The next book is Normal People by Sally Rooney. Meet on Wednesday 20th March at 7.15pm at Tyneside Irish Centre.

Doors open 7pm Show 8pm Galway based ceili/trad band Shaskeen will be celebrating 50 years on the road in 2020. An entire generation has matured on the music of the band that was put together to play on Friday nights at the Oxford Tavern in Kentish Town back in 1970. Since then, the music of Shaskeen lives on, albeit with a slightly different line up. The name Shaskeen comes from the Shaskeen Reel so as one can imagine the band…

Doors open 7.30pm Show 8pm Two times BBC Folk Award winner Daoirí Farrell’s third album ‘A Lifetime Of Happiness’ released 15th February 2019  It’s been a whirlwind for Daoirí (‘Derry’) Farrell over the last three years.  In January 2016 he launched his solo career with a low-key show at Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow.  In January 2019 he will return to the festival, this time to lead an all-star line-up in one of the festival’s biggest venues. So how the meteoric…

Join local author and creative writing tutor Tracey Iceton at 7pm in the Gallowgate Lounge for this author talk, reading and Q and A marking the release of her third novel, White Leaves of Peace, part three of her Celtic Colours trilogy. There will be an opportunity to ask Tracey about the book that concludes her trilogy of novels on the Irish Troubles. Copies of all three parts of the trilogy will be available to buy at the event.

Doors open 7pm Show 8pm Faithful to its roots but open to new adventures, Celtic Social Club’s music is a celebratory mash-up without borders. Striking a perfect and energetic balance between tradition, rock music, reggae, dubstep, and hip-hop, their repertoire is a fresh take on ancient Celtic melodies from Brittany, Ireland, Scotland, and Asturias. Based on the same concept as the Buena Vista Social Club and the New Orleans Social Club, the group was created by drummer and producer Manu…

Doors open 7.30pm Show 8pm Úna Ní Fhlannagáin is a harper and singer based in Galway, Ireland. Playing music since age 3, she is rooted in the jigs and reels of North Clare and the sean-nós singing of Connemara and has since performed all over Europe, and in North America, the Middle East, and Asia. Artistic collaborations include Celtic music icon Alan Stivell, Grammy-winner Bobby McFerrin, and free jazz legend, Anthony Braxton. Passionate about music education, she is the first,…

Book: The Cards of the Gambler Author: Benedict Kiely Meet: Wednesday 22nd May 2019. 7.15pm at the Tyneside Irish Centre.