Merchy Christmas, in The Grand Social, serves two purposes. First and foremost, it gives music fans a chance to meet some of their favourite artists and to buy their merch. Stickers, Posters, Beanies, Baseball Caps, Scarves, T-Shirts, Hoodies, Tapes, CDs, Vinyl... Whatever you wanted, you could find!
The second purpose of Merchy Christmas is to help raise funds for the Simon Community. If you're not aware, the Simon Community is a charity which helps homeless people. It's incredible that we have a housing crisis in Ireland. It seems to be a mix of greed, mismanagement and, well, ineptitude. If you couldn't make it to Merchy Christmas, but would still like to make a donation, just click here.
On Friday, Merchy Christmas put a call out for photographers to attend the event. I couldn't make Saturday, but said I'd be there Sunday for a few hours. I met up with some old friends, made some new friends and took some pretty photos. I came home a lot poorer finically from this, but the craic was great and I got to catch-up with some great folk, so it all balances out!
Anyway, time for some photos. First up it's the wonderful Daire Heffernan:
Next up was the fantastic Krea (yes, that is Karen from Wyvern Lingo):
And finally, the brilliant Carslbad.
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