The Mad Dog Mcrea Weekender is BACK for 2024!

Taking place here at Exeter Phoenix from May 03 – 05, we’re so excited to announce the headliners for the three-day festival, including The Barefoot Bandit, Ríoghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet, and of course, the legendary Mad Dog Mcrea themselves.

Join us on SATURDAY 04 MAY for:

Ríoghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet

+ More to be announced

TICKETS:

Tier 2 Weekend Tickets: £54*

Tier 2 Day Tickets:

Friday Day Tickets: £18*

Saturday Day Tickets: £18*

Sunday Day Tickets: £18*

RIOGHNACH CONNOLLY & HONEYFEET

Still residing as BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year, Ríoghnach Connolly’s taste for musical adventure is eclectic. Along with her companion players, Honeyfeet, they collectively drive a broad terrain of musical textures from esoteric protest songs to foot-tapping and floor-thumping dance rhythms.

Ríoghnach (pronounced ree-oh-nah) and the Honeyfeet ensemble are equally proficient in headlining festival stages as they are stripping back to sublime obscure jazz on theatre stages.

Deadpan wit courses through Connolly’s veins. Known for her broad, smiling on stage banter, she often describes the delight of her multi-cultural voyage of discovery while pushing aside life’s banality in favour of mischievous energy and creative joy.

Traditional and folk are fundamental in Connolly’s musical canon. Coming from a long line of singers on both sides of her family, she channels the music of her grandparents and can draw from a breadth of styles and folk traditions across the world. In her voice, you can hear equal parts Sean-nós Caoineamh, west African griot ululation and American deep-south resonance.

MAD DOG MCREA

www.maddogmcrea.co.uk

Mad Dog Mcrea blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music. From self-penned songs of adventure, drinking, love and life, to traditional songs of gypsies, fairies, legless pirates and black flies – Mad Dog never fail to capture their audience with their infectious songs. In constant demand and having played just about every festival, Mad Dog Mcrea are, in every sense of the word, a live, band. Matched with the unshakable dedication of their massive and “loyal-to-the-hilt”, fan base, the band are more than just a very popular, festival act – with five albums under their belts, they are serious and acclaimed recording artists too.

VENUE: EXETER PHOENIX

*Subject to a £1.50 ticketing system charge. We don’t charge this to make a profit. Find out more >>