Karan Casey returns to London with a new trio featuring concertina player Niall Vallely and Congolese guitarist Niwel Tsumbu. The collaboration marks a fresh reworking of songs spanning over 30 years of Casey’s career, alongside new material and the first UK outing for this Cork-based project.
Karan Casey Trio in Concert
(featuring Niall Vallely and Niwel Tsumbu)
with support by In Good Company
Saturday 30th May 2026
Kings Place
Hall Two, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG
7.30pm Concert Doors open/ Foyer performance by The Trad Gathering
8pm Concert starts
Tickets: £18 (plus booking fee)
Plus session in the Rotunda Bar (ground floor, Kings Place) after the concert
A night filled with music and song across three spaces at Kings Place from doors open to bar closing. In concert, the main event…
At its centre is Karan Casey — founder of the Fair Plé movement (2018), established to promote gender equality in traditional and folk music — performing with Niall Vallely and Congolese-born guitarist Niwel Tsumbu in a new trio collaboration. All three are now based in Cork and have been developing material from across Casey’s 30-year repertoire alongside new work, with this marking the first UK outing for the project.
The evening also features In Good Company (30 performers on the night), originally formed as Fair Plé Ladies of London for the first Fair Plé Day at Cadogan Hall in 2018. They will open the evening with a set including two songs associated with the legendary Galway singer, Dolores Keane.