Doors open 7.30pm Show 8pm £12/£10 Concession. Tickets available from the Irish Centre office or online (plus fees) below. Kevin started singing traditional ballad songs because of his deep love of the greats, the empowering Luke Kelly, The Dubliners, Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem and Finbar Furey. The legendary songs that are at the heart of Irish history. Kevin is backed by his band of experienced and exceptionally talented musicians. This evening promises a performance to be remembered and one that will…

Celebrating our Traditions; A Living Tradition CIC 22nd November 2018 7 p.m. Northeast England is home to a great tradition of Northumbrian music, from the fiddle and pipes tradition of the wild moors of Northumberland, to Victorian music halls of Tyneside and the protest songs of the pitmen poets of the Northumberland and Durham coalfield. But it is of course home to so much more! Successive waves of incomers have brought their own musical traditions, to entertain us and move…

Women, the Media and the Miners' Strike: lessons for our troubled times. It is organised by the National Union of Journalists Newcastle Branch and the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom (North). It is also supported by TUC Northern and the Durham Miners' Association. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-the-miners-strike-the-media-lessons-for-our-troubled-times-tickets-50227456675

For the third successive year, yet another two hours of different sweet sonorous sounds and uproarious jocularity.  The all-star cast... Hosted by the immensely talented songwriter, vocalist and funnyman Mr William (Billy) Mitchell (Pitmen Poets and Lindisfarne) and starring a monster array of North East singing and comedic talent including Micky Cochrane, Sarah Boulter, Vik Kay, Lauren Waine, Maxie McIntyre, Steven Stobbs, Bob Stott, Jamie Brown and Craig Richardson with guest violinist Rachael McShane (ex-Bellowhead), and pianist Jordan Miller (The Great Joe Wilson). Following this year’s highly acclaimed…

'Out in the Cold? The children of the Irish Parliamentary Party and the Irish Free State' 8pm Gallowgate Room Free

A fantastic evening of live music from the Bon Accords and the traditional Burns supper. Tickets from the Irish Centre office or by phone 0191 2610384.

Doors open 7.30pm Show 8pm Gerry O’Connor has long been marked out as one of the great fiddle players of his generation. A winner of numerous All Ireland and Fiddler of Oriel titles, he has been rightly noted for his rich, fluid, lyrical fiddle playing. He formed Lá Lúgh (Sony Music) and Skylark, recording four CDs on the Claddagh label, and has toured and recorded with members of Planxty, Bothy Band, De Danann, Boys of the Lough and The Chieftains.…

'Sean O'Casey - a very "Protestant" playwright?' 8pm Gallowgate Room Free