A 13-piece powerhouse bringing Springsteen’s folk-rock back is headed to Kilcar

Following a string of sold-out tours across Ireland and the UK, The Seeger Sessions Revival are set to bring their high-octane, 13-piece tribute to Bruce Springsteen’s legendary folk-roots project to Áislann Chill Chartha on Wednesday, on July 29.

The Seeger Sessions Revival are a 13-piece tribute to Bruce Springsteen’s Seeger Sessions album. Following sold-out tours across Ireland and the UK, they have established themselves as one of the most authentic and exciting Springsteen productions on the circuit, blending folk, roots, and big-band energy.

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Inspired by Springsteen’s 2006 recordings and the subsequent world tour, the ensemble recreates the raw looseness, infectious joy, and musical freedom that defined the original project. This isn't just a concert; it’s a foot-stomping, sweat-soaked celebration of American music history.

The Seeger Sessions Revival promises a very different experience from a standard tribute concert, with the group opting against the traditional four-piece rock format in favour of a powerful 13-piece ensemble delivering a two-hour wall of sound.

The production features a full brass section that recreates the soulful, virtuosic punch associated with the Seeger sound, alongside traditional roots instrumentation including fiddle, banjo, accordion, steel guitar and whistle. A driving rhythm section underpins the high-energy, brass-led rock performance, while soaring group harmonies aim to capture the communal spirit of the original sessions.

“Springsteen’s Seeger Sessions showed that it wasn’t about writing songs, it was about making music together,” says Christopher Speer (Banjo/Guitar). “That looseness and freedom is what drew me in. When the brass kicks in and everything locks, it still gives me goosebumps every night we play.”

The band has already made waves across major venues, including headline shows at The Button Factory, Ulster Hall, and a landmark appearance at Celtic Connections, where they became the first band ever to perform at Glasgow’s Emirates Arena.