CERYS HAFANA
We are thrilled to present triple-harpist Cerys Hafana in Birkenhead on Wednesday 7th May 2025.
A composer and multi-instrumentalist who mangles, mutates, and transforms traditional music, Cerys explores the creative possibilities and unique qualities of the triple harp, and is also interested in found sounds, archival materials and electronic processing. She comes from Machynlleth, Wales, where rivers and roads meet on the way to the sea.
Cerys has won over audiences from Green Man to the Eisteddfod and from BBC 6 Music Festival to Celtic Connections with her magical, progressive sound.
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Her second album, 2022’s Edyf, drew inspiration from material found in the Welsh National Library’s online archive, including fragments of Psalm tunes, hymns about doomsday and philosophical musings on the length of eternity, along with some original compositions, and was selected as one of The Guardian’s Top Ten folk albums of 2022. Cerys’ latest EP, The Bitter, released earlier in 2024 is an innovative exploration of some dark English and Scottish ballads.
The Bitter blends Welsh and English traditional music, showcasing Hafana’s innovative use of the triple harp, found sounds and unique percussion. Featuring eerie reimaginings like The Bitter Withy, it explores themes of retribution, religious motifs and folk horror, intertwining ancient songs with modern experimental twists. Hafana’s artful fusion on tracks like Willy O’ Winsbury highlights her ability to merge stories across cultures, marked by her standout musical arrangements and vocal contrasts, establishing the EP as a standout contemporary traditional music experience.
VENUE INFO
Future Yard is open every day from 10am – so you can stop by for a coffee or a pre-show drink in our bar area whenever you like! Our pizza kitchen is open on weekends and before every gig, 6 – 9pm.
The live room doors open at 7:30pm (this is separate from our bar area), and music starts at 7:45pm.
FREE RAIL TRAVEL WITH MERSEYRAIL
As part of our Future Planet programme and wider sustainability efforts here at Future Yard, we’re delighted to once again introduce Sustainable Travel Month to Argyle Street – where we’re encouraging our audience to use public transport or bike to travel to events and shows here. This is part of our ongoing effort to become a carbon neutral operation, and forms part of a whole programme of activity we have planned for the year.
We’re once again pleased to be teaming up with Merseyrail to offer free rail travel to selected Future Yard shows during April and May 2025 – including to this show!
You can choose to travel from any Merseyrail train station to one of the three stations that serve Future Yard: Hamilton Square, Conway Park, or Birkenhead Central. Tickets are valid on the day of the show only, and must be claimed via this linked form by 12pm the day before the show. Tickets will be emailed to you.
Future Yard presents
Cerys Hafana
+ support TBC
Wednesday 7th May 2025
7:30pm doors
75 Argyle Street
Tickets £15 advance (+booking fee) – Standing
Tickets available online in advance or in person at the Future Yard Box Office.
Future Yard is a cashless venue – all payments are taken by contactless or chip and pin. Live curfew 11pm.
If you have any specific access requests, please read all of the details about accessibility at Future Yard here.