| Description | Price |
| Murphy's Lore Ceilidh - typically two sets equalling 2 and half hours total | £500 |
| Murphy's Lore Trio - typically two one hour sets | £400 |
Murphy's Lore Ceilidh is based in Dorset, a 4 piece ceilidh band with a caller and their sister act Murphy's Lore Trio for any other excuse to enjoy some folk/roots music.
The ceilidh band consists of Accordion / Vox, Fiddle, Guitar / Mandolin / Stomp and our caller, who is also a fantastic vocalist, whistle and bodhran player.
We're well known in East Dorset / West Hampshire and are perfect for weddings, anniversaries, birthday do's and fundraising events where you'd like to get people properly mixed and mingling.
We're probably East Dorset's busiest ceilidh bands and have been around a looong time..loads of experience and easy to work with. Happy to travel around all of Dorset and parts of Hampshire and Wiltshire generally. Other areas may be considered within reason and budget/flexibility and timings.
We do occasionally use 'dep' musicians, but this is rarely and only if one member is away. If we cannot fulfill the booking, we do not act as agents or send another act in our place under our name - we will simply point you in the direction of someone else.
Our Trio consists of Fiddle / Vox, Whistles / Bodhran / Vox and Guitar / Tenor Guitar / Mandolin / Stomp - We perform traditional folk music from around the British Isles with attitude but without being folk / rock. With one male and one female lead vocals, we offer a great range of folk songs with great harmonies and a range of great tunes led by our fiddle player Steve.
Formed in 2019 for a one-off St. Patrick's night! Still going. Pub gigs, birthday dos, festivals, anywhere you'd like a bit of folk songs and tunes presented with ooomph. We've been lucky enough to perform at most local folk festivals, including twice opening Purbeck Valley Folk Festival and we're due to open Wimborne Festival in June 2025 in the first main concert of the weekend.
We currently have limited availability this year up to November but plenty for next year- you can check our calendar on this site or on our dates page on our website.
Based in Bournemouth, Dorset
= areas covered (up to 60 miles)
= free travel (up to 40 miles)
Tell Me Ma
Galway Girl ( Steve Earle )
Galway Farmer ( Steve Knightley)
Dirty Old Town (Ewan McColl)
All for me Grog
Whiskey in The Jar
Spanish Ladies
Yankee Clipper
Ride On (Jimmy MacCarthy )
Dublin in the Rare Auld Times (Pete St.John)
Fields of Athenry. (Pete St.John)
Raggle Taggle Gypsy
and loads more...
Performance space- stage is always helpful as it's safer. 8 x 4 meters is good. Two sockets x 13 amp . generally one parking space, sometimes two.
yes. Yamaha powered mixer/ amp 16 channel and 2 x Yamaha S115V's - these will cope with small to medium events spaces easily. We also have a small lighting set up.
For a ceilidh/ barn dance is it big enough- space to dance is key. A stage or stage blocks would be useful.
Yes, we can download playlists and use them during a break.
Yes and PAT tested gear where appropriate. We can also supply a risk assessment document for ceilidhs/ barn dances.
They involve a lot of movement and are very energetic!
Best ceilidhs have probably been our local folk festival at Wimborne and for the Trio along with great fundraising events over many years. For Trio, we once supported a major touring Folk/Rock act at Bridport Electric Palace as well as opening ( twice to date) Purbeck Valley Folk Festival.
many artistes from the folk world have influenced us and even our local acts continue to inspire us.
over 25 years in the ceilidh band alone.. all met the local folk scene in Dorset.
All events really , anywhere where they're just willing to join in.
Ceilidh - Approx one hour set up. up to 2 and half hours max plus a break.
Trio - one hour set up , and two sets of approx an hour or one long set- longer sets can be discussed if needed.
yes, as long as cover is provided .
As it is generally trad folk, we stick to our preferred sets.
Engaging, fun , inclusive, 'infectious'.
Pavilion Dance South West, Bournemouth.
Ukraine Relief.
Bransgore Rotary
Purbeck Valley Folk Festival.
Wimborne Folk Festival
Bridport Folk Festival
Swanage Folk Festival
Ocean Room, Bournemouth Pavilion
The Electric Palace , Bridport. ( support act)
Wedding
Birthday Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Hotel / Restaurant Event
Bar / Venue Event
Funeral / Memorial
Concert
Charity Event
Burns Night
Christmas Party
New Year's Eve
Folk
Ceilidh
Traditional English Folk
Traditional Irish Folk
Traditional Scottish Folk
PAT tested
Lighting system included
Male & female vocalists
Public liability insurance
DJ / background music options
PA / sound system included
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