{"id":24503,"date":"2025-10-21T08:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T07:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=24503"},"modified":"2025-10-21T08:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T07:19:11","slug":"grainne-duffy-announces-intimate-unplugged-show-at-lisburns-island-arts-centre-sat-8-nov-8pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2025\/10\/grainne-duffy-announces-intimate-unplugged-show-at-lisburns-island-arts-centre-sat-8-nov-8pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Gr\u00e1inne Duffy Announces Intimate \u2018Unplugged\u2019 Show at Lisburn\u2019s ISLAND Arts Centre, Sat 8 Nov, 8pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Award-winning<\/b>\u00a0Irish blues-rock artist\u00a0<b>Gr\u00e1inne Duffy<\/b>\u00a0is set to perform a special, stripped-back semi-acoustic show,\u00a0<b>\u2018Unplugged,\u2019<\/b>\u00a0at Lisburn\u2019s\u00a0<b>ISLAND Arts Centre<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Sat 8 Nov 2025, 8pm<\/b>.<\/h4>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>The gig promises an intimate evening showcasing her celebrated original material alongside a selection of classic rock, blues, and soul compositions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-24504\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-courtyard-glasgow-gym-5-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/>The \u2018Unplugged\u2019 format offers audiences a rare opportunity to experience Duffy\u2019s powerful vocals and distinctive guitar work in a close, raw setting. The setlist will draw from her extensive five-album catalogue<b>,<\/b>\u00a0which includes a Grammy-nominated release and her critically acclaimed 2023 album, Dirt Woman Blues, produced by Grammy winner Chris Goldsmith (Ben Harper, Blind Boys of Alabama). Dirt Woman Blues was notably ranked as the fifth &#8216;Best Blues Album&#8217; by Classic Rock Magazine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Gr\u00e1inne Duffy has consistently proven her calibre on the international stage. Her accolades include winning the prestigious 2021 \u2018Best Modern Roots Artist\u2019 at the Independent Blues Awards, and her 2020 album, Voodoo Blues, achieved Top 10 chart rankings across the UK, France, and Canada. She has shared performance billing with icons such as Billy Gibbons<b>,\u00a0<\/b>Eric Gales<b>, and\u00a0<\/b>Shemekia Copeland<b>,<\/b>\u00a0and topped the all-female led bill at Cornbury Festival alongside Mavis Staples and Alanis Morissette.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Tickets for Gr\u00e1inne Duffy Unplugged, priced at \u00a318.00 are available by visiting\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.ISLANDArtsCentre.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.islandartscentre.com\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">www.ISLANDArtsCentre.com<\/a>\u00a0or telephoning the ISLAND Box office on 028 9244 7744.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award-winning\u00a0Irish blues-rock artist\u00a0Gr\u00e1inne Duffy\u00a0is set to perform a special, stripped-back semi-acoustic show,\u00a0\u2018Unplugged,\u2019\u00a0at Lisburn\u2019s\u00a0ISLAND Arts Centre,\u00a0Sat 8 Nov 2025, 8pm. The gig promises an intimate evening showcasing her celebrated original material alongside a selection of classic rock, blues, and soul compositions. The \u2018Unplugged\u2019 format offers audiences a rare opportunity to experience Duffy\u2019s powerful vocals and distinctive &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2025\/10\/grainne-duffy-announces-intimate-unplugged-show-at-lisburns-island-arts-centre-sat-8-nov-8pm\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24505,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24503\/revisions\/24505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}