From irresistible dance tunes to heartbreaking laments, The Haar are proud bearers of Ireland’s bewitching musical traditions
Described as ‘spontaneous, alive and affecting’, The Haar bring traditional Irish music to ‘devastatingly beautiful’ life. Combining poetic storytelling with stunning instrumental skills, they spin their own distinctive magic with age-old materials.
Sophisticated and cinematic, experience an evening of ancient tales and landscapes reimagined by The Haar on their debut Australian tour.
“The Haar conjuring magic that had long been hidden in plain sight, responding melodically in a mesmerising impromptu arc of artistry.” — Irish Music Magazine
The Haar brings the fresh talent of traditional Irish singer Molly Donnery combined with three of the most exciting instrumentalists on the folk and traditional music circuit: Adam Summerhayes (fiddle), Murray Grainger (accordion), Cormac Byrne (bodhrán).
The band has its origins in a chance meeting between Adam, Cormac and Molly at a trad session at Craiceann Bodhrán Festival, Inis Oírr, resulting in an improvised live performance recorded by the shipwreck of the Plassey on the wild Atlantic seafront. It was to become typical of the unique ‘live reactive composition’ that characterises their music. With the addition of master accordionist Grainger, they entered the studio at the end of 2019 to record their debut album ’The Haar’ with no plans or arrangements, guided only by the live musical landscapes they created – the music was recorded as it flowed, often in the first and only take.
Program
The Creggan White Hare
Willie Taylor
Carrickfergus
The Emigrant’s Farewell
She Moved Through the Fair
The Galway Shawl
Wild Rover
The Lakes of Pontchartrain
Wild Mountain Thyme
Whiskey in the Jar
Tickets
Early Bird Tickets available until Friday 13 November 2026
$67.50 Adult
$58.50 Concession
$49.50 Under 30s
Standard Tickets
$75 Adult
$65 Concession
$60 Members
$55 Under 30s
Bundle & Save
Save up to $20 per ticket, when you purchase tickets to 3 or more concertsAll tickets include entry to the Art Museum and the Homestead & Arthur Boyd Studio
Note
Duration: 75 minutes
Strictly No BYO
Dates & Times
13 March 2027
3pm
Location
Bundanon Art Museum
170 Riversdale Road, Illaroo NSW 2540
