
Racker Donnelly
Racker Donnelly
GIGS:
GIGS:
PREVIOUS GIGS:
2019
EARLY BURNS NIGHT**********
with Carol Anderson**********
& Maggie Casey******
Johnny Be******
& Trisha Montague
for Musical Traditions Club*********
King & Queen
Foley St
Fitzrovia @ 8
18.01
TIMELY BURNS NIGHT****
Labour Fund~raiser******
with Andy Bain,
Billy Stevens,
Amanda McLean,
& Jeremy Corbyn
Islington Chinese Centre
21 Hatchard Rd N19 4NG
Holloway @ 7 to 10
25.01
BELATED BURNS NIGHT************
with Tommy Anderson***********
Ian Husker (piper) &
the Rose & Crown Choir******
The William Morris****
Forest Rd
Walthamstow @ 8
26.01
MUSICAL TRADITIONS CLUB***************
as Resident Performer************
with The McCarthys
The King & Queen
Foley St
Fitzrovia @ 8
08.02
FOURTH FRIDAY********
Poetry Cafe**********
Betterton St
Covent Garden @ 8
22.02
RIVERSIDE CENTRE
for Rob Neal
with Megan Wisdom
Riverside Hall
Stratford St Andrew
Suffolk**
1.45 - 4.30
26.02
LISSENDEN PLAYERS*********
Music Hall @ HLSI
South Grove
Highgate @ 8
13.03
CELLAR UPSTAIRS******
with Jacquelyn Hynes******** ["RackerJacq"]
Calthorpe Arms
Gray's Inn Rd @ 8.15
16.03
ST PATRICK'S DAY CONCERT
for Islington Council
The Irish in Islington:
Music, Memories,
Story & Song
in Navigator Square
Archway @ 1 to 5pm
17.03
ST PATRICK'S NIGHT CONCERT*************
as MC************
for Four Men & a Dog
Irish Cultural Centre************
Hammersmith @ 7.30
17.03
MUSIAL TRADITIONS CLUB************
as Resident Performer**********
with Barbara & Peter Snape******
The King & Queen
Foley St
Fitzrovia @ 8
12.04
BARDS & BEATS********
with Hylda Sims************
Fran McGillivray & Mike Burke
Ivy House**********
40 Stuart Road
Nunhead @ 8
16.05
MUSICAL TRADITIONS CLUB************
as Resident Performer**********
with Will Noble****
King & Queen
Foley St
Fitzrovia @ 8
17.05
MUSICAL TRADITIONS************
Weekend Festival******
for Ken & Peta
with a host of folk-stars
& a Bloomsday Celebration*************
for James Joyce
with Jerry O'Reilly, Rosie Davis & Fergus Russell
The King & Queen
Foley St
Fitzrovia
14
15
16.06 (Bloomsday)
INTERNATIONAL VAMPIRE
FILM & ARTS FESTIVAL
At Highgate Gatehouse
& Lauderdale House********
& Phoenix Cinema
10-13.07
FAR FESTIVAL
(Folk & Acoustic Roots)
for Anto Morra
Kings Head Hotel
North Elmham
Norfolk
12
13
14
.07
LUMEN POETS
88 Tavistock Place
St Pancras @ 7
16.07
LISSENDEN PLAYERS************
Music Hall @ HLSI
South Grove
Highgate @ 8
17.07
SHARP'S FOLK CLUB******
@ The Constitution
(as MC)
St Pancras Way
Camden @ 8
27.08
MUSICAL TRADITIONS CLUB*********************
as Resident Performer***********************
with Nancy Kerr
King & Queen
Foley St
Fitzrovia @ 8
13.09
LOUGHTON FOLK CLUB
for Steve O'Donoghue
with Chris Ronald
8 Station Rd
Loughton @ 8
21.11
MUSICAL TRADITIONS CLUB********************
as Resident Performer
with The New Deal String Band
King & Queen
Foley St
Fitzrovia @ 8
22.11
SHARP'S FOLK CLUB******
(as MC)
St Pancras Way
Camden @ 8
MUSICAL TRADITIONS CLUB**********************
as Resident Performer
with The New Deal String Band
King & Queen
Foley St
Fitzrovia @ 8
2018 Gigs:
Early Burns Night****************
with Carol Anderson********
for Musical Traditions Club**********
The King & Queen
Foley Street
Fitzrovia @ 8
19.01
Timely Burns Night
Blackhorse Workshop
1-2 Sutherland Road Path
Walthamstow @ 7
25.01
Belated Burns Night****
with Carol Anderson******** & Dave Clare & Friends
White Hart
Stoke Newington @ 7.30
03.02
Musical Traditions Club
(as Resident Performer)
with Marianne McAleer******
Ed Barrett & Michael Sheehy******
King & Queen
Foley St
Fitzrovia @ 8
09.03
St Patrick's Day
with Hungry Grass****
Irish Cultural Centre******** Hammersmith
17.03
Myles Day******
with My Lesions
Palace Bar
Fleet St
Dublin @ 3
02.04
Irish Cultural Centre**********
with Sé Merry Doyle
& Spacky Martin
Blacks Road
Hammersmith @ 3
29.04
Musical Traditions Club********
(as Resident)
with Dan & Bonnie Milner
& The Pigeons******
King & Queen
Foley St
Fitzrovia @ 8
11.05
Lissenden Players******
Highgate Literary & Scientific Society
Pond Square
Highgate @ 8
16.05
Gaelic Voices****
with James MacDonald******
London Irish Centre********
Camden Square
Camden
19.05
Sharp's Folk Club (as MC)****
Cecil Sharp House
2 Regents Park Road
Camden @ 8
22.05
Irish Cultural Centre (as MC)**********
with Daoirí Farrell****
Blacks Road
Hammersmith @ 8
23.05
Walthamstow Folk Festival (as MC)
with Cormac Begley, Lisa Knapp,
Ye Vagabonds, Anna Roberts-Gevalt
& a host of stars
in Mirth Marvel & Maud
196 Hoe St
Walthamstow @ 12 to 10.30
26.05
Lilliput Press
for Thomas McNally launch
62 Sitric Road
Arbour Hill
Dublin 7
@ 6 on Bloomseve
15.06
Bloomsday********************
Fitzgeralds**********
& Cavistons*********
Sandycove
& Glasthule
16.06
"From Dublin's Riviera
to London Town"
with Jacquelyn Hynes********
& Dorten Yonder********
A Labour Fund-raiser
405 The Beaux-Arts Building
Manor Gardens
Holloway @ 8
19.07
Sidmouth Folk Week********
Mostly @ the Woodlands Hotel****
Sidmouth
Devon
03~10.08
"Kidnapped"
as Dublin Butcher
& the Philosopher Rousseau
BBC4 @ 9pm
21.08
Whitby Folk Week********
"Off the Bench"
Pavilion & Football Club
Whitby
Yorkshire
19.08-24.08
Musical Traditions Club************
as Resident Performer
King & Queen
Foley St
Fitzrovia @ 8
07.09
Literary Parade
St Patrick's Park
for the Frank Harte Festival****
"A Dozen Dubs"
Dublin
21~23.09
Sharps Folk Club as MC******
Cecil Sharp House
Camden @ 8
02.10
Ivy House********
with Hylda Sims,
Doc Stenson,
Simon Prager
& Rye Poets
Peckham @ 8
09.10
Musical Traditions Club**********
as Resident Performer
with Landless
King & Queen
Foley St
Fitzrovia @ 8
26.10
Islington Folk Club*******
with Simon Booth
Tap Room
145 Upper St
Islington @ 8
22.11
Emmanuel Church
Hornsey Rd
Labour Fundraiser****
with Jacquelyn Hynes*********
Dorten Yonder********
Dave Clare******
Dave Harbord******
Marie McCormack********
Tom Reid & Christine Connolly
Alison Frosdick & Jack Burnaby
Patricia Hammond & Anders Varges
Steve O'Donoghue
Islington @ 8
28.11
Musical Traditions Club********
as Resident Performer
with the McCarthy Family
King & Queen
Foley St
Fitzrovia @ 8
30.11
Islington Folk Club********
as MTC Resident performer
with Ken Hall & Peta Webb
King & Queen
Foley St
Fitzrovia
14.12
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SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2017
East Anglia Traditional Folk Day
with Carol Anderson********
Jimmy Crowley Pigeon Swing
Jim & Lynette Eldon Jackie Oates,
The Snapes**** Peta Webb********
Ken Hall********
East Anglian Life Museum
Stowmarket
Suffolk
11.30 ~ 5.30
02.09
Bermondsey Folk Festival
with Martin Simpson
Thomas McCarthy********
Stick in the Wheel
Blue Market
Southwark Park Road
Bermondsey
09.09
Stuart Low Trust****
St Mary's Neighbourhood Centre
Upper St N1 2TX
Islington@ 7.30
22.09
The Goose is Out
with Thomas McCarthy********
& Donal Maguire****
The Ivy House
40 Stuart Road SE15 3BE
Nunhead @ 7
29.09
Islington Folk Club******
with Kathryn Locke & Tom Poslett
The Horseshoe
Clerkenwell Close @ 8
12.10
Herne Hill Music Festival
with Hylda Sims, Simon Prager,
& Abe Gibson
The Half Moon
Herne Hill @ 8.30
13.10
Clé Club******
Cois Life Bar
Liberty Hall
Dublin @ 8
18.10
Musical Traditions Club********
(as Resident)
with Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne
King & Queen
Foley St
Fitzrovia @ 8
27.10
Hellenic Centre
(Private Function)
with Mick O'Connor & Mick Bailey****
Paddington St
Marylebone @ 2
18.11
Musical Traditions Club********
(as Resident)
with The Snapes******
& The Howsons****
King & Queen
Foley St
Fitzrovia @ 8
Twickfolk****
with BlackScarr & Sally Smithson******
Cabbage Patch
Twickenham @ 8
10.12
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Previous & Later 2017/2018 GIGS:
Burns Night
Musical Traditions Club********
with Carol Anderson********
King & Queen
Foley St
Fitzrovia @ 8
20.01
Newington Burns Night
White Hart
High St
Stoke Newington @ 7.30
27.01
Walthamstow Burns Night********
for a homeless charity
William Morris
Forest Road
Waltham Forest @ 8
28.01
Éigse Laoghaire********