By Alliance Arts Council
It’s the last event of the Alliance Arts Councils 2025-2026 season – don’t miss it! PADDYWHACK is set to perform on April 10 at 7 p.m. at the Alliance High School Performing Arts Center.
PADDYWHACK performs traditional folk music from Ireland and the British Isles. With more than a dozen instruments and 3-part vocal harmonies, PADDYWHACK offers a stunning variety of musical styles, songs and dance tunes. Band members include Chris Sayre, Terry Keefe and David Marsh. Their repertoire of songs includes acapella sea shanties, Irish pub sing-alongs, provocative ballads and rebel songs.
Traditional dance tunes of jigs, reels, hornpipes and waltzes utilize their extensive list of instruments, which includes guitar, fiddle, mandolin, English concertina, banjo, tin whistle, accordion, hammered dulcimer, piano, bodhran (Irish drum) and more. So come “laugh, dance and sing” with music inspired by the Celts, Scottish kilts, English coal miners and Irish leprechauns with the music of PADDYWHACK.
Tickets are $15 Adults, $10 Senior and $5 Students. Advance tickets are available at the Chamber of Commerce and Carnegie Arts Center. Tickets will also be sold at the door. The Nebraska Arts Council, a state agency, has supported this program through its matching grants program funded by the Nebraska Legislature, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.
Visit www.artscouncil.nebraska for information on how the Nebraska Arts Council can assist your organization, or how you can support the Nebraska Cultural Endowment., Local business co-presenters are Western Nebraska Real Estate, Harris Sales, FNBO, FNIC and KCOW/Double Q Country Radio.