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The Eleventh Leeds Gathering Festival Is a Celebration of Irish Music And Please note: The eleventh Leeds Gathering All details are correct as of 1st October 2015. The Irish Arts Foundation reserves the right festival is a celebration of to amend any programme details. Irish music and arts, from the November 2015 November Saturday 7th to Sunday 29th 29th Sunday to 7th Saturday www.irisharts.org.uk 7th to 29th November 2015. Well... Well... We’ve tried our very best to bring you the finest examples kind stranger. kind of traditional and contemporary Irish arts, we’re sure you’ll enjoy it… You’re welcome here here welcome You’re Leeds Irish Arts Foundation Registered Charity No. 1101657 Company Limited by Guarantee in England and Wales No. 4927919 Preview Events Festival start Official Launch Friday 9th October Friday 30th October Saturday 7th November Tuesday 10th November ................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................. ................................................................................... 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm Dervish in Concert Hothouse Flowers in Concert Talisk in Concert Official Launch Event plus support plus support from plus support from and Lecture from In association with Saltairelive Rainy Boy Sleep Ellie Coast The Irish Ambassador to ................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................. Britain, His Excellency, Dervish are one of the greatest bands ever to have Something amazing happens when Hothouse Winners of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, Mr. Daniel Mulhall come out of Ireland. Featuring the distinctive Flowers step onto the stage — something that has Talisk have already made a big impression ................................................................................... vocals of Cathy Jordan — surely the finest front- been shaped by over thirty years of singing and on the folk music scene since their formation 2015 is the 150th anniversary woman anywhere in Ireland — and an impressive playing all over the world, yet no two shows have in August last year. of the birth of Nobel-Prize winning instrumental line-up brimming with firepower, ever been the same! There is a sense of musical The group also won a coveted Danny Kyle poet W.B. Yeats. To celebrate this they have been travelling the globe flying the flag adventure; an impulse to reach new heights and Award at Celtic Connections 2015 and have we are delighted to welcome the for authentic Irish music for over 20 years. depths in music where the unspoken aim is that performed live in session on BBC Radio 2. Ambassador of Ireland, Daniel Their live shows are characterised by the the band and the audience become one and Mohsen Amini (concertina), Hayley Keenan Mulhall, to the Leeds Irish Centre carefully crafted arrangements, juxtaposing the world becomes a different place for a while. (fiddle) and Craig Irving (guitar) utilise their to deliver a talk on Yeats. infinite subtlety and a thrilling, fiery energy. Hothouse Flowers are a rock n ’roll band, strong individual backgrounds in Irish and The Ambassador has maintained Instantly compelling songs, delivered with Hothouse Flowers are a traditional band, and Scottish music to create an award winning sound. a lifelong interest in Irish literature, Cathy’s exquisitely measured vocals, and Hothouse Flowers are a soul band. Hothouse The trio’s engaging and energetic and Yeats in particular. A keen irresistibly rhythmic sets of tunes combine to Flowers are a jam band with their own homemade performances have already landed them slots historian, he will speak about capture all that is best in Irish music. jam spread into all corners of the bread! at some of Britain’s biggest festivals, including ‘WB Yeats and the Ireland of his time’, Years of creating music together have refined Despite the band’s lengthy career which is Cambridge Folk Festival, Celtic Connections, using Yeats’s work as a gateway the distinctive Dervish sound, as the playing now heading into its fourth decade there Fairport Convention’s Cropredy Festival and into late-19th and early-20th century of musicians deeply at home with each other is a sense of unfinished business. Every night they now the Leeds Gathering Festival! Irish history. Ambassador Mulhall merges satisfyingly into one. If ever there was want to play the best gig they have ever played .............................................................................................................. joined the Irish Department of a band where the whole adds up to so much and take the musical risks that can maybe make “Setting scary standards” Foreign Affairs in 1978 and has then the sum of its highly accomplished parts, that possible. There are still songs to be written Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 2 previously served as Irish Consul- .............................................................................................................. that band is Dervish. and emotions to share. Whether it’s in a tiny club, General in Scotland and as www.talisk.co.uk www.dervish.ie an arena or in a festival field there is a sense that .............................................................................................................. Ambassador of Ireland in Malaysia Tickets: £15.00 the best is yet to come. We are delighted to feature Leeds based singer- and Germany. Victoria Hall, Victoria Road, Saltaire BD18 3JS Tickets: £29.50 | £28 songwriter and recent graduate from Leeds ALL WELCOME www.saltairelive.co.uk Telephone: 0113 224 3801 College of Music, Ellie Coast, who is fast gaining FREE EVENT www.leeds.gov.uk/townhall/Pages/ a following in the Leeds unplugged scene. The O’Meara Suite default.aspx www.reverbnation.com/elliecoastmusic Leeds Irish Centre, York Road Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AD Tickets: £8 | £6 concessions Leeds LS9 9NT To book online (additional fee applies): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talisk-in- concert-plus-support-from-ellie-coast- tickets-18117626308 Concert: Concert: Please see www.irisharts.org.uk for hyperlink. Hothouse Flowers Talisk The Inkwell, 31 Potternewton Lane Fri 30th Oct Sat 7th Nov Leeds LS7 3LW www.inkwellarts.org.uk Wednesday 11th—Monday 16th November Wednesday 11th November Saturday 14th November Saturday 14th November Sunday 15th November ................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................. 7.30pm 11.15am 2.30pm 2.30pm The Leeds Gathering Film Event Traditional Irish Music Acoustic Showcase Acoustic Showcase The Road to God ................................................................................................................. Michael Tennyson (piano accordion) and and Traditional Irish and Traditional Irish Knows Where Patrick Flannery (banjo) ................................................................................................................. Music Session Music Session FREE EVENT ................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................. The Road to God Knows Where (1988) was a After extensive refurbishment The Bridge Inn The Chemic has established itself as a venue Oakwood Farmers Market, Oakwood Clock, break-through, iconoclastic film for Alan Gilsenan is now the brewery tap for Kirkstall Brewery. for live music and sessions in Leeds. Leeds LS8 2HU and remains a memorable zeitgeist movie of Today we feature performances from Eilish Today we feature performances from our Ireland in a transformational decade. If the 1980s Byrne-Whelehan (fiddle), Dave Wood (guitar) guest musicians Síle Friel (uilleann pipes), Conor was a period of social regression, emigration Saturday 14th November ................................................................................................................. Paul Ruane (fiddle), Deirdre Ruane (tin whistle, Healey (flute), Colm McGonigle (concertina) pm and political crisis, it was also the harbinger of 12.45 button accordion) and Tad Sargent (bodhrán). and Brian Kelly (banjo). seismic cultural shifts that dynamically connected FREE EVENT FREE EVENT Irish people at home and away. Road captures Traditional Irish Music Kirkstall Bridge Inn, Bridge Road The Chemic Tavern, Johnston Street this shock wave spirit in its chaotic ensemble of Workshops Leeds LS5 3BW Leeds LS6 2NG testimony, stark visual imagery and arresting ................................................................................................................. www.kirkstallbridge.co.uk www.thechemictavern.co.uk music track featuring U2, Aslan and the Pogues. Fiddle featuring Paul Ruane and Eilish Byrne- The film was infused with the
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