From the Margins : Live Listings
Recommended Folk, Acoustic + Psychedelia / North Wales & Beyond- 17 - 27 October : Liverpool Irish Festival
The Liverpool Irish Festival's 2019 edition has a strong programme of music, theatre, performance and art built around a theme of 'unique stories, creatively told' - offering sure highlights from Jack Lukeman, Kilkelly, Lisa O'Neill & John Connors. [More + Tickets] - Thu 24 October : Faustus : Wyeside Arts Centre [Builth Wells] 8.00pm / Tickets I Preview
- Fri 25 October : Faustus : The Three Tuns Inn [Bishop’s Castle] Venue I Preview
- Fri 25 October : 9Bach : Philharmonic [Liverpool] 8pm / Tickets £12-15
- Sat 26 October : 9Bach : Pontio [Bangor] 8pm / Tickets £12-14
9BACH I Llyn Du (Acoustic)
- Weds 30th October : Dispatches on the Red Dress - Rowan Rheingans Solo : Wyeside Arts Centre [Builth Wells] 7.30pm / Tickets: £13-15
- Thu 31 October : Dispatches on the Red Dress - Rowan Rheingans Solo : MOMA [Machynlleth] 7.30pm / Details
- Sun 3 November : Virginia Kettle & The Dreamkeepers : Raven Folk Club [Chester] £10
- Sun 3 November : Roman Candle Presents : John Smith : St Mary's [Chester] 7.30pm / Tickets £15 Adv.
- Sun 3 November : Gigspanner : Hermon Chapel [Oswestry] 6.30pm / Tickets £5-15
- Tue 5 November : Gigspanner : Ceridigion Museum [Aberystwyth] 7.00pm / Tickets £16-18
- Thu 7 November : Dispatches on the Red Dress - Rowan Rheingans Solo : The Art Shop & Chapel [Abergavenny] 8.00pm / Tickets £15
- Thu 7 November : Roman Candle Presents : A.A. Bondy : St Mary's [Chester] 7.30pm / Tickets £10 Adv.
- Fri 8 November : Luke Jackson : Village Hall [Gwaenysgor] Details
- Sun 10 November : Dispatches on the Red Dress - Rowan Rheingans Solo : Hermon Chapel [Oswestry] 7.00pm / Tickets £5-12
- Fri 15 November : Natacha Atlas : Pontio [Bangor] 8pm / Tickets £20
- Thu 21 November : The Goat Roper Rodeo Band : Blue Sky [Bangor] Details
- Fri 22 November : Talisk : Pontio [Bangor] 8.00pm / Tickets : Early Bird £12
- Sat 23 November : Blazin' Fiddles : Village Hall [Gwaenysgor] Details
- Sat 23 November : Formidable Fest : Tramshed [Cardiff] Details & Tickets
To mark the release of a commemorative ten year edition of their debut, A Balloon Called Moaning, The Joy Formidable headline Formidable Fest on Saturday, 23 November at Cardiff's Tramshed. The band will play acoustic and electric sets - and are joined on an eclectic bill by Brighton's Blood Red Shoes, Walt Disco, Bryde, Islet, Chroma and Candelas. Gwenno will offer a DJ set. The dazzling flight of the new acoustic version of Whirring should set the mood. [More] - Sun 24 November : Ben Robertson : Raven Folk Club [Chester] £7
- Wed 27 November : Iona Fyfe : Village Hall [Gwaenysgor] Details
- Fri 29 November : Bwncath : Saith Seren [Wrexham] Details
- Fri 29 November : Tom Blackwell : Blue Sky [Bangor] Details
Last year Tom Blackwell's visit to Blue Sky, Bangor was a privilege to watch. A distinct, authentic voice, his music presents all the emotional texture and depth of classic Americana - telling stories of bruised hopes and fragmented settlements between yearning and loss - yet in a distinct, English voice. Blackwell's return to the same venue this November ranks as unmissable against any benchmark. [Tickets] - Sun 1 December : Merry Hell Acoustic : Hermon Chapel [Oswestry] 7.30pm / Tickets £5-13
- Sat 7 December : Elephant Sessions : Pontio [Bangor] 8.00pm / Tickets £12-14
- Sat 21 December : Nadolig Celtaidd yng Nghymru gyda Calan / A Celtic Christmas in Wales with Calan : Pontio [Bangor] 7.30pm / Tickets £14-16
- Fri 24 January : Catrin Finch & Cimarrón : Galeri [Caernarfon] 7.30pm / Tickets £15-18
- Thu 20 February : Jamie Smith's Mabon / Gwen Màiri : Galeri [Caernarfon] 7.30pm / Tickets £14-16
- Wed 1 April : Belinda O'Hooley : Solo Piano - Inversions : [Caernarfon] 7.30pm / Tickets £12-14 - Preview
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