Flook

Flook is an Anglo-Irish band playing Irish music, appearing at Band On The Wall in Manchester's Northern Quarter. The group, formed in 1995, builds its sound around whistles, flutes, guitar and bodhran.

Flook formed in the United Kingdom in 1995 and plays Irish music. Their debut album, The Four Of Us, appeared in 1999, and the band has since released five studio albums and one live album. The four members are Brian Finnegan and Sarah Allen on whistles and flutes, Ed Boyd on guitar and John Joe Kelly on bodhran.

On stage, the four players pass melodic lines between flutes, whistles, guitar and bodhran, with the music built on close interplay as well as individual technique. Their most recent release, Sanju, takes its title from the Japanese word for thirty, marking the group's fourth decade. In 2025 the band toured the UK and Ireland and also played in Japan, France, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark and Canada.

Band On The Wall is a concert and performance venue in Manchester's Northern Quarter, and this date places Flook in its programme alongside other live music and performance nights.