
celtic Rock spiced up with traditional irish music!
Too rock for the Folkies and too folk for the Rockies, the Bastards could please or disappoint almost everyone. Formed back in 2007 and based in the north of Italy (weird, innit?) they’re made up of lads who, in one way or another, lived or spent too much time in Ireland! Uilleann pipes, tenor banjo, mandolin, Irish flute: there are few others bands in the folk/rock scene that could compete with the Bastards in terms of deep knowledge of Irish Traditional Music and Irish culture and society.
Uncle Bard & The Dirty Bastards has been the first Italian band ever playing at Dublin Irish Festival in Dublin, Ohio (USA), the most important Irish music festival in the United States…. Read more

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The men beyond the glass
Uncle Bard And The Dirty Bastards are without doubt one of the world’s best Celtic-Punk bands.
9.5/10London Celtic Punks
After listening to this I feel like I’ve discovered a new treasure. This band will be in my must listen file from now on. Highly recommended.
9.5/10FolkMetal.nl
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Bundan Celtic Festival, Stellata di Bondeno, Ferrara (I)
Rocca Possente di Stellata | Via Argine Po, 44012 Stellata FE, Italy
24
July
Thursday
Run to the Hill, Boltigen (CH)
Run to the Hill | Jaunpass, 3766 Boltigen, Bern, Switzerland
29
July
Tuesday
Seregno Sound, Seregno (I)
Seregno Sound Fest | Via alla Porada, Seregno, Province of Monza and Brianza, Italy
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The Men Beyond The Glass (2020) CD
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These Are The Days – Tour 2024
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