Steeplechase

Celtic folk music, with special guest Jocelyn Pettit

ALL AGES seated show

Come early for dinner and drinks in the upstairs gallery before the show

Show: 7:30pm
Tickets: $25 advance $28 at the door

Steeplechase came about in the tried and true manner of Irish music bands throughout the centuries, which is to say, at the session. It became clear that these horses could pull in the same direction, and thus a band was born. Three of the four members have connections to Maine, but they all managed to find their way to the northwest corner of the United States. Hanz Araki (flutes, vocals), Zach Bauman (bouzouki), Sam Vogt (guitar, whistle), and David Lofgren (bodhrán) each have long histories in folk music; and while their paths to taking up traditional music may vary wildly, their passion for, and love of this art form is unquestionably shared.

Steeplechase brings a captivating voice to contemporary Celtic music through a blend of traditional repertoire, inventive arrangements, and road-honed performance. At the core of this ensemble is Hanz Araki, a Juno award-winning and Grammy-nominated flautist & vocalist whose three decades of musical exploration across Irish, Scottish, Japanese, and American folk traditions inform the band’s distinctive sound. Raised in a Japanese-Irish household and carrying forward a centuries-old shakuhachi lineage, Araki’s musical depth and mastery is heralded as “…pure exhilaration for the ears” by Folkwords.

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