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Apparently used as a holding cell for prisoners prior to deportation to Australia, the Rotterdam has stuck to its old world feel.Small and very cosy, with heavy wooden doors, whitewashed walls and oceanic paraphernalia hanging from the walls, it\'s intimate and interesting.

This bar offers a wide variety of quality entertainment seven days a week and won PRS Music Pub of the Year!

The Rotterdam is situated on Pilot Street at Clarendon Dock, and you can sit outside on summer evenings and enjoy the atmosphere of this old area of the city known as Sailorstown.

For more information check out the Sailortown Cultural and Historic Society website at www.sailortownbelfast.org

"This pub deservedly has plenty of praise heaped on it for its enviable track record of live music acts. It's one of the few bars in Belfast that has that real authentic Irish feel. It's not to be missed."
Elizabeth Adair (Top 5 Live Music Venues in Belfast)


"Charismatic traditional pub with open fire. As well as its celebrated Irish folk-music sessions the Rotterdam presents all kinds of entertainments. Live bands in summer play outside in Barrow square to huge crowds; in winter, customers prefer to sit by the open fire and enjoy traditional music. Recently named PRS Music Pub of the year."
Failte Ireland


"The Rotterdam is exactly how you imagine all Irish bars should be with its roaring fire, stone floor and low ceiling. And, of course, it serves great Guinness!"
Chris Sherry, Ulster Tatler & easyJet

ARTISTS WHO PERFORMED PRE-1996


Alias Ron Kavana (London)
Aly Bain (Shetland)
Andy Dickson
Andy White
Antonio Breschi (Italy)
Any Old Time
Apartment
Arty McGlynn
Awatinas (Bolivia)
Azmara and Transition (NYC)
Bearcat Cajun Playboys (Derby)
Ben Reel
Bert Jansch
Bhundu Boys (Zimbabwe)
Big Bag Of Sticks
Bill Kirchen (USA)
Blackmountain String Band
Blackstaff Folk
Breag
Brendan Monaghan
Brendan O'Hare
Brendan O'Regan
Brendan Power (New Zealand)
Brian Houston
Brigid O'Neill
Brooks Williams (USA)
Canray Fontenot (Louisiana, USA)
Captain Swing
Catfish Keith (USA)
Cathal Hayden
Ceilidh Bandits
Charlie McGettigan
Chimera
Chip Taylor (USA)
Chris Smither (USA)
Ciara Grehan
Ciaran Carson
Ciaran MacGowan
Cordas et Cannes (Sicily)
Cruncher
Cuigar Ban
D.L. Menard (Louisiana, USA)
Dan Donnelly
Daniel Lapp (Nova Scotia)
David Ballantine
Dead Dog Country Club
Deanta
Denial
Druid Soul Band
Dye (France)
Eamon Coyne
Eddie Le Jeune (Louisiana, USA)
Eileen Ivers (NYC)
Errol Walsh
Flook
Fossil Starfish
Fr. Neil Horan "The Dancing Priest"
Francie McPeake
Freddie White
Garry O'Briain
Gary Hall & The Stormkeepers (L'pool)
Gerry 'Banjo' O'Connor
Ghost of an American Airman
Gods Little Monkeys
Hank Wangford & The Lost Cowboys
Hans Theesink (Holland)
Henry McCullough
Heritage
Higglers Jug Band
Iain Archer
Ian Matthews
Isaac Guillory
Jackie MacAuley & Poormouth
James Brown All Stars (USA)
James Devlin
James Keelaghan (Canada)
Jane Cassidy
Jerry Holland (Nova Scotia)
Jim Armstrong
Jim Daly
Jim Leverton
Jimmy Faulkner
Joby Fox
Joe Mulheron
John Cooper Clarke (Manchester)
John Renbourn
John Wilson
Johnny Mars (USA)
Jon Cleary (New Orleans)
Jon Sass (USA)
Julian Dawson
Katell Keineg (Brittany)
Katmandu
Ken Smith (Louisiana, USA)
Kenny McDowell
Kieran Goss
King Masco (Sierra Leone)
King Patsy Dan (Tory)
Kith and Kin (Scotland)
La Cuchina
Len Graham
Leo O'Kelly
Lies, Damned Lies (Scotland)
Little Jimmy King (USA)
Liverpool Kev(in McKay)
Liz Weir
Loyko (Russia)
Luka Bloom
Maire Breathnach
Makvirag (Hungary)
Malcolm Ross
Mandelbrot Set
Marco Fabri (Italy)
Martin & Christine Dowling
Martin Lynch
Maurice Dickson
Medicine Shack (London)
Melanie Harrold (London)
Michael Chapman
Mick Crehan
Mudd Wallace
Musicas (Hungary)
Mystery Juice (Scotland)
Niamh Parsons
Oige featuring Cara Dillon
Otis & The Elevators
Padraic Fiacc
Patsy Melarkey
Paul Herron
Paul Lamb & The King Snakes
Peacefrog
"Peerie" Willie Johnson (Shetland)
Pete Kirtley
Peter Mulvey
Peter Wilson
Phil Campbell
Pierre Le Rue
Rab Braniff
Rainer Ptachek (USA)
Red Hot Roosters
Red Moon Joe (UK)
Reverend Gary Hastings
Richie Uzell
Ronnie Scott's Rejects (London)
Roy Bookbinder (USA)
S.E. Rogie (Sierra Leone)
Sam Bracken
Sean Corcoran
Sean Tyrell
Shoot The Crow
Sid Griffin
Some Like It Hot!
Sonny Condell
Soul Truth Band
Stephen Gallagher
Steve Cooney
Steve Tilston (UK)
Steve Young (USA)
Tamalin
Ten Wheels For Jesus
Terri Hooley
Terry Clarke (Reading)
The Bisserov Sisters (Bulgaria)
The Booley House
The Bush Turkeys
The Cattle Company
The Coal Porters (London)
The Dead Handsomes
The Flatville Aces (Southampton)
The French Alligators (France)
The Good Things
The Goose Horns
The Humpff Family (Edinburgh)
The Kissingers
The Moonflowers
The River Detectives (Glasgow)
The Rockin' Humdingers
The Sabre Jets
The Samsonelles
The Stone Rangers
The Texas Tea Cosys
Thom Moore (USA)
Tiberius Minnows
Tir na n'Og
Trio Traki (Bulgaria)
Tymonn Dogg
Tyrone Shoelaces & The Sneakers
Upstairs in a Tent
Victor McCullough
Vinnie Kilduff
Watercress
Willie Byrne
Wizz Jones
Yes Vancouver

ARTISTS WHO PERFORMED July 2007 - April 2008


Aaran Ahmun
Aces Wild
Acoustic Dan
Alan Burke
Amy McGarrigle
Anthony Toner
Apartment A
Barry Kerr
Baz McSherry
Ben Glover & The Earls
Ben Reel
Beppe Gambetta (Italy)
Big Minter
Black Eye Friday
Blue Jar
Bluezmobile
Breag
Brona Mullan
Canizares
Cara Faye Cowan
Cat Malojian
Chris Malinski (Poland)
Clive Barnes
Colin Henry
Creemnuts
Dan Donnelly
David Holmes
David Hoskings
David Lyttle
David McCann
Del Halligan
Dick Gaughan
Dolbro Dan
Dominic O'Neill
Donal O'Connor
Doyle Dykes (USA)
Duke Special
Eamon McCormick
Eilidh Patterson
Errol Walsh & Gordon McAllister
Escape Act
Flange Band
Foy Vance
Funk Foundation
Gareth Dunlop
Gareth Pearson
Geoff Gatt
Gerry Creen
Grainne Duffy Band
Ham Sandwich
Hazel O'Connor
Henry McCullough
Jackie Flavelle
James Fraher
Janet Holmes
Jeff & Vida Band (USA)
Jennifer Jones
Jim Page (USA)
Jinx Lennon
Joe Echo
Joel McCullough
John D'Arcy
John Ledbetter
John Martin & Boucherie
John Martyn
John McGurgan
John Power
John Renbourn
John Spillane
Johnny Mulhern
Julie Follis
Justin Black
Ken Haddock
Kevin Doherty & James Delaney
Kyron & The Strangels
Laura Stevenson
Lewis Smith
Lindley Ham,ilton
Lisa Hake
Ludwig
Martin Cowan
Martin Stephenson
Mary Coughlan
Matt McGinn
Michael Buckley
Michael Janisch (USA)
Mojokelt
Mystery Juice
Nathan Kaye (Australia)
Paddy Keenan & Tommy O'Sullivan
Pal Steelo
Pat McManus Band
Paul Casey
Paul Harden Band
Rachel Austin
Red Organ Serpent Sound
Reef Radio
Ritchie Anderson
Robin James Hurt
Rollin & Tumblin
Ronnie Greer Band
Roy Lindsay 111 (USA)
Ruby Colley
Ruth McGonagle
Scott Shipley (USA)
Shameless Hussies
Shauna Tohill & Peter McCauley
Simon McBride Band
Solli / Moriarty Quartet
Southern Tenant Folk Union
St. Dudes
Stuart Bailie
Tanya Strowger
Ten Wheels For Jesus
Terri Hooley
Terry Lee Hale (USA)
The 45's
The Benjamins
The Blisters
The Deans
The Delawares
The Desert Hearts
The Dregs
The Flaws
The Greeters
The Intervention
The Jahn Band
The Long Knives
The Minority
The Pluckin' Squeezers
The Sabrejets
The Silver Fish
The Tennessee Hennessees
The Wee Weirdies
The White Art Hippies
The Winding Stair
Thomas Leeb (Austria)
Thomas Truax (New York)
Tin Pot Operation
Tir na nOg
Topher McGarry
Tupelo Incident
Wally Page
West of Eden

JUST VISITED WITHOUT PERFORMING

Guy Clark
Arlo Guthrie
Van Morrison
Julie Christie
Brian Kennedy
Eddi Reader
Vernon Oxford
Kevin McAleer
Jimmy Ellis
Mark Mulholland
Tommy Emmanuel
Andy McKee
Rick Danko
Tom Russell
Barrence Whitfield
Ian Dury
Company of Snakes
Wilko Johnson
John T. Davis
Birdie Sweeney
Irving Welsh
Jeff "Stick" Davis