SHOT
MAGGIE
Five-piece Celtic punk and Irish rock, born in Geelong. Festival favourites and loved by pub crowds everywhere. Kicking Australia's Irish punk scene to a new level.
This Band Is Built to Fill a Room
Double Shot Maggie are five accomplished musicians who take traditional Irish songs and run them headlong into punk energy, raw volume, and a genuine love of a good night out. The result is a live act that gets people on their feet fast and keeps them there.
The band's catalogue spans centuries of trad, reels and jigs, modern Celtic rock, and a handful of beloved originals — all delivered with tight musicianship, five-part harmonies, and a stage presence that punches well above the ticket price.
Since forming in 2023, DSM have played headline festival stages, St. Patrick's Day events, weddings, corporate functions, and the best Irish bars in Victoria. They're as comfortable opening a folk festival as they are closing a pub at 2am — and they leave both audiences wanting more.
Known for their easy, friendly and professional booking process, great communication, and flexible setlists, Double Shot Maggie have been invited back multiple times to some of the biggest Irish festivals in southern Australia — because when a crowd has that much fun, nobody wants it to just be a one-off.
NSW·SA
Meet the Band
Lead Vocals · Songwriter
Vocals · Sound Engineer
Vocals
Vocals
On the Night
High-res press photos available on request — paddy@doubleshotmaggie.au
Straight from the Room
From venue owners to festival programmers to the crowd that closed the bar and asked for one more song — five times — here's what happens when Double Shot Maggie take the stage.
DSM in the Media
A personal journey, a national broadcast, and a band at full tilt — it made for compelling television. When SBS followed Lucy Riddett as she traced her Irish roots for The Secret DNA of Us, her story led them naturally to her accordion prowess and the high energy Irish punk band she calls home.
The result: Double Shot Maggie captured on SBS, performing live at the Elephant & Castle in Geelong, on national television — proof that sometimes the best way to understand where you come from is to play to your roots: loud, fast, trad.
Listen & Watch
▶ YouTube: youtube.com/@doubleshotmaggie
♪ Leaving of Liverpool: doubleshotmaggie.au/mp3/Leaving_of_Liverpool.mp3
♪ Lilting Banshee: doubleshotmaggie.au/mp3/Lilting_Banshee.mp3
Full EPK online: doubleshotmaggie.band/EPK/
Our Gear or Yours — Either or Both
We travel with our own PA, mixer, and lighting for smaller rooms and run comfortably off house systems for larger stages. Full tech specs, stage plot, and line list available on request.
Stage
- Minimum stage width: 4m recommended
- Power: 2 × standard 10A GPOs minimum
- Backdrop banner or animated projection file provided
- We carry our own lighting rig if needed
- Load-in: 45–60 min · Soundcheck: 20 min minimum
PA / FOH — Self Contained as Needed
- 5 vocal microphones, full drum mic set
- Stereo DI for accordion
- Monitor wedges + IEMs
- Behringer XR18 tablet-controlled digital mixer
- Our sound engineer or yours
Flexible Format
- 2 or 3 × 45 min sets with 15 min break
- Short format: 1 × 60 min or 1 × 75 min available
- 50+ songs from ancient to contemporary, all full-on
Logistics
- Based in Geelong, VIC
- Regional & interstate travel: by arrangement
- Public liability insurance: held
- APRA AMCOS: registered