Out To Lunch 2024 Early Bird Shows

Sign Crushes Motorist

Sign Crushes Motorist

Ulster Sports Club

Saturday 27 January, 7.00pm

Doors 6.30pm | Mostly standing

£8.00

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Sign Crushes Motorist is a slowcore-influenced project of artist Liam McCay, who is 18 years-old and just finished secondary school.

The music is inspired by slacker and lo-fi alt-rock music with a particular nod to Duster, the San Jose, California band who released three main albums in the slowcore genre in the 90s before taking a near 20 year hiatus that they ended in 2019 to release once more. The project name, Sign Crushes Motorist, is the title of a Duster song. McCay has also cited the late Apistat Commander as an influence.

Sign Crushes Motorist is just one of McCay’s pseudonyms which also includes Take CareBirth Day, Make His Ribs ShowMantaHoldMiserable Teens ClubRoamingDeath TrapMoon Water to name some.

Sign Crushes Motorist is the McCay’s main project and has garnered over 1.4 million monthly listeners on Spotify, though his other aliases like Birth Day and Take Care are also doing good listening numbers on various platforms.

Sign Crushes Motorist has two albums to date – 2022’s I’ll Be Ok and the most recently album releases last month – Hurting.

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Aja – The Music of Steely Dan

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Sunday 7 January, 2.00pm

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Leaves Kelly Cellars 

Sunday 7 January, Sunday 14 January, Sunday 21 January 2.00pm

The Sailortown Sessions feat. King Cedar, Ferna & Ciaran Lavery

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The Deers Head

Sunday 7 January, 3.00pm (Ends 5.00pm)

‘Feeling Good’: Victoria Geelan Sings the Songs of Nina Simone

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The Black Box

Tuesday 9 January, 1.00pm & 8.00pm,

David O’Doherty: Tiny Piano Man

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Mandela Hall

Thursday 11 January, 8.00pm

Ania Magliano: I Can’t Believe You’ve Done This

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The Black Box

Friday 12 January, 8.00pm

Mary Dillon, Dónal O’Connor & Neil Martin

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The Black Box

Saturday 13 January, 2.00pm and 7.30pm

Dave Arcari

In association with Belfast City Blues Festival

Dave Arcari

The Deer's Head

Saturday 13 January, 2.00pm

Classics for Lunch with The Ulster Orchestra

Classics for Lunch with The Ulster Orchestra

The Black Box

Tuesday 16 January, 1.00pm

Hung Up on a Dream – The Zombies (Irish premiere)

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The Deer’s Head

Tuesday 16 January, 7.00pm

Bluegrass for Lunch feat. The Broken String Band

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The Black Box

Wednesday 17 January, 1.00pm

Classic Country for Lunch featuring The Boondocks

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The Black Box

Thursday 18 January, 1.00pm

Louder Than You Think (N Irish Premiere)

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The Black Box

Thursday 18 January, 8.00pm

The Scott Flanigan Trio plays The Beatles

The Scott Flanigan Trio plays The Beatles

The Black Box

Friday 19 January, 1.00pm, Saturday 20 January, 2.00pm

This Flight Tonight: The Songs of Joni Mitchell by Zervas and Pepper

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The Black Box

Sunday 21 January, 8.00pm

Opera For Lunch – Cabaret de la Boîte Noire

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The Black Box

Tuesday 23 January, 1.00pm

Art is Long…Life is Short: An Evening of the Music of Ryuichi Sakamoto by Ruth McGinley

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Tuesday 23 January, 8.00pm 

Becoming Marvellous by Cathy Carson

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The Black Box

Wednesday 24 January, 1.00pm

Sam Baker

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Sam Baker

The Black Box

Wednesday 24 January, 8.00pm

Rattlebag x TOKYO JAZZ JOINTS

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Wednesday 24 January, 7.00-9.30 pm

Duke Special: Blood For Ghosts

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The Black Box

Thursday 25 January, 1.00pm

Jeremy Deller In Conversation ‘Art is Magic’

Presented by Out To Lunch in association with Ulster Presents...

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Thursday 25 January, 7.30pm

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Friday 26 January, 1.00pm - 2.30pm

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Saturday 27 January, 2.00pm

Greensleeves Hi-Fi X Explosion Sound System

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Saturday 27 January, 8.00pm

Mark O Connell : A Thread of Violence

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The Black Box (Green Room)

Sunday 28 January, 3.00pm

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