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Patrick's Pub is providence Irish pub with a longstanding traditional-music session and regular community-oriented entertainment. The programming spans Traditional Irish, folk, and acoustic, giving artists a useful sense of what already works in the room. Regular Irish-session programming provides strong evidence of active live-musician use. This is a hospitality room, so the strongest acts will know how to keep the crowd engaged without treating every song like a headline-club performance. For the right act, that can be a solid working date rather than a throwaway background gig.

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401-751-1553

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21+
Genres
Acoustic, Folk
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381 Smith St, Providence, RI 02908, United States
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401-751-1553
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