
Racker Donnelly

Past Gigs
A recent highlight was performing with Jacqueline Hynes at the iconic Green Note in Camden for an evening of storytelling and music.
Folk festivals over the summer of 2023 included Stourbridge and Whitby.
A clip of a performance on Irish Cultural Radio from Oct 2023 is below.
Other past gigs follow -
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
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
MUSICAL 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
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
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
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 Burna
I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy.
I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy.
I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy.
I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy.