The Belfast Cowboys

This nine-piece band has been playing in and around Minnesota since 2002, specializing in the music of Van Morrison. It is also the papa group to St Dominic's Trio. The band's first show was on St Patrick's Day, 2002. In 2008 The Belfast Cowboys and St Dominic's Trio released debut CDs. In August, 2009, The Cowboys headlined at BB King's Blues bar in Times Square, New York. In July, 2010, the Cowboys played a three hour opening set for approximately 15,000 people opening for the band Chicago. In March of 2011 the band traveled to play shows in Ireland. The Belfast Cowboys released their second CD, "The Upside to the Downslide" in 2015, and their third, "This Magic Night in 2022. In April of 2024, the Belfast Cowboys traveled to Belfast to play two shows at The Black Box. The bands can be found regularly in Minneapolis at places like The Dakota, the Hook and Ladder, Bunker's, and the Driftwood Char Bar every Tuesday, raising money for their non-profit, Foothold Twin Cities.