Arco Arena

Arco Arena are an original Irish four piece post funk / dance-rock band from the currently vibrant music scene of Dundalk , County Louth, Ireland which has to date spawned such up-and-coming Irish artists such as The Mary Wallopers, Just Mustard, David Keenan, AE Mak and TPM.

Mixing an entirely unexpected original blend of heavy funk-focused shifting time signatures with straight up earworm hooks, described as the heavy riffage of bands like Idles, LaFaro, Rage Against The Machine, And So I Watch You From Afar, and Pixies crossed with the unstoppable danceyness of Foals, Battles, Chic, Adebisi Shank, Daft Punk, Fatboy Slim, Talking Heads and the funk stomp of Breakwater, The Bar-Kays, and Parliament Funkadelic their frenetic live shows are a rolling cascade of starting-never-stopping riffs, vivid lyricism and surprise mid-song trade offs between dual vocalists bassist Eoghan Maguire and guitarist Charlie Abbott, staccato interwoven instrumentals, and crowd singalongs.

They've performed at prestigious venues and festivals all over Ireland from The Spirit Store in Louth and the Roisin Dubh in Galway, to The Workmans Club in Dublin and Livestock Festival Galway and Skylite Festival in Down.

Currently on their 2024 Irish Tour, with a slew of self released singles and E.Ps under their belt, a debut album in the works, their recognition and inclusion in RTE 2XM's 2021 ''Lockdown Livestream'' and selection as 2024 finalists in Irish Music Month's ''A New Local Hero'' Irish Talent competition in association with Hot Press, IBI and IMRO the future looks extremely bright for Arco Arena in 2025.