The Celtic/folk/world music duo Four Shillings Short is coming to Stiles, bringing an ensemble of over 30 instruments for a dinner concert.
The performance, sponsored by the Oconto Falls Community Library, will take place Thursday, Oct. 22, at Jo Jo’s Diner, 5774 Duame Road, Lena. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with dinner at 6 p.m. and the concert at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $15 for the chicken dinner and concert and must be purchased in advance at the library, 251 N. Main St. Seating is limited.
Four Shillings Short, the husband/wife duo of Aodh Og O’Tuama, from Cork, Ireland, and Christy Martin, from California, perform traditional music from the Celtic lands on an array of instruments, including hammered and mountain dulcimer, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, tinwhistles, recorders, medieval and renaissance woodwinds, Indian sitar, charango, bowed psaltery, banjo, bodhran, guitar, ukulele, percussion, vocals and krumhorn.
The duo last performed in the area in 2012.
Touring in the U.S. and Ireland since 1997, Four Shillings Short perform 150 concerts a year, have released 12 recordings and live as full-time troubadours traveling from town to town performing at music festivals, theaters and performing arts centers, folk societies, libraries, house concerts and schools.
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