Our most recent gig on a hot June evening at The Snickleway Inn was a wild one! Now we have a couple of months off. We’ll be back in the autumn with some new tunes, playing at The Snickleway Inn on these dates:
Thursday 17 September
Thursday 15 October
Thursday 12 November
Thursday 10 December
We’ll also be playing at The York Food Festival on 23 September at 8pm in the main marquee on Parliament Street (then going for a pint afterwards at The Snick!)
We had a great crowd at The Snickleway Inn in York on Sunday – nice to be playing in daylight!
Thanks as always to Bob Mitchell for his great photographs!
This year we’re going to try some Sunday teatime gigs at our favourite pub, The Snickleway Inn on Goodramgate in York.
Here’s our gig list going into 2026::
The York Food Festival in on all week and there’s music every evening in the marquee on Parliament Street, as well as in St Sampson’s Square.
Leather’o will be playing in the main marquee on Parliament Street on Wednesday 24 September from 7.30pm to 9pm. It’s always a great atmosphere, with great food and drink.
The festival is raising money for St Leonards Hospice.
See you there!
We have a very special private function gig to look forward to in August, then we’re delighted to be returning to The Bluebird in Acomb – our last gig there was a sell-out and we’ve got lots of new tunes to play this time. Then in November we’re heading north for a folk club gig in Saltburn. What could be better?!?
And we have confirmed dates for our monthly gig at The Snickleway Inn in York:
Thursday 18 September
Thursday 16 October
Thursday 20 November
Thursday 18 December
See you there!
We’ve been quiet for a while, but working away in the background on half a dozen new sets of tunes – some Scottish, some Irish, one Northumbrian. One or two traditional but mostly recent compositions by the new Celtic players. Come along to one of our gigs to hear them!
Leather’o will be playing a special one-off gig at Rise – the evening venue of the Bluebird Bakery in Acomb, York on Saturday 31 August. Doors open at 8pm and tickets are £5 – buy them in advance here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/leathero-tickets-974379514357
Thanks to everyone who came along to our election night gig – it was a party atmosphere and great craic!
We’ll be playing at The Snickleway Inn on Goodramgate in York on these Thursdays in the Autumn:
12 September
24 October
14 November
19 December
See you there!
We don’t play many Ceilidhs (what we English would call barn dances) but when we have to, we can play the tunes a bit slower and less complicated. And what a Ceilidh it was! Congratulations to Gracie for a great job as caller and thanks everyone for dancing like wild things!!
Playing all acoustic, traditional instruments in venues from pubs to major festivals, extensively reworking tunes and songs from the Irish, Scottish and Eastern European traditions.
