Photos and writing by guest contributor John Hargraft.

Flogging Molly is a septet out of L.A playing an Irish folk/punk rock blend. With a touch of the Pogues, the Clash and perhaps some Stiff Little Fingers they have crafted a sound of their own.

On Monday night (Family Day), the Kool Haus was packed. A sold out all-ages show on a weekday must have had something to do with reading week, which may explain all the under-age drinking on the way to and in the parking lot of the venue.

The first thing security told me as I entered the photo pit in front of the stage was if I got a tap on the back to watch out for crowd surfers. Some good advice as Flogging Molly came out and jumped right into Selfish Man off their first studio album Swagger. The bodies came sailing hard and fast. The crowd was hyped and, in addition to the bodies flying, so were the beer cans. A fellow Photographer got one can in the head about 30 seconds into it.