FARMINGTON — New England Celtic Arts, will present Acadian super group Vishten at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, at Old South Congregational Church, 235 Maine St. A pre-show jam session will kick off at 6 p.m.
Vishten will launch the late Summer/Fall concert series at Old South in affiliation with New England Celtic Arts. Other shows will include The Tartan Terrors, Acoustic Eidolon, Bonhomme Setter, The Dardanelles, and A Coig Christmas.
Group members Pastelle and Emmanuelle LeBlanc and Pascal Miousse have become a distinctive and powerful international voice for traditional music from this part of the world.
All three members are second-generation traditional musicians. Twin sisters Emmanuelle and Pastelle LeBlanc were raised on Prince Edward Island and grew up in a household where fiddle music and percussive dancing was a common part of everyday life. Similarly, Magdalen Islander Pascal Miousse’s home was a frequent meeting place for traveling fiddlers and music sessions.
Tickets cost $20 for adults, $10 for students with ID.
For more information or reservations, call 491-5919 or visit www.necelticarts.com.
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