Past Gigs
Between their inception in 1999, and finishing touring in 2017, Dalla played countless gigs both at home and abroad, from international tours and festivals across mainland Europe and in the USA, to some of the most prestigious festivals and venues in the UK. At home in their native Cornwall, they built a solid reputation playing at every imaginable venue, from the most ‘glamorous’, to the much more down to earth but equally vital small harbour days, feast days and village halls across the region. They were also involved in a fair number of collaborations, including some great cross cultural musical projects, and work with performers from other art forms altogether.
Some highlights at a glance:
Performances Abroad:
Celtic Connections - Scotland, The Royal Albert Hall - England, Hallein Festival - Austria, Festival Interceltique de Lorient - Brittany, Sidmouth Folk Week - England, Potomac Celtic Festival - USA, Cwlwm Celtaid - Wales, Yn Chruinacht - Isle of Man, Kernow in the City - England, Sark Folk Festival - Channel Islands, Kulturinsel Einsiedel Festival - Germany, and other concert tours in Germany, Brittany and England.
At Home:
Port Eliot Festival, The Eden Project, Minack Theatre, Hall for Cornwall, Carnglaze Caverns, St.Ives International Festival, Golowan, Daphne Du Maurier Festival, Lowender Perran, Cornwall Folk Festival, Gool Fylm Kernow (Cornwall Film Festival), Scilly Folk Festival, Lafrowda, Princess Pavilion, Sterts Arts Centre, The Keay, Launceston Castle, Pendennis Castle, St.Mawes, Heligan Gardens, St. Just Plain-and-Gwarry, King Harry Ferry, Maritime Museum, The Acorn (Penzance).
Some Collaborations/Crossover projects:
Chartwell Dutiro (Zimbabwe), The Cambiatta Choir (Dalla pieces arranged for choir by Angela Renshaw, and accompanied by Dalla), Silvia Nicolatto (Brazil), East Cornwall Bach Choir and Orchestra (Compositions by Paul Drayton incorporating Cornish music), Into the Red (jazz band), Canoryon Lowen (Compositions by Nick Hart adapted and accompanied by Dalla) ,Brave Tales (Story Telling), The Works (contemporary dance), Kneehigh (theatre), Wild Works (Theatre), Second Wave Dance, Jambo Kernow (with musicians from Kenya), English Touring Opera (‘One Day Two Dawns’ show combining opera and Cornish music), Gwelloc’h (Brittany), Rick Williams (dub remixes of Dalla’s music), Bec Applebee (music for one woman show ‘Oh Mary’), Mike O’Connor (recording for Warner Music Japan – BGM1 Cornish Music CD), BishBashBosh Theatre Company (music used for ‘Oogly As Sin’ and ‘The Tin Violin’), C Scape Dance (music used for ‘Below’).
Support spots:
Battlefield Band (Lowender Perran - Perranporth)
Fisherman’s Friends (The Platt - Port Isaac)
Cara Dillon (The Acorn - Penzance)
Some highlights at a glance:
Performances Abroad:
Celtic Connections - Scotland, The Royal Albert Hall - England, Hallein Festival - Austria, Festival Interceltique de Lorient - Brittany, Sidmouth Folk Week - England, Potomac Celtic Festival - USA, Cwlwm Celtaid - Wales, Yn Chruinacht - Isle of Man, Kernow in the City - England, Sark Folk Festival - Channel Islands, Kulturinsel Einsiedel Festival - Germany, and other concert tours in Germany, Brittany and England.
At Home:
Port Eliot Festival, The Eden Project, Minack Theatre, Hall for Cornwall, Carnglaze Caverns, St.Ives International Festival, Golowan, Daphne Du Maurier Festival, Lowender Perran, Cornwall Folk Festival, Gool Fylm Kernow (Cornwall Film Festival), Scilly Folk Festival, Lafrowda, Princess Pavilion, Sterts Arts Centre, The Keay, Launceston Castle, Pendennis Castle, St.Mawes, Heligan Gardens, St. Just Plain-and-Gwarry, King Harry Ferry, Maritime Museum, The Acorn (Penzance).
Some Collaborations/Crossover projects:
Chartwell Dutiro (Zimbabwe), The Cambiatta Choir (Dalla pieces arranged for choir by Angela Renshaw, and accompanied by Dalla), Silvia Nicolatto (Brazil), East Cornwall Bach Choir and Orchestra (Compositions by Paul Drayton incorporating Cornish music), Into the Red (jazz band), Canoryon Lowen (Compositions by Nick Hart adapted and accompanied by Dalla) ,Brave Tales (Story Telling), The Works (contemporary dance), Kneehigh (theatre), Wild Works (Theatre), Second Wave Dance, Jambo Kernow (with musicians from Kenya), English Touring Opera (‘One Day Two Dawns’ show combining opera and Cornish music), Gwelloc’h (Brittany), Rick Williams (dub remixes of Dalla’s music), Bec Applebee (music for one woman show ‘Oh Mary’), Mike O’Connor (recording for Warner Music Japan – BGM1 Cornish Music CD), BishBashBosh Theatre Company (music used for ‘Oogly As Sin’ and ‘The Tin Violin’), C Scape Dance (music used for ‘Below’).
Support spots:
Battlefield Band (Lowender Perran - Perranporth)
Fisherman’s Friends (The Platt - Port Isaac)
Cara Dillon (The Acorn - Penzance)