Lanigans Shindig

A well established Irish party Band playing Traditional Irish Folk plus Contemporary Covers with a Celtic Twist. An outstanding group of musicians including a Brit Award and Mercury Music Prize nominee. Whatever your age, and wherever you are from, you are warmly invited to the unforgettable Lanigans Shindig.

They deliver a unique blend of Irish classics, party singalongs, and contemporary covers with an authentic Celtic twist. From Polka’s to Pogues, Jigs to Mumford & Sons, or Rollickin’ Reels to Ronan Keating, there’s something for everyone.

A lively Acoustic Band for Weddings, Birthday Parties, Festivals and Corporate Events. If you like Irish songs sung by a real Irish person such as Whiskey in the Jar, Galway Girl, The Wild Rover, Dirty Old Town, Fields of Athenry, I'll Tell Me Ma, Molly Malone then you will love Lanigans Shindig. The set-list includes Irish Songs, Ballads, Reels, Jigs, Polkas, and Waltzes. 

The line-up is flexible and can work as a duo (guitar/vocals, whistles/melodeons) Trio add percussion, four-piece add fiddle. They also have the services of a caller should you require one. The Band can play totally acoustic for that Irish pub session feel. They can also wander around your guest tables serenading them with the Irish Craic.

The Band

Padraig (Singer/Guitarist) Padraig was born in Belfast. He lived his formative years in the 1970s against the backdrop of the troubles in Northern Ireland. He worked as a freelance journalist in the 1980s; becoming Northern Irish correspondent for the Irish Post, before gaining a Scholarship to Ruskin College Oxford. It was in Oxford he formed the Traditional Irish band Lanigans Shindig and started writing songs in the late 1990s. A fascination with his country's musical history and a love of the stories that permeate its culture, bring an engaging authenticity to his songs. Capturing the passion and contradiction of the people and places of Belfast has seen Padraig earn the reputation of a modern-day Seanachaí. Not surprising perhaps, that he lists both the great Irish Tenor Josef Locke and Belfast's Kathleen Largey amongst his key musical influences.

Greig (drummer/percussionist) is a founder member of the internationally renowned Guillemots and both a Brit Award and Mercury Music Prize nominee. Greig and Padraig became friends and musical collaborators in Oxford in 1997 before Greig moved to London to become a core member of the Guillemots. Greig was both Percussionist and co-writer helping the band enjoy significant single and album chart successes, and touring globally. Greig has appeared alongside the likes of Rufus Wainwright, Snow Patrol, KT Tunstall, The Script, Beck, Morrissey, REM, Travis and even with a full orchestra at the BBC Electric Proms. Re-united with Padraig in 2013, Grieg’s characteristically innovative style and fluid rhythms form the bands' heartbeat.

Gill - (Whistles/Accordion/Melodeon) has an Honours Degree in Music from Cardiff University. She sports an infectious sense of fun. Coupled with a unique whistle style and a genuine affinity towards Irish tunes, she quickly became an audience favourite. An ever-present since 2002 she also plays squeezeboxes and was the band’s first female member. Living off the same Motorway junction as Padraig they also work as a duo.

Piotr (Violin) Piotr’s searing improvisations take listeners on an edge-of-your-seat musical ride. Now a London based music teacher, his Eastern European style brings a fresh twist to the traditional Irish sound. Padraig and Piotr also first played together in Oxford in 1997 and have been firm friends and musical soulmates ever since. Prepare to be educated as the music comes alive with passion, playfulness and Piotr’s incomparable virtuosity.

Recent clients

Royalty, 
the Cast of Eastenders,
Robert Smith (the Cure),
Orlando Bloom,
Kate Winslett,
the Inspector Morse Cast.
The Wales Millennium Centre
The Welsh Rugby Union
The Cardiff Coal Exchange
Sandown Racecourse
Chepstow Racecourse
E Festival Fos Llas Racecourse
Cheltenham Race Festival
International Folk Festival Guernsey
Rothsay Folk Festival Scotland
Small Nations Festival Wales
Caerphilly Big Cheese Festival
Bonne Nuit Festival Jersey
Caistor Festival Lincoln
Pontardawe Festival Wales
Sesiwn Fawr Festival Wales
P&O
Stena
Irish Ferries
TV & Radio:
BBC radio Wales 30 Minute Special Celtic Connections 
BBC Radio Jersey March 2012
BBC Radio Shropshire April 2012
BBC Radio 2 Titanic Special April 2012
Radio Pembrokeshire Special May 2012
BBC Radio Oxford
BBC Radio Ulster
BBC Radio Solent
The band’s music has also been played on radio shows in:
France, Norway, Germany, Holland, USA, Russia, Finland and Poland
Appearances on Cowboys & Indians for S4C TV

Price quoted is for the 4 piece, but also available as a trio and duo