along to one of our shows and speak with us about getting a future slot. Or email us at thebrownbreadmixtape@gmail.com with a little bit of info about yourself and ideally a link to some of your material online. we receive a lot of inquiries so we promise that we will be in touch as soon as we can!

Kalle Ryan |

Kalle Ryan is a writer and performance poet from Waterford, Ireland. His energetic, passionate and wildly funny live poetry performances have seen him gain a reputation as a powerful new voice in the bubbling Dublin spoken word scene. Kalle’s plays and poetry have been published in New York City and Utah and he is the award winning songwriter of “My Blood is Boiling for Ireland”, the Irish Times alternative national anthem competition winner. He runs and MCs one of Dublin’s most popular monthly arts nights “the brownbread mixtape”, where he also writes and performs comedy sketches with the highly regarded Brownbread Players sketch troupe. In the past year he has performed his work at notable Irish literary events such as the Dublin Writer’s Festival, Electric Picnic, Flat Lake Festival, as well as the Culture Ireland poetry showcase at the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City. Kalle’s spoken word show, “Three Men Talking About Things They Kinda Know About” (co-written with Colm Keegan and Stephen James Smith) recently completed a sell-out run at ABSOLUT Fringe 2011 and was nominated for the “Little Gem” festival award. He is available for parties, functions and other rowdy get-togethers.

“.. there is the feeling you felt at punk gigs in 1977 of no separation between performer and audience.” - Dermot Bolger, Irish Daily Mail

Enda Roche |

Enda Roche is a highly regarded session musician, having played with some of Ireland’s best contemporary musicians. He is currently recording and performing with respected artists such as Pearse McGloughlin, James Guilmartin and Christophe Capewell. He successfully operates his very own ER recording studio in Leixlip and is known in indie music circles for his organic and friendly approach to recording. Enda is also the award winning producer of “My Blood is Boiling for Ireland” , winner of the Irish Times alternative national anthem contest. He lives in Dublin with his wife and growing collection of amps.

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The brownbread mixtape is a free monthly comedy, poetry & music show in the Stag’s Head pub in Dublin, Ireland.

Each  show has a theme. Each act does a performance based on the theme. We all have loads of fun. Simple as that.

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