Music
Rock Against Homelessness
A music stream of great music in support of Focus Ireland
Music Stream
Independent.ie’s Rock Against Homeless in aid of Focus Ireland promises to be a very special streaming event taking place on Sunday 20 June 2021 at 8pm.
Coming from the Olympia Theatre and Windmill Recording Lane Studios and featuring performances from other venues across the world, the event directed by Dave Merriman of Savoy One Films and executive produced by Barry Egan of the Sunday Independent, will be a great night of music but also a night of hope, love and support for Focus Ireland.
The evening will be MC’ed by Panti Bliss and Laura Whitmore and will feature some fantastic names from the world of music and entertainment.
Pillow Queens | Christy Dignam and Aslan | Gilbert O’Sullivan | Tolu Makay | Wyvern Lingo | Royseven | Jim Sheridan | Lesley Dowdall | Rodrigo Y Gabriela | Ryan McMullan | The High Leaves | Blindboy Boatclub |
Pillow Queens
We were honoured to be asked to take part in Rock Against Homelessness for FOCUS Ireland and Belong To (an LGBTQ group for youths that work with FOCUS Ireland). Homeless people are already on the fringes of society, and homeless LGBTQ people are trying to exist within an already marginalised community. Playing at this event is something we didn’t have to think twice about. Sr. Stan is our hero. Thanks for having us
Pillow Queens
Aslan
It’s a cause that’s very close to our hearts. But for the grace of God it could be any of us and the pandemic showed us how any life can be turned upside down in an instant.
Christy Dignam
Tolü Makay
A house, a home, having a roof over your head is one of the most essential things many of us take for granted. If me singing can help people dig into their pockets to help those in need of security, a place to call home, it’s the least I can do. The housing crisis in Ireland is extremely frustrating. I hope this raises a significant amount of money to help those who need it, to ensure better quality of living
Tolü Makay
Jim Sheridan
With the homeless, it’s almost like you need to see scenes of them being driven out of their homes for it to really strike a chord with Irish people. You don’t see that, how they lost their home. All you see is the result; you’re not seeing whether it was the banks, or what caused them to be on the street. We need to examine the roots causes of homelessness and what it was that brought them to that place
Jim Sheridan
Wyvern Lingo
Tickets are €23.00 and onsale now. Last chance to purchase tickets is Sunday 27 June at 4pm.
Focus Ireland CEO Pat Dennigan says, ‘Focus Ireland needs to raise nearly 40% of our annual budget through donations so we really need people to support this great event again this year. Rock Against Homelessness raised over €70K last year. These funds were vital to help Focus Ireland support the most vulnerable families and individuals and keep them safe during Covid19. We cannot thank Mediahuis Ireland enough for this incredible support. This is the sixth year of Rock Against Homelessness and it will be a different year as the concert will be streamed online due to Covid restrictions. The show looks great and it will also feature some of the people we have supported, so it is a chance for people buying tickets to the event to really hear how their kind support is helping our work challenging homelessness and changing lives. I’d also really like to say thank you to all the artists for giving their time to support our work.’
Focus Ireland needs to raise nearly 40% of our annual budget through donations so we really need people to support this great event again this year. Rock Against Homelessness raised over €70K last year. These funds were vital to help Focus Ireland support the most vulnerable families and individuals and keep them safe during Covid19. We cannot thank Mediahuis Ireland enough for this incredible support. This is the sixth year of Rock Against Homelessness and it will be a different year as the concert will be streamed online due to Covid restrictions. The show looks great and it will also feature some of the people we have supported, so it is a chance for people buying tickets to the event to really hear how their kind support is helping our work challenging homelessness and changing lives. I’d also really like to say thank you to all the artists for giving their time to support our work
Focus Ireland’s CEO Pat Dennigan
The link to donate to Focus is www.focusireland.ie/Rock21
