Here Be Dragons! Songs, stories and powerful poetry from the Celtic and Viking traditions.

Step off the street and enter an enchanted world beyond time!

Experience the magical realms of Celtic and Scandinavian folklore and mythology performed through live music, storytelling and poetry.

Exquisite songs of beauty, love and loss, spellbinding tales of giants, dragons, witches and fairy queens, verses proclaiming unsung heroes emerging triumphant from the bloodiest of life's battles, await your eyes and ears.

Three amazing performers will impart to you the wisdom, wonder, horror and humour of human existence as seen through the eyes of our Celtic and Nordic ancestors in a rich array of ancient, traditional and contemporary genres of music and spoken word.

Audience participation is encouraged! We invite you to wear fancy dress themed on Celtic/Viking/medieval/fairy/elf/troll/magickal styles. And you may at some point find yourself being part of a poem, story or song!!

Please note that there is no bar at the venue, but you can BYO.

Doors open 7.00 p.m.

OUR PERFORMERS

JESSE MCCORMACK

With his clear, bardic voice, deeply imbued sense of rhythm, and intense devotion to his craft, Tasmanian troubadour Jesse McCormack performs Anglo-Celtic and Nordic folk songs and quirky original compositions. His minstrelsy escorts listeners into an experience of folkloric storytelling, conjuring a sound reminiscent of artists such as Steeleye Span or Loreena McKennitt and vibes of bohemian Achilleanism. (1) Jesse McCormack - YouTube

ALASDAIR GREENBARD

Alasdair draws upon a rich tradition of Celtic mythology, poetry and folklore from his ancestral heritage, academic work and time spent in Gaelic-speaking communities in Scotland. With his harp Ètaìn, Alasdair does the work of a modern-day bard, connecting himself and others with the deeper intelligence of Nature, and with the wild wisdom inherent in the collective unconscious, brought to vivid life in the here and now with story and song. (1) Alasdair Greenbard - YouTube

BEA PEARCE

Powerful, raw and wild, Bea Pierce is a murder poet and spoken word performer who takes audiences on a journey to meet and connect with the dark feminine. Drawing on her ancient Celtic ancestry, its divine goddesses speak through her, inviting modern men and women to reclaim their passion, spirit, belonging, identity and sexual power.  
We were all wild once. Over the centuries, society has tried to tame us, cage us, burn us, erase our goddesses, our power and our history. But we are not gone. We have not only survived, we’ve grown stronger. We are the wild voices. And we honour the wildness in our hearts.
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