Shaskeen : Traditional Music and Song

Name: Shaskeen : Traditional Music and Song
Start: 2025-02-15T19:00:00+00:00
Location: The Moat Theatre

Schedule

Sat, 15 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

The Moat Theatre | Kildare, KE

Traditional Irish Music and Song has been at the forefront with Shaskeen for the last fifty three years. Shaskeen are now a recognised cornerstone in the Irish Traditional and Folk scene.
📍 The Moat Theatre
📅 Saturday 15th February at 7pm
📞 Box Office 045 883030 or book online:
https://moattheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873666265
With a musical line up 8 people of vast experience, sporting four front line singers-Katie Theasby, Vocals, Flute & Whistles, Mary Liddy Concertina & Vocals, Johnny Donnellan Bodhran & Vocals, Dave Sanders, Fiddle, Viola, Mandolin & Vocals, Patsy McDonagh on Accordion, Geraldine Cotter on Piano, Eamonn Cotter on Concert Flutes and Tom Cussen on Banjo & Mandolin.
There are hardly any bands playing traditional music and songs in Ireland today that has the heritage, cultural context, longevity and experience of SHASKEEN, a band of genuinely skilled musicians, no gimmickry, just instrument wizards, great variety in the tunes, straight-forward arrangements, beautiful songs, a fierce and collective drive, mighty energy.
The versatility from this band is unlimited.
These concerts are jam packed and entertaining from start to finish, with a host of reels, jigs, barn dances and our Songs are of a wide & varied genre with delicate arrangements.

Please check out a few more recent video links etc.
https://www.shaskeen.net/video/Shaskeen-in-Cois-na-hAbna_39
https://www.shaskeen.net/video/Katie-Theasby_29