BIS - 2025 Ceilidh with Fiddler's Sons and including Fiona and Keelin (Friday May 23 2025 7:30 pm)
Fri, May 23, 2025, 7:30 PM (AST)
About this event
The Benevolent Irish Society 2025 Ceilidh begins on Friday May 23, 2025 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 and fiddlers Keelin Wedge and Fiona MacCorquodale. WOW - what a line-up!
Doors open at 6:30 , show starts at 7:30. Tickets are $20, Members $18, Children under 12 at $5. Advance tickets are available on the website or at the door. The hall is air conditioned and licensed. Our elevator is out of service at this time. Complimentary tea and treats are 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.
Keelin Wedge, award winning Recording Artist and multi instrumentalist also has an amazing voice. Eddy Quinn says "She sings like an angel." . Audiences are wowed by the power of Keelin's beautiful voice and fiddle playing.
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 Clare at 902-213-4578. Reserve early to make sure you get a seat as this line-up is very popular.