The Stage :
OPTIMO (Espacio)
NOT SQUARES
THE CAST OF CHEERS

The Basement :
SHED [LIVE] (Ostgut, Berlin)
BARRY REDSETTA
EOIN CREGAN

The Mezz :
Come As Soon As You Hear Present... Kick Ass As Soon As You Hear

The Cafe :
POGO Dress Up Corner
5 Yrs of POGO Gallery

The Box SHOEBOX DISCO w/ POGO Friends & Regulars

In keeping with POGO’s underground ethos, we’ve plucked out a selection of the most exciting & promising artists of the moment with a live set from Ostgut’s (currently the best techno stable in the world in our opinion) Shed, live performances from Belfast stars in the making Not Squares as well as Dublin’s fast rising Cast of Cheers, and local collective like no other Come As Soon As You Hear bring one of their crazy theatrical off the wall themed club parties to the Mezz room. We also top it off with a rockin party set from all round Bodytonic fav’s Optimo. There’ll also be plenty of non-musical action throughout the club too including MART’s dress up corner & more.

POGO Past...

POGO was concieved by Trevor O'Shea aka Tayor roughly around the first Electric Picnic in 2004, with the venue deal being struck in a caravan outside Stradbally estate., . The idea was simple - to create a festival in a club - to have varied music , visuals and ideas across different rooms every week. When asked what he thought his target market was, Tayor's answer was a simple ' I dunno, people into good stuff I guess, I hadnt thought that far ahead...' . In the 5 years since, nothing much has changed, POGO still aims to be that little festival , and still hasnt a clue what a target market is.

POGO has been built with a team of solid local residents (our #1 ressie Barry Redsetta having been around since the first night and has very much helped shape POGO’s direction over time), crews & collectives and carefully selected international guests. Over the years POGO has joined forces with the likes of Backlash, Bassbin, Choicecuts, D1, Diskotekken, Electric City, FVF, Psychotic Reaction, Ragged Words, Scribble, Thumped, Tea, Test & many more, as well as having had an exciting roster of guests from small to big pass through, some having gone on to blow up big time like The Ting Tings, Klaxons, Friendly Fires & Booka Shade. We’re quite possibly one of the only clubs in the country where you’ll see ravers, rockers, rockabillies & sillybillies mingling in the same space.

POGO Present...

In late 2008 POGO packed up shop and moved to our new venue The Twisted Pepper which we see as it’s new home for good. We’ve had to juggle the structure around a little, losing some elements like POGO Pub and the more “bass” music end of things which have gone into our Friday night Mud, but we’ve also added new collectives like Discotekken & CASAY with the little Mezz room allowing us to throw small niche parties, and we’ve much more scope for galleries, multimedia and any wild ideas we want. The main reason POGO is probably still here after 5 years is because we've never stayed in the one place too long, and constantly looked to change and evolve when things got stale. Saying that the team behind it is still, Barry is the main resident DJ, Crego is the booker, and Tayor pretends to look busy and be doing something .

POGO Future...

Heading toward year 6 POGO’s mantra remains pretty much the same while the music & image continue evolve constantly with time. The Basement is home to all things house/techno/electro with Barry Redsetta at the helm joined monthly by Test, Tea, Stereotonic Parties, the Stage rock/indie/electronica/media/art with Ragged Words, Umack, Dead Chickens, Donal Dineen, Out On A Limb, Syntheastwood & MART, while the Mezz will host fun & niche parties from Discotekken, Vertical Rhythm Club, Moshi Moshi, CASAY & more. Throughout the Cafe & The Box you can expect to find art expos, installations, street performance, bakesales and anything else that’s comes to our imagination. Gaetan is still our visual designer and he takes over thew reigns of the new formed POGO Recordings vinyl. Upcoming releases will feature Tr-One and Not Squares, and we'll be releasing 4 records in 2010 altogether

POGO Says Big Thanks...

Ailish Kelly, Aisling Dunne, Aisling Hayes, AJ, Aoife Nic Canna, Al Keegan, Allan & Helene @ DJ Mag, Albert Quigley, Amy, (Barry & Andy @ Lunar Disko), Ane Scott, (Andrea, Elaine, Matt & all @ Thinkhouse), Andrew Cunnigham, Arveene, Barry Delta, Barry Maguire, Barry Redsettaz, (Barry, Michael & Lewis @ Richter Collective), Baz Hickey, Ben Morgan, Beth, (Bren, Matt, Ivan, Ola & all The Twisted Pepper Security), Bonz, (Brad, Ed, Phil & all Pod security), (Brian, Claire, John & all @ Power FM), Brian Palmer, Carmel & Aoghan, Caroline Hayes @ Spunout, Charlie Doran, Chewy, Ciara Cunnane, Ciara Griffin, Ciara & all @ MART, Ciara Halpin, Claire Golden, Claire Purdue, Craig @ City Discs, Craig Smith, Dave Davin, Dave Redsetta, Dave Parle, Eamonn & Karen @ D1/DEAF, Derek Walsh, Ducky, Eddie Brennan, Eimear & all @ CASAY, Emer, Eno, Eoin Callanan, Flip, Funboi, Gaetan Billault, Gavin & all at Hotpress, Gavin Paisley, Genie, Giles & Simon @ Electric City, Grace O’Donoghue, Grainne, Handsome Paddy, Helen, Hugh Fowler, Hugo Johnson, Ian Fraher, Ivan Garbino, Jack O’Connell, Jae Brown, (Jay, Paudi & Dan @ Test), Jan O’Connell, JB the Deejay, James Earley, James M, Jaycee, Jess Kelly, Jim Carroll, Johnny Moy, (Johnny Illan, James, Mano, Rosie @ A$$quake), Jon Averill, (Julia, Stephen T & all @ Zombie Crew), Julie Nicell, (John Reynolds, Dec Forde, Eleanor McGuinness, Siobhan & all @ Pod Office), (JP, Diarmuid, Damo, Cathal, Conor, Cormac, Kishor, Pradeep, Sandy, Tracy & all The Twisted Pepper Staff), Justin Walsh, Karen Pugh, Kirk, Kormac & Co, Laura Mahon, (Linda, Craig, Dave, Erin, Emma, Reddy, Skinny & Pod Staff), Lorcan McDonald, Louis & all @ Discotekken, Lydia D’eath, Lynn @ Icon/Phantom, Mano Le Tough, Maria Del Mar Monserrat, Marielle Leost, Mark Cummins, Mark Kavanagh, (Mark Murphy, Donal & Loughlann @ ChoiceCuts), Mark Thompson, (Matt, Nik, Al, Mark & all @ FVF), Martin O’Brien, Michael & Ciaran Le Cool, Mikey, Mikki D, Melodee, Michael Black, Michael Carney, Naoise, Neil Burke, Niamh Brennan, Nicole & Elif @ Ostgut, Olan All City, Oonagh O’Connor, Paddy O’Brien, Paul Horgan, Pete @ Thumped, (Phil, Ronayne, Ste, Dave @ Tea), Phil Boyle, Quigo, Rachel Sullivan, Richard Brophy, Richard Seabrooke & Bren B @ The Small Print, Robbie Brady & all @ Psychotic Reaction, Rob Hatchell, Rohan & all @ Bassbin, Romo, Rosko, Ross Fitz, Rytis Randis, Sarah Crowley, Sarah Doyle, Sarah Toner, Scott Logan, Shortie, Sian, Siobhan Martin, Simon F, Simon Hayes & all @ Stasis, Simon Resoul, Sophie O’Connor, (Susan, Aideen, Trish & all @ The Morrison), Stephanie Sherwin, Steve & Niamh, Tanya, TJ Lynch, Tom Beary, Will Kinsella, Zero T...

...and everyone else who has helped us (sorry if we forgot you it’s a big list!) get this far with so many rocking nights. Let’s make it continue :)

Who Has Played POGO?

A Skillz, Adam Beyer, Alex Smoke, Alex Under, Ame, Andrew Weatherall, Andy Smith, Andy Stott, Apparat, Audion, B12, Baiyon, Ben Klock, Ben Watt, Bill Brewster, Booka Shade, Breakage, Bullion, Calibre, Carl Craig, Cap-Pas-Cap, Cassy, Channel One, Claro Intelecto, Commix, Convextion, Charles Webster, Chymera, Damian Schwartz, Daniel Wang, Dark Room Notes, David Duriez, David O’Donoghue, Decal, DJ Deep, Delta Funktionnen, Dixon, DK7, DMX Krew, Donal Dineen, Donnacha Costello, Eamonn Doyle, Efdemin, Ellen Allien, Equinox, Fabio, Falty DL, Floating Points, Friendly Fires, DJ Funk, Funk D’Void, Giant Panda, DJ Godfather, GoSub, Greg Wilson, Hardfloor, Heartthrob, Henrik Schwarz, Humanzi, Hudson Mohawke, I-F, Ian Pooley, Ivan Smagghe, Kenny Larkin, Klaxons, Krafty Kutz, Kormac, James Holden, James Murphy, Jape, Jay Haze, Jesper Dahlback, Jesse Rose, Jimmy Edgar, John Daly, Lawrence, Legion of Two, Legowelt, Lerosa, The Long Blondes, Low Bee, Low-Fi-Fnk, Marcel Dettmann, Marco Bernardi, Melchior Productions, The MFA, Mike Slott, Miss Fitz, The Mole, Muleketu, MyMy, Nathan Fake, Neville Watson, Nookie, DJ Numark, Pantha Du Prince, Paul Daley, Paul Kalkbrenner, Pfadfinderei, Putsch 79, Omar S, Optimo, Qool DJ Marv, Radioslave, The Rapture, Rob Hall, Sambatuc, Shaun Rudiman, Shed, Skurge, Sian, Simon Baker, Sinden, Speedy J, Spiritcatcher, Splitloop, Steffi, Steve Rachmad, Superpitcher, Switch, Sunil Sharpe, SuperSystem, Sven Weiseman, DJ T, Tadeo, Theo Parrish, Theophilus London, The Ting Tings, Tobias., Troy Pierce, Trus’me, Warlords of Pez, The Whip, WhoMadeWho, XDB, DJ Yoda, Yuksek, Zeigeist, Zero T...

Forthcoming...

Derrick May, Marcel Dettmann, Andy Votel, Deetron, Henrik Schwarz, Redshape, Donal Dineen, Umack, Dead Chickens, Theo Parrish and loads more.

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