For Immediate Release – Indian River, PE – November 17, 2017
Ashley MacIsaac’s Celtic Christmas Tour heading to Charlottetown!
Ashley MacIsaac is bringing a Celtic Christmas to Charlottetown Friday, December 15th. The award winning Cape Breton Fiddler will be at Trinity United Church as part of his Celtic Christmas tour, which hits Maritime Provinces mid December. Ashley will be joined by Hilda Chaisson, Maxim Cormier and special guest Robert Bouchard, performing traditional Christmas, country and Celtic tunes.
This special concert is happening Friday, December 15th at 7:30pm at Trinity United Church, 220 Richmond Street, Charlottetown, PE with doors opening at 6:30pm. Seating is general admission and tickets are $32 (adults); $30 (Seniors); $20 (Students with ID).
MacIsaac is looking forward to this concert and encourages everyone to join this Christmas celebration. “Come celebrate Christmas with us four Acadians. Hilda Chaisson, Maxim Cormier, the fabulous country star Robert Bouchard and I. We will be playing your favourite old carols and fiddle tunes with a splash of country, it’s sure to warm you on a cold Winter’s night.”
The event is being presented by Indian River Festival as a joint fundraiser with Historic St. Mary’s and Trinity United Church in Charlottetown. The Festival’s Executive Director, Don Quarles is pleased to be presenting this concert during the City’s Wintertide celebrations “We are excited about partnering with Trinity United Church and the City of Charlottetown on this special Christmas concert. It gives us an opportunity to present concerts out of our regular season” said Quarles. Historic St Mary’s Church in Indian River is where the Festival holds its summer season of performances but the venue is closed at this time of year.
“St. Mary’s can get a little cold in December, so this is a great opportunity to present Ashley’s Christmas tour to area fans of Celtic music” Quarles says. MacIsaac is looking forward to coming back to the island and encourages everyone to join this special Christmas celebration “I love coming to PEI in the summer, as does everybody, but what to do during the snowy winter people wonder? Well here is your answer! “
Ashley MacIsaac is one of the most celebrated Canadian roots musicians of all time, having sold in excess of 500,000 albums. He has garnered international acclaim with his hard-nosed, traditional Cape-Breton fiddle style and broke through to the mainstream with the double-platinum genre-bending Hi, How Are You Today? With a regular slot on MuchMusic he became an instant Canadian icon. Ashley is a fiddler, piano player and step dancer and has performed at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, played with The White Stripes; appeared on the Conan O’Brian show, the Today Show and has been a feature performer at international festivals, theatres and halls all over the world.
About Indian River Festival:
Presented by the Confederation Bridge, the Indian River Festival offers a summer long series of concerts in a magnificent heritage church set within sight of beautiful Malpeque Bay. The internationally recognized Festival, has been twice named by the Globe and Mail as one of the best summer music festivals in Canada, and presents outstanding performances from a dynamic mix of some of the biggest names in Canadian music and exciting emerging talents. Now entering its 23rd season in 2018, this summer-long festival attracts annual audiences of over 7,000 music lovers to the acoustically perfect St. Mary’s Church, idyllically set overlooking beautiful Malpeque Bay, to experience the very best in folk, blues, jazz, classical, traditional, contemporary and world music.
**NOTE: This concert is being presented in Charlottetown at Trinity United Church **
Want to have someone else do the driving? if you are located in Central or Western PEI, you can join our Celtic Christmas bus departing from the College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts in Summerside with a pickup location in Kensington at Island Stone Pub. Bus tickets can be purchased for an additional $17.50 each and includes a return trip to the concert from your location of origin and can be purchased online with your concert tickets.
This concert is made possible with the support of the Canadian Government through the Department of Heritage, the Province of Prince Edward Island, the City of Charlottetown as part of Wintertide, the Delta Prince Edward Hotel, the College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts and Island Stone Pub and Wedge Tours.
Tickets available via the IndianRiverFestival.com website or by calling Ticketpro at 1-888-311-9090. Individuals and companies interested in purchasing discounted group tickets are encouraged to contact don @indianriverfestival.com
For more information about the festival, contact the office at 902-836-4933 or email music @indianriverfestival.com
