Piper's Opera House Presents: Black Irish Band

When you take Celtic, Spanish, and Italian music and mix it up, you get the true nature of the Black Irish Band. For over twenty-five years, this band has created an original sound. With over 500 concert performances to date and airplay worldwide, the band has kept very busy spreading its brand of progressive folk music to a large audience. Performing traditional and original music, the band is very focused on presenting acoustic music in a very exciting, upbeat way that appeals to all ages. The band has written and recorded over 96 original songs that appear on any of the band's twenty-five CD recordings. Many of the original works written by the band are based on Celtic history.

Hailing from the historic Gold Rush Country of America, the four-member Black Irish Band has a musical style that is as timeless as the rugged landscape of the West, a tribute to the people whose lives were spent building the world we now take for granted. The band has a large complement of traditional maritime and railroad music, as well as ethnic tunes in their repertoire. They excel at Irish & Scottish, Italian, and American folk music with an assortment of original songs and traditional Western ballads. The band's musical style captures the spirit of the immigrants of this land, the men and women who tamed the Wild West.

Patrick Michael Karnahan and Richard Restivo met on the set of "Back to the Future III" in 1989. This is when the idea of the Black Irish band began to bloom. Both Patrick and Rick were in the "Hill Valley Brass Band," while future bandmate Steve McArthur was given a speaking role as festival man #1. During filming breaks, Patrick and Rick began to formulate the idea for a traditional folk group that would cross cultural and musical boundaries...an acoustic folk band with no limits! At the first band meeting, the name Black Irish was chosen. The strong vocals and up-tempo instrumentals breathe new life into old songs and present original material with a distinctive flair. The original songs of Patrick Michael Karnahan have received considerable airplay on various folk-rock and public radio stations.

Tickets are on sale now - $20/person in advance and $25/person at the door

Prime Box Seating - $100/box *INCLUDES ONE BOTTLE OF WINE*

(1 box available. Can seat up to 4 people)

Doors open at 6:30 pm

Show starts at 7:00 pm

**ALL EVENTS ARE RAIN OR SHINE AND NON-REFUNDABLE**

No printed ticket is necessary – you will be checked in to the event by providing the ticket buyer’s last name.

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