FiddleSticks March Events:

In March we’ll all be wearin’ the green. Here’s where FiddleSticks will be playing:

SALT LAKE:

          Saturday, March 6 _ 6_10pm

          Celtic Stew Music Festival

          Grand Theater

          Salt Lake Community College

          1575 S State Street

          Salt Lake City

The Second Annual Salt Lake CELTIC STEW Music Festival promises to be even better than the spectacular first event last year. The Main Stage concert starts at 6pm, and FiddleSticks will be playing at about 9:00. Also appearing will be the Utah Pipe Band, Last Night's Fun, Guitarists Dylan Schorer and Steve Baughman, and the Donegal House Band.

Make a day of it: workshops and showcases start at 2pm, and there will be a late night show and music session at the Piper Down Pub at 10:30 pm (1492 S State Street) featuring King's Irish.

General Admission Tickets are $15.00; Students and Seniors: $10.00; Kids under 12 FREE. Tickets available online at www.celticstew.musictoday.com or 1_800_594_TIXX. Or at the door.

Sponsored by: KRCL, Salt Lake City Arts Council, Acoustic Music, Local Music, Stoneground Café, Ken Sander's Rare Books. More info at http://www.celticstew.org

 

SALT LAKE CITY

          Saturday, March 13, 11:30_12:00 noon

          Salt Lake City St Patrick’s Day Festival Siamsa

          Hellenic Center

          279 S. 300 West. SLC

After the Salt Lake St Patricks Day Parade, the real fun starts! The Hibernian Society will be hosting its annual St Patrick’s Festival, or "Siamsa." The festival __ with food, beverages, craft vendors, music, dancing and children's activities and game alley__ begins after the parade and runs until 4 p.m. at the Hellenic Cultural Center (next to the historic Greek church on 300 West.

FiddleSticks will be playing on the "Outside Stage" at 11:30. Admission is free.

OREM

          Saturday, March 13, 7_9 pm

          Barnes & Noble Café

          330 E 1300 South

          Orem

Barnes & Noble, once the epitome of the bookstore music café, has cut down their series to only four events per year. So here's your chance! FiddleSticks will be appearing at the Orem store, just west and across the street from University Mall. Come try out their frothy hot chocolate and enjoy the tunes. Admission is free.

PROVO:

          Monday, March 15 _ 7:00

          MONDAY NIGHTS LIVE Concert Series

          Provo Arts Center

          425 West Center, Provo

What’s St Patrick’s without Irish Music? FiddleSticks’ official St Paddy’s concert will be our Monday night show at The Provo Arts Center. Bring your family and friends for a great evening of entertainment. With luck, our new CD, Return to Nauvoo, will be back from the press and ready to take home. Come find out!

The Provo Arts Center and Timpanogos Singer Songwriter Alliance put on a great show every Monday night, featuring a great variety of performances – everything from world music to improv comedy to beat poetry. The Arts Center is in the former Provo library. It is spacious, comfortable, and the acoustics are great! Admission: $1/person or $5/family (Call for special student Family Home Evening group discounts) Contact: David Edwards, david@..., 801_400_2336.

http://www.provo.org/arts/

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Upcoming:

May-June: Alaska-Washington-Oregon Tour

August: Japan Tour

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FiddleSticks is a family musical group that performs folk songs and traditional tunes from the Celtic lands, from England, and from America. The band is made up of three young sisters, Rebecca, Kathryn, and Elizabeth Davis, and their father Mark. Featured instruments include fiddle, flutes, cello, bodhran (Irish drum), guitar and vocals -- plus dulcimer, bass, and drums. (Check out our web page at www.fiddle_sticks.com)

FiddleSticks have five recordings in print: The Sampler (1998), Playing Favorites (1999), Cold Fusion (2000), Time and Again (2001), and Cat and the Fiddle (2002). Coming soon will be the latest release called Return to Nauvoo, featuring our presentation of traditional old time hymns.

CDs are available at all performances, in Utah bookstores, online at www.fiddle_sticks.com, or by mail order ($15 for CDs, $10 for cassettes, plus $2 per order shipping and handling). Buy 2 CDs and get a cassette for free – just ask!

Write to FiddleSticks, 647 North 1280 East, Orem UT 84097 (800_969_7640)