Melodrome Allstars at the Golden Lion
The Golden Lion, Lancaster, UK
21st January 2016, 9.00 – Midnight
Bev will be performing with The Melodrome Allstars
Burns Night – Private Function
Masonic Hall, Scotforth, Lancaster
23rd January 2016
Bev will be performing with Ross Campbell
Absolutely Legless at the Evolène Carnival
Evolène, Switzerland
4th – 8th February 2016
Bev will be performing with the band from Absolutely Legless.
Apples in Winter at the Robert Gillow
The Robert Gillow, Lancaster
4th – 8th February 2016
Bev will be performing with Apples in Winter.
Absolutely Legless – St Patrick’s Day Theatre Show
Buckhaven Theatre, Buckhaven, Fife
Saturday 19th March 2016
Bev will be performing with Absolutely Legless
Melodrome Allstars at the Robert Gillow
The Robert Gillow, Lancaster
10th March 2016 – 9.00pm to Midnight
Bev will be performing with The Melodrome Allstars.
Fly in the Porter at the Robert Gillow
The Robert Gillow, Lancaster
11th March 2016 – 9.00pm to Midnight
Bev will be performing with Fly in the Porter.
Street Performance for Paddy’s Day!
Market Square, Lancaster
17th March 2016 – 11.00 am to 1.00 pm
Bev will be entertaining shoppers and passers-by with Irish airs and contemporary favourites, played on boehm flute.
Private Function – St Patrick’s Day
Masonic Hall, Scotforth, Lancaster
17th March 2016 – 9.00 pm to 11.00 pm
Bev will be performing with an offshoot of Fly in the Porter.
Irish Music Weekend
Lancaster
The Robert Gillow (18th March 2016: 8.00 pm to Late)
The Brittania (20th March 2016: 12.30 pm to 5.30 pm)
Bev will be playing in sessions in Lancaster with top quality traditional musicians.
Absolutely Legless at Buckhaven Theatre
Buckhaven Theatre, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland
19th March 2016, 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm
Bev will be performing with Absolutely Legless.
Bev and Celia at Staveley Folk and Accoustic Club
Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley, Cumbria
8th April 2016, 8.00 pm to 11.00 pm
Bev will be performing in a duo with with Celia Briar.
Apples in Winter at the Bits and Pieces Acoustic Club, Silverdale
Silverdale Hotel, Silverdale, Cumbria
13th April 2016, 9.00 pm to 11.30 pm
Bev will be performing with Apples in Winter.
BBC Radio Lancashire: Shakespeare’s Best Bits
Hoghton Tower, Lancashire
24th April 2016 – shows at (1) 4.00 pm, (2) 7.30 pm
Bev will be performing Elizabethan music with Celia Briar, alongside a host of BBC Radio Lancashire presenters including Ted Robbins, Alan Beswick, Sally Naden, Graham Liver and Steve Royle.
The Big Whistle Festival
The Elizabethan Suite, Bury, Lancashire
7th May 2016
Bev will be performing in concert with Celia Briar, and also teaching two workshops.
More information at the Big Whistle website
Bush Rush at Langdale Charity Folk Festival
The Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale, Cumbria
8th May 2016, 12.00 pm
Back by popular demand! Come dressed as Kate Bush and do the dance to Wuthering Heights. An audience participation/flashmob event
More information on the Facebook event page
Bev Whelan & Celia Briar at Langdale Charity Folk Festival
The Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale, Cumbria
8th May 2016, 4.30 pm
Bev and Celia are once again supporting this wonderful festival and its adopted charities.
More information on the festival website
The Melodrome Allstars at the Robert Gillow
The Robert Gillow, Lancaster
12th May 2016, 9.00 pm to Midnight
Bev will be performing with The Melodrome Allstars.
In Concert – Bev Whelan and Celia Briar
St Paul’s Church, Honister Avenue, Blackpool
15th May 2016, 7.30 onwards
Bev will be performing in concert with Celia Briar.
More information at the Facebook Event Page
The Melodrome Allstars at Bentham Carnival
Bentham, Lancashire
4th June 2016, TBC
Bev will be performing with The Melodrome Allstars.
More information TBC
The Bush Rush at Bentham Carnival
Bentham, Lancashire
4th June 2016, 12.00 midday
Come dressed as Kate Bush and do the dance to Wuthering Heights. An audience participation/flashmob event
More information on the Facebook event page
Loanhead Festival
Loanhead Miners Club, Loanhead, Scotland
10th June 2016, 7.00 pm
Bev will be performing in concert with Celia Briar, alongside Gallus Crows and Kathy Stewart & her Frequent Flyers
More information on the festival website
Folk at the Loo
The Waterloo Hotel, Blackpool
12th June 2016, Time TBC
Bev will be performing with Celia Briar as part of a weekend of music, which also features Troubadour, Cartoon Food, The Sail Pattern, The Blackaways and Phantom Voices
More information on the Facebook event page
Bev Whelan and Celia Briar at Moniaive Accoustic Festival
Craigdarroch Hotel, Moniaive, Scotland
Saturday 18th June 2016, 7.30 pm
Bev will be performing with Celia Briar and playing in a session in the lounge of the Craigdarroch Hotel after the concert.
More information – see poster below:
Apples in Winter at the Robert Gillow
The Robert Gillow, Lancaster
24th June 2016, 9.00 pm to Midnight
Bev will be performing with Apples in Winter
More information at the Facebook event page
Langdale Charity Folk Festival Summer Fundraiser
Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale, Cumbria
2nd July 2016, 8.00 pm onwards
Bev will be jamming with various people to help raise money for the festival.
More information TBC
Bush Rush Presents: The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever!
The Courtyard at Lancaster Castle, Lancashire
16th July 2016, 11.30 am onwards
Come dressed as Kate Bush and do the dance to Wuthering Heights. An audience participation/flashmob event. This is part of an international day of Wuthering Heights, with thousands of people taking part in sister events all over the world!
More information on the Facebook event page
Absolutely Legless – Festival de Galdako et du Pays Basque
Galdakao, Basque Region, Spain
17th t0 27th July 2016
Bev will be performing with Absolutely Legless.
More information on the Festival Webpage
The Melodrome Allstars at Lancaster Castle
The Courtyard, Lancaster Castle, Lancaster
30th and 31st July 2016, time TBC
Bev will be performing with the Melodrome Allstars as part of a weekend of music on the mobile Melodrome Stage
More information TBC
Bev Whelan and Celia Briar at Lancaster Castle
The Courtyard, Lancaster Castle, Lancaster
31st July 2016, time TBC
Bev will be performing with Celia Briar as part of a weekend of music on the mobile Melodrome Stage
More information TBC
The Lake District Folk Weekend
Staveley, Cumbria
5th – 7th August 2016
Bev will be performing with Celia Briar, as follows:
- Friday: Concert in River Bar, 7.30 to 8.00 pm
- Saturday: Wilf’s Cafe, 1.00 to 1.45 pm
- Sunday: Cafe Eclectic, 1.00 to 1.45 pm
Bev will also be teaching a tin whistle workshop on Sunday 7th, 3.00 – 4.00 pm
More information at the Festival Website
Private Function: Wedding at Lancaster Castle
The Courtyard, Lancaster Castle, Lancaster
21st August 2016
Bev will be performing with Celia Briar on the mobile Melodrome Stage in celebration of the marriage of two wonderful friends.
Solfest!
Tarnside Farm, Tarnside, Aspatria, Cumbria
26th to 28th August 2016
Bev will be performing with Fly in the Porter and the Bush Rush as part of a weekend of music on the mobile Melodrome Stage.
More information at the Festival website
Absolutely Legless – Gala Folkorico de Ronda, Spain
Ronda, Andalucia region, Spain
1st to 7th September 2016
Bev will be performing with Absolutely Legless.
More information TBC
Langdale Charity Folk Festival
Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale, Cumbria
9th – 11th September 2016
Bev will be playing with the festival band and Bowfell and the Band.
More information at the festival website
In Concert – Bev Whelan and Celia Briar
St George’s Hall, Blackburn
10th September 2016
Bev will be performing in concert with Celia Briar.
More information TBC
Cumbria Playing for Change
Secret location, Cumbria
Friday 24th September 2016
Bev will be performing with The Balkanics. This event is invite only.
Further details here.
Stepping into Autumn Ceilidh with Price of my Pig
The Gregson Centre, Lancaster
Saturday 25th September 2016
Bev will be playing a solo support spot at this ceilidh.
More information on the Facebook event page
Lancaster Music Festival
Lancaster, Lancashire
13th to 18th October 2016
Bev will be performing as follows:
- Irish tunes class and slow session – special festival edition! Thursday 13th October, 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm, The Robert Gillow
- Bev Whelan and Eoin Feely: Friday 14th October 1.15 pm – 2.15 pm, Market Square
- Fly in the Porter: Friday 14th October, midnight to 3.00 am, The Robert Gillow
- Fly in the Porter: Saturday 15th October, 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm, The Borough
- Witches Flashmob (a Bush Rush production): 1.15 pm at the Judges Lodgings
More information on the festival website
Melodrome Allstars at the Hothouse
More Music, The Hothouse, Morecambe
12th November 2016
Bev will be performing with The Melodrome Allstars.
Further details TBC
Absolutely Legless Theatre Show
The Little Theatre, Gateshead
Saturday 26th November 2016
Bev will be performing with Absolutely Legless
More information available on the Facebook Page
New Year’s Eve Ceilidh with Apples in Winter
TBC, Cumbria
31st December 2016, time TBC
Bev will be performing and calling dances with her ceilidh band Apples in Winter
