The funniest thing to happen to folk music since the banjo!
n no particular order Keith has been described as -
- a great singer-songwriter
- a stunning storyteller
- a fine guitarist
- a superbly original stand-up
- a kids' entertainer par excellence
- the cleanest comic I’ve ever seen
Keith is available to play: festivals and clubs, nurseries and schools, arts centres and theatres, colleges and universities, TV and radio, after dinner entertainment and parties, corporate and charity events throughout the UK and indeed the world. He plays shows for adults, children and mixed family audiences. Scroll to the bottom of the page for details of his Chritstmas Show.
Stand-up comic, fall-down comedian, surreal snigger-songwriter, guitar-hero, performance-artist, [tall] story-teller, wit, half-wit, [none can] compere, man-of-mystery, life and soul of the [kids] party, raconteur, Geordie-cultural-attache, word-juggler, smile sculptor, Great-British eccentric, champion tiddly-winker, friend to the pantomime horse, and... all-round good egg.
Here's Keith's version of Bohemian Wellerman from his hilarious SHANTYSKEPTIC SHOW
His Shantyskeptic show is available for festivals or clubs
Never, ever, offensive - safe to bring your kids, your mother or your great-great-granny too!
For festivals Keith offers: mainstage one-man-shows, family shows, MC-ing, meet-the-artist, round-robins and workshops (The Bits Between the Songs is his most popular, but there's also The Serious Side of Keith Donnelly, and the Workshop Workshop). He's a veritable one-man festival.
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Keith also offeres storytelling for children in schools and at festivals and any other events you can imagine.
The Real Biography
Keith started playing guitar in his teens. He worked in several duos and groups until his comedy genius began to flourish in the 1990s. He has written substantial live Stand-Up routines and TV material for the likes of Phil Cool and Jasper Carrott. In the last three decades Keith has played at literally hundreds of festivals, colleges and universities, arts centres and theatres, comedy clubs, etc. etc. in the UK and worldwide, as well as being widely in demand for After-Dinner Speaking and Corporate Events. He also script-writes light-hearted speeches for corporate events.
He also works with nursery and primary schools across the country bringing live music and story to a variety of age ranges
Keith and Friend at Warwick Folk Festival in the family concert
GIG LIST
KEITH SOLO
2026
2-5 June
Gate to Southwell Festival
Wed 24 Jun
Dorking Folk Club
Sat 19 July
Stainsby Festival (Donnelly & South)
23-26 July
Warwick Folk Festival
21-22 August
Stainsby Festival
10-13 Sept
Bromyard Folk Festival
3 Oct
Headland Folk Festival
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2027
Thu 28 Jan Bromsgrove Folk
Catshill Social Club, 13 Meadow Road, Catshill, B61 0JJ
Su 4 April
Folk on the Moor, Devon
Mon 12 April
Stirling Folk Club
23-25 July
Warwick Folk Festival
11-12 Sept
Bromyard Folk Festival
Fri 31 Dec
Bransford, Worcs.