About this Event

Frontman of Nizlopi embarks on a solo adventure, with the irrepressible Jimmy Davis joining him as co-headliner. Excellent support from Sarah of Paper Aeroplanes fame, and upcomig star Liz Lawrence - definitely one to get there early for.







Luke Concannon:



Formerly of Nizlopi (yes 'the JCB song man') Luke Concannon is fresh from finishing his new album, inspired by his Hitchhiking mission to Palestine. This is Soul fired, Folk Hip-Hop from the Depths. Full of life, music, and stories, his gigs are exuberant and fierce! He loves to get people involved, so get ready to sing and dance. These gigs are passionate life or death struggles to ‘give everything’ and to engage the people in an act of celebration and dissolution in to music, and also a struggle to play the right notes in time J



With Nizlopi Luke experienced the heights of Top Of The Pops, playing Wembley Arena, Hyde Park to 20000 people, and selling close to one Million records, all from an independent family and friends run record label running out of one room in his parents house. And also of working the small venue circuit in England and Ireland for 7 years. The band parted ways in 2008, and since then he’s been finding his way, and deepening in to what his music and work is now



"Political, intense, angular, and beautiful”, Colin Murray, BBC Radio 1.



“My Childhood hero”, Ed Sheeran.





Jimmy Davis:



Making music for the world beyond heat magazine, Jimmy Davis speaks for a voiceless generation, who long for an end to the injustices and lack of care that blight the world.



The authenticity and realness need not be hyped. He might be the skinny kid from the gutter you chose to ignore…the same kid who grew up to boss the boardroom. He might be waving a placard, marching at the front of the ‘stop the war’ demo, or perhaps he’s the unassuming guy making changes in his life to ensure a slightly rosier future for the planet. Perhaps even the bloke in the boozer waxing lyrical about football, politics and global issues.



With the world poised on the brink of change, a time when there are more questions than answers, Davis emerges with music that touches heart and soul, that speaks to strong family ties and connected communities…to greater care for the earth and, vitally, more fun, more laughter, more dancing, more quintessentially English antics.



Unashamed to be living his love, Jimmy offers a model of what is possible with sufficient Belief, Passion and Commitment…having gone from the office cubicle and gossip of the water cooler, to dazzling audiences around the country with his word wizardry and electric live show.



Davis’ kindness, humility and generosity are self-evident. Equally unmissable is his razor tongue and word – establishing him as a standout artist in the emerging field of conscious lyricism. With fans and collaborators including Ed Sheeran, Luke Concannon, Blak Twang and Damien Dempsey, Davis is definitely not just another face in the crowd of a million emerging emcees.