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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

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