Lisa O'Neill
Hear the Irish singer-songwriter’s haunting vocals and melodies in a concert featuring some of her most powerful music, and that of Cormac Begley.
A raconteur in the truest sense of the word, O’Neill is a five-time BBC Folk Award nominee. Her album Heard a Long Gone Song was named The Guardian’s 2019 Folk Album of the Year.
Two of her songs feature in Peaky Blinders – ‘Blackbird’, her own composition, and an adaptation of Bob Dylan’s ‘All the Tired Horses’, which soundtracked the final scene of the epic TV drama.
Her most recent single, ‘Homeless in the Thousands (Dublin in the Digital Age)’, is a song in response to the growing issue of homelessness in Dublin and features vocals from Libertines’ Peter Doherty.
Cormac Begley hails from West Kerry, where his family’s roots are firmly cemented in traditional music. He plays 13 concertinas that range from bass to piccolo register. His daring and soul-stirring approach to playing the concertina has opened up the instrument to a broader audience.
Subterranean is a new one-day festival at the Southbank Centre, programmed by Broadside Hacks, Bird on the Wire, Rough Trade Records and Skinty Records, championing the subterranean music and traditions of today.
Need to know
Schedule
7.30pm: Cormac Begley
8.15pm: interval
8.35pm: Lisa O’Neill
An exclusive box package is available, which includes:
- Hire of a private box (seats up to eight people).
- Use of the Royal Retiring Room, a private lounge with its own toilet facilities, for the duration of the event.
- One free drink per guest on arrival (prosecco, wine, beer or soft drink).
- Dedicated host to take drinks orders throughout the event.
Cormac Begley
For your visit
This event is held at the Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre
The Royal Festival Hall is open six days a week.
Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 11pm
Monday, closed.
Plan your visit
The Royal Festival Hall is home to our largest auditorium as well as The Clore Ballroom, National Poetry Library, Members’ Lounge, Festival Bar & Kitchen, Ballroom Cafe and Skylon restaurant.
Getting here
Our address is Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.
The nearest tube stations to us are Waterloo and Embankment; Waterloo is also the nearest train station. And more than 20 different London bus routes pass within 500 metres of our venues. More information on getting here by rail, road or river is available on our Getting here page.
We’re cash-free
Please note that we’re unable to accept cash payments across our venues.
Access
We’re working hard to remove barriers, so that our facilities and events can be accessible to as many people as possible.
All help points, toilets, performance and exhibition spaces at the Southbank Centre are accessible to all, as are the cafes, bars and restaurants. We also have excellent public transport links with step-free access.
All information about booking wheelchair spaces, step-free access, blue badge parking, access maps and guides and other help available whilst you’re here, including details about our Access Scheme, can be found on our Access page.
Food & drink
On Level 2 of our Royal Festival Hall you can grab a slice of life by the Thames with drinks and freshly made pizza at our Festival Bar & Kitchen which opens out onto our Riverside Terrace. You can grab a coffee and a slice of freshly made cake from our Ballroom Cafe. Or alternatively enjoy destination dining in the restaurant at Skylon.
From coffee to cocktails, filling favourites to fine dining, plus some of London’s best street food – it’s all here at the Southbank Centre.