Alfi announce upcoming shows with sneak peak of upcoming album

Alfi have announced three upcoming shows which will showcase previews of their upcoming album.

The shows include dates at Bello Bar in Dublin on December 11, Fennelly's in Kilkenny on December 12 and Ulster Sports Club in Belfast on December 14.

The trad group released their debut album Say Old Man in the summer of 2023. Their music is influenced by Irish traditional and Appalachian folk.

The band use harp, five string banjo and uilleann pipes.

Band member Fiachra Meek most recently played as a piper with the Pogues on their 2025 tour 40 Years of Rum, Sodomy & the Lash.

Alannah Thornburgh, the harpist of the trio, won Best Folk Instrumentalist at the RTE Radio 1 Folk Awards earlier this year, after the release of her debut solo album Shapeshifter.

The group's forthcoming album is in the final stages of mastering and no release date has been announced.

Tickets for their upcoming shows can be found here.

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