TNL: THE HOOLIEMEN Doors 7pm Music 7.15pm Advance tickets £8/£7 On the Night£10 Superb 4 piece acoustic traditional Irish folk band. An offshoot of Roisin Ban. Four very seasoned accomplished musicians who have played together for decades have now formally come together as the Hooliemen. Chris Dyson – fiddle/voc – from Roisin Ban & Gaelforce , ex Mike Harding Band, Leeds CCE Richard Moss – guitar/voc – ex Mike Harding Band, Drop the Floor. Paddy Heffron – button accordion/voc/sean nos dance – Roisin Ban, Leeds CCE Brian Aylward – flute/Irish pipes/ whistle/ voc – Leeds CCE, Damhsa, Ceilihouse Up tempo Irish trad , great tunes & beautiful versions of songs you will be familiar with . Jigs n reels, Irish ballads, harmony & accapela vocals & sean nos dance The band existed for a decade playing for the set dancing nights – the Hoolie – at Whitby Folk Week, now formally a band not to miss.

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