Mary Stokes Band to headline Whelan's Blues Roots and Brass Festival, Dublin

Blues stalwart Mary Stokes is set to headline a free festival at Whelan's, Dublin, where having the blues ain't such a bad thing.

Stokes and her band are due to take the stage at the Blues Roots and Brass Festival at 10:15 p.m on August 6.

The festival runs in the famous rock venue for three nights starting on August 4, and features Irish acts from three hallowed genres of blues, roots music and the brass band tradition.

The line-up was listed by the IMRO as follows on July 4, with more to be announced:

Áine Tyrell
Beef Supreme
Blackbird and Crow
Bunoscionn
Crow Black Chicken
Delta Fuse
Dublin Ciy Rounders
Early House
Fever Solstice
GRAND
Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra (Norway)
Jem Mitchell
Mary Stokes
Mick Heslin
Mik Pyro
Mongrel State
N.C. Lawlor
Quangodelic
Remedy Club
Retro Fix
RoboCobra Quartet
The Dublin Blue Grass Collective
The Hardchargers
The Louisiana Six
Those Responsible
Tommy Keyes
Ukulele Tuesdays

To get in the mood for the festival, here's a cooking rendition of John Lee Hooker's 'Boom Boom' by Ms Stokes herself: