Sean Kelly & The Super 8's
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Sean Kelly & The Super 8's is an audio/visual experience like no other. Sean plays live Irish music to the back-drop of Super 8 movies taken in and around Derry and Donegal between 1958 and 1988. All movies were shot by Sean's Dad, Seamus Kelly, a renowned Derry Super 8 enthusiast and featured on a series of shows on BBC NI called "Super 8 stories".
The music is traditional, contemporary and original with Sean writing songs and tunes for half of the show that matches what's on the screen, the other half of the songs being curated from his time as an Irish musician in Aotearoa (New Zealand).
To add to the mix of music and video is the third dimension of this show, the storytelling. Sean tells intimate stories of life, growing up in the North-West of Ireland in the 60's, 70's and 80's from the Long Tower Boys primary school, overlooking The Bogside to the sanctuary of Donegal and particularly The Rosguill Peninsula - his Mum's birthplace.
Prepare to laugh and cry, but most of all, to be entertained by this original concept of a show at Fleadh Cheoil 2026.
The music is traditional, contemporary and original with Sean writing songs and tunes for half of the show that matches what's on the screen, the other half of the songs being curated from his time as an Irish musician in Aotearoa (New Zealand).
To add to the mix of music and video is the third dimension of this show, the storytelling. Sean tells intimate stories of life, growing up in the North-West of Ireland in the 60's, 70's and 80's from the Long Tower Boys primary school, overlooking The Bogside to the sanctuary of Donegal and particularly The Rosguill Peninsula - his Mum's birthplace.
Prepare to laugh and cry, but most of all, to be entertained by this original concept of a show at Fleadh Cheoil 2026.
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Where is it happening?
Belfast Barge, 1 Lanyon Quay,Belfast, United Kingdom
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Host or PublisherSean Kelly Music
