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.
A perfect follow on from the morning’s Irish Heritage Walk (for those with a bit of walking stamina), the Scotland Road walk will be led by local historians, exploring Liverpool’s world famous dockland district, its Irish traditions, connections to the Easter Rising and forgotten graveyards and tunnels.
Meet on Juvenal-Grosvenor Street corners (see Scotland Road walk meeting point in Venues)
The Saltcutters are a Scouse Irish dance band, based in Liverpool, facing West.
They’re not easily forgotten. A lively traditional Irish dance band from Liverpool, known for their speedy playing and endless energy, The Saltcutters feature Mikey Kenney (fiddle), Susie Howlin (flute), Lizzy Allen (fiddle) and Chris Roche (piano). They’re a familiar bunch around Liverpool, with three of them also being members of the famous Liverpool Ceili Band, responsible for curating many traditional music events across the city and can often be found travelling around Ireland and Europe, too. Come along for a guaranteed knees-up.
Cali sessions provide a place to meet for players and listeners to explore a wealth of Irish and Liverpool traditional songs. All musicians of any age are welcome at this weekly seisiún attended by locals, bar staff and strangers each Tuesday. Under 18s welcome.
This is one of the best known and highly regarded trad sessions in town!
Transporting guests to Ireland every Monday, we advise arriving early to secure a seat in this cosy, two roomed, Grade II listed pub, where visitors can expect skilful music in close quarters!
Body and Blood is a new play exploring a buried cultural history – arranged marriages in Ireland. Inspired by writer Lorraine Mullaney’s grandmother who had an arranged marriage, Body and Blood is a dark comedy that tackles a tough subject with humour and live music.
It’s 1956, and young Aileen comes to London looking for her sister, who fled Ireland to escape an arranged marriage to an elderly farmer “with a face like the Turin shroud”. Instead of finding her sister, Aileen finds a new life of freedom and possibilities. Will Aileen choose this new life or return to Ireland and make the sacrifices required to stay true to her roots? And will she discover why her Uncle Colm refuses to return home? Body and Blood explores the conflicts and culture clashes resulting from migration and the pull of traditional Irish values, highlighting how far Ireland has come since the 1950s.
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. WE APOLOGISE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.
A revealing history of the Irish in Liverpool, Greg’s book is written for the general reader covering the 1700s to 1960s via a variety of topics, including employment, education, revolutionaries, sectarianism, Irish Nationalism, the break-up of the Irish districts after the 1920s, a timeline and a hundred potted biographies. Linked to the festival’s heritage walks, this will be an informative event with a Q&A session. Books will be available for £10.
Organised by the Institute of Irish Studies, in partnership with the Liverpool Irish Festival, this event takes place in the Lesley Hearnshaw Theatre within the Eleanor Rathbone Building and will be followed by a reception in the foyer.
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Free entry, booking required. Spaces are limited. Please RSVP to Dorothy Lynch (Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool) using dorothy@liv.ac.uk or +44(0) 151 794 3837. Remaining seats will allocated on a first-come first served basis.
Take this walk though Liverpool’s historic Rodney and Hope Street areas, discovering colourful characters and long-lost histories. Who was the White Angel and where is she now? Who came for the weekend and stayed for 20 years? And, did a Bishop really get stoned?
Our first festival-in-a-festival, the Celtic Animation Film Festival showcases animated films from those submitted to this year’s inaugural competition.
At the time of writing, more than 250 international entries have been received. Resulting in an industry awards event, the aim is to encourage new and emerging Celtic and international animators to forge an ongoing global community to celebrate and share their practice, whilst telling or reflecting Celtic stories and concerns. Awards are to be given for Best Professional Short Film, Best International Short Film and Best Student Short Film, judged by panellists, including Matthew Gravelle (award winning animator and lecturer, University of South Wales) and Jared Taylor (Programme Director Animation, Director of Undergraduate Studies of the School of Design, Edinburgh College of Art) and festival directors Kate Corbin and Eleonora Asparuhova. @cafcompetition
Tickets are available via eventbrite.com
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The competition, day and venue have been organised by Kate Corbin and Eleonora Asparuhova, with support from and in partnership with the Liverpool Irish Festival.
