Screaming Orphans In Concert

Returning to Dunedin on Tuesday, January 14th!  Come see your favorite Irish sisters, the talented Screaming Orphans!  

Screaming Orphans are a Pop and folk band from County Donegal, Ireland. The band consists of the four Diver sisters – Joan, Angela, Gráinne and Marie Thérèse. The group combines their own original melodic old-school pop songs with a modern take on traditional Irish music and song, inherited from their family roots.

Forming a Celtic rock band, they have toured the United States and Europe since mid-1990s. In 1997, the band played as Sinead O'Connor's opening band and her back-up singers on her Tour across Europe, America and Canada. They have also toured and recorded with many others, contributing backing vocals and tracks to films.   In 2001, the band travelled back and forth to New York City before making it their permanent base, and starFted playing Irish festivals, colleges, universities and performing arts centres throughout the US.

Screaming Orphans continue to tour throughout the US and Europe, and have released 14 albums.  Their albums have charted No. 1 in the iTunes World Music charts and top ten in the Billboard World Albums charts. The band have been nominated by the Irish Music Awards for Best New Irish CD and have won the Top Celtic Rock band category. They were also included on the Ultimate Guide to Irish Folk album, which includes tracks from many of their musical heroes. 

They released a full Christmas album, Happy Christmas Vol. 1. in 2021.  The album received great press reviews and was played on numerous radios stations in U.K., Ireland and the U.S. They recently released Happy Christmas Vol. 2, which is on sale now.

We are delighted to welcome the return of the Screaming Orphans back to the Scottish American Society of Dunedin!  Don't miss this show!