New Bern Civic Theatre hosts the annual �Celtic Christmas with Jennifer Licko� for two shows next week.
The shows are Dec. 7 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. Admission is $20.
Celebrating its third year of sold-out concerts in Eastern North Carolina, Licko�s Celtic Christmas also performs December shows in Morehead City, Warsaw, Swansboro, Wilmington, Southern Pines, Fountain and Pembroke. The concert also will be presented for the first time to the state of Minnesota in Glencoe, Montevideo and Winona.
Irish guitarist Patsy O�Brien also will share some of the Christmas songs and traditions he experienced growing up in county Cork, Ireland. And, Zack Kline will be blazing jigs and reels on the fiddle in his virtuoso style.
Featured on National Public Radio as an international touring artist, Licko has proven herself as a respected musician within the Celtic genre while acquiring fans outside of that niche. She combines Appalachian music of her North Carolina roots with the traditional Celtic music of her ancestors.
Now living in Minnesota, she was recently awarded a grant from the Minnesota state arts board in folk and traditional arts.
O�Brien is joining Licko for the first time, with his familiar Celtic guitar style.
He is known as today�s best Celtic music accompanist, and was recently called �Ireland�s best kept musical secret,� by the Irish Examiner.
There is also the addition of young and upcoming fiddle player Kline, featured on NPR's Open Mic and Bowed Radio, the concert will take on a very lively "bluegrass meets Celtic" style.