Mike Kearney

Jed Potts

Dave Wallace

Tom Wilkinson

Davide Rinaldi

Charles Dearness

Konrad Wiszniewski

Ross Lothian

Vox, Keys, Trombone, MD

Electric Guitar

Bass

Drums

Trumpet

Saxophones

Trombone

John Williams movie scores with a jazzfunk twist at This Year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe

The Katet presents

The Katet Vs. John Williams

Returning to this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe is hugely popular show from 'Northern Ireland's answer to Stevie Wonder' – Maestro Mike Kearney and his 7-piece ‘funk colossus’ and Fringe stalwarts - The Katet.

Experience the film composer’s genius with world class arrangements of your favourite film scores, but reimagined for a modern audience with a jazzfunk twist, in a charismatic and high-octane performance by award-winning Edinburgh session musicians with over a decade of Fringe experience. Join The Katet on the dance-floor as they funk up the music of Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Superman, Home Alone, Hook and Schindler’s List, Indiana Jones and more.... Relive the magic of your childhood!

The Katet relish a challenge, consistently pushing the boundaries of what they can pull off. Since 2013 they’ve been choosing exciting and diverse artists and concepts to build their Fringe shows around. Check out previous SELL-OUT Fringe show, The Katet Vs. Stevie Wonder(here) and their new show The Katet Vs. 1995(here), the first of 3 shows in the band’s 90s Series scheduled for launch in consecutive years, all 30 years on…

In it’s debut year the show SOLD OUT both it’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival performances and has been wowing audiences ever since. Speaking of the creation of the show, bandleader/arranger Mike Kearney says, ‘Diving deep into the music and the movies of my early childhood was hugely cathartic and fulfilling. The question is how to do justice to such high caliber work providing every single hook and main theme that the audience know and love deeply, whilst still providing something new, interesting, original and fun! How do we tear apart these themes and rebuild it with respect and craft?”

To date, The Katet have released 4 albums of original music with 2 more in production and fast approaching is the 20 year anniversary of not only the band, but of The Jazz Bar, the venue of their birth and decade long residency(2005-2015) which was recently saved from oblivion by a community takeover and crowd funder. The Katet is proud to continue to serve such a supportive community of musicians and music lovers with this world-class show, paying homage to one of the truly great composers of the 20th Century.

‘Loved it’ Stephen Spielberg

‘Their musical cohesion was bulletproof… by no means a cheap imitation.’

Stuart Mckenzie, Broadway Baby ****

‘Edinburgh funk behemoths… a masterclass in the madness of jazz-funk’ Channel 7A****

‘A joy-soaked plunge into the kaleidoscopic catalogue of Stevie Wonder….The Katet aren’t just a band—they’re a living, breathing jazz organism….The Katet don’t just play—they conjure. Jazz with teeth, soul with swagger, funk with an open heart.’ One4Review****(2025)

LISTINGS INFO

Venue: The Jazz Bar

Tickets: £15 (£12.50)

Dates: 8 Aug 2025 (23:00)

12, 13, 18, 19 Aug 2025 (19:00)

Time: 23:00/19:00 (90min)

Website: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/the-katet-vs-stevie-wonder

For further information, images (link) or to request a media ticket please contact Mike Kearney on thekatetmusic@gmail.com or 07941075513.
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