Old Fashioned Scottish Super Concert returns April 16

In March 2016, Strathspey Performing Arts Centre hosted its first Bi-Annual Fundraising Gala–The Old Fashioned Scottish Super Concert. It was an evening of traditional Scottish culture, featuring an amazing line-up of homegrown talent brought together through the music, the stories, the language, and the fun of it all. Kind of like the good old days. There was a real a kitchen party fell in the room and the atmosphere definitely enhanced the whole experience for the audience.

This weekend, the Old Fashioned Scottish Super Concert returns with another impressive list of players and dancers and singers and story-tellers sharing the stage and sharing their music and their steps, their songs and stories, and the laughs and tears in between.

Sunday night’s concert includes well-known performers Kenneth MacKenzie, Kevin Dugas, Goiridh Dòmhnallach, Colin Watson, John and Bill Pellerin, Cheryl MacQuarrie and Evelyn Cameron, Rodney MacDonald, Ian MacDougall, Patrick Gillis, MacNeil Girls, Tracey MacNeil, Melody and Derrick Cameron, Sgiobalta, Pius MacIsaac, Mac Morin, Shelly Campbell, and many more. Showtime is 7:30pm, but if you get there early, you’re in for a real treat with the Think Cape Breton First Kitchen Party.

Strathspey Performing Arts Centre would not exist without community support and The Kitchen Party is a way of recognizing and showcasing local businesses, artists, and crafters. The Kitchen Party will feature vendors from around the Island including Woven Cloth, Emily MacNeil Photography, Nature Lost and Found Art Gallery, Diane MacInnis Paintings, Little Things by Charlene, and DMF Vintage Photo Booth. The Kitchen Party opens at 6:30pm and is included in the ticket price.

There will be a full service cash bar available for those 19 and over with local brews and liquors available from Breton Brewing Co. and Glenora Distillery. Entertainment during the Think Cape Breton First Kitchen Party is by the Very Young Mabou Dancers. These little ones will be in the lobby between 6:30 and 7:30pm doing a demonstration of Traditional Cape Breton Square Sets – accompanied by live music.

Strathspey Performing Arts Centre is one of many vibrant social profit organizations on Cape Breton Island and thrives to achieve sustainability through community donations, funding opportunities and fundraising efforts of their own, with events like the Old Fashioned Scottish Super Concert.

Regular advance tickets are $40, senior’s priced tickets are $30 and youth tickets are $25 each. Available by calling 902 945 5300 or online strathspeyplace.com.

The Old Fashioned Scottish Super Concert is supported by 101.5 The Hawk and The Municipality of the County of Inverness.