Flogging Molly brings Celtic rock on stage in Bucharest this summer

Irish punk rock band Flogging Molly will be on stage in Bucharest for the first time, during the B'estfest music festival that will take place between July 1 and 3 in the Romanian capital city. The Flogging Molly concert has been programmed for July 1st. The band is on tour promoting its latest album, 'Speed of Darkness'. The band set up in 1997 by Irish Dave King mixes old Celtic rhythms with modern pop-rock. Flogging Molly started as a resident band in a Hollywood bar – Molly Malone's. Its official debut came in 2000, when it launched the album Swagger, with hits like "Likes of You Again", Black Friday Rule" and "The Worst Day Since Yesterday". Flogging Molly is made of lead singer Dave King, Dennis Casey (guitar), Matthew Hensley (accordion), Nathen Maxwell (bass guitar), Bridget Regan (cello), Robert Schmidt (mandolin) and George Schwindt (drums). Listen to one of their songs below. The B’estfest music festival will be organized in a new location this year, north of Bucharest, 10 minutes away from the Free Press Square, in the Pipera – Tunari area, where the B’estfest camp will be set up. A 10-hectare area will host the camp, which will also include an area for tents. During March 1-22, tickets can be bought at two prices, depending on the type of acces that offers: RON 95 tickets for a day, RON 215 for three-day ticket. For acces to the camping area, a voucher can also be bought for RON 10. After March 22, tickets prices will be: RON 125 a day ticket, RON 265 3-day subscription and RON 15 for camping vouchers. Starting July 1, the first day of B’estfest, tickets can be purchased daily from the festival entrance at the price of RON 150, while 3-day subscriptions will be available only on the first day at a price of RON 285, plus the camping voucher for RON 15. Buy tickets online here. editor@romania-insider.com