Stevie Wonder’s back catalogue with a jazzfunk twist at This Year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe

 

The Katet presents

The Katet Vs. Stevie Wonder

 

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.

 

Sing-along to world class arrangements of classic hits, but reworked and re-energized for a modern audience. Boogie on down to non-stop mashups and surprises, in a charismatic and high-octane performance by award-winning Edinburgh session musicians with over a decade of Fringe experience. Expect all your favourites, from Superstition, Sir Duke and Signed, Sealed, Delivered to I Wish, Isn’t She Lovely and I Just Called to Say I Love You. Everybody loves Stevie!

 

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. John Williams(here) and their brand 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…

 

Over the last decade their Stevie show has been wowing audiences and selling out both its Edinburgh Festival Fringe runs and Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Fest performances. After the COVID hiatus, Kearney returns to the great legend's music with fresh ears, brand-new arrangements and more exciting mashups. They’re back – bigger, better and bolder than ever.

 

Speaking of the creation of the show, bandleader/arranger Mike Kearney says, ‘It's been a true pleasure to return to the music of one of my childhood heroes, this time with fresh ears and decades of arrangement and performance experience. The challenge here is to do something exciting, challenging and, dare I say original, with a repertoire that every audience member will know and love so well’.

 

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 artists of the 20th Century.
 

LISTINGS INFO

Venue: The Jazz Bar

Tickets: £15 (£12.50)

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

Dates: 8 Aug 2025 (23:00)

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

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

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