Fiddlesticks Return Home: Jacko & Karen Jackson with guests
29 Domain Terrace, Spreydon, Christchurch
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Fiddlesticks Return Home: And happy to be so! Surrounded in green bush, kiwi accents and wonderful tasting vegetables!
We have loved our 16 years in Australia, cherished the many challenges and opportunities that were presented with music, partnerships, and influences.
Some of the highlights of our time in Aus:-
· The first 5 years we performed and toured for “QLD Arts Council”.
· While living in Brisbane we helped set up the “Brisbane Celtic Fiddle Club”.
· For 7 years we founded and directed the “Sunshine Fiddle Camp”.
· 2018 we ran the “Fiddlers Rally” at the National Folk Festival
· Members of the “Hjaltibonhoga Fiddlers” in the Edinburgh Tattoo the 2 times it toured Australia
Our last 6 years saw us settle in the NT surrounded by music, culture, and opportunity. Karen worked as a string’s teacher, founding, and running the Desert Fiddle Club. “Fiddlesticks” continued as a four-piece band, playing weekly at a local recycle café (seemed fitting J). As well Jacko found a new passion in Klezmer music while Karen formed a duo called “Wee Bit” revisiting her cultural influence of Trad Scottish Music with Marg Collins.
Marg Collins, a much in demand Alice Springs keyboard / piano accordion and flute player, she played in the Klezmer group with Jacko and is Karen’s Duo partner in “Wee Bit”. We are excited to have Marg join Fiddlesticks for the Wellington Folk Festival and a South Island tour in 2022.
We are lucky to also include the wonderful Carol Rose, a well-known, valued Kiwi Folkie and fellow West Coaster, who will join us on Bass, guitar, and vocals.
Members $15, Non-members $20 and Students with ID $5
Doors open 7pm. Performance starts at 7.30pm, you will get a seat if you arrive close to 7pm.
VENUE: Irish Society Hall, 29 Domain Terrace, Spreydon The hall is situated up the long driveway, directly next to Domain Park, and there is plenty of well-lit off-street parking..
DOOR SALES CASH ONLY: Tea, coffee, biscuits and cake available during the break, also bar facilities for cold refreshments throughout the night, Eftpos available for purchases only, no cash-out facility. Folk Club and Irish Society members please remember to bring your membership card. Non-members sign in at bar.
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