Clancy Brothers Festival Opening Concert
Brewery Lane Theatre, Wednesday May 31st, 8pm, €16.50
Tom Nealon will open the festival and introduce an evening of Songs and Stories with the very best of local talent including Lorraine Ní Mhurchú & Caoimhe Maher, Maria O’Shea Enright & Gay Brazel, Jane McLoughlin & Marie Walsh, Phila Grace, Anthony Dignam, Kate De Barra, Kevin Power, and recently crowned World’s Irish Dancing Champion Aoibhe Twomey. Festival opened by Tom Nealon, MC, and show produced by Walter Dunphy.Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act details Act
Booking opens 10am, May 8th, at www.ticketsource.eu/brewery-lane-theatre or Phone/Text/WhatsApp Brewery Lane on 0861274736
Emer Dunne & Friends in Concert
Brewery Lane Theatre, Thursday June 1st, 8pm, €18.50
Following on from the successful release of her debut folk album, ‘Hourglass‘, with talented producer, Bill Shanley, Irish singer, Emer Dunne, is soaring to new heights. From singing at the Celtic Ball at the tender age of ten, all across Europe and Japan with an Irish dance troop to her own shows in the UK, Netherlands, Germany and back home, Emer then set out to record & release her debut folk album and most recently she is touring Irish theatres with her musicians and enjoying the ‘Hourglass’ Tour.
Emer’s voice has been compared to that of Mary Black, Maura O Connell and more. ‘One of the clearest and most beautiful voices on the current Irish music scene’ Music, Tradition and Emerald Isle Magazine, Germany. ‘Hourglass’ featured a host of talented musicians and brought an array of timeless and deeply rooted folk songs to the listener. Every word is crystal clear and the stories and emotions seep through making this a hugely successful starting point for Emer. She is excited to release more music in 2023.
Featuring on RTE Television’s ‘Today’ show and releasing two singles, ‘Daisy’ and ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’, this songstress is set for an exciting future. Both singles and her recent album went to no 1 in the Irish iTunes charts, received international, national and regional airplay.
Booking opens 10am, May 8th, at www.ticketsource.eu/brewery-lane-theatre or Phone/Text/WhatsApp Brewery Lane on 0861274736
Musical Society Goes Folk Vol. 5
Strand Theatre, Thursday June 1st, 8pm, €15
An evening of music and song from the worlds of musical theatre and classic folk and a variety of Clancy Brothers numbers, with many members of the acclaimed Carrick-on-Suir Musical Society performing in a special, intimate concert at the Strand Theatre.
Booking https://www.ticketsource.eu/strand-theatre
The Clancy Cousins
Brewery Lane Theatre, Friday June 2nd, 8pm, €18.50
The Clancy cousins, steeped in folk tradition, come together for a very special family performance. A festival favourite, this night of music and song includes Dónal Clancy, Roisín Clancy & Ryland Teifi, Colm Power, Kevin Power, Liam Butler, Méin Nic Craith and Lorna Hennessey.
Booking opens 10am, May 8th, at www.ticketsource.eu/brewery-lane-theatre or Phone/Text/WhatsApp Brewery Lane on 086127473
Makem & Clancy
Strand Theatre, Saturday June 3rd, 8pm, €20
Rory Makem and Donal Clancy carry on the musical legacy, stories and songs of their legendary fathers, Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy. Rory and Donal will be joined on stage with Donnchadh Gough (Bodhran) and Brendan Clancy (fiddle/mandolin).
Dónal Clancy is an acclaimed guitarist, singer and performer. Dónal grew up in a household and community steeped in music. He spent his early childhood in Canada and the US before his family settled back in An Rinn, Co.Waterford. His father gave him his first guitar at the age of eight and he was playing professionally by his early teens. Dónal performed and recorded albums with his Dad Liam and cousin Robbie O’Connell for many years touring across the Globe. Dónal co-founded the group Danú, one of the most successful Irish bands today. In 2006 her released his debut solo guitar album ‘Close To Home’ which The Boston Globe dubbed “a sweet masterpiece of melodic grace and riveting groove”. After the death of his father he began to focus his attention on the family repertoire of songs that he grew up with, while keeping the Clancy tradition alive with his solo performances.
Rory Makem is a seasoned performer with over 25 years on the road, and he has toured extensively with The Makem and Spain Brothers. He toured and played guitar with his father, the legendary Tommy Makem for 17 years. He has entertained countless sold-out venues, festivals, and theatres throughout the United States, Canada, England, Scotland and Ireland. Rory captivates audiences with his skilled musicianship, his charisma and passion for the songs, his extensive knowledge of poetry and history, and his humor.The love of song runs deep in the family. Continuing a legacy handed down from his grandmother, the seminal folk singer Sarah Makem, Rory pulls the songs of the sailors, the labourers, the lovers, the fighters and the land from the pages of history and breathes life into them. An adept interpreter of folk songs, he masterfully accompanies himself on guitar, banjo, mandolin or bouzouki. Throughout their individual pursuits, the latter-day Makem and Clancy have always sung the praises of their forebears, and in 2016 finally joined forces as a duo to carry on the legacies of The Clancy Brothers and the original Makem and Clancy.
This will be a magical night to remember!
Booking https://www.ticketsource.eu/strand-theatre
The Wood of O in Concert
Nano Nagle Chapel, Sunday June 4th, 8pm, €15
Breege Phelan and Will McLellan play a spellbinding concert of iconic folk, contemporary and original music, with guests Liam O’Reilly, Tom Scanlan and Rebekah Keogh, including music from their new EP, ‘MountainSkyMoon’.
If you love distinctively haunting vocal that reach in to your soul, fingerstyle acoustic guitar that flows between genres, the this concert is a must see!
Booking opens Tuesday April 11th at the Tudor Artisan Hub, 42 Main Street, Carrick on Suir, 10am – 6pm, Tuesday – Saturday, Tel. 051 640921.
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