Presented by Clare Galway Music

Support by Féile Women’s Singing Group

Clare Galway is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter. Born in the heart of Belfast City, with mixed Irish and Filipino heritages, Clare draws inspiration from the Irish traditional music and melodies with which she was raised and delivers them with both fervent passion and sincere openness. Through her classical training on violin and study of music at Queen’s University Belfast she has worked as a session musician, teacher, choir conductor and musical director. Clare’s talent has carried her to performances across three continents with various ensembles such as McPEAKE and The Winding Stair, and she has even graced the Acoustic Stage at Glastonbury Festival. She brings this wealth of experience into the creation of new music which ultimately speaks to all people and crosses genres.

Clare weaves her soulful, gospel-influenced vocals into the world of Celtic storytelling, a unique approach within the Irish contemporary scene. The listener cannot help but be drawn into her world by her captivating voice and potent, compelling stories of love and loss.

Féile Women’s Singing Group

The Féile Women’s Singing Group are a community choir based in West Belfast. They have been singing together since 2006 and often perform for events that seek to make change, as well as for fun and the love of collective singing. The group brings together women from across Belfast and beyond, joining their voices to sing songs with uplifting and emotive messages. 

Since forming they have performed as support for the likes of Cara Dillon and Grainne Holland in prestigious venues such as the Great Hall at Queens University and Clonard Monastery, and some of their favourite shows have been sung in the smallest of yurts and largest of fields.

They usually perform ‘a capella’, without piano or guitar accompaniment. Purely women’s voices; many singing as one.