The Guardian (Charlottetown)

Ceilidh in the City welcomes Fiddlers’ Sons

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Ceilidh in the City will return for the season on June 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Organizers have called in Fiddlers’ Sons with Keelin Wedge to help celebrate the return of the popular summer concert series, as well as the official launch of their new location, the Jack Blanchard Family Centre, Charlottet­own.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. There will be a full canteen service operated by the catering staff, as well as a 50/50 draw, which will support P.E.I. charities.

For additional informatio­n, call Kendall Docherty, 902-569-1133, or Brian Knox, 902-569-3327 or follow along online at facebook. com/CeilidhInT­heCity.

Now in its seventh season, Ceilidh in the City has become a popular destinatio­n for Islanders and visitors as it showcases Island talent.

“We figured with the new location we needed to kick things off in true Island style with one of the most celebrated Island bands, Fiddlers’ Sons with Keelin Wedge,” says Docherty, co-founder of the show.

The band has been bringing music to audiences for the past 20 years, and this summer its celebratin­g with the release of “Best of 20 Years”, a compilatio­n CD of music this highly celebrated and award-winning group has recorded over the past two decades.

Longtime and founding bandmates Eddy Quinn and John Webster are well known for their lively performanc­es and carefully crafted songs about life in P.E.I’s farming and fishing communitie­s.

With the addition of Wedge, a multi-instrument­alist, this group is raised to another level of musiciansh­ip, a news release states.

Along with Docherty, the ceilidh hosts include Knox, Peter Burke and Heartz Godkin.

 ?? SUBMITTED PHOTO ?? Fiddlers Sons Eddy Quinn and John Webster, as well as Keelin Wedge, are set to kick off the season opener of Ceilidh in the City.
SUBMITTED PHOTO Fiddlers Sons Eddy Quinn and John Webster, as well as Keelin Wedge, are set to kick off the season opener of Ceilidh in the City.

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