# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Switchback
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 18 Jul, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Switchback
Saturday, July 18th, 2026
Doors 7:30pm / Show 8pm
Tickets in Advance $26 (includes all fees)
Tickets Day of Show $30 (cash) / $31 (card)

Switchback is the name of the award-winning duo of Brian FitzGerald and Martin McCormack. Their brand of original music has made them an international touring sensation and a presence on PBS in the United States. Dubbed "American Roots with Celtic Soul," Switchback seamlessly blends a Celtic tribal beat with the raw energy of the wide open American plains. Their beautifully crafted songs move the feet while swaying the heart.  

There is a point in certain musicians’ careers where their music begins to be recognized for its influence on others. At that point, they cease to be part of the crowd, but rather, the standard to build upon. The duo Switchback, has become such a standard, with critical recognition of their contribution to Celtic and Americana music, as well as their overall success as consummate entertainers.

American Songwriter Magazine (along with Americana icon Steve Earle) praised Switchback as one of the seminal groups to blend American roots and traditional Celtic styles. Switchback’s hybrid has an energy and joyous abandon that Matt Malloy of The Chieftains proclaimed “powerful!”

In his review of their music, Ron Pen, professor and Director of the John Jacob Niles Center for American Music’s (division of musicology and ethnomusicology at the University of Kentucky) says Switchback is “more than Americana-it is America itself.“

Peggie Miller of the The Courier in Montgomery County, Texas writes, “Not in recent memory has the Crighton Theatre, through the Montgomery County Performing Arts Society, hosted so personable a duo…Their voices blended in heart-tugging harmony, and they made more music with two guitars, a sometimes mandolin, and those voices than some six piece bands produce.”

With three PBS specials, music on NBC, and appearances with the Moody Blues, Jethro Burns, Clifton Chenier, John Hartford, Leon Russell, Dale Watson, the Chieftains, Liz Carol, Martin Hayes and many others, Switchback has earned a place among musical legends.

That said, it is perhaps the continuing mission of playing music for those who need it most, in prisons, special need homes, schools, juvenile detention centers, and nursing facilities that set them apart from their peers. As the creator of the National Poetry Slam and author Marc Smith said, “Switchback hits an everybody note.”
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/richmond-heights/switchback/200030315587340
- **Event Categories**: art, music, entertainment, literary-art, performances, theatre, live-music, kentucky-derby
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 20

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Richmond Heights
- **state**: MO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 2720 Sutton Blvd, Maplewood, MO, United States, Missouri 63143
- **lat**: 38.61176
- **long**: -90.31977
- **full address**: 2720 Sutton Blvd, Maplewood, MO, United States, Missouri 63143, 2720 Sutton Blvd, St Louis, MO 63143-3036, United States, Richmond Heights

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Switchback being held?
  - **A:** Switchback takes place on Sat, 18 Jul, 2026 at 08:00 pm to Sat, 18 Jul, 2026 at 08:00 pm at 2720 Sutton Blvd, Maplewood, MO, United States, Missouri 63143, 2720 Sutton Blvd, St Louis, MO 63143-3036, United States, Richmond Heights.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Switchback?
  - **A:** Switchback is organized by Focal Point Concerts.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Switchback is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Richmond Heights, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Switchback sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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