London Feis

[Paul ™]

Bob Dylan will headline the the London Feis on Saturday 18th June in London's Finsbury Park as an exclusive UK performance.

Bob Dylan will headline the Irish festival as it celebrates 21 years of the best Irish and international music in Finsbury Park.

Festival boss Vince Power said, "The inaugural London Feis will be a fantastic addition of the capital's summer calendar and announcing Bob Dylan for an exclusive UK performance means that the first year will be one to remember. I've worked with bob many times before and an delighted to have him back once again."

No stranger to promoting Irish concerts and events, Power created the Fleadh festival and turned it into an international brand. Fleadh festival started it's life in the early 90's in the grounds of London's famous Finsbury Park, where it became a staple on the London calendar for well over a decade.

London will go Gaelic when Vince Power brings the best in big name headliners in rock, folk & pop alongside the cream of Irish music talent today. Around 30 acts will perform on 3 stages in the grounds of Finsbury Park with more acts to be announced shortly.

No acts have been announced yet, the first announcement will be coming soon. A wide range of artists will perform across three stages in the grounds of Finsbury Park.

Tickets will go on sale at 9am today priced at £70 for adults, and free for children. To buy tickets, click here

Edited March 9, 2011 by 5co77ie

[Paul ™]

Hope to be at this one through work.. used to love doing the Fleadh and this makes a nice run of events from it to Hop Farm including Glasto

[Guy Rope Tripper]

better part of £80 a ticket once you pay the booking fee

pretty steep for a 1 day event unless they've got some proper good acts on the bill

Saw Doctors & The Pogues would be enough to tempt me to go down to London for the weekend I reckcon

[Paul ™]

Central London prices innit.. you can pay £100 for a non-corporate ticket just along the road at the Emirates and that's for 90 minutes of 'entertainment'

[5co77ie]

Edited to reflect the kids prices being free - it was a mistake on the ticket links which they have now amended.

[michael9th]

is there any news on when anymore acts will be announced or any clue to who else will be on the bill

[dacbo]

sorry, I don't get it. why is Bob Dylan headlining an Irish festival in London?

[thetime]

blimey this summers going to be expensive

[PastCaring]

sorry, I don't get it. why is Bob Dylan headlining an Irish festival in London?

[glasto-worker]

Hope to be at this one through work.. used to love doing the Fleadh and this makes a nice run of events from it to Hop Farm including Glasto

[Paul ™]

We have it on our list so maybe see you there Brian

[glasto-worker]

We have it on our list so maybe see you there Brian

[lahm]

Bloody hell, Christy Moore and Bob Dylan in one day! I might die from over admiration... nice addition of the Undertones aswell. Couldn't find a more fitting Glastonbury warm up

[Guy Rope Tripper]

Saw Docs & The Waterboys added

I'm in

[Guy Rope Tripper]

added a 2nd day now with Van Morrison headlining

if they move any of the previously confirmed acts to the Sunday I'll kick up f*ck because I'm flying back to Glasgow at 7pm on the Sunday :angry:

[Paul ™]

He has just got the 2 Hop Farm headliners again ain't he.. sneaky move VP but glad it's 2 days now

[Paul ™]

Just noticed the reformed Cranberries are playing... OMG!! This makes me happy

[Guy Rope Tripper]

got a reply from the Feis Facebook at lunchtime, the day splits are on their info page

All of the previously announced acts will appear on Saturday 18th along with The Cranberries & Shane MacGowan,

me likey this very much

[Paul ™]

[glasto-worker]

He is dead fly - I worked every Fleadh that has been held since 1990 and this is repeating his expansion of Finsbury Park events - its far cheaper to take over the weekend and by next year { or the year after } I bet he spreads it over two weekends back to back - sure only one weekend will be called the London Feis but it makes sense to do it this way.

Its all down to the Council so time will tell.

[james_avalon]

Good idea to make it a two day event. More chance of me getting on the train and booking a cheap hotel across the park. Does anyone know what any of those hotels across from Finsbury Park are called?

Edited March 19, 2011 by james_avalon

[glasto-worker]

Good idea to make it a two day event. More chance of me getting on the train and booking a cheap hotel across the park. Does anyone know what any of those hotels across from Finsbury Park are called?

[Paul ™]

THIN LIZZY, THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM, JIMMY CLIFF AND MORE ACTS ANNOUNCED…

MARCH 30, 2011 by admin

Irish legends Thin Lizzy, fronted by Ricky Warwick of The Almighty, will play London Feis on Sunday 19th June. An Irish Music festival wouldn’t be complete without the songs of Thin Lizzy…Dancing in the Moonlight, Jalilbreak, The Boys are Back in Town….etc!

Adding a spot of reggae and ska, Jamaican impresario Jimmy Cliff will perform on Sunday.

Paul Brady, Eddi Reader, Hothouse Flowers and Cry Before Dawn have also been announced.

It has also been confirmed that US rock band The Gaslight Anthem will play on Saturday 18th along with Irish indie group The Coronas.

The festival will see the best Irish and international music has to offer on multi stages at London’s Finsbury Park.

More acts will be announced shortly, stay tuned…

[5co77ie]

Paul Brady, Eddi Reader, Hothouse Flowers and Cry Before Dawn all playing on Sunday

[Guy Rope Tripper]

Gaslight Anthem!! YAAAAAASSSSS