gigs in 2023

a list of Previous performances

2023

  • Saturday 21st January – Ceilidh with The Old School Band

    Private event – Salmesbury

  • Friday 17th March – Performance with Beer for Breakfast

    Private event – Altham

  • Saturday 18th March – Performance with The Balkanics

    Zeffirelli’s, Ambleside

    Tickets: Music Deal £22.50, Ticket only £3.00

  • Saturday 8th April – Ceilidh with The Old School Band

    Private event – Wrea Green

  • Saturday 22nd April – Ceilidh with Mooncoyn

    Private event – Eccleston

  • Saturday 10th June – Ceilidh with The Old School Band

    Private event – Coniston

  • Saturday 1st July – Ceilidh with The Old School Band

    Private event – Burnley

  • Saturday 8th July – Ceilidh with The Old School Band

    Private event – Halton

  • Sunday 16th July – Lancaster BID Summer Sundays event

    Bush Rush and 1970s themed music

    Lancaster Market Square, 10.00 am onwards

  • Thursday 3rd August – Ceilidh with Beer for Breakfast

    Private event – Silverdale

  • Saturday 5th August – Ceilidh with Beer for Breakfast

    Private event – Lancaster

  • 25 – 27 August – Solfest

    Performing on the Melodrome stage

    Saturday 26th August – Bush Rush

    Sunday 27th August – Bev Whelan’s Medieval Medley

  • Saturday 9th September – Ceilidh with Ceilidh Fiddle Crisis

    Private event – Kirkby Stephen

  • Wednesday 20th September – Ceilidh with The Old School Band

    Private event – Aughton

  • Saturday 23rd September – Ceilidh with The Old School Band

    Private event – Wigan

  • Sunday 24th September – Lancaster BID Summer Sundays event

    Solo performance

    Lancaster Market Square, 12.30 pm

  • Saturday 7th October – Ceilidh with Beer for Breakfast

    Private event – Manchester

  • 12 – 15 October – Lancaster Music Festival

    Friday 13th October
    2.30 to 3.00pm: Bev Whelan & Sean Paul Newman – Single Step (Busk Stop)
    3.30 to 4.00pm: Bev Whelan & Sean Paul Newman – Rene’s (Busk Stop)

    6.00 to 8.00pm: The Balkanics – The Merchants


    9.30 to 11.00pm: 2nd Leg – The Borough

    Saturday 14th October
    12.30 to 1.30 pm: 2nd Leg – the Craic Inn stage (Storey Gardens)
    2.00 to 2.40 pm: 2nd Leg – Lancaster Castle
    5.00 to 5.45pm: 2nd Leg – The White Cross – ‘Ram’ floating stage
    7.00pm onwards – Irish trad session at The Waterwitch

    Sunday 15th October
    11.30am to 12.30pm: Kazoo Workshop and ‘Kazoonatics’ performance: Lancaster Library/Market Square
    2.00 to 2.40pm: The Balkanics at Lancaster Castle
    4.00 to 5.00pm: The Balkanics at Kanteena

  • Saturday 28th October – Ceilidh with The Old School Band

    Private event – Thornton-Cleveleys

  • 11 November – Performance with Black Sail

    CS Live (Countrystride) – Ambleside Parish Centre

  • 15 December – Performance with The Balkanics

    The Gregson Centre, Lancaster

  • Friday 29th December – Ceilidh with Beer for Breakfast

    Private event – Poulton-Le-Fylde