2024 Ceilidh with Fiddler's Sons
Fri, Aug 23
|Charlottetown
The Ceilidh starts on Friday, August 23rd, 2024 in the Irish Cultural Centre at 582 North River Road will feature award winning island folk music group Fiddler’s Sons, featuring Eddy Quinn, John B. Webster and Allison Giggey
Time & Location
Aug 23, 2024, 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Charlottetown, 582 N River Rd, Charlottetown, PE C1E 1K1, Canada
About the event
The Benevolent Irish Society 2024 Ceilidh Continues on Friday, August 23rd 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 Allison Giggey.
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.
Allison Giggey has been entertaining crowds across P.E.I., Canada, and the UK for 20 years, including several summers at Avonlea Village in Cavendish.
For more information call Kathy at 902-314-8840. Reserve early to make sure you get a seat.