Burns Night Supper

Cookney Hall, Stonehaven, nr Aberdeen

20.01.24 

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Irish Cultural Centre**********

with Sé Merry Doyle

& Spacky Martin

Blacks Road

Hammersmith @ 3

29.04

 

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,&ammersmith

17.03 
Myles Day******

with My Lesions

Palace Bar

Fleet St

Dublin @ 3

02.04

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

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
by

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

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

Previous & Later 2017/2018 GIGS: 

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********

for Veronica Heywood

The Lexicon

Dun Laoghaire @ 11am

18.02

Patrick's Night

with Sheila Moylan******

The Library****

St Martins Lane

Westminster @ 8

17.03

Walthamstow Folk Club****

as RACKERJACQ

with Jacquelyn Hynes******

Olde Rose & Crown

Hoe St

Walthamstow @ 7.30 (Doors)

19.03 

Green Note

with Jacquelyn Hynes****** & J-Owen**

Parkway

Camden @ 8.30

22.03

The Palace Bar******

for Myles/Flann/Brian Day

Fleet St

Dublin @ 3 to 6

02.04

The Lightbox

with Alison Hill****,

Maggie Sawkins,

Geoff Alnutt,

MC Greg Freeman**

Woking****

Surrey

22.04 

Southwark Park Road

Bermondsey @ 7

09.09

Stuart Low Trust****

St Mary's Neighbourhood Centre

Upper St

Islington @ 7.30

22.09

Ivy House****

with Thomas McCarthy******

& Donal Maguire**

40 Stuart Road

Peckham @ 8

29.09

Islington Folk Club********

with Kathryn Locke

& Tom Poslett

The Horseshoe

24 Clerkenwell Close

Clerkenwell @ 8

12.10

Herne Hill Music Festival****

with Hylda Sims, Simon Prager

& Abe Gibson

The Half Moon

10 Half Moon Street

Herne Hill @ 8

13.10 

Clé Club****

Liberty Hall

Dublin @ 8

18.10

Private Function

Hellenic Centre

Marylebone @ 2

18.11 

Twickfolk******

The Cabbage Patch

with Black Scarr

Twickenham @ 8

10.12

2018

Early Burns Night****************

Musical Traditions Club************

with Carol Anderson********

King & Queen

Foley St

Fitzrovia @ 8

19.01

Timely Burns Night

Blackhorse Workshop

1-2 Sutherland Rd Path

Walthamstow @ 7

Irish Cultural Centre************

Blacks Road

Hammersmith

St Patrick's Day

17.03

Sidmouth Folk Week********

03-10.08

2016 GIGS (**=return trip)

Lissenden Players******

Old Time Musical Hall

Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution

South Grove

Highgate @ 8

20.01

Musical Traditions Club********

with Carol Anderson******

& Thomas McCarthy******

King & Queen

Foley St

Fitzrovia @ 8

22.01

Burns Night********

Waltham Forest Town Hall

Social Club

with Stow Pipers********

Walthamstow @ 7.30

26.02

Lissenden Players******

Old Time Musical Hall (as MC)

Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution

South Grove

Highgate @ 8

17.02

Fourth Friday********

with Carol Anderson******

Alex Seel**

Poetry Place

Betterton Street

Covent Garden @ 8

26.02

Mike Norris Night

Cecil Sharp House

2 Regents Park Road

NW1 7AY @ 7

27.02

Sharps Folk Club

Cecil Sharp House

2 Regents Park Road

NW1 7AY @ 8

22.03

Mylesday****

+ Multiple Milesians

Palace Bar

Fleet Street

Dublin @ 3

01.04 

Bray Arts********

+ Michael Gordon****, Brigid O'Brien, James Devlin

& EL Grey

Martello Hotel

Strand Road

Bray

County Wicklow

04.04

Launch of Martyrdem anthology

as MC

for James MacDonald

Cock Tavern

23 Phoenix St

Somers Town @ 7

11.05

Musical Traditions Club********

A Dublin Night

+ Jerry O'Reilly****** & Luke Cheevers******

King & Queen

Foley St

Fitzrovia @ 8

03.06

The Goilin ("Goe-Leen")******

DUBLIN in BLOOM

+ Barry Gleeson****

The Teachers' Club

Parnell Square

Dublin @ 9.30

17.06

Sidmouth Folk Week******

Devon

29.07

to 06.08

The Library

with Sheila Moylan****

St Martins Lane

Westminster @ 8

26.10

Amnesty Bookshop****

with Chris Tranchell & Sheila Moylan****

King St

Hammersmith @ 6.30

03.11 

Council of Irish County Associations (CICA)

London Irish Centre******

Camden @ 8

11.11

Howth Singing Circle Annual Dinner

The House

7 Main St

Howth

Co Dublin @ 8

17.11 

2015 Gigs:

JANUARY

 

Musical Traditions Club******

Irish, Scots & Scott-ish Night

with Thomas McCarthy & Carol Anderson

King & Queen

Foley St Fitzrovia @ 8

23.01

 

Burns Night+ @ Walthamstow Town Hall********

Waltham Forest Social Club

Walthamstow @ 8

26.01

FEBRUARY

 

Poet in the City********

as Host: theme, Scars

Waterstones

Piccadilly @ 6.30

03.02

 

Fourth Friday (as MC+)******

Words & Music

Joseph Horgan & Friends

Poetry Cafe

Betterton St

Covent Garden @ 8

27.02

MARCH

 

Torriano Poets (as MC+)******

with Joseph Horgan, Antony Owen & Adrian Boyle

Torriano Meeting House

99 Torriano Avenue

Camden @ 7.30

01.03

 

Private Function

with Colàiste na nGael******

Embassy of Ireland

17 Grosvenor Place

London @ 6

02.03

 

Stuart Low Trust

Neighbourhood Centre

St Mary's Upper St

Islington @ 6

20.03

MAY

 

for Poet in the City********

as Host. Theme: Trains

Waterstones

Piccadilly @ 6.30

05.05

 

Musical Traditions Club********

Elizabeth LaPrelle & Anna Robertson-Gevalt

from Virginia

(as resident performer)

The King & Queen

Foley St

Fitzrovia @ 8

08.05

 

Celtic Club****

PREJOYCE!

for Bloomsday in Melbourne

Latrobe St / Queen St

Melbourne

Australia @ 8

29.05  

JUNE

 

The Drunken Poet**

65 Peel St

Melbourne

04.06

 

The Snug**

8 Sydney Rd

Melbourne

05.06

 

Watermark Restaurant

for Bloomsday in Melbourne:

Sequel to Ulysses + Bloomsday Rack

Docklands

Melbourne

Australia @ 5.30

16.06

JULY

 

for Poet in the City********

as Host. Theme: Winning.

Waterstones

Piccadilly @ 6.30

07.07

SEPTEMBER

 

Cellar Upstairs*******

with Carol Anderson,

virtuoso Scots fiddler

Calthorpe Arms

252 Gray's Inn Road

Euston @ 8.15

12.09

 

Lissenden Players****

Old Time Music Hall

(as Yorkshire reciter)

Lauderdale House

Highgate Hill

Highgate @ 8

15.09

OCTOBER

 

Islington Folk Club******

with Fiddler

Carol Anderson******

The Horseshoe

24 Clerkenwell Close

Clerkenwell @ 8

01.10

 

Poet in the City******

Drop-In, as Host: Theme, Light

Waterstones

Piccadilly @ 7

06.10

 

Lissenden Players******

Old Time Music Hall

Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution

South Grove

Highgate @ 8

21.10

 

KTK Radio

with Mick mandolin O'Connor******

& Caroline Regan on bosca ceoil

for David Springfield

South Kilburn Studios @ 6 to 7pm

[podcast: www.kilburnherald.com]

28.10

NOVEMBER

 

 

Musical Traditions Club********

25th Anniversary

with a host of folkstars

(as resident performer)

The King & Queen

Foley St

Fitzrovia @ 8

13-15.11

 

The Ivy House

with City Ramblers******

& Alex Seel

Ivy House Rd

Nunhead @ 9

19.11

 

Poet in the City******

as Host, Theme: Feasts

Waterstones

Piccadilly @ 7

01.12