Spike Cello Festival

Spike Cello Festival Spike: Dublin's Alternative Cello Festival

Spike is a 3-day festival of alternative cello, including alt-folk, jazz, trad, cabaret, cello yoga and cello clowning, based in the Workman's Club. Artists featured include: Cello Ireland, Kate Ellis, Vivienne Long, Kevin Murphy (Slow Moving Clouds, Seti the First), Mary & the Pigeons, Lioba Petrie, Rushad Eggleston and Yocella.

🪩SPIKE ALTERNATIVE CELLO FESTIVAL🪩Huge thank you to all our wonderful performers, venues, and audiences for living and b...
17/02/2024

🪩SPIKE ALTERNATIVE CELLO FESTIVAL🪩
Huge thank you to all our wonderful performers, venues, and audiences for living and breathing all things alternative cello with us last weekend 🥰 From panels, to yoga, to a pop up hairdresser concert, we hope it was as memorable a weekend for you as it was for us! 🤍
Thank you too to for the generous support!
We’ll be sharing some more highlights and stay tuned for SPIKE 2025!

🪩🤍 Y O C E L L A 🤍🪩Thanks to everyone who joined us on the mat today 🧘🏻‍♀️ What a way to unwind after the weekend’s fest...
12/02/2024

🪩🤍 Y O C E L L A 🤍🪩
Thanks to everyone who joined us on the mat today 🧘🏻‍♀️ What a way to unwind after the weekend’s festivities ✨
Spike Co-Artistic Directors .barnecutt + were delighted to perform the soundtrack to a special yin yoga voyage of imbolc, new moon, lunar new year + more, led by the wonderful 🌱🌑🐉🏮

🪩📖 Marmosets at MoLI 📖🪩Spike Cello Fest Co-Artistic Directors Mary and the Pigeons+ Lioba Petrie performing a special li...
11/02/2024

🪩📖 Marmosets at MoLI 📖🪩
Spike Cello Fest Co-Artistic Directors Mary and the Pigeons+ Lioba Petrie performing a special literary set at Museum of Literature Ireland

10/02/2024

🪩 Katie Tertell shredding Dani Howard’s ‘Add Oil’ 🪩

10/02/2024

Naomi Berrill had yet another full house under her spell today at The Ark, Dublin 🪄✨ Last chance to 🎣 ⚓️ catch her is 8pm at Who Let Her Sit Like That? at The Fumbally alongside Natalie Haas + Katie Tertell 🪑🪩🫶🏻

:: SPIKE CELLO FESTIVAL 2024 ::‘Who Let Her Sit Like That?’Saturday 11th February 20248.00pm Tickets:www.spikecellofest....
07/02/2024

:: SPIKE CELLO FESTIVAL 2024 ::
‘Who Let Her Sit Like That?’
Saturday 11th February 2024
8.00pm

Tickets:
www.spikecellofest.com

Join us for an informal discussion - cello-chat about music, women and cello. With Katie Tertell (Durham University) and (Natalie Haas) with special guests Ben Cashell and Catríona Finnegan.

This will be a riveting evening of conversation and music, in the cosy surrounds of the iconic Fumbally Café. Be sure to pre-book tickets!

Spike Alternative Cello Festival has been made possible thanks to The Arts Council of Ireland, with the young people’s events running in partnership with The Ark. Also thanks to

:: SPIKE CELLO FESTIVAL 2024 ::𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵-Cellinstallations-Saturday 10th February Free* 30 minute cello concerts poppin...
03/02/2024

:: SPIKE CELLO FESTIVAL 2024 ::

𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵

-Cellinstallations-

Saturday 10th February

Free* 30 minute cello concerts popping up at the following venues and times around Dublin City for Spike Weekend!

10.30am: Cellophonics - The Ark
- What’s better than one cello? Four cellos!
Champions of all things cello, Christopher Allan, Michael Atkinson, Adrian Bradbury and Ben Rogerson make up the quartet Cellophonics. Their performances brim with warmth and sparkle with virtuosity, bringing to life the contrasting characteristics of the cello.

12.30pm: Katie Tertell cello - sculpture hall, Parnell Square N, Rotunda
- An exploration of cello sounds modern and timeless. A moving soundscape of works by composers Domenic Salerni (world premiere!), Ailbhe McDonagh and Hollie Harding and some inspired improvisation from Appalachia.

2.00pm: Yseult Cooper Stockdale cello and Shelly O’Connor (Steel Magnolias)
44 Park Shopping Centre, Prussia St, Stoneybatter
- ‘Hair Piece’ live haircut with cello in homage to Unit 44’s previous incarnation as a hairdressing salon.

3.00pm: Ben Cashell cello/vocals- HLG sculpture hall Parnell Square N, Rotunda
- Original tunes, covers plus some trad tunes thrown in.

4.00pm: Marmosets cellos/electronics (Mary Barnecutt and Lioba Petrie)
Moli 86 St Stephen's Green, Saint Kevin's

Long-term artistic collaborators and friends Mary Barnecutt and Lioba Petrie gather some of their thoughts, melodies and musings in ' Marmosets' a duo cello project that combines their humour, fury and love of a good folk tune into live performance.

*Free with admission to Moli, performance 4pm (duration 30 mins).

:: SPIKE CELLO FESTIVAL 2024 ::Sundays at Noon | The Hugh Lane GallerySunday 11th February 202412.00pm Tickets:www.spike...
01/02/2024

:: SPIKE CELLO FESTIVAL 2024 ::
Sundays at Noon | The Hugh Lane Gallery
Sunday 11th February 2024
12.00pm

Tickets:
www.spikecellofest.com

Featured Artists: Cellophonics

Champions of all things cello, Christopher Allan, Michael Atkinson, Adrian Bradbury and Ben Rogerson make up the cello quartet Cellophonics. Their performances brim with warmth and sparkle with virtuosity, bringing to life the contrasting characteristics of the cello. Featuring Irish composer Ailbhe McDonagh’s - Cellango

Cellophonics was born when four like-minded cellists from different strands of the music profession got together for an evening to remind themselves why they do what they do in the first place. Food and wine were involved, a lot of laughter, and a gargantuan pile of cello quartets. They enjoyed it so much that they decided it would be fun to do it more often. Well why not?��Since then they have enjoyed playing concerts together at festivals throughout the UK. Firm believers that music can be enjoyed by everyone, the Cellophonics have commissioned new works and arrangements by Guy Barker, Libby Croad and Bill Thorp.

Spike Alternative Cello Festival has been made possible thanks to The Arts Council of Ireland, with the young people’s events running in partnership with The Ark. Also thanks to

:: SPIKE CELLO FESTIVAL 2024 ::Yocella | Cello & YogaSunday 11th February 20243.00pm Tickets:www.spikecellofest.comFeatu...
28/01/2024

:: SPIKE CELLO FESTIVAL 2024 ::
Yocella | Cello & Yoga
Sunday 11th February 2024
3.00pm

Tickets:
www.spikecellofest.com

Featured Artists: Kitty Maguire

Passionate about movement from an early age, Kitty commenced training as a Ballet dancer at five years old. Attending ballet schools in Dublin and Bangor she then won a scholarship at sixteen to the prestigious Bird college in Kent where she completed a diploma in dance and musical theatre.

She then returned to Ireland to teach dance and run summer schools for children while continuing her training as a personal trainer and fitness instructor at the National Training Centre in Dublin. Constantly pushing her body to the limit, Kitty realised she needed to broaden her studies to embark on a more therapeutic and holistic practice.

Beginning by studying and teaching Pilates, Kitty found herself drawn to the world of Yoga, undertaking her 200 hour yoga teacher training at Samadhi in Dublin. She has since attended workshops in India, Bali, New York and the UK. Kitty’s classes are of a slow flow nature with a focus on technique, calming and slowing down the nervous system. She encourages individuality, expression and personal growth through a dynamic practice in a light and uplifting environment.

Join Kitty for soothing Yin Yoga with cellos - for the first time a group of Spike cellists will create music for the celebrated Yocella class with Kitty Maguire through drones, improvisations and especially arranged alternative classics.

Spike Alternative Cello Festival has been made possible thanks to The Arts Council of Ireland, with the young people’s events running in partnership with The Ark.

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