{"title": "The Sands Family", "start": "2026-11-21T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Irish Cultural Centre", "address": "5 Black's Road, Hammersmith, W6 9DT", "price": "£22 / £20 (concessions)", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "22.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk/irish"], "description": "The Sands Family, Ireland's beloved folk family, give a special live performance at the Irish Cultural Centre with special guest Ava Turnbull. For over fifty years the County Down siblings Tommy, Ben, Colum and Anne have brought people together through music, storytelling and a deep love of Ireland's cultural traditions, moving from foot-stomping jigs and reels to poignant contemporary ballads. Fifteen-year-old singer-songwriter Ava Turnbull, part of the renowned Sands family, blends her family's folk roots with her own fresh influences, singing and playing guitar, fiddle or bodhrán.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-sands-family-41557/", "official_url": "https://irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/the-sands-family/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/edf8df619ee3ef6e1e4c55d722117f1f003897aaabc4576873fdc2ad3cbe9a08-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-21T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Irish Cultural Centre", "address": "5 Black's Road, Hammersmith, W6 9DT", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "ICC Concert Session with Tad Sargent, Rita Farrell & Sinead Linane", "start": "2026-11-15T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Irish Cultural Centre", "address": "5 Black's Road, Hammersmith, W6 9DT", "price": "Free Event - Advance Booking is Required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk/irish/irish-trad"], "description": "An ICC Concert Session, part of the Irish Cultural Centre's concert session series, an afternoon of traditional Irish music. Host and guitarist Tad Sargent accompanies Rita Farrell on pipes and Sinead Linane on fiddle. London-born uilleann piper and flute and piano player Rita Farrell and much-loved London fiddle player Sinead Linane join the series' Autumn season as its next two guests.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/icc-concert-session-with-tad-sargent-rita-farrell-sinead-lin-74236/", "official_url": "https://irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/icc-concert-session-with-tad-sargent-rita-farrell-sinead-linane/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2fe85fe1acf536176694205d4b653ad616459ea2faa799cd8038e2b2f729a28e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Whileaways", "start": "2026-11-13T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Irish Cultural Centre", "address": "5 Black's Road, Hammersmith, W6 9DT", "price": "£17 / £15 (concessions)", "price_from": "17.00", "price_to": "17.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk"], "description": "The Whileaways are a folk trio performing an evening of their beautifully crafted original songs and harmonies. The band are Noelie McDonnell, Noriana Kennedy and Nicola Joyce, three singers and songwriters from Galway who came together in 2012 and have since released four critically acclaimed albums. Essentially becoming one stunning voice, their live show blends storytelling and intimate conversation, drawing on songs mined from their own lives and the lives of others. They are often joined by Eimhin Cradock and Sam Finlay on drums and bass.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-whileaways-41549/", "official_url": "https://irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/the-whileaways/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9eb566938148673ce0555fd091777d509f59277c91f3473c10cb5bf77acda363-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Irish Folk Music Session", "start": "2026-11-11T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T21:30:00Z", "place": "The Antwerp Arms", "address": "Church Road 168-170, N17 8AS London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk/irish"], "description": "Irish Folk Music Session is a Wednesday evening of traditional Irish music at the Antwerp Arms. Local traditional Irish music players host the session, and they have played there for some time, including at the pub's 10th birthday. 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They give Irish music a fresh voice, blending traditional sounds with punk and a hint of psychedelia, and use instruments including banjo, harmonium, acoustic guitar, bass VI and drums. Drawing on Planxty, The Pogues and Lankum, they keep Irish language, songs and storytelling alive while pushing the tradition forward in their own way.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-wran-50130/", "official_url": "https://link.dice.fm/D691ffc54559?pid=2bdac531", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ba76762f56c9066cabd0f783706172be0fdc4b9995da6594b575a39393dd6044-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Peter Street | Toby Shaer, Archie Moss & Jack Warnock", "start": "2026-11-14T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Irish Cultural Centre", "address": "5 Black's Road, Hammersmith, W6 9DT", "price": "£20 / £18 (concessions) | Under 30s £10", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk/irish/irish-trad"], "description": "A double-bill concert of contemporary folk and traditional music at the Irish Cultural Centre, pairing two acts rooted in tradition yet shaped by modern influences. The first is Peter Street, an exciting new force in traditional Irish music blending youthful energy with fresh creativity, from lively reels to soulful ballads. The second unites Archie Moss, a BBC award-winning accordion player, multi-instrumentalist Toby Shaer, and award-winning guitarist and singer Jack Warnock, who together draw on traditions from the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe. Since first meeting in 2019, the trio have developed a distinctive voice combining technical brilliance with thoughtful, sensitive arrangements.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/peter-street-toby-shaer-archie-moss-jack-warnock-41560/", "official_url": "https://irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/peter-street-toby-shaer-archie-moss-jack-warnock/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/658ab1608e661c78145c80f0ccbd806aa3d4a08972684614c537f67bad9889a3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Music November 2026", "start": "2026-11-01T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-28T15:59:00Z", "place": "The Auld Shillelagh", "address": "Stoke Newington Church Street 105, N16 0UD London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk/irish"], "description": "Music November 2026 is a month of live Irish music seisiúns at The Auld Shillelagh in Stoke Newington. Acts listed for the month include Dan Elliot, Kevin Olohan, Christy O'Donnell, Seán Finch and Podge Colton, with special acts still to be announced for one Sunday. The pub invites everyone to join the lively sessions, promising an evening that is, as it puts it, 'Up there for thinkin', down there for dancin'!'", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/music-november-2026-126622/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d3803545c45fa2d834ac91de65505dd39454789e08e4f45614a22c81b154ec59-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Folk and Roots Presents: Jacquelyn Hynes", "start": "2026-11-17T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Green Note", "address": "Parkway 106, NW1 7AN London", "price": "£ 14.00", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk"], "description": "Folk and Roots Presents: Jacquelyn Hynes is a live folk music evening at Green Note's basement bar. The promoter Folk and Roots presents Jacquelyn Hynes, a musician praised as \"as fine a musician as any in our folk roots world\" who launched her solo career in 2025, performing in 2026 at venues including Cellar Upstairs, Colindale Folk Club and Whitby Folk Week. Drawing on her Irish musical roots, theatrical experience and fascination with musical history, she blends haunting flute playing, evocative songs and original compositions into a sound described as intimate and enchanting. The evening has mixed seating and standing, with limited tables on a first come, first served basis.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/folk-and-roots-presents-jacquelyn-hynes-61979/", "official_url": "https://www.greennote.co.uk/production/folk-and-roots-presents-jacquelyn-hynes/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/38c61f6a5a254738afc444b0841ab1ef9a6088a99da30701ad4608f1f9654462-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Folk and Roots Presents: The Rheingans Sisters (Matinée)", "start": "2026-11-15T14:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Green Note", "address": "Parkway 106, NW1 7AN London", "price": "£ 20.00", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk"], "description": "Folk and Roots Presents: The Rheingans Sisters (Matinée) is an intimate afternoon concert at a small Camden music venue, part of three special autumn shows. The Rheingans Sisters, an award-winning folk duo, will revisit material from their five-album discography, including the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award-winning song Mackerel and classics like October Song and This Forest. The stripped-back shows also feature new material from the duo and solo songwriting from both sisters, Rowan and Anna. Doors open at 1.30pm with music starting at 2.30pm, in a mixed seated and standing venue with limited tables.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/folk-and-roots-presents-the-rheingans-sisters-matinee-61900/", "official_url": "https://www.greennote.co.uk/production/folk-and-roots-presents-the-rheingans-sisters/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/819abdbdca0dec05433e9ed25a5745893ac9f0a571ac441e968b5d2300324823-600.webp"}, {"title": "Junior Brother", "start": "2026-11-12T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Star Inn", "address": "Plumstead Common Road 158, SE18 2UL London", "price": "", "price_from": "16.00", "price_to": "16.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk/contemporary-folk"], "description": "A live concert by Junior Brother at The Star Inn, an evening of music in the folk idiom. Junior Brother is the stage name of Irish alt-folk songwriter Ronan Kealy, born in County Kerry and based in Dublin, who sings in his own unapologetic accent with a percussive, almost feral guitar style. His 2019 debut album Pull The Right Rope was nominated for Album of the Year at the Choice Music Prizes and Best Folk Album at the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards, and his second LP The Great Irish Famine followed in 2022. The show is promoted by Jasta 11 Promotions and admits guests aged 18 and over.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/junior-brother-61686/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5b73a2191610483a748ae49f1093e5c113a99d44e5953e5dd20c51f95c74ebc2-600.webp"}, {"title": "Live traditional Irish music", "start": "2026-11-08T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Sir Colin Campbell", "address": "Kilburn High Road 264-266, NW6 2BY London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk/irish/irish-trad"], "description": "A pub night with live traditional Irish music played by a band of usually four to six musicians. It takes place at the Sir Colin Campbell, an independent Irish pub in Kilburn run by descendants of Irish émigrés, which hosts these trad sessions every Saturday and Sunday evening. The music features a big mix of instruments and songs, sometimes joined by customers who bring their own instrument or singing voice, with the session sometimes growing to more than ten players. Table reservations are recommended for those wanting a seat near the band.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/live-traditional-irish-music-47447/", "official_url": "https://www.sircc.pub/event/live-traditional-irish-music-388/register", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e11531c041c4d91623a231c7ec46acf61944beadef2ff6a99f23f8432f572774-600.webp"}, {"title": "Storm: An Irish Nigerian Family Story", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Irish Cultural Centre", "address": "5 Black's Road, Hammersmith, W6 9DT", "price": "£10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word/storytelling", "society/queer"], "description": "An evening of storytelling, poetry, photography, film and music at the Irish Cultural Centre. Two London Irish Nigerian brothers, the poet and playwright Gabriel Gbadamosi and the retired storyteller David Gbadamosi, evoke the life of their older brother Storm, a gay black Irishman, and pay tribute to their younger brother Nick. Blending family memories and London lives with humour, tenderness and honesty, it is part memoir, part performance and part celebration of identity, belonging and bonds that endure across loss, with musicians The Quiery Brothers, Nessan and Eoin, with Gary Lilburn and friends.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/storm-an-irish-nigerian-family-story-41565/", "official_url": "https://irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/storm-an-irish-nigerian-family-story/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f220013b3102f0ded0cd3aef2c65f5469b5bd3264747f83de2f90b690205309d-600.webp"}, {"title": "RÓIS", "start": "2026-11-17T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institute of Contemporary Arts", "address": "The Mall, London", "price": "£24.21 (including booking fees + £1.50 venue levy)", "price_from": "24.21", "price_to": "24.21", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk"], "description": "A live concert at the ICA's Stage by RÓIS, a composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and electronic artist from Fermanagh. Her genre-bending songs blend folk, sean-nós, electronics and jazz harmony to breathe new life into a forgotten Ireland, with shapeshifting sets where no two performances are the same. She is behind the acclaimed album MO LÉAN, awarded Album of the Year at the Northern Ireland Music Prize and shortlisted for the Choice Music Prize, and recently welcomed to the label Domino. The evening is presented by Baba Yaga's Hut, a place where the ancient meets the new.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rois-61956/", "official_url": "https://ica.art/live/rois", "image": "https://noky.io/images/492542bf750234d4d22d5f12e609a19713be96158be02ab596272e60fdbec3aa-600.webp"}, {"title": "Mat Green and Andy Turner", "start": "2026-11-19T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Islington Folk Club", "address": "2a Corsica Street, N5 1JJ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk/english-folk"], "description": "Mat Green and Andy Turner play traditional English dance tunes and songs as a duo of fiddle and anglo-concertina, melodeon and vocals. Both are founder members of Magpie Lane, and they specialise in little-known tunes from eighteenth and nineteenth century village musicians' tunebooks, interspersed with songs from English traditional sources. Their debut album as a duo, 'Time for a Stottycake', was released in January 2024 on Wild Goose records.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mat-green-and-andy-turner-69914/", "official_url": "https://www.andyturnermusic.uk/mat_andy/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ab2c0e9b92ab386fbe319aa82414a02455f14e9dc5837eba8ae3b9eca0b27d49-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Muscadin - world folk music", "start": "2026-11-13T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Shrewsbury House Community Centre", "address": "Bushmoor Crescent, SE18 3EG London", "price": "£5", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk"], "description": "An evening of live music by the band Muscadin, who play British and Irish dance tunes as well as folk music from across Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. The band has more than 50 years of experience with remarkably few line-up changes, and has played countless barn dances at folk clubs, weddings and parties, from village and church halls to Cecil Sharp House and the dinosaur hall of the Natural History Museum. All profits from the evening support Parkinson's UK.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/muscadin-world-folk-music-42025/", "official_url": "https://www.shrewsburyhouse.org/events/muscadin-world-folk-music", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6c2f949b7cb75e4607af10039fc4b4a3227174c94e72245c4d78beada8d5045b-2000.webp"}]}