



Ceilidh Taggle
Act fee £500 to £795
Formed in 1998. Outstanding talent from the North London traditional music scene, can tailor a band to your particular needs - anything from a duo to a six-piece, amplified or acoustic, with or without a caller. All the musicians have been performing, touring and recording many years and two are award-winning performers. They play Irish, Scottish, English and American songs and tunes, and are both sensitive to the occasion and responsive to the mood of the audience. If you wish they could concentrate on one particular style all night e.g. Scottish or Irish. An example of a duo would be guitar/vocals and banjo. Their accordion player can be brought in to enlarge the band. Other instruments such as fiddle, flute, tin-whistle, double bass or snare drum may be added. Speciality instruments such as Scottish or Irish bagpipes, bodhran (Irish drum) or traditional dancers are also available. The most common format for a ceilidh consists of four musicians plus a caller who will teach the dances from scratch - no experience needed! A ceilidh is something really different and ideal for a successful party, as it is a fun way to get families, friends and colleagues to mix and meet and because all age groups become involved. Clients include Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall, Robert Smith of The Cure, Guy Ritchie, Jackie Clune The Baroness McDonagh and Sheila McDonagh MP, National Theatre, National Youth Orchestra and British Airways. Celebrities we've performed for include: Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Frank Skinner, Clive Anderson, Ian Hislop Stephen Fry, Alan Davis, Dara O'Briain, Sanjeev Bhaskhar, Meera Syal, Aimi MacDonald, Bert Weedon, Jon Snow, Imelda Staunton Venues include Return to Camden Town Festival, London NW1, Blenheim Palace, The National Liberal Club The Royal Festival Hall, Pinewood Studios, and HM Treasury TV appearences "Next" on Live TV, "Feilte" on TG4, End of shoot parties: "Poirot" & "The Bill" Film appearences "66" with Helena Bonham Carter and Catherine Tate Resident Musicians The Crown Moran Hotel, London NW2.
Music Samples
Gravel Walks
Lark in the Morning
Star of the County Down
Fields of Athenry
Act Video
Line-up
Guitar/vocals, Banjo, Accordion.
Extra Line-up(s)
Fewer musicians available e.g. duo or caller
Caller available with backing tracks or with the band to explain traditional dances
Additional instruments available e.g. fiddle flute or percussion
Also included
Dynacord Powermate 600 Mixer Amp, two EV speakers and Shure SM58 mics. Floodlights for the band.
Location
South East based and will travel to these areas: South East, Midlands.
Previous Clients
Clients include Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall, Robert Smith of The Cure, Guy Ritchie, Jackie Clune
The Baroness McDonagh and Sheila McDonagh MP, National Theatre, National Youth Orchestra and British Airways.
| Main Set |
| As I Roved Out (Christy) |
| Auld Lang Syne |
| Back Home in Derry |
| Band Played Waltzing MatildaBlack is the Colour |
| Black Velvet Band |
| Bold Grenadier |
| Bonny Ship the Diamond |
| Both Sides the Tweed |
| Brown Eyed Girl |
| Caledonia Clare to Here |
| Cliffs of Doneen |
| Cockles & Mussels |
| Come by the Hills |
| Danny Boy |
| Dark Island |
| Dirty Old Town |
| Fairytale of New York |
| Far away in Australia |
| Fiddlers Green |
| Fields of Athenry |
| Fleur of Scotland |
| Foggy Dew |
| Galway Girl |
| Galway Shawl |
| Hallelujah |
| I'll Tell My Ma |
| Irish Rover |
| Isle of Tears |
| Jambalaya |
| Lakes of Ponchartrain |
| Last thing on my mind |
| Leaving of Liverpool |
| Lights of London |
| McAlpine's Fuseliers |
| Mountain Dew |
| Muirsheen Duirkin |
| My Lovely Rose of Clare |
| Nancy Spain |
| Only our Rivers run Free |
| Ordinary Man |
| Peggy Gordon |
| Queen Jane |
| Ride On |
| Sean South |
| Seven Drunken Nights |
| She Moved Through The Fair |
| Spancil Hill |
| Star of the County Down |
| Sweet Sixteen |
| Sweet Thames Flow Softly |
| Tipping it up to Nancy |
| Town I Love so well |
| Voyage |
| Waltzing for Dreamers |
| Whiskey in the Jar |
| Whistling Gypsy Rover |
| The Wild Colonial Boy |
| Wild Rover |
| Will you go Lassie Go |
| Willie McBride |
| World of Our Own |
| Rock & Pop |
| All My Loving |
| American Pie |
| Amorillo |
| Annie's Song |
| Brown Eyed Girl |
| Can't buy me love |
| Country Roads |
| Dance the Night Away |
| Fairytale of New York |
| From Me To You |
| Galway Girl |
| Hallelujah |
| Hey Good Lookin |
| I just called to say I love you |
| I'll never find another you |
| Love is the sweetest thing |
| Return to Sender |
| Summer Holiday |
| Twist & Shout / La Bamba |
| World of Our Own |
| Yesterday |
| Other popular songs we do |
| American Pie |
| Amorillo |
| Banks of the Ohio |
| Boys from the County Armagh |
| Bunch of Thyme |
| City of Chicago |
| Country Roads |
| Curragh of Kildare |
| Dance the Night Away |
| Do you want your old lobby washed down |
| Dublin in the Rare Old Times |
| Follow me up to Carlow |
| Get Back |
| Hallelujah |
| Hey Good Lookin |
| Hokey Cokey |
| I'm a Man you don't meet every day |
| Jolly Beggarman |
| Limerick you're a lady |
| Little Drummer |
| Liverpool Lou |
| Maggie |
| Marie's Wedding |
| Matty Groves |
| Mull of Kintyre |
| My own dear Galway Bay |
| Rattling Bog |
| Red Rose Cafe |
| Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms |
| Sam Hall |
| Slievenamon |
| Soldiers' Song |
| Spanish Lady |
| Take me Home to Mayo |
| Viva La Quince Brigada |
| Waltzing Matilda |
| What shall we do with the drunken sailor? |
| Where the three counties meet |
| Willie and Mary |
| World Turned Upside Down |
| Songs popular in care centres |
| Ain't Misbehavin' |
| Always Look on the Bright Side of Life A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square Annie's Song |
| Anniversary Waltz |
| Arriverdeci Roma |
| As Time Goes By |
| Blue Moon |
| Camptown Races / O'Suzannah / Turkey in the Straw |
| Daisy / Down at the Old Bull & Bush / I belong to Glasgow |
| Hey Good Lookin' |
| If you were the only Girl in the World |
| I just called to say I loved you |
| I know I'll never find another you |
| I'll Take you home again Kathleen |
| I'm getting married in the morning / Roll out the Barrel / My old Man said / Knees up Mother Brown |
| I'm in the mood for Love |
| It's a Long Way to Tipperary / Pack up your troubles / Coming Round the Mountain / When the Saints |
| Leaning on a Lampost |
| Lilly Marlene |
| Magic Moments |
| Maybe it's because / The Bells are Ringing / Lambeth Walk / Side by Side |
| My Way |
| On Mother Kelly's Doorstep |
| Que Sera Sera |
| Return to Sender |
| The Rose |
| Show me the way to go Home |
| Strangers in The Night |
| Street Where you Live |
| Summer Holiday |
| Tea for Two |
| That's Amore |
| Underneath the Arches |
| We'll Meet Again |
| When Irish Eyes are Smiling |
| White Christmas |
| White Cliffs of Dover |
| You Are my Sunshine |
| You Made me Love You |
| Tunes |
| Arkansas Traveler |
| Ashokan Farewell |
| Athole Highlanders |
| Banshee |
| Blackthorne Stick |
| Blarney Pilgrim |
| Boys of Bluehill |
| Calliopie House |
| Cliffs of Moher |
| Cock of the North |
| College Hornpipe (Sailors Hornpipe) |
| Congress |
| Cooley's |
| Cup of tea |
| Dashing White Sergeant |
| Dingle Regatta |
| Donnybrook Fair |
| Drowsy Maggie |
| Duke of Perth |
| Dusty Windowsill |
| Earl's Chair |
| Fairy Dance |
| Farewell To Erin |
| Flowers of Edinburgh |
| Golden Keyboard: |
| Gravel Walks |
| Hag at The Churn |
| Haste to the Wedding |
| High Reel |
| I'll buy boots for Maggie |
| I wanna be near you |
| Irish Washerwoman |
| Jig of Slurs |
| Keel Row |
| Kesh |
| Kid on the Mountain |
| King of the Fairies |
| Lark in the Morning |
| Maggie in the Wood |
| Maguire & Patterson's |
| Maid behind the Bar |
| Margaret's Waltz |
| Marie's Wedding |
| Martin Wynn's No 1 & No 2 |
| Mason's Apron |
| Merry Blacksmith |
| Miss McLeods: Morrison's |
| Mountain Road |
| Musical priest |
| My Love is but a Lassie yet |
| My Love is Like a Red Red Rose |
| Nine Points of Roguery |
| Off to California |
| Orange & Blue |
| Otter's Den |
| Over the Moor to Maggie |
| Pinch of Snuff |
| Planxty Irwin |
| Rakish Paddy |
| Rattling Bog |
| Red Haired Boy/Little Beggarman |
| Rights of Man |
| Saddle the Pony |
| Sailor's Bonnet |
| Sally Gardens |
| Scotland the Brave |
| Sean Ryan's |
| Si Bheag Si Mhor |
| Silver Spear |
| Skye Boat Song |
| Sligo Maid |
| Soldiers Joy |
| Spanish Lady |
| Spider in the Bog |
| St Anne's |
| St Bernard's Waltz |
| Star of Munster |
| Statten Island |
| Swallows Tail |
| Tam Linn |
| Tarbolton |
| Teetotallers |
| The Rose Tree |
| Toss the Feathers |
| Tripping up the Stairs |
| Trumpet Hornpipe (Captain Pugwash) |
| Turkey in the Straw: Wise Maid: |
| Dances |
| Barn Dance |
| Big Set |
| Bridge of Athlone |
| Circassian Circle |
| Circle dance |
| Circle Waltz |
| Cumberland reel |
| Cumberland Square Eights |
| Danish Waltz |
| Dashing White Sergeant |
| Gay Gordons |
| Harvesting Jig |
| Haymakers jig |
| Hokey Cokey |
| I Want to be near you |
| Longways dances |
| Sausage roll |
| Seige of Ennis |
| Square dance |
| Strip the Willow |
| Virginia Reel |
| Walls of Limerick |
| Waves of Tory |
| Plus many more Scottish Irish and Barn Dance selections |
| And many more!... |
The price brackets above should be used as a guide only as all quotes are bespoke.Performance times for most acts except Tributes and some other Unique performers are usually 2 x 60 minute sets or 3 x 40 min sets. (If you require the act to perform longer than these times you may incur extra costs.)
Travel costs vary depending on the act and will be included to the quote given to you by our agents.
Our acts would usually expect to arrive around 6pm and to be finished around midnight.
(If you need the act to arrive earlier or finish later there may be extra costs but these can be negotiated.)

