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@livirishfest.bsky.social@livirishfest.bsky.social🔥 Kíla are BACK in Liverpool next Friday! After 8 years away, the Dublin seven-piece return for an intimate show packed with uilleann pipes, fiddle, bodhrán, brass, guitar, Gaeilge and more. 🗓 8pm, 16 Oct 📍 Philharmonic Music Room 🎟 £32 / £30 conc - last few tickets available!
@livirishfest.bsky.social@livirishfest.bsky.social🎶 Round off the official #LIF2026 dates with Emmy Award-winning five-piece The Shamrocks.
Expect harmony-led Irish songs, multi-instrumental musicianship and favourites including Danny Boy, The Wild Rover and Whiskey in the Jar.
🗓 26 Oct, 7.30pm
📍 Philharmonic Hall
🎟 £22–£43, booking required ⬇️
@livirishfest.bsky.social@livirishfest.bsky.social🤝In 1847, the Choctaw Nation donated money to help people starving in Ireland, just 16 years after beginning their own forced removal. Shared Lands, a project and now a lecture, explores the connected histories of famine, displacement, food and survival. 📅 26 Oct, 6pm ⬇️ Booking required via link
@livirishfest.bsky.social🎃 Celebrate Samhain with Comhaltas and Armagh Rhymers!
Expect music, games, dancing, costumes and spooky fun. Children aged 4–12 particularly welcome - and everyone from 13–113 can join in!
🗓 4pm, 25 Oct
📍 Liverpool Irish Centre
🎟 Free, just turn up
@livirishfest.bsky.social🕯️ Join us at St Luke’s Bombed Out Church for a service marking the Great Hunger of 1845–1852 and its legacy in Liverpool and beyond.
There will be speeches, performances, a minute’s silence and shared singing.
🗓 1pm, 25 Oct
🎟 Free, donations welcome
@livirishfest.bsky.social🕊️ Opening this Saturday, 3 October: The St Brigid’s Arms
A fictional pub created by and for women of Irish heritage across the North of England.
Explore art, music, dance and personal stories of migration, identity and belonging.
📍 October - April 2027, VG&M
🎟 Free
@livirishfest.bsky.social🕯️ Join Liverpool Irish Festival for our annual An Gorta Mór Vigil.
Starting at Clarence Dock, where Irish Famine migrants arrived, we’ll walk to the Great Hunger Commemoration Memorial at St Luke’s.
🗓 10am, Sun 25 Oct
🎟 Free, donations welcome
@livirishfest.bsky.social@livirishfest.bsky.social🚶 Take a deeper dive into Liverpool’s Irish Famine history with John Maguire. This two-hour walk explores Famine Trail sites including Clarence Dock, where more than 1.8m Irish Famine migrants entered Liverpool. 🗓 2pm, 24 Oct 🎟 Free, donations welcome
@livirishfest.bsky.social@livirishfest.bsky.social🎸Celtic punk comes to Liverpool! The Phogues bring the songs of Shane MacGowan and The Pogues to Liverpool Irish Centre, celebrating 40 years since Red Roses for Me. 🗓 8pm, 24 Oct 📍 Liverpool Irish Centre 🎟 £15, booking required
@livirishfest.bsky.social🎻 One last tune?
The second #LIF2026 seisiún at Peter Kavanagh’s is your chance to bring an instrument, bring your voice or simply settle in for an evening of Irish traditional music.
📅 9.30pm–late, Fri 23 Oct
📍 Peter Kavanagh’s
🎟️ Free, just turn up!
@livirishfest.bsky.social@livirishfest.bsky.social🕊️ This Thursday, Greg Quiery launches The Lost Streets of Scotland Road, exploring the streets, characters and stories of Liverpool’s Irish community. 📍 Vauxhall Neighbourhood Council 🗓 6pm, 24 Sept 🎟 Free, booking required
@livirishfest.bsky.social@livirishfest.bsky.social🎶 Celebrating 25 years on the road, Téada bring their vibrant take on Irish traditional music to Liverpool. The Sligo-based ensemble have played major festivals around the world - now it's our turn. 📅 7pm, Fri 23 Oct 📍 Philharmonic Music Room 🎟️ £22/£18 conc, book below ⬇️
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