Fiddle – Past Concerts
The Drunken Maidens w/ Laura Bassett
Friday, May 17, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Couth Buzzard Books, Seattle, WA, United States
Wistful strains of old-time music, saucy English folksongs, sea songs, sacred music, catchy tunes, and recently-written songs.
Free
Seattle Folklore Society: Kesselgarden & Brivele – An Evening of Klezmer Music & Song
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Two Klezmer groups – Kesselgarden Klezmer Duo and Brivele – perform music focusing on heritage and stories.
$18 / $16 / $9
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts presents: Tannahill Weavers
Sunday, April 14, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA, United States
Featuring songs, jigs, reels, marches, and hornpipes performed on the fiddle, flute, tinwhistle, bodhran, guitar, and bagpipes – all with a healthy dose of Scottish humor thrown in for good measure!
$25 ($15 youth)
Seattle Historical Arts for Kids: Music of Shakespeare's Time
Sunday, April 14, 2019 @ 4:30pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
University Heights Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Discover instruments and songs of long ago in this friendly discovery concert for adults and children of all ages.
$9 (infants attend free)
Emerald City Music: The Dreamers' Circus
Saturday, April 6, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Emerald City Music presents the folk music of The Dreamer's Circus in their inaugural US tour.
$28–$43 ($10 students)
Emerald City Music: The Dreamers' Circus
Friday, April 5, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Emerald City Music presents the folk music of The Dreamer's Circus in their inaugural US tour.
$45 ($10 students)
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: Celtic Folk & Baroque at Capitol Cider
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Capitol Cider, Seattle, WA, United States
Internationally acclaimed Scottish fiddler and violinist Brandon Vance joins Henry Lebedinsky for sonatas by James Oswald, Dougie MacLean, Alexander Munro, and William Marshall – as well as traditional reels, Strathspeys, jigs, and marches.
$25 ($15 ages 21-30)
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: Celtic Folk & Baroque
Saturday, March 9, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Internationally acclaimed Scottish fiddler and violinist Brandon Vance joins Henry Lebedinsky for sonatas by James Oswald, Dougie MacLean, Alexander Munro, and William Marshall – as well as traditional reels, Strathspeys, jigs, and marches.
$25 ($20 seniors, age 18 & under FREE)
Seattle Folklore Society: Frankie Gavin – Irish Fiddle Master
Sunday, February 3, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Phinney Neighborhood Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Fiery traditional and contemporary Irish jigs and reels on fiddle and flute, with a healthy dose of Irish humor thrown in.
$20 / $18 / $10
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts: Frankie Gavin – Irish Fiddle Master
Saturday, February 2, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA, United States
Fiery traditional and contemporary Irish jigs and reels on fiddle and flute, with a healthy dose of Irish humor thrown in.
$20 ($18 youth/senior)
Bellingham Music Club: Fire and Grace
Saturday, January 19, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Congregational Church, Bellingham, WA, United States
A Baroque-to-folk duo of uncanny skill and breathtaking speed with a combined energy that is enough to launch fireworks.
$25 (teens free)
Fire & Grace in Concert
Friday, January 18, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A unique collaboration between guitarist William Coulter and violinist Edwin Huizinga exploring the connective musical elements of classical, folk, and contemporary traditions from around the world.
$20 suggested donation
Seattle Historical Arts for Kids: Family concert! Medieval Music for Everyone
Saturday, January 5, 2019 @ 1:30pm – 2:30pm (PST)
University Heights Community Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Shulamit Kleinerman plays the medieval fiddle, joined by soprano Linda Strandberg and Jacob Breedlove on hurdy-gurdy, percussion, and other instruments.
$9 (infants FREE)
Music at 9th and Stewart Concert Series: The Beggar Boys, A Celtic Christmas
Saturday, December 15, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Traditional music and stories from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
$18 ($10 seniors/students, FREE age 12 & under)
City Cantabile Choir: A Celtic Magnificat
Sunday, December 9, 2018 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
An imaginative theatrical setting of legendary Irish harper Turlough O’Carolan meeting J.S. Bach along with Irish songs, carols, and jigs.
$20
City Cantabile Choir: A Celtic Magnificat
Saturday, December 8, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Greenlake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
An imaginative theatrical setting of legendary Irish harper Turlough O’Carolan meeting J.S. Bach along with Irish songs, carols, and jigs.
$20
Pacific Northwest Folklore Society: Crossing the North Sea
Friday, November 16, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Couth Buzzard Books, Seattle, WA, United States
A delightfully entertaining program that explores the repertoire of distinct fiddle styles that developed along the routes between Norway, Shetland, and points beyond.
$10 suggested donation
Childsplay: Fiddlers, Fiddles, & Fiddlemaker, with guest Karan Casey
Sunday, November 11, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Virtuosic fiddling, from all-Ireland and Scottish fiddle champions to members of the Boston Symphony.
$34.50 / $26.50 / $19.50
The Fretless
Saturday, October 20, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Phinney Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A young band transforms Celtic fiddle tunes, folk melodies, and chamber music into intricate and beautiful arrangements.
$9-$20
[CANCELLED] Different Drummer at Naked City
Monday, August 27, 2018 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
A genre-diverse program with an array of alternative percussion instruments which include a typewriter, lampshade, trash can, desk bells, stampers and a suitcase kick drum.
CANCELLED (was $15/$10)