Hothouse Flowers

Hothouse Flowers bring their shape-shifting live show to Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, on 8 November 2026. More than three decades on the road have honed a band that treats each gig as a one-off. Setlists draw from a wide repertoire and open up to improvisation, slipping from organ-led rock workouts to hushed folk passages without warning. At the core, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Fiachna Ó Braonáin and Peter O’Toole trade voices and instruments, letting piano, guitars, bouzouki and whistles spark a musical dialogue that invites the room in.

That restless streak goes back to their late-night Dublin club days, where risk and discovery set the tone. On stage, humour sits alongside a clear sense of craft, and the groove can pivot suddenly into songs rooted in Irish tradition, pieces that carry memory and community. It’s not about polish; it’s about expression and connection, the sound of a group using decades of shared history to push into the present. Expect a live experience that shifts in real time, where the band and the audience meet halfway and the night finds its own path.