The only social space to carry on the party, the Music Room’s stage will be taken over by various artists, both local to the city and those playing in the festival.
Ranging from amateur strummers to professional recording artists, this is a chance to see musicians and artists playing together, testing ideas, mingling with the audience and letting their hair down. Informal, chatty and with a full bar open, this is a wind-down space for festival goers, staff, volunteers and late-nighters! These events will be cúpla focal friendly and Pop Up Gaeltachts may yet be scheduled.
The only social space to carry on the party, the Music Room’s stage will be taken over by various artists, both local to the city and those playing in the festival.
Ranging from amateur strummers to professional recording artists, this is a chance to see musicians and artists playing together, testing ideas, mingling with the audience and letting their hair down. Informal, chatty and with a full bar open, this is a wind-down space for festival goers, staff, volunteers and late-nighters! These events will be cúpla focal friendly and Pop Up Gaeltachts may yet be scheduled.
Anti-commercial, irrepressible punk poet, hip-hop influenced, folk-singer Jinx Lennon (Dundalk, Co. Louth) returns to the Liverpool Irish Festival 3 years after his gig with Rarely Seen Above Ground (RSAG), 2 albums down and a slew of accolades later.
As Bernard O’Rourke (headstuff.org) states: “At heart, his music is a raw unpolished yell against the small-scale mundanity of day-to-day working class life in a largish Irish town. Far from attempting to elevate the intimacy of his subject matter to a kind of poetic universality, Lennon positively wallows in the unimpressive nature of the reality he depicts in his songs”.
Limited tickets mean this will be a high demand event, so get your tickets quickly.
Booking for this is via Eventbrite.
15 years after it first began, the Liverpool Irish Festival reflects on its beginnings, its accomplishments and issues that continue to make it vibrant and resonant today.
With illustrated contributions from long-standing Chair of the Liverpool Irish Festival, John Chandler and others, this is an evening for friends and family to spot themselves, hear their stories and raise a toast to what is yet to come.
Places at this event will be limited to the space size, so be sure to arrive early to ensure you get a place. After this event, people will be encouraged to have drinks in the adjoining bar, but will have to vacate the space while we prepare for Jinx Lennon (a ticketed event).
This local history walk features Irish journalists, Italian craftsmen, Lancashire slavers, Polish Impressionists and Liverpool pirates in an exploration of arts and politics, taking in Bluecoat and the surrounding district.
For strong walkers also see the Scotland Road walk taking place later the same day.
Bookers should gather at Door F in the Bluecoat courtyard.
Soulful psych-folk meets Americana. Festival favourite Dave O’Grady (Dublin) returns to the Liverpool Irish Festival with his band Seafoam Green in this impressive, yet underused city venue.
O’Grady has honed his craft over years of solo tours on either side of the Atlantic. Now his latest ensemble, Seafoam Green present their debut LP, Topanga Mansion, available on Mellowtone Records.
This event will also shine a spotlight on one lucky artist, selected to feature in the poster campaign for this event. This competition has been organised by the Liverpool Irish Festival in partnership with Mellowtone, details of which will be available in October on the Liverpool Irish Festival website. For their latest releases and stories, also visit mellowtonerecords.com
The only social space to carry on the party, the Music Room’s stage will be taken over by various artists, both local to the city and those playing in the festival.
Ranging from amateur strummers to professional recording artists, this is a chance to see musicians and artists playing together, testing ideas, mingling with the audience and letting their hair down. Informal, chatty and with a full bar open, this is wind down space for festival goers, staff, volunteers and late-nighters! These events will be cúpla focal friendly and Pop Up Gaeltachts may yet be scheduled.
Cast out, blacklisted, rejected and ejected from gentlemen’s clubs far and wide, five dejected cast asides joined forces in what was to be their own celebration of commonality. Described as folk noir, gypsy jazz, sea shanty swaggerers, The Eskies (Dublin) are sure to have you clappin’, hollerin’ and maybe even reelin’ in no time!
Supported by Hop the Sea, this is set to be a powerhouse of an evening! Mikey Kenney, fiddler in the Liverpool Céilí band and The Saltcutters frontman, started discussing a cross-the-sea band with fellow Saltcutter Evelyn Broderick and Co. Down piper Sean Donnelly and a number of others to form a big band that would regularly cross the Irish Sea to meet and perform. This is them! @Hopthesea
Hop the Sea enjoy a drink and a giggle infront of a green wall
Sun 22 and 29: Liverpool, Ireland in our Bones – Walks of the Georgian Quarter
Also running: Sat 21 and 28: Liverpool, Ireland and the luck of the Irish Beatles! – Walks from Hope St to the City Centre
Liverpool Music Tours are offering two cultural walking tours. The first Liverpool, Ireland and the luck of the Irish Beatles starts in The Casa (Hope St) and takes you into the city centre. The second Liverpool, Ireland in our Bones starts in the Philharmonic Dining Rooms (pub on Hope St) and takes you through the glorious bohemian Georgian Quarter. These are tours with a difference. The theme is drawn around music, performed live at each destination. Each includes visits to three pubs of important historical significance to the city. Your ticket covers you for the walk, the history knowledge of your guides and their performances along the way. You buy a refreshment of your choice in each pub – should you wish to -to enjoy as Alan Burke and Debbi Stanistreet take you on a magical musical history tour. Roll up!
Saturday tours start in The Casa (Hope Street) and Sunday tours begin in the Philharmonic Dining Rooms (pub) on the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street.
Sat 21 and 28: Liverpool, Ireland and the luck of the Irish Beatles! – Walks from Hope St to the City Centre
Also running: Sun 22 and 29: Liverpool, Ireland in our Bones – The Georgian Quarter
Liverpool Music Tours are offering two cultural walking tours. The first Liverpool, Ireland and the luck of the Irish Beatles starts in The Casa (Hope St) and takes you into the city centre. The second Liverpool, Ireland in our Bones starts in the Philharmonic Dining Rooms (pub on Hope St) and takes you through the glorious bohemian Georgian Quarter. These are tours with a difference. The theme is drawn around music, performed live at each destination. Each includes visits to three pubs of important historical significance to the city. Your ticket covers you for the walk, the history knowledge of your guides and their performances along the way. You buy a refreshment of your choice in each pub – should you wish to -to enjoy as Alan Burke and Debbi Stanistreet take you on a magical musical history tour. Roll up!
Saturday tours start in The Casa (Hope Street) and Sunday tours begin in the Philharmonic Dining Rooms (pub) on the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street.
