please note that unless otherwise stated below Claire will perform full sets at Live Performances.
Diary Dates (2008) - present & future gigs, workshops, etc
(for information on past performances/projects in 2008 and previous years please scroll down)
August 24th: Live Performance/Compere - Women's Space, Manchester Pride (20 minute set).
to book Claire Mooney for performances, creative consultancies, songwriting commissions and workshops - or to get on her mailing list - you can contact redrecords@clairemooney.co.uk
August 26th: Radio Production Workshop - Summer Arts College (for TiPP)
August 28th (am) - Songwriting/Recording Workshop - SCD Project, Old Trafford.
August 28th: Radio Production Playback - Summer Arts College (for TiPP)
September 1st: Coffee Club (current affairs chat) - BBC Radio Manchester
September 13th: Live Performance - 25th Anniversary of Solidarity at Rochdale Labour Club.
September 19th: Live Performance - Artists against the War - Lloyds Hotel, M21 (with Dave Puller, Robin Sunflower and more)
September 20th: 'Song in Seconds' - Working Class Song Festival, Liverpool (afternoon)
September 20th: Live Performance - Working Class Song Festival, The New Picket, Liverpool (the Festival includes The Men they couldn't Hang, Alun Parry Band and loads more! - the Festival runs from 19th-21st)
September 21st: Live Performance - Manchester Fun Box, Matt and Phred's (with George Boroski and Attila the Stockbroker)
September 26th: Live Performance/Compere - SOUND WOMEN, Cellar Bar, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Queen St., Huddersfield. 8pm Tickets £7/5 available from Box Office 01484 30528/online tickets www.lawrencebatleytheatre.co.uk
To listen to Claire go to the Discography Page on this website and click the listen icon on the album of your choice. On each album sample tracks are shown in pink - click, listen and enjoy! Better still come to a gig!
October 18th: Live Performance - Lavender Lounge, Lancaster. (Claire will be playing a 25 minute set)
October 24th: Live performance - Levenshulme Festival Launch (details to follow)
November 26th: Live Performance - Bury Met, Market St., Bury (for Bury LGBT).
December 13th: Live Performance - 'Claire Mooney and Friends', Bolton Octagon Theatre (after last Christmas's sell-out gig Claire returns to the Octagon for another festive feast of serious fun!). Details to follow.
December 19th: Live Performance/Compere - SOUND WOMEN, Cellar Bar, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Queen St., Huddersfield. 8pm Tickets £7/5 available from Box Office 01484 30528/online tickets www.lawrencebatleytheatre.co.uk
Claire is not on myspace or Facebook - she looks forward to a change of ownership in both social networks!!
So far in 2008....
Live Performances, Radio, etc - Highlights include:
AUGUST GIGS '08: 17th Andrew Edwards Show Gaydio: 9th Hebden Bridge Trades Club:
JULY GIGS '08: 26th Oldham Pride: 25th Manchester Met University - Helen Jones and Kate Cook's Book Launch: 11th M19 Bar with The Moving House Band: 9th BBC Radio Manchester: 9th 12.30am ALLFM in session on Late Show: 4th Bread and Roses, London:
JUNE GIGS '08: 30th Q Inn, Stalybridge, Cheshire: 20th (eve): SOUND WOMEN, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield: 20th BBC Radio Leeds OB (40th Birthday Celebrations).
MAY GIGS '08: 25th The Wheatsheaf, Llantrisant, Wales: 24th Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye for the Socialist Labour Party of Wales: 22nd: Chorlton Arts Festival 19th: PCS Conference, Brighton: 9th: BBC Radio Manchester: 1st Linghams, Wirral:
APRIL GIGS '08: 28th: Workers Memorial Day, St Peters Square: 27th: BBC Radio Manchester, Andy Crane Show, OB from The Lowry, Salford: 20th: The Legendary Manchester Busker, Matt and Phreds, M'cr; 19th: Klondike Club, M19: 17th: Hope Not Hate Concert, The Vines, Liverpool (with The Alun Parry Band & Tayo Aluko) 14th: ManchesterRadioOnline - in session: 10th: The Canteen Media Centre, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (Ann Wilson's Book Launch): 2nd: ALLFM Drivetime.
MARCH GIGS '08: 28th: SOUND WOMEN, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield. 19th BBC Radio Manchester: 8th Manchester Town Hall, IWD Celebrations: 8th ALLFM, Morning Show: 7th Manchester Irishfest, M19 Bar: 5th BBC Radio Manchester, 'Ms Manchester!', : 3rd Rochdale Town Hall IWW Launch.
FEB GIGS '08: 15th Irish Centre, M21: 9th Unplugged for Africa, St Clements, M21: 4th SWINTON FOLK CLUB (guest), Salford: 2nd: 20th Anniversary of THE MANCHESTER FUN BOX: 1st CHANNEL MTV, Breakfast Show.
JAN GIGS '08: 21st Q INN, Stalybridge, Cheshire.
2008 - Creative Consultancies, Songwriting/recording projects, etc completed include....
Creative Consultancies: Park View, Miles Platting, M'cr: YPAC, Manchester: The Apostles, Miles Platting M'cr:
Songwriting/Recording Projects: Time for Me, Halton (March): Gamesley Library, Derbyshire: LEMS, Skelmersdale, Lancs: SCPDYP, Trafford: Wilbraham Youth Club: North manchester Library (Youth Health Day): Time for Me, Halton (June/July)
'Song in Seconds': Pankhurst Centre, Manchester.
'Tales in Tempo': Derbyshire Literature Festival, Glossop (For HPCA)
Creative Debate - Facilitation: LGBT Centre. Manchester.
Connect-Respect-CD Launch, Miles Platting, M'cr.
Radio Production Project: Summer Arts College on behalf of Tipp in Bolton and Stretford
2007 GIGS:
Live performances - Highlights included:
DEC GIGS '07: 30th The Best of Artbeat - ALL FM (Claire featured): 21st Sound Women, Cellar Bar, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield, Yorkshire: 20th 'Claire Mooney and Friends', Studio Sessions, BNT, The Octagon, Bolton (SOLD OUT): 14th wFM: 10th wFM (97.2): 8th Acoustic Fest, Britons Protection, Manchester: 1st The Manchester Busker, The Castle, M'cr:
NOV GIGS '07: Irish Centre, Nicaraguan Benefit, M21: May Logan Centre, DV Seminar, Sefton: Otley Folk Club, Yorkshire: Bootle Town Hall, Sefton, Lancs: Raise Your Banners, Festival of Political Song, Bradford: NWTUC, Women's Event, Mechanics Institute Manchester: M19, Levenshulme Festival (SOLD OUT):
OCT GIGS '07: Breakfast Show, Channel M TV: Friends of Levenshulme Social, The Sidings, M'cr: Becky Want Show - BBC Radio Manchester: YLAF, Outdoor Concert, York.
JULY-SEPTEMBER '07 GIGS: X Bar, Oxford: Oldham Pride, Gallery Oldham: Hazards Conference Social, UMIST, Manchester: Q Inn, Stalybridge, Cheshire: The Ladybarn, Manchester: Women's Space, Manchester Pride: Gaydio (Manchester Pride Radio): Equity Show BCB Radio, Bradford, Yorks: 'Sound Women' Syngeta Bar, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield: Lantern Festival, Chorlton Water Park, M'cr: Artbeat ALLFM, Manchester
'GOOD AS YOU' ALBUM PROMO TOUR (May-July 07) Sound Women, Chorlton Arts Festival: Hebden Bridge Trades Club: BBC Radio Manchester - Afternoon Show (OB): Black Sheep Music Festival - Yorkshire (including support to Hugh Cornwell, The Strangers! (SOLD OUT) : BBC Radio Manchester's Irish Show: 'Sound as a Pound', ALL FM: Glastonwick, Nr Brighton (SOLD OUT): Tom's Bar, Pontypridd, Wales: BBC Radio Leicester: Channel M TV's City Life: Album Launch, M19, Manchester (SOLD OUT): Droylsden FolkFest: BBC Radio Manchester, Citizen Manchester LGBT Show: The 'Y', Leicester: Bury Met Theatre:
JAN-JUNE GIGS '07: Channel M TV: Unity Festival '07, Manchester City Art Gallery: Hunters Inn, Yorkshire: Briton's Protection, Manchester: Eamonn O'Neal Show, BBC Radio Manchester: Q Inn, Stalybridge: TUC, London: International Women's Week Launch, Manchester Town Hall: Underthepavement radio show, ALL FM, Manchester: Working Class Movement Library IWD event, Salford: IWW Launch, Rochdale Town Hall, Rochdale, Lancs: Fuel Bar, Manchester: Anti-Deportation Gig / LCP, Irish Club, Chorlton: Court in Session, Courthouse, Otley, Yorks: International Workers' Memorial Day, Peace Gardens, Manchester: PCS Conference, Brighton, Sussex: Citizen Manchester, BBC Radio Manchester: Withington Library, Manchester: Homeless Memorial event, St Ann's Square, Manchester: STOP THE WAR DEMO - Albert Square, Manchester: Silver Festival, Red Lion. Otley, Yorks:
2006 GIGS:
Live Performances - highlights include: BBC Radio Manchester: BBC Radio Leeds, Yorkshire: The Borderline, London: Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, Cumbria: The Plaza, Stockport: FreeDM Stage, CohesionLive Music Festival, Manchester: Octagon Theatre, Bolton: Manchester International Conference Centre: BBC GMR: Chorlton Arts Festival, Manchester: Cross Keys, Uppermill: Hare & Hounds, Manchester: Linghams, Heswall, Wirral: Manchester Town Hall - IWW launch: The Musician, Leicester: Briton's Protection, Manchester: Biddulph Folk Club, Staffs: M19 Bar, Manchester: The Nursery Inn, Stockport: Flockton Court Songbook Launch, Bolton: The Palace Hotel, Brighton (for Left Unity): The Royal Albion, Brighton (for PCS): Wythenshawe Forum: Manchester Pride: The Boardroom, M21: Swinton Folk Club, Salford: Chester Town Hall, Chester Women's Aid 30th Birthday Party: ALL FM Radio, Drivetime: Red Pepper Cabaret, The Mechanics Institute, Manchester: Manchester Women's Aid Fundraiser, SW Manchester Cricket Club: Sleepers Bar, Huddersfield (Kirklees Out and About event): YLAF Cabaret, York Racecourse: Outdoor Concert, York City Centre: Poetry for a Pound, Manchester: Leigh Folk Club - Save the Children Benefit: Pure FM Radio:
2005 GIGS:
Live Performance - highlights include: BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour : BBC GMR: Pride, Manchester: The Lowry, Salford Quays: Guild Hall, York: Town Hall, Manchester: Town Hall, Rochdale: LCP, Manchester: Reebok Stadium, Bolton: St Ann's Square, Manchester: Bury FC, Gigg Lane, Bury: Gatehouse Publishing Launch, Zion Arts Centre, Manchester: Great Northern Square, Manchester: Chorlton Arts Festival: Buile Hill Park, Salford: Rochdale Labour Club: Five Alls, Chepstow: Cultural Fusion, Ashton: Alexander's Jazz Theatre, Chester (Politika): Manchester Dig Community Day: Poetry for a Pound, Manchester: Spirit of the Street Festival, Ashton-u-Lyne, Lancs: Hare & Hounds, Manchester: Old Market Tavern, Altrincham, Cheshire: Cassidy's, Middlesbrough: The Railway, Lymm, Cheshire: Women's Network, Middleton Civic Hall: Domestic Violence Conference, Zion Arts Centre, Manchester: YLAF - York Racecourse/York City Centre: White Lion, Swinton: Britons Protection, Manchester: The Junction, Otley, Yorks: Rose & Crown, Ilkley, Yorks: Korks Wine Bar, Otley, Yorks
2004 GIGS:
Live Performance - highlights include: BBC GMR: Wimfest Bluecoat Chambers, Liverpool: Q Bar in Stalybridge: Manchester Town Hall: Cassidy's in Middlesbrough: Bury Met Theatre: Off the Wall, York: Alzheimer's Society LGBT launch in London: Briton's Protection in Manchester: Bromborough Folk Club, Port Sunlight, Wirral: Wythenshawe Forum: Wythenshawe FM: Pack Horse in Bolton: Unity Festival Manchester: The Lift in Glossop: Halton Stadium: Birtle Trust, Bury: 'Splendid Saturday' Main Stage, Hyde Town Centre: Women In Tune Festival, Wales: Pride, Manchester: Ukrainian Centre, Manchester: Leasowe Castle, Wirral: Reebok Stadium, Bolton: Blue Cat Cafe, Stockport
Prior to 2004 Claire didn't have a website! But she has been in the songwriting and creative industries business for many years. You can get some idea of her experience by looking at the other pages on this website. Please note that Claire does NOT have a myspace site due to political differences with owner, Rupert Murdoch.
2007 - Creative consultancies, workshops, etc
Songwriting/Recording Projects: MIND, Stockport: Women's National Register, Warrington: Time for Me Project, Halton: 100 Days Campaign, PRU, Longsight: 'Cool It' Music/Recording Project, Wilbraham, Youth Club, M21: LEMS, Preston: SCDProject, Old Trafford: Time for Me Project (November), Halton:
Creative Consultancies: Discus, Manchester: Wilbraham Youth Cub, Manchester: PRU, Crossacres, Wythenshawe: PRU, Richmond Park, Longsight, M'cr.: Longfield Project, Prestwich Arts School, Prestwich, Bury: YPAC, Miles Platting: Apostle Group, Miles Platting: Park View, Miles Platting:
Pop Video: 100 Days Campaign, Richmond Park, Manchester (shown at Urbis, Manchester)
Singer-Songwriter in Residence: Stockport PHN Conference, Stockport County FC.
Song in Seconds Sessions: 25th Street Choir Festival, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester:
Concert Programmer: YLAF
2006 - Creative consultancies, workshops, etc
Community CD Launches: Miles Platting Library, Manchester: Age Concern, Manchester: TLM Centre, Manchester: The Buzz, Manchester.
Music Theatre production: 'Communication' - High Peak Community Arts
Short Film Director: 'Everything is Possible' - Sports City, Manchester: 'Special Delivery' - TLM Centre, Manchester: 'The Cool School Kids' - Gorton Mount, Manchester: 'Stories From The Shadows' - St Barnabas, Manchester: 'Still Life' - Church of the Apostle, Manchester (Shorts Film Festival - Manchester City Council)
Songwriting & Recording projects: Start of the Week, MIND - Stockport: Minshull St Day Centre, Manchester: 'Song in Seconds', YLAF: 'Time for Me', Halton:
Audio project: 'Our Days Out' , HPCA, Derbyshire
Poetry Workshop: Beech Road Park Festival, Manchester ('The Long Poem')
Creative Consultation/Evaluation projects: TLM Centre, Manchester: 'Generation Communication' CD Launch, Miles Platting Library, Manchester: Clayton Library/Ravensbury, Manchester: Wilbraham Youth Club, Manchester: Baguley Community Centre: Age Concern, Gorton: TLM Youth Club, Manchester: Gorton Mount, Manchester: Hear by Right, Halton Stadium, Widnes: St Martins, Wythenshawe: Zest, Miles Platting: Zest, Collyhurst Nursery, Manchester: 'The Big Community Song', Seven Acres Park, Bolton: The Buzz, PRU, Manchester: Moston Youth Club, Manchester (PSB).
Creative Facilitation: GMCVO, Ardwick, Manchester: Comart NW Symposium, Preston: Festival of Diversity, Oldham:
Concert Director: YLAF
2005 - Creative consultancies, workshops, etc
Songwriting & Recording projects: SureStart, Liverpool: Cherry Tree Hospital, Stockport: Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport: MAPS, Stockport: Chester Women's Aid, Chester University: Time for Me Project, Halton: % for Art, Bolton: Midweek, Stockport: DIY Theatre Group, Salford: Manchester Anthem Project - Manchester City Council: SureStart, Widnes: Halton PCT: St John Vianney, Stockport: St Basil's, Widnes; SureStart, Brookvale Centre, Runcorn: The Grange, Runcorn; Early Years, Salford; Start The Week, Stockport; Minshull St Day Centre, Manchester; Nell Lane, Manchester
Creative Consultation/Evaluation projects: NHS, Halton: Manchester City Council, with MAD: Parrs Wood Technical College: Turning Point, Manchester: Minshull St Day Centre, Manchester: GMP, Bootle St, Manchester: Openshaw Resource Centre: Bury MBC: Halton Primary Health Care Trust: Diversity & Inclusion Conference, Manchester: 'One Small Step', Manchester: Johnson Fold, Bolton; ZEST - Miles Platting, Manchester: Gorton Mount, Manchester: Miles Platting Library, Manchester
Creative Team Building: Groundwork Trust, Manchester
Publication/CD release: 'Pride of Place' - Pontefract Press (for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister)
Concert Director: YLAF, York
2004 - Creative consultancies, workshops, etc
Songwriting & Recording projects: UYAS in Manchester: Catalyst in Bolton: MAPS in Stockport: Salford Probation Service: 'Time for Me' in Halton: NHS: St Martins, Oldham: Minshull St Day Centre: Freehold Community School, Oldham: START, Salford: SureStart, Liverpool: SureStart, Runcorn
Creative Writing projects: HPCA: One World Festival in New Mills
Creative Consultation/Evaluation projects: Shared Learning in St Helens: Bolton MBC: Trafford MBC: Halton BC in Runcorn and Widnes: EAZ Manchester: Wythenshawe Partnership, Manchester: NHS: Ivy Bank Business & Enterprise College, Burnley: Timperley Fair: Pontefract Press (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister): Manchester City Council.
Creative Facilitations: CIDS at Abraham Moss Theatre Manchester (chair)
Arts Training for: SureStart, Halton
Music Commissions for: Physical Theatre performance, Longfield Project for Bury MBC: 'Garden of Delight' by SPARKY Young People's project, Salford City Council/MIA:
Songwriting Commission for: Private commission, Yorkshire
Musical Director/Composer for: 'The Mills Tale - Distant Voices' at Skidby Mill, Beverley. Funded through East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
Prior to 2004 Claire didn't have a website! But she has been in the songwriting and creative industries business for many years. You can get some idea of her experience by looking at the other pages on this website.
To book Claire Mooney for performances, creative consultancies, songwriting commissions and workshops - or to get on her mailing list - you can contact redrecords@clairemooney.co.uk
To listen to Claire go to the Discography Page on this website and click the listen icon on the album of your choice. On each album sample tracks are shown in pink - click, listen and enjoy! Better still come to a gig!
Some of the most requested songs from Claire's first album 'Rocking the Boat' (that, when reviewed in NME in 1989, got 8/10) have been remixed and re-mastered and are NOW available on a special 4 track CD. To order send us an email and we'll send you details of how to purchase it.
Thanks to everyone I've met and worked with over the last few years, and special thanks to those who have left positive messages via e-mail, snail-mail, text or posted directly on the Feedback page...