please note that unless otherwise stated (or for radio/TV shows) Claire will usually perform full sets at Live Performances.
Claire can now be seen on YouTube - some performance footage from the full concert The Lawrence Batley Theatre in June '09 has now been uploaded.
"...a supremely gifted songwriter and performer...Mooney kept the crowd enthralled" Leicester Mercury June 2009
'one of our leading radical singer songwriters' Morning Star
'legendary singer songwriter' The Reporter
Gigs, Radio....2010 - for past performances please scroll down the page...
26th July - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm
28th July - BBC NW - John Barnes Show - 10pm
29th July - Live Performance - Turning Point, M'cr (invited guests)
31st July - Live Performance/Compere - Oldham Pride, Art Gallery (Parade and performance stage from 11.30am)
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
2nd August - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm
9th August - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm
14th August - Live Performance - Above the Beaten Track Festival, Blue Coat Rooms, Liverpool 2pm
16th August - Live Performance - Peterloo Fest, Britons Protection, Manchester. 7pm
21st August - Live Performance - Salford Garden Party, Swinton (from mid-day) - including writing a 'Song for Salford'
23rd August - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm
29th August - Live Performance/Compere - Women's Space, Manchester Pride.
30th August - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm (Live from Pride)
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!
6th September - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm
13th September - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm
16th September - Compere - Manchester Women's Awards, Town Hall, M'cr (invited guests only)
18th September - Live Performance - Peace One Day, Vale Park, New Brighton (afternoon).
18th September - Live Performance - Manchester Peace Festival, St Margaret's Church, Whalley Range, M16 (with Leon Rosselson) 7pm
20th September - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm
25th September - Live Performance - 125th Anniversary Celebrations - Huddersfield TUC, Huddersfield Sports and Social Club.
27th September - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm
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
4th October - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm
9th October - Compere - 'Gorton's Got Talent', Cedar Mount Theatre, M18
11th October - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm
23rd October - Live Performance - Levenshulme Festival, M19 Bar (with The Moving House Band)
6th November - Live Performance - Irish Centre, M21 (Private event)
28th November - Live Performance/Compere - Hyde Park, Leeds (supporting Gilmore and Roberts) - Details to follow
17th December: Live Performance/Compere - SOUND WOMEN, The Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. 8pm. Tickets £7/5 from the Theatre Box Office on 01484 430528 or online www.thelbt.org
2010 Gigs, Radio, TV... - what you may have missed!
19th July - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester:18th July - Live Performance - Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, Dorset:15th July - BBC Radio NW Late Show:12th July - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester: 5th July Q Inn, Market Street, Stalybridge: 4th July Peace and Ecology Festival, St. Lukes ('the bombed out church'), Liverpool: 3rd July Sheffield University Students Union, Fusion Bar 8pm (with Seize the Day): 28th June - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester: 24th June - BBC Radio NW - John Barnes Show: 23rd June - BBC Radio Manchester - Coffee Club: 21st June - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester: 18th June: Live Performance/Compere - SOUND WOMEN, The Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield: 17th June - Live Performance - Mano, Palatine Rd., Northenden, Manchester(with Dave Puller):14th June - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester: 7th June - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester: 3rd June - BBC Radio NW - John Barnes Show: 31st May - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester: 25th May - BBC Radio Manchester - Coffee Club: 24th May - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm: 22nd May: Live Performance - Chorlton Arts Festival,The Shed M21 (SOLD OUT): 17th May - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm: 13th May - John Barnes Show, BBC Radio NW:10th May - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester: 9th May: Live Performance -Oxton Secret Gardens, Oxton, Wirral (with a plethora of poets!): 3rd May - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm:3rd May - BBC Radio Manchester - 'Mrs Manchester' Feature with Chris Holliday - afternoon show: 28th April - Live Performance - Workers Memorial Day, St Peters Square, M'cr:26th April - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester: 20th April - Acoustic Collective, Wharf Tavern, Stalybridge, Cheshire:19th April - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester: 18th April - Live Performance - Folk at the Manor, Wallasey, Wirral (guest): 15th April - John Barnes Show, BBC Radio NW:14th April - Live Performance - Old Pint Pot, Salford: 10th April - 'A Little bit of Peace and Mooney', Taurus, Canal St., M'cr with Heather Peace - 2 shows 5pm and 8pm (SOLD OUT): 7th April - Coffee Club, Heather Stott Show, BBC Radio Manchester: 5th April - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm: 27th March - Anti-Homophobia Rally, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria: 22nd March - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm: 19th March Tradfest, M19 Bar, M'cr (with The Moving House Band): 18th March - John Barnes Show, BBC Radio NW:17th March - Seven Arts, Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds - Rape Crisis Phone-Line Benefit:15th March - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm (with Ashley Byrne and Andrew Edwards): 12th March - BBC Radio Manchester - Coffee Club:7th March: Live Performance/Compere - International Women's Day Launch Event, Manchester Town Hall 1pm:6th March: Live Performance - International Women's Day Event, The Shed M21 (tickets from 40 Beech Road, Chorlton):1st March - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm (with Ashley Byrne and Andrew Edwards):27th February: Birch Community Centre, Rusholme, M'cr: 25th February - John Barnes Show, BBC Radio NW: 22nd February - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester:19th February - Live Performance - Special FX - Royal Exchange Theatre:18th February - Live Performance - Pride Games Launch, Ramada Hotel, M'cr:17th February - Live Performance - Acoustic Night Launch, Horse and Jockey, Chorlton Green, M21 (Guest): 15th February - Live Performance - Q INN, Market Street, Stalybridge, Cheshire (Guest): 11th February - BBC Radio Manchester - Coffee Club, Heather Stott Show:8th February - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester:4th February - John Barnes Show, BBC Radio NW 28th January - Live Performance - Reddish CC, Stockport (Short Set):25th January - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester:20th January - Coffee Club, BBC Radio Manchester: 18th January - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester14th January - John Barnes Show, BBC Radio NW 9th January Ducie Bridge, Manchester (Paul Ripley Benefit) with a cast of 1000s!! 9th January Midland Hotel, M'cr (Civil Partnership): 4th January - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester
Workshops, Creative consultancies - 2010
Time for me, Halton: Community Arts Day, High Peak Community Arts: SDPDYP, Old Trafford: Complex Parenting Group Work Project, M'CR City Council: HMP Styal: Pupil Referral Centre, Stockport: SCDPYP, Trafford: Media Centre, Denton, - Songwriting: Media Centre, Denton - film making: Blue Room, Manchester - songwriting and recording project: Summer Stroll song writing/ spoken word/ recording Project, High Peak Community Arts: Women Matta, Audio Workshop: Blue Room, Spoken-word project:
2009 Gigs, Radio, TV... - what you may have missed!
December 23rd: Coffee Club - BBC Radio Manchester: 20th: Live Performance/Interview - Manchester online radio: 18th - Live Performance - SOUND WOMEN, The Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield, Yorkshire: 17th Live Performance - John Barnes Show, BBC Radio North West: 14th - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm: 13th Compere - Love Apple, Bradford, Yorkshire: 10th Co-Compere - Winter Manchester Busker, Green Room, Manchester: 9th Live Performance - Turning Point Festive event: 7th - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm: 5th Live Performance/Compere - Irish World Heritage Centre, Manchester 8pm: 3rd - John Barnes Show, BBC Radio NW - 10pm: 2nd - Live Performance/Interview ALLFM - Manchester Busker Special
November 30th - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester: 23rd - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester: 19th Live Performance - John Barnes Show, BBC Radio North West: 17th - Live Performance/Interview - Late Late Show, ALLFM Radio: 16th - BBC Radio Manchester - Citizen Manchester 9pm: 13th - Live Performance - NWTUC Women's Conference: 8th - Live Performance/Compere - 'Raise Your Banners', Festival of Political Song, Bradford, Yorkshire: 7th Live Performance - LCP, Manchester: 5th Live Performance - John Barnes Show, BBC Radio North West: 2nd Citizen Manchester, BBC Radio Manchester
October 26th: Citizen Manchester, BBC Radio Manchester:26th Live Performance/Interview - Drivetime, ALLFM Radio, 5.30pm: 23rd Live Performance - LevFest Launch Night, M19 Bar, Manchester 8pm (full concert with the band): 19th LGBT Citizen Manchester, BBC Radio Manchester: 19th Coffee Club - Heather Stott Show, BBC Radio Manchester, 9am: 18th Live Performance/Interview - Artbeat ALL FM Mid-Day: 17th Live Performance - Border Women, Shelve, Shropshire: 15th Live Performance - John Barnes Show, BBC Radio North West: 10th Live Performance/Compere - Grand Final 'Gorton's Got Talent!', The Theatre, Gorton Education Village, M18: 9th Live Performance/Interview - BBC Radio Manchester Late Show - 10pm: 8th Live Performance - Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead. (Claire will be performing as part of National Poetry Day with a plethora of poets): 4th Live Performance - Private Event:
September 24th: Live Performance - John Barnes Show - BBC Radio North West: 20th Peace One Day event, Vale Park, New Brighton, Wirral: 15th Live Performance - Working Class Song Festival, The New Picket, Jamaica Rd., Liverpool (with Amsterdam, The Tressles, Phil Hare): 7th Live Performance - John Barnes Show - BBC Radio North West, 10pm: 3rd BBC Radio Manchester, Late Show with Matt White - 10pm: 2nd BBC Radio Manchester, Coffee Club - current affairs chat 9am
August 30th: Live Performance/Compere - Manchester Pride - Women's Space, Sackville Park, M'cr 5pm: 30th Kings Ransom, Sale - Bank Holiday Mega-event 2pm: 28th Turning Point: 19th John Barnes show, BBC North West: 16th 'Hear and Now '- 190 Years after Peterloo - Britons Protection, Great Bridgewater St., Manchester. 7pm including Dave Puller, Sargasso Township Band, Alun Parry. Supported by North West TUC: 10th Citizen Manchester, BBC Radio Manchester: 6th John Barnes Show, BBC North West: 3rd Q Inn, Stalybridge, Cheshire: 3rd BBC Radio Manchester Coffee Club: 1st BBC Radio Manchester - Breakfast Show - current affairs chat
July 30th: Live Performance - The Cafe with No Name, Wilmslow Rd., M20. 8pm: 26th Artbeat ALL FM: 25th 'The Shed', 40, Beech Rd., M21: 25th Oldham Pride, Art Gallery: 23rd BBC Radio North West - Late Show: 18th Taurus, Canal St, Manchester: 2nd BBC Radio Lancashire - Late Show: 1st BBC Radio Manchester - Coffee Club
June 22nd: BBC Radio Manchester Citizen Manchester LGBT Show: 20th The Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield - with The Moving House Band. FULL CONCERT: June 17th: BBC North West Radio - Late Show: 13th The 'Y' Theatre, East St., Leicester. 8pm (with The Moving House Band) :12th The Manchester Busker (21st Anniversary) , The Green Room, Manchester - as in true Manchester Busker tradition the night will be packed with 15 brilliant acts: 7th FEAST, Platt Fields, Manchester: 6th FEAST, Platt Fields, Manchester (This Mega Festival is on from 5th-7th June): 4th: BBC North West Radio - Late Show: 3rd ALLFM - M'cr Busker Special
May 26th: BBC North West Radio - Late Show: 24th The Halfmoon, Putney, London - with The Moving House Band - FULL CONCERT: 22nd: BBC Radio 2 - Claudia Winkleman Show:22nd BBC Radio Manchester - Coffee Club: 20th Hillary Step, M16: 18th: PCS Conference, Brighton: 16th: Chorlton Arts Festival 'The Shed', 40, Beech Rd., M21 7.30pm (SOLD OUT): 12th: BBC North West Radio - Late Show: 10th Oxton Secret Gardens Day, Wirral: 4th: May Day - LOVE MUSIC HATE RACISM, Castlefield Arena, Manchester: 4th: Street Party, M19 12.30pm: 1st BBC Radio Manchester, Becky Want Show 2pm (Claire part of 'Ms Manchester' feature)
April 30th: Bury Met, Market Street, Bury with The Moving House Band 8pm Please book in advance - Tickets £8/6 from Box Office 0161 761 2216 or online at www.burymet.biz FULL CONCERT: 28th Workers' Memorial Day, Peace Gardens, Manchester: 27th Oldham Community Radio: 26th Interview/Filming - Fruit TV: 17th 'City Life', Channel MTV: 16th: BBC Radio Manchester, Sam Walker Show: 13th BBC Radio Manchester, Sam Walker Show: 9th: BBC Radio Manchester, Sam Walker Show: 7th Current Affairs Chat - BBC Radio Manchester, Coffee Club: 2nd 'First Thursday' Linghams, Heswall, Wirral
March 31st: BBC Radio Manchester, Sam Walker Show: 26th: BBC Radio Manchester, Sam Walker Show: 23rd: BBC Radio Manchester, Sam Walker Show: 16th BBC Radio Manchester, Sam Walker Show: 13th The Lloyds, M21 - with The Moving House Band 9pm (or as was advertised The Travelling Hat Band!! - think there may be a change of name soon!): 12th (PM) Irish World Heritage Centre (invited guests only): 12th (AM): Domestic Violence Conference, Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool: 10th BBC Radio Manchester, Sam Walker Show: 8th International Women's Day launch event - Town Hall, Manchester: 6th Launch Event - Manchester Irish Festival 'Tradfest', M19 Bar, Levenshulme: 4th The Shed, 40 Beech Rd, Chorlton. M'cr 7.00pm: 3rd Taurus, Manchester (Filming for 'Spotlight Session') - invited audience only
February 19th: The Bay Horse, Northern Quarter, M'cr: 18th: BBC Radio Manchester, Sam Walker Show: 17th: Current Affairs Chat - BBC Radio Manchester, Coffee Club: 9th: BBC Radio Manchester, Sam Walker Show: 7th: Birch Community Centre, Rusholme. (Benefit for Humanitarian Aid for Gaza): 3rd: BBC Radio Manchester, Sam Walker Show: 2nd: Swinton Folk Club, Salford 8.30pm (Guest)
January 26th: BBC Radio Manchester, Sam Walker Show: 25th: The Hillary Step, M16: 24th The Lloyds, Chorlton, M21(with The Moving House Band) 24th (am) 'All Together Now' Conference, NOVAS Arts Centre, Liverpool (for NWTUC): 19th BBC Radio Manchester, Sam Walker Show: 5th BBC Radio Manchester, Sam Walker Show
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
Claire's song-writing and recording projects in 2009 have included Irish World Heritage Centre: 'Time for Me', Halton (March, July, November): 'Song in Seconds' , Sugar and Spice IWW event: Creative Evaluation for Manchester City Council (Parenting Group): Radio Production with SCDPYP (Trafford): Blind Action - Actionaires Group, Stretford: Tales From A Tent - Storytelling and Songwriting Workshop, Derbyshire (for HPCA): Arts Council Learning Revolution, Glossop (HPCA): Irish World Heritage Centre - Young Travellers Group: Young People's Media Group, Denton: Audio stories/recording workshops for 'Women Like You' Project for Pankhurst Centre/Manchester Art Gallery/M'cr City Council
Claire is not on myspace or Facebook - she looks forward to a change of ownership in both social networks!!
Live Performances, Radio, etc in 2008!
Thanks to all of you who came to gigs in 2008 - hope to see you again in 2009!
Highlights include:
DECEMBER GIGS '08: Citizen Manchester (LGBT Show), BBC Radio Manchester: Artbeat, ALLFM: SOUND WOMEN, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield: Claire Mooney and Friends', BNT, Bolton Octagon (SOLD OUT): Anti-Deportation Benefit, Klondike Club, M19: BBC Radio Manchester: Q Inn, Stalybridge:
NOVEMBER GIGS '08: Bury Met Theatre, Bury, Lancashire: West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds - International Day To End Violence Towards Women and Children event: 'All New' Manchester Busker, Matt n Phreds, Manchester (co-compere): NWTUC Women's Conference, The Mechanics, Manchester: Christmas Lights Switch-On, The Piazza, Huddersfield, Yorkshire for Pulse FM): LadyFest M'cr, The Zion (Compere): Andy Crane Show, OB at The Lowry, BBC Radio Manchester:
OCTOBER GIGS '08: BBC Radio Manchester: Turning Point, M'cr: Lavender Lounge, Lancaster (pocket-sized gig!): Levenshulme Festival Launch (with The Moving House Band):
SEPTEMBER GIGS '08: Sound Women, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield: Manchester Fun Box, Matt and Phreds:r Working Class Music Festival, The New Picket, Liverpool: Artists Against War, Lloyds, M21: 25th Anniversary of Solidarity, Rochdale Labour Club: BBC Radio Manchester:
AUGUST GIGS '08: Manchester Pride: Andrew Edwards Show, Gaydio: Hebden Bridge Trades Club:
JULY GIGS '08: Oldham Pride: Manchester Met University - Helen Jones and Kate Cook's Book Launch: M19 Bar with The Moving House Band: BBC Radio Manchester: ALLFM in session on Late Show: Bread and Roses, London:
JUNE GIGS '08: Q Inn, Stalybridge, Cheshire: SOUND WOMEN, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield: BBC Radio Leeds OB (40th Birthday Celebrations).
MAY GIGS '08: The Wheatsheaf, Llantrisant, Wales: Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye for the Socialist Labour Party of Wales: Chorlton Arts Festival PCS Conference, Brighton: BBC Radio Manchester: Linghams, Wirral:
APRIL GIGS '08: Workers Memorial Day, St Peters Square: BBC Radio Manchester, Andy Crane Show, OB from The Lowry, Salford: The Legendary Manchester Busker, Matt and Phreds, M'cr; Klondike Club, M19: Hope Not Hate Concert, The Vines, Liverpool (with The Alun Parry Band & Tayo Aluko) ManchesterRadioOnline - in session: The Canteen Media Centre, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (Ann Wilson's Book Launch): ALLFM Drivetime.
MARCH GIGS '08: SOUND WOMEN, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield. BBC Radio Manchester: Manchester Town Hall, IWD Celebrations: ALLFM, Morning Show: Manchester Irishfest, M19 Bar: BBC Radio Manchester, 'Ms Manchester!': Rochdale Town Hall IWW Launch.
FEB GIGS '08: Irish Centre, M21: Unplugged for Africa, St Clements, M21: SWINTON FOLK CLUB (guest), Salford: 20th Anniversary of THE MANCHESTER FUN BOX: CHANNEL MTV, Breakfast Show.
JAN GIGS '08: Q INN, Stalybridge, Cheshire.
2007 GIGS, Radio, Etc...
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.
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: Diversity Conference, Buille Hill Hall, Salford (Song In Seconds):
Songwriting/Recording Projects: Time for Me, Halton (March): Gamesley Library, Derbyshire: LEMS, Skelmersdale, Lancs: SCPDYP, Trafford (March): Wilbraham Youth Club: North manchester Library (Youth Health Day): Time for Me, Halton (June/July): SCPDY Project Trafford (August): Gorton Mount, Primary School, M'cr: Time for Me, Halton (November): Stanley Grove Primary School, Manchester (Anti-Bullying Music in Minutes CD):
'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 West Manchester
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...