HOTHOUSE FLOWERS at The Factory Live, Worthing, 4 November 2026

The band builds each show around its repertoire to suit the time and place, and improvisation can arise at any point. Fiachna, Liam and Peter are traditional musicians, and the band calls itself a rock 'n' roll band, a traditional band, a soul band and a jam band. Its career is now well into its fourth decade.

Hothouse Flowers is an Irish rock band that combines traditional Irish music with influences from soul, gospel and rock. The group formed in 1985 in Dublin, starting out as street performers. Their first album, People, came out in 1988 and reached No. 1 in Ireland and No. 2 in the UK.