Culture Summer: STOUT
12.07.2025
20:00
Admission free — Donations kindly requested
STOUT with Irish folk at the Schuhfabrik Culture Summer
The duo STOUT is on a mission to renew and expand Irish Folk with a fresh approach, while still keeping the soul of the songs alive. The two create their own sound between tradition and modernity, between folk and many other genres: Irish folk redefined! On Saturday, July 12, they will perform for the first time on the terrace stage for the Schuhfabrik Culture Summer 2025 from 8 pm.
The two thoroughbred musicians love to play the classics, well-known pub songs, ballads and tunes as well as modern and unknown compositions, sometimes even their own. But STOUT have one thing in common: for years they have been refining their style, adding to it, taking diversions and rethinking it, throwing all their influences into the mix, always trying something new. They always keep it folky despite borrowing from many other genres. As a result, Mario and Simon create folk music that sounds like the work of a band, inspired, fresh and tasty.
STOUT sound fuller and more powerful live than you would expect from a duo. With the aim of making the songs sound the way they hear them in their heads, Simon and Mario have worked their way forward as singers and instrumentalists. Both on their instruments, mostly guitar and banjo, but also mandolin and accordion, as well as on their mostly two-part vocals, STOUT try to break down limitations and put every idea into practice.
But in addition to the passionately arranged music, STOUT also offer great entertainment on stage. The audience is taken along and involved right from the start: Clapping along, singing, dancing and more are expressly encouraged to make the evening unforgettable for both sides of the stage.
With their strong stage presence, great sense of humor and close proximity to the audience, both during the songs and in between, STOUT have been delighting audiences throughout Germany and beyond since 2013. A steadily growing fan base shares their vision of music and folk that is unique and infectious. Admission possible from 7.30 pm. The concert will take place on the open-air stage in the direction of the parking lot. Admission is free, the Schuhfabrik is happy to receive donations. In case of bad weather, the concert will take place in the hall.
The “Schuhfabrik Culture Summer!” is kindly supported by Volksbank Ahlen, Sparkasse Münsterland Ost and Stadtwerke and takes place as part of the project “Dritte Orte - Häuser für Kultur und Begegnung im ländlichen Raum” (Third Places - Houses for Culture and Encounters in Rural Areas) funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
