Scotland’s Talisk are one of the best live acts in the UK and on the festival circuit right now, producing raucous crowd energy and stadium-sized sound with a mere concertina, fiddle and guitar. It’s just Mohsen Amini, Benedict Morris and Charlie Galloway on stage with three acoustic instruments — and yet it’s their indescribable ability […]
Floor spots first half + the one and only wonderful Sammy Leary + special guests! Fundraiser for the Omiha Memorial Hall. Sammy Leary comes from Tamaki Makaurau and performs traditional & original music often with strong New Zealand themes but also from the broader folk traditions of Ireland, Britain and the USA. Performing with a […]
Club night with Úna ní Fhlannagáin award winning harpist from Ireland. Úna is rooted in Irish traditional music, but also branches out into jazz, pop, and original composition. Collaborations include Grammy-winner Bobby McFerrin, Emmy winner Fionnuala Flanagan, and the free jazz legend, Anthony Braxton. First half floor singers. Start time 7:00pm. Email to book tickets. whangateaufolk@gmail.com.
Pomahaka-Tyne are a folk duo who perform traditional and contemporary songs and tunes from North-East England, Scotland, Ireland, America and beyond. Janet Thomson sings and plays guitar, alongside Helen Douglas who plays the Northumbrian Small Pipes and a variety of whistles. We are named, 'Pomahaka Tyne', after our home-town rivers.
Rocky Bay Folk Club are thrilled to present ethnomusicologist and performer of 19th century Lancashire dialect and Victorian street ballads, Jennifer Reid. Folk music has lost its way, and people have lost track of their geographical heritage. The working classes made music as a provocation and this is a tradition Jennifer continues: think rousing songs […]
Aotearoa-based folk duo Moon Goose are excited to embark on their first tour in April 2025, bringing their debut EP On the Island, Where our Shadows Lie to audiences across the motu. The tour will showcase their enchanting blend of Celtic-inspired folk music, featuring both traditional songs from the British Isles and original compositions that celebrate nature, friendship, and […]
Sean Kelly & The Super 8’s is a live Irish music concert played to the back-drop of Super 8 movies taken by Sean’s Dad, a cine-movie enthusiast, Seamus Kelly between 1958 & 1988. Sean Kelly arrived in Aotearoa in 1990 and it wasn’t long until he was engrossed in the burgeoning Irish music scene centred […]
Rochdale-born, Sheffield-based artist and actor Jennifer Reid performs Lancashire dialect and Victorian broadside ballads a cappella, continuing and honouring the Northern tradition of using music as a social provocation. She also clog dances – and may incorporate a wrestling belt into her stage wear. Jennifer Reid’s forthcoming album The Ballad of the Gatekeeper was recorded […]
Welcome to ScotStringNZ fiddle camp, a week-long camp (live in or commute) for fiddle and mixed instruments (eg cello, accordion, keyboard, recorder etc) with top instructors brought in from Scotland. Venue is Bella Rakha, a lovely retreat centre set in native bush in West Auckland. Numbers are deliberately kept small; there are classes for all […]
Come and hear Scottish trad musicians Jenna Reid, Sarah Naylor & Grant McFarlane together with students of the annual ScotStringNZ traditional Scottish music school!
Lynne Wilkins and Michael Mackinnon are based in Raglan, New Zealand, a small west-coast town with a big reputation as a creative community. Inspired by songs that deliver on both melody and lyrics, WilkieMac will take you on a journey around the globe and spanning the centuries. Their repertoire will have you singing along, laughing […]
For three decades Mark Laurent and Brenda Liddiard have been performing together - ‘indie’ musicians who fly just below the commercial radar, playing grass-roots, mostly un-plugged music throughout New Zealand, Australia and the UK. Mark plays the blues like his life depends on it! His guitar is just about as expressive as his vocals and […]
