From: Karen Ryan [k.ryan_at_virgin_dot_net]

Sent: 20 October 2017 13:20

Subject: 19th Return to Camden Town Festival Magazine avail to view/ Fest starts in 4 days (24-30 Oct) - woohoo!

 

The 19th Return to Camden Town Festival Magazine is now available to view online/ download

Here: https://www.scribd.com/document/362073015/19th-Return-to-Camden-Town-Festival-Magazine-low-res

Including the full Festival programme, artist biogs, pics, articles and more..

 

Included in this email:  

 

The 19th Return to Camden Town Festival Magazine is now available to download

Here: https://www.scribd.com/document/362073015/19th-Return-to-Camden-Town-Festival-Magazine-low-res

Including the full Festival programme, artist biogs, pics, articles and more..

 

19th Return to Camden Town Festival Tickets available:

?40 Special Offer tickets for concerts and c?il?s (plus booking fee) at the London Irish Centre

19th Return to Camden Town Festival on Sat 28, Sun 29 and Mon 30 October 2017 are now

available through this link: http://bit.ly/2wB8xCG

(that includes 5 concerts, 2 c?il?s and all of the following artists:

Mick O'Brien, Aoife N? Bhr?ain and Caoimh?n ? Fearghail/ Le Ch?ile/

Des Hurley, Paul Daly and Chris O'Malley/ The Bonny Men/ CrossHarbour/

London Irish Pensioners Choir/ Star of Munster C?il? Band/ Angelina Carberry and Dan Brouder/

James Carty and Brian McGrath/ Mick Mulvey and Dermot Burke/ Gatehouse/

Andrew Mac Namara, Karen Ryan and Pete Quinn/

Johnny Minogue, Bryan Rooney, Karen Ryan and Peter McAlinden/ Jerry O'Reilly/

Tom O'Connell, Mick O'Connor and Mick Bailey).

Tickets for all these individual events can be purchased here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/imdl-irish-music-and-dance-in-london-13464442929

?30 Special Offer tickets for set dancing events at the London Irish Centre and Mazenod Hall

available through this link: http://bit.ly/2xWtuIm

(that includes 2 workshops and 2 c?il?s with Jerry O'Reilly and The Star of Munster C?il? Band)

Tickets for all these individual events can be purchased here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/imdl-irish-music-and-dance-in-london-13464442929

 

Concert ticket links for other venues listed below. Stock up now

Tuesday 24th October - The Green Note, Camden

Claire and Sin?ad Egan/ Peter McAlinden and Pete Quinn

Tix: http://bit.ly/2tsl7RE

Wednesday 25th October - Clayton Crown Hotel, Cricklewood

Matt Molloy, John Carty and Arty McGlynn/ The London Lasses and Chris O'Malley

Tix: http://bit.ly/2uWB4Av

Thursday 26th October - Fiddler's Elbow, Kentish Town

Free Album launch featuring: Matt Tighe/ Brendan Hendry and Jonny Toman/

Comhaltas in Britain

Friday 27th October - Kings Place, King's Cross

Noel Hill and Brian McGrath/ Artisan Row

Tix: http://bit.ly/2yi6JuX

Friday 27th October - Musical Traditions Club, King and Queen

Niamh Parsons and Graham Dunne

With Irish music from Maggie Casey (whistles ), Johnny B (mandola) and Dann Kenningham (bodhran )

Tix: http://bit.ly/2xng05i

All Workshop Tickets now available at the following link:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/imdl-irish-music-and-dance-in-london-13464442929

Registration for all workshops at London Irish Centre, 52 Camden Square, London NW1 9XB

SATURDAY 28 OCTOBER

?         9-11am: Concertina Workshop - Noel Hill

?         10am-12pm: Set Dancing Workshop - Jerry O'Reilly

?         11am-1pm: Instrumental Workshops (Intermediate/ Advanced Level)

Button Accordion: Dan Brouder
Fiddle: John McEvoy
Flute: John Wynne
Banjo: Angelina Carberry
Harp: Colm McGonigle
Uilleann Pipes: Mick O'Brien
Tin Whistle: ?rlaith McAuliffe

?         2-4pm: Singing Workshop: Niamh Parsons (plus singing session at 5pm)

 

SUNDAY 29 OCTOBER

?         10am-12pm: Set Dancing Workshop - Jerry O'Reilly

?         11am-1pm: Instrumental Workshops (Intermediate/ Advanced Level)

Concertina: Colm McGonigle
Button Accordion: Andrew Mac Namara
Fiddle: Aoife N? Bhr?ain
Flute: Conor Healy
Banjo: Brian McGrath
Harp: Janet Harbison
Uilleann Pipes: Math?u ? Casaide
Tin Whistle: Brian Hughes

?         2-4pm: Singing Workshop - Conor Walsh (plus singing session at 5pm)

***

This Friday 20th October, from 8.30pm

Session hosted by:

James Carty (flute), James Carty (fiddle) and Peter McAlinden (keys)

The Auld Triangle, 52 St Thomas's Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 2QW

***

Line up for the

19th Return to Camden Town Festival

taking place between

Tuesday 24th and Monday 30th October 2017.

Line up so far includes:

 

Matt Molloy, John Carty and Arty McGlynn/ Noel Hill/ The Bonny Men/

Gatehouse (feat. John Wynne, John McEvoy, Jacinta McEvoy and Rachel Garvey)/

Mick O'Brien, Aoife N? Bhr?ain and Caoimh?n ? Fearghail/ Dan Brouder and Angelina Carberry/

Niamh Parsons and Graham Dunne/ Claire and Sin?ad Egan/ Andrew Mac Namara, Karen Ryan

and Pete Quinn/ James (fiddle) Carty and Brian McGrath/ Brendan Hendry and Jonny Toman/ Star of Munster C?il? Band/ Jerry O'Reilly/ Peter McAlinden/ Des Hurley and Chris O'Malley/ CrossHarbour/ Le Ch?ile/ The London Lasses/ Artisan Row/ Janet Harbison/ Brian Hughes/

Johnny Minogue and Bryan Rooney/ Mick Mulvey and Dermot Burke/

Comhaltas in Britain (album launch) and more tba?

 

 

***

 

 

Paddy Keenan & J Eoin 

Saturday 21 October

Irish Cultural Centre

5 Blacks Road, Hammersmith, W6 9DT
Doors 7.30pm
?15 / ?13 conc.

 

Tickets available: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paddy-keenan-j-eoin-at-the-irish-cultural-centre-hammersmith-tickets-36108503506?aff=erelexpmlt

 

***

 

Session at Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith

5 Blacks Road, London W6 9DT

Hosted by Karen Ryan (fiddle) and Tad Sargent (bouzouki)

5-6pm is for beginners. (Slow session, anyone welcome)
6-8pm is a normal session

Students and budding musicians welcome to join from 5-6pm.

The new bar will also be open! 

 

 

***

Saturday 4th November

International Uilleann Piping Day

Irish Cultural Centre

5 Blacks Road, Hammersmith, W6 9DT

 

2 - 7.30pm

 

Hosted by NPU (Na P?obair? Uilleann)

And featuring guest piper:

 

Fionn?n MacGabhann

 

2pm Try the Pipes - for first timers.. (foyer/bar)

3pm Short Recital/Piper's Chair 3pm -4pm (hall)

Piping Session 4pm - (foyer/bar)

Pipes Classes 4pm - 6pm (upstairs)

 

***

 

Na Leana? - The Sands Family

In concert

 

Saturday 4th November

Irish Cultural Centre

5 Blacks Road, Hammersmith W6 9DT

 

Doors 7.30pm

 

Tickets: ?12/10 conc.

Avail here: https://irishculturalcentre.co.uk/2017/09/20/the-sands-family-album-launch-and-concert/

 

****

 

Andy Irvine - 11 November

Irish Cultural Centre

5 Blacks Road, Hammersmith, W6 9DT
Saturday 11 November
Doors 7.30pm
?15 / ?13 conc.

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/andy-irvine-at-the-irish-cultural-centre-hammersmith-tickets-36584047872

 

 

North London Junior Fleadh

Sunday 19th November

Haringey Irish Centre

Pretoria Road, London N17

 

***

 

Artisan Row in concert

 

SUNDAY 19 NOVEMBER, Walthamstow Folk Club

Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub,

53 Hoe Street, London E17 4SA

 

Featuring:

Conor Doherty (vocal, guitars)

Elma McElligott (flute, sax, whistles, backing vocal)

Pete Quinn (piano, keys, backing vocal)

Karen Ryan (mandola, banjo, whistles, fiddle)

 

Artisan Row's debut album Wild Winds ("an eclectic feast...a fine first album from a fresh new force on

the London Irish scene", Irish Music Magazine) is available to purchase as a digital download or

physical CD on Bandcamp: https://artisanrow.bandcamp.com

 

***

Wednesday 22 November

 

Thomas McCarthy in concert

Cecil Sharp House

2 Regent's Park Road

London NW1 7AY

 

Doors 7pm, Tickets ?10 (plus booking fee)

Avail here: https://www.cecilsharphouse.org/news/21-shared/shared-events/4675-trad-night-thomas-mccarthy

***

 

Arty McGlynn & Nollaig Casey - 25 November

Irish Cultural Centre

5 Blacks Road, Hammersmith, W6 9DT
Saturday 25 November
Doors 7.30pm
?15 / ?13 conc.

Tickets available: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arty-mcglynn-and-nollaig-casey-tickets-36584179265

***

Beoga - A London Residency

5 nights at The Slaughtered Lamb

34-35 Great Sutton St, Clerkenwell, London EC1V 0DX

Sunday 26th - Thursday 30th November

Tix: http://slamb.glasswerk.co.uk/

***

A Weave of Words and Music

With Marj McDaid

 

Irish poetry from 6th to 21st century, leavened with some songs ...

Plus vocal and instrumental contributions from Tell Tale Tusk (telltaletusk.com).

 

Presented by Sutton House Music Society.  Tickets on line from SHMS.org.uk (possibly not yet) and on the door (unless sold out)

 

Sunday 26 November, 3pm, The Old Church, Stoke Newington 

 

***

Saturday 2nd December

Dermot Byrne, Br?d Harper and Steve Cooney

In concert

Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith

5 Blacks Road, London W6 9DT

Tickets: https://www.evensi.uk/dermott-byrne-brid-harper-and-steve-cooney-hammersmith/223675417

***

West London Comhaltas 60th Anniversary Celebrations

Sunday 3rd December

Mazenod Social Club

Mazenod Avenue, Kilburn NW6 4LS

***

New weekly session on Thursdays at:

The Flask, Hampstead

14 Flask Walk, Hampstead, London NW3 1HE

With James Carty (fiddle), John Rynne (flute) and Anthony McGrath (guitar)

***

Unfortunately we have recently heard that two weekly London sessions have stopped:

The Nightingale, Wanstead on Wednesdays

The Canonbury Tavern, Highbury on Thursdays

***

Every last Saturday of the month

The London Irish Playgroup continues on the last Saturday of every month from 12-2pm

in the Kennedy Hall of the London Irish Centre in Camden. 

It's a free 'stay and play' group for families who want their young children to have fun with

the Irish language through games, stories, songs and music. 

 

Contact parent/organiser James McDonald with any enquiries or to be added to the mailing list

at shanakee_at_gmail_dot_com

 

More information on the London Irish Centre website

http://www.londonirishcentre.org/events/event/?event=509

and in the parent's Facebook group: 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/212389842548140/

***

Fundraising is continuing for the long term survival of our much loved

Return to Camden Town Festival

 

Due to various public funding costs and rising costs, reserves and cash flow for the event dwindled -

Major fundraising efforts in 2017 have now made it possible to go ahead with staging the 19th Return to Camden

Town Festival in 2017 but in order to secure the Festival further into the future, we need to

bring additional money in from new sources.

 

Please do not hesitate to get in touch (by replying to this email) if you, or someone you know

would like to receive information about becoming a sponsor (or donor) of the Festival.

 

***

?A Few Tunes of Good Music' (Dr. Reg Hall) - available online now..

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

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

for free viewing and download as a fantastic online flipbook,

complete with many illustrations.

 

Click the link for your copy.

 

http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/a-few-good-tunes/

 

***

Now available from the Topic Records website:

http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/category/news/

 

2 CD Box Sets of 3 CDs each:

?It was mighty' - The Early Days of Irish Music in London

and

?It was great altogether' - The Continuing Tradition of Irish Music in London

Selected and presented by Reg Hall

As part of the Voice of the People series

200 tracks and 7 and a half hours of music.

 

See the track listings here for each CD set:

?It was Mighty': http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/tscd679t-it-was-mighty-the-early-days-of-irish-music-in-london/

?It was great altogether': http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/tscd680t-it-was-great-altogether-the-continuing-tradition-of-irish-music-in-london/

 

?25 for both sets.