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Irish Wakers perform in New West

Indulge in a little pre-St. Patrick’s Day fun at the next Music at Queens concert. The Irish Wakers are returning for the third time to Queens Avenue United Church for a weekend concert on Saturday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Irish Wakers
The Irish Wakers bring their traditional and contemporary Irish sounds to Queens Avenue United Church March 10.

Indulge in a little pre-St. Patrick’s Day fun at the next Music at Queens concert.

The Irish Wakers are returning for the third time to Queens Avenue United Church for a weekend concert on Saturday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m.

The four-person group performs both traditional and contemporary Irish music, with arrangements of reels, jigs, polkas and hornpipes on fiddle, uilleann pipes, flutes, whistles, guitar and bodhran.

The bistro-style concert, held in the gymnasium, will include refreshments for sale. Patrons should enter by the Queens Avenue door (for wheelchair accessibility, call 604-522-1606 two days before the event).

Free parking is available a half-block down the hill at city hall. Tickets are $20 regular, or $15 for students and seniors. Buy through www.queensavenue.org.

For more on the Irish Wakers, check out www.irishwakers.com.