From: Karen Ryan [k.ryan_at_virgin_dot_net]

Sent: 11 May 2016 15:10

Subject: Tix avail for 'Irish Hooley in Islington' 28 June/ More line up announced for Raymond Roland Tribute 4 June

Included in this email:

Tix avail for ?Irish Hooley in Islington' - Tues 28 June (London Lasses/ Le Ch?ile/ CrossHarbour ..)
Raymond Roland 30^th Anniversary Concert - Sat 4 June - more line up announced
Auld Triangle this Friday
Mn? an Cheoil - TG4 series about the rise of women in trad Irish music
Wed 11^th May - ?Martyrdem' Book Launch - music, song and poetry
Fri 13^th May - Michael Sheehy Band _at_ Musical Traditions Club
Sat 14^th May - ITMA (Dublin) talk and launch - ?It was Mighty' Reg Hall
27-30 May - Kilburn Festival
Sat 28^th May - Fiddle and Flute workshops _at_ H'smith Town Hall
Fri 3 June - Jerry O'Reilly & Luke Cheevers _at_ Musical Traditions
Sat 4 June - Raymond Roland 30^th Anniversary Tribute Night _at_ Cecil Sharp House
Tues 21 June - Artisan Row _at_ Green Note, Camden
Tues 28 June - exciting Irish Music and Dance in London TBA?.
Thurs 22 Sept - The Gloaming at Royal Festival Hall
Now available online: Reg Hall's ?A few good tunes' 1000 page book
Now available to buy: Topic Records/ Reg Hall's Irish music in London CDs
Weekly Saturday night session at CornerHouse in Wembley
View TG4 Gradam Ceoil Awards online (congrats ?rlaith McAuliffe)
Dates for 18^th RtCT Festival: Tues 25 - Mon 31 October 2016

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Irish Hooley in Islington

Tuesday 28^th June

Islington Assembly Hall, Upper Street, London N1 2UD

A great gathering of some of the finest exponents of Irish music, song and dance. This concert, in the beautiful surrounds of the Islington Assembly Hall, will feature:

The London Lasses and Chris O'Malley, Le Ch?ile, CrossHarbour, Meitheal Cheoil

and more...

Doors Open 7pm, onstage time 7.30pm, concert ends 10pm, bar license until 12am.

Tickets: ?15/ ?5 (U18s) plus booking fee

Tickets available now at: http://bit.ly/1pJfg4T

www.londonlasses.net
www.crossharbourmusic.com

'The London Lasses - a formidable and talented group of musicians'

Matt Molloy (The Chieftains)

'Cult '70s London Irish band Le Ch?ile .... an exciting mix of big band and traditional folk

from Donegal and Galway' Time Out

'CrossHarbour ... Their music was simply outstanding' Tony Lawless (TradConnect.com)

This event is the 2nd fundraiser for 'Irish Music and Dance in London' (IMDL) and towards the staging of the 18th Return to Camden Town Festival (25-31 Oct 2016)

For more information:
www.returntocamden.org
www.facebook.com/returntocamdentown
Twitter: _at_ReturntoCamden
Instagram: Irishmusicdanceinlondon

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A night of Irish Traditional Music

Raymond Roland Tribute Concert

Saturday 4th June 2016 19.30 -23.00. (Doors open 19.00)

At Cecil Sharpe House (EFDSS), 2 Regents Park Road, London NW1 7AY

Appearing, from Ireland

Annette Roland (banjo/ vocals), Conor McCarthy (Button Accordion),

Des O' Halloran (Vocals/ Fiddle), John Carty (Fiddle/ Banjo), Johnny O'Halloran (Melodeon)

Neansa? N? Choisdealbha (Flute), Ann Kirrane Droney (Vocals/ Concertina),

James Cleneghan (Guitar), Danny Meehan (Fiddle),

Joined on the night by

Bryan Rooney (Fiddle), Terence O'Flaherty (Vocals/Guitar),

John O'Shea (Fiddle), Tom O'Connell (Button Accordion),

Brendan Mulkere (Fiddle), John Bowe (Button Accordion),

Se?n Mc Donagh (Button Accordion), James Carty (Fiddle), James Carty (Flute)

Louisburgh Revisited,

Jimmy Murphy, Anthony Coyne, Eoin Toher, Martin Fahy & Nicholas Long ++

Le Ch?ile,

Including Liam Farrell, Danny Meehan, Kevin Boyle, Andy Martyn, Paul Gallagher

with Peter McAlinden & Angela Crotty.

Entrance on the Night ?15.00, Concessions ?10.00

Mobile No for Enquiries. TBA

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Session this Friday 13^th May at the Auld Triangle, Finsbury Park from 8.30pm

Session hosted by:

Gary Connolly (box), James Carty (flute), James Carty (fiddle) and Peter McAlinden (keys)

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Mn? an Cheoil

A new six part TG4 series that celebrates the rise of women in traditional Irish music

Each programme with a focus on a particular instrument

Episodes 1 and 2 (harp and flute/ whistle) now available to watch on the TG4 iplayer

http://www.tg4.ie/en/player/music/

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ICC Traditional Music Workshops

The ICC is delighted to offer an upcoming series of Music Workshop Masterclasses

by some of the most talented musicians around.

The following workshops are due to take place at the end of this month:

Saturday 28 May
Fiddle: Des Hurley
Sylvain Barou: Flute

Hammersmith Town Hall - 10am-2pm
ICC Music Students - FREE Entry
Non-ICC Students - ?10 Per Workshop

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'Martyrdem' Book Launch

Wednesday the 11th of May

A night of Irish poetry, music and song to launch the 'Martyrdem' collection edited by James

McDonald featuring new work by award winning Irish poets and featuring new illustrations by

Michael Sheehy.

Central London venue (Confirmation of address to advance ticket holders only.

No tickets on the door)

All attendees get a complimentary copy of the limited edition first print of the book.

Tickets:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/martyrdem-london-launch-tickets-24833196760?utm_term=eventurl_text

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FRIDAY 13th MAY

The mighty MICHAEL SHEEHY BAND

Musical Traditions Club

Music from Sliabh Luachra with all star lineup Michael Sheehy (piano accordion),

Katie Howson (melodeon), John Howson (guitar), Roger Digby (anglo concertina),

Liz Giddings (fiddle).

Now resident in Suffolk, Michael was delighted to share his father's West Limerick

repertoire with these long established local musicians, an exciting and creative meeting

producing some brilliant beautiful music.

PLUS we'll be celebrating Katie's Birthday !

The King & Queen, 1 Foley Street, London W1W 6DL

(jnc. Foley Street & Cleveland Street)

Tube: Goodge Street / Warren Street/ Great Portland Street.

Limited free parking after 6.30 on side nearest the pub.

Admission : ?8, concs. ?6 (Members ?7, concs ?5) 8-11pm.

Info : www.mustradclub.co.uk/ englishfolkinfo.org.uk

petawebken_at_aol_dot_com Tel. 020 8340 0530 or Ken mob. 0780 143 2901

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Saturday 14^th May

Talk and Launch

At the Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA)

73 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, Ireland

To celebrate the launch of 2 new CD collections & e-book of Irish music in London

from Topic Records, ITMA is hosting an afternoon talk by Dr. Reg Hall

in 73 Merrion Square.

Tickets are free for the afternoon talk in ITMA.

Early booking advisable as places are limited.

ITMA would also like to advise you that we are hosting a London Irish concert in

The Cobblestone, 77 King Street North
Smithfield, Dublin, at 9 pm that evening.

Tickets for this concert will ONLY be available at the Cobblestone door and cost ?12.

For more details see the http://cobblestonepub.ie/

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Kilburn Festival: 27-30 May 2016

Concerts: (Ticket Only)

Friday 27th May 2016

Doors 7pm - 4am

The Good Ship. 289 Kilburn High Road. NW6 7JR

THE BIBLECODE SUNDAYS

JAMES CANNON DUO
WAYNE BRENNAN

Trad disco and DJ's

Saturday 28th May 2016

Doors 7pm - 4am

The Good Ship. 289 Kilburn High Road. NW6 7JR

LOIC BLEJEAN, TAD SARGENT with special guest SYLVAIN BAROU

HALF SET (Noreen Cullen & Adrian Burns)

CONTRABAND

Trad disco and DJ's

Ceili and workshops: (Admission on door)

Saturday 28th May 2016

The Shamrock Sports & Social Club

307A Horn Lane, Acton. W3 0BP

Midday - 2pm

Set & S?an Nos workshop with Sharleen McCaffrey

2pm onwards

Set dance ceili with THE LONDON IRISH CEILI BAND

Sunday 29th May 2016

The Shamrock Sports & Social Club

307A Horn Lane, Acton. W3 0BP

Midday - 2pm

Set & S?an Nos workshop with Sharleen McCaffrey

2pm onwards

Set dance ceili with THE LONDON IRISH CEILI BAND

Sessions and free gigs:

THE SIR COLIN CAMPBELL.

264 Kilburn High Road. NW6 2BY

Friday 27th May. 5pm - 7pm. Trad Session

Saturday 28th May. 4pm - 7pm. Trad Session

THE NORTH LONDON TAVERN

375 Kilburn High Road. NW6 7QB

Sunday 29th May. 8pm - 11pm

THE LUCKY PLUCKER and friends

Monday 30th May. 1pm - onwards. Trad Session

Tickets now on sale via the website

www.kilburnfestival.com

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New weekly Saturday night session:

The Corner House

313 Harrow Road, Wembley Central, Wembley, Middlesex, HA9 6BA

8-11pm

Hosted by: Brian Carolan (banjo), Aedan Daire O'Donghaile (guitar/flute) and Ciaran Hanna (concertina)

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FRIDAY 3rd JUNE

DUBLIN night with great singers & raconteurs

JERRY O'REILLY and LUKE CHEEVERS direct from Dublin

plus brilliant performance poet RACKER DONNELLY.

Musical Traditions Club

The King & Queen, 1 Foley Street, London W1W 6DL

(jnc. Foley Street & Cleveland Street)

Tube: Goodge Street / Warren Street/ Great Portland Street.

Limited free parking after 6.30 on side nearest the pub.

Admission : ?8, concs. ?6 (Members ?7, concs ?5) 8-11pm.

Info : www.mustradclub.co.uk/ englishfolkinfo.org.uk

petawebken_at_aol_dot_com Tel. 020 8340 0530 or Ken mob. 0780 143 2901

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Tuesday 21^st June, 8.30pm

Artisan Row in concert

At The Green Note

106 Parkway, Camden NW1

Featuring:

Conor Doherty - guitars, vocals
Elma McElligott - flute, whistle, backing vocals
Pete Quinn - piano, keyboard, backing vocals
Karen Ryan - banjo, mandola, fiddle, whistle

Tickets: ?10

More details and tickets available here: http://www.greennote.co.uk/production/artisan-row/

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Thurs 22 September

The Gloaming in concert at the Royal Festival Hall

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/the-gloaming-94362

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?A few good tunes' (Dr. Reg Hall) - available online now..

Reg Hall's monumental and comprehensive history of Irish music in London

entitled ?A few good tunes' is now available through the Topic Records website

for free viewing and download as a fantastic online flipbook,

complete with many illustrations.