BIS - 2024 Ceilidh with Fiddler's Sons (Friday October 25th 2024 8:00 pm)
Fri, October 25, 2024, 7:00 PM (AST)
About this event
The Benevolent Irish Society 2024 Ceilidh closes on Friday, October 25th at the Irish Cultural Centre, 582 North River Road, featuring award winning island folk music group Fiddler’s Sons, featuring Eddy Quinn, John B. Webster with fiddler Fiona MacCorquodale.
Doors open at 7, show starts at 8. Tickets are $20, Members $18, Children under 12 $5. Advance tickets are available on the website or at the door. The hall is air conditioned, licensed and has an elevator. A complimentary lunch and tea is served at intermission and there’s a 50/50 draw.
Eddy, the lead vocalist who also plays guitar and bodhran, has released two solo albums and received four PEI Music Awards. In 2017, the band celebrated twenty years in the music business with a compilation album, Fiddlers' Sons: The Best of Twenty Years, featuring 22 popular songs about Island life and its people.
John B. Webster, the group's lead guitarist and backup vocalist, grew up on Station Road in Cardigan. With a musical heritage, his father Jackie was a fiddle player, and his grandfather Jack led "Jack Webster’s Orchestra" in Kings County. John met Eddy Quinn at guitar lessons in Lorne Valley, and has contributed significantly to the band's five CDs over the years.
Fiona is a local musician who has been playing traditional fiddle music at local ceilidhs and venues across the Island for over a decade. She has recently crossed genres with local country bands “Brooke & Brad” and “Quittin’ Time”. She will be sharing some lively tunes, and accompanying the mix of folks songs in the Fiddlers' Sons repertoire.
For more information call Kathy at 902-314-8840. Reserve early to make sure you get a seat.