Ríoghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet
Date: 2 June 2026
Venue: Nerve Centre, 7-8 Magazine St., Derry, Derry, BT48 6HJ
A live musical experience merging ancestral song with modern storytelling.
Ríoghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet move with ease and confidence between swampy jazz, raucous brass, fractured funk, blues balladry, and gorgeous folkloric textures. Connolly's powerhouse vocals lead the charge, blending mischief, protest and vulnerability into something fiercely human and utterly live. Honeyfeet holds all of this together with a groove and a commitment to musical freedom.
At the heart of the band is the indomitable Ríoghnach Connolly herself. She has won the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Award for Best Folk Singer and BBC Radio 2's Folk Singer of the Year. In early 2025, she joined Annie Lennox on stage at the Royal Albert Hall for "Sisters: Annie Lennox and Friends," a landmark concert that raised funds for The Circle, Lennox's global feminist organisation.
Don't miss this extraordinary ensemble that are equally proficient in headlining festival stages as they are in stripping back to sublime obscure jazz on theatre stages.