Making their debut Irish performance at Belfast Tradfest BIIRD are a brand new 11-piece all female superstar collective made up of some of Ireland's best traditional musicians and singers. Brought together through a shared love of the music that raised them the collective is breaking the mould by teaming up with Ireland's most disruptive and creative designers & stylists. BIIRD aim to update the image and narrative of trad music across the globe.
Their members have won multiple All-Ireland titles toured the world performing on shows such as Riverdance Lord of the Dance The Young Irelanders The Late Late Show and Electric Picnic to name a few.
The line-up includes Mayo’s Lisa Canny (harp/banjo/vocals) Ciara Murphy (fiddle/vocals) Aoife Kelly (fiddle/vocals) Aisling Egan Sage (pipes/fiddle) Sal Heneghan (harp/fiddle) Zoran Donoghue (concertina) Castlewellan native MÚLÚ (flute/shruti/vocals) Niamh Hinchy (vocals/whistle/synth) Hannah Heimstra (drums/vocals) and Laura Doherty (guitar/vocals) and Belfast’s very own Claire Loughran (fiddle/synth)
Having just performed their debut show at Trafalgar Square to 8000 people it is clear that something magical happens when BIIRD take to the stage “something hard to describe but easily deeply felt.” - Annie Mac Manus.
"Bloody brilliant - <they're> onto something here - visionary business" - Toddla T
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Mandela Hall, 77 University Rd, Belfast BT7 1NF, United Kingdom, Belfast
GBP 0.00
