Out To Lunch 2024 Early Bird Shows

The Sailortown Sessions feat. King Cedar, Ferna & Ciaran Lavery

Snow Water presents

The Sailortown Sessions feat. King Cedar, Ferna & Ciaran Lavery

The Deers Head

Sunday 7 January, 3.00pm (Ends 5.00pm)

Doors 2.30pm | Unreserved seating

£15.00

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PLEASE NOTE

Due to illness King Cedar won’t be well enough to perform on Sunday.  Wilfie will perform instead.

 

(MC Joe Lindsay plus spoken word)

Today’s show is the launch of The Sailortown Sessions ‘In the Round’ on the 1st Sunday of every month. 

Ferna
On a mission to amplify quiet sentiments and shift focus to background characters, ferna delivers a remarkable sound that merges the organic and the electronic, filled with mixed emotions, fragile beauty and powerful hooks.

The musical alias of composer & singer-songwriter Hannah McPhillimy, ferna took home the NI Music Prize for Single of the year 2022 for her first official release Wasting and has already performed alongside Saint Sister, JC Stewart and Foy Vance.

Her debut album understudy was released in May 2023 to a packed-out Belfast Empire Music Hall and has received multiple rave reviews including four stars in The Irish Times.

‘10 songs that blend indie sensibilities, confident pop music and tender folksiness.’ – THE IRISH TIMES *****

‘Understudy is nothing less than a hugely impressive debut album…as Ferna, Hannah McPhillimy is now displaying the confidence & poise of a bona fide star.’ – THE IRISH NEWS

Ciaran Lavery 
Ciaran Lavery is an Irish award winning & multi-nominated singer-songwriter and musician that has released four albums with over 150 million streams to date.  He is currently signed to Nettwerk Music Group and has previously released music with All Points Records (formally Believe Records) and Kartel Music Group.

Lavery’s music has been nominated four times at the NI Music Prize, winning album of the year in 2016, as well as being nominated for the Hot Press Magazine ‘album of the year’ and ‘single of the year’.  Previously, he has been named as the Hot Press magazine ‘One to Watch’.

He has toured extensively worldwide, with performances at festivals such as Glastonbury, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Zermatt Unplugged, SXSW, M for Montreal, with a particular highlight of being handpicked to play Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion Festival in Texas.

Super talented’ – CLIVE ANDERSON

The sound of a songwriter that is very comfortable in his own skin.’ – ZANE LOWE

Remarkable’ – THE INDEPENDENT

 

Wilfie
‘Wilfie’s song writing and sense of melody makes you stop and pay attention. Add to that a voice that sounds like he’s been walking the road for a 1,000 years, it makes for an intoxicating combination’.  Alistar McMillan – U2
Hailing from Belfast, Wilfie has been around a corner or two bringing his music to faithful fans. The last three years have seen him release two EPs and his first full album, MINERS GOLD, produced by Gareth Dunlop. Having already performed in the Legendary Bluebird Cafe, Nashville, on the Music City Roots show, and played to packed houses throughout Ireland and Europe, he continues bringing his own brand of music and his gravelly voice invariably earns him comparisons with the late Joe Cocker.

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Out To Lunch 2024 Early Bird Shows

Luisa Omielan: God Is A Woman – The Musical

Luisa Omielan: God Is A Woman – The Musical

The Black Box

Saturday 6 January, 8.00pm

Aja – The Music of Steely Dan

Aja – The Music of Steely Dan

The Black Box

Sunday 7 January, 2.00pm

Historic Pubs of the Cathedral Quarter

Historic Pubs of the Cathedral Quarter

Leaves Kelly Cellars 

Sunday 7 January, Sunday 14 January, Sunday 21 January 2.00pm

The Sailortown Sessions feat. King Cedar, Ferna & Ciaran Lavery

Snow Water presents

The Sailortown Sessions feat. King Cedar, Ferna & Ciaran Lavery

The Deers Head

Sunday 7 January, 3.00pm (Ends 5.00pm)

‘Feeling Good’: Victoria Geelan Sings the Songs of Nina Simone

‘Feeling Good’: Victoria Geelan Sings the Songs of Nina Simone

The Black Box

Tuesday 9 January, 1.00pm & 8.00pm,

David O’Doherty: Tiny Piano Man

Out To Lunch in Association with TSW Management & Lisa Richards present:

David O’Doherty: Tiny Piano Man

Mandela Hall

Thursday 11 January, 8.00pm

Ania Magliano: I Can’t Believe You’ve Done This

Ania Magliano: I Can’t Believe You’ve Done This

The Black Box

Friday 12 January, 8.00pm

Mary Dillon, Dónal O’Connor & Neil Martin

Mary Dillon, Dónal O’Connor & Neil Martin

The Black Box

Saturday 13 January, 2.00pm and 7.30pm

Dave Arcari

In association with Belfast City Blues Festival

Dave Arcari

The Deer's Head

Saturday 13 January, 2.00pm

Classics for Lunch with The Ulster Orchestra

Classics for Lunch with The Ulster Orchestra

The Black Box

Tuesday 16 January, 1.00pm

Hung Up on a Dream – The Zombies (Irish premiere)

Hung Up on a Dream – The Zombies (Irish premiere)

The Deer’s Head

Tuesday 16 January, 7.00pm

Bluegrass for Lunch feat. The Broken String Band

Bluegrass for Lunch feat. The Broken String Band

The Black Box

Wednesday 17 January, 1.00pm

Classic Country for Lunch featuring The Boondocks

Classic Country for Lunch featuring The Boondocks

The Black Box

Thursday 18 January, 1.00pm

Louder Than You Think (N Irish Premiere)

Louder Than You Think (N Irish Premiere)

The Black Box

Thursday 18 January, 8.00pm

The Scott Flanigan Trio plays The Beatles

The Scott Flanigan Trio plays The Beatles

The Black Box

Friday 19 January, 1.00pm, Saturday 20 January, 2.00pm

This Flight Tonight: The Songs of Joni Mitchell by Zervas and Pepper

This Flight Tonight: The Songs of Joni Mitchell by Zervas and Pepper

The Black Box

Sunday 21 January, 8.00pm

Opera For Lunch – Cabaret de la Boîte Noire

Opera For Lunch – Cabaret de la Boîte Noire

The Black Box

Tuesday 23 January, 1.00pm

Art is Long…Life is Short: An Evening of the Music of Ryuichi Sakamoto by Ruth McGinley

Art is Long…Life is Short: An Evening of the Music of Ryuichi Sakamoto by Ruth McGinley

The Black Box

Tuesday 23 January, 8.00pm 

Becoming Marvellous by Cathy Carson

Becoming Marvellous by Cathy Carson

The Black Box

Wednesday 24 January, 1.00pm

Sam Baker

In association with The Real Music Club

Sam Baker

The Black Box

Wednesday 24 January, 8.00pm

Rattlebag x TOKYO JAZZ JOINTS

Rattlebag x TOKYO JAZZ JOINTS

Bullitt Hotel

Wednesday 24 January, 7.00-9.30 pm

Duke Special: Blood For Ghosts

Duke Special: Blood For Ghosts

The Black Box

Thursday 25 January, 1.00pm

Jeremy Deller In Conversation ‘Art is Magic’

Presented by Out To Lunch in association with Ulster Presents...

Jeremy Deller In Conversation ‘Art is Magic’

Ulster University. Belfast Campus, Lecture Theatre 1, BC-LG-211 York Street.

Thursday 25 January, 7.30pm

An Elvis Gospel Brunch

An Elvis Gospel Brunch

The Black Box

Friday 26 January, 1.00pm - 2.30pm

Lumiere & The Wilderness Way Book Launch

Lumiere & The Wilderness Way Book Launch

The Black Box

Saturday 27 January, 2.00pm

Greensleeves Hi-Fi X Explosion Sound System

Greensleeves Hi-Fi X Explosion Sound System

The Black Box

Saturday 27 January, 8.00pm

Mark O Connell : A Thread of Violence

Mark O Connell : A Thread of Violence

The Black Box (Green Room)

Sunday 28 January, 3.00pm

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