Irish Jigs Come to St. Matthew’s Sunday

Irish music fans are in luck—St. Matthew’s School Hall on Hessian Avenue will ring with a concert of traditional tunes Sunday.

The Irish Session—Bob Michel, Rich Dodson, Laura Murphy and Mike Plunkett—will perform traditional songs and jigs, reels, hornpipes and other tunes on wooden flute, tin whistles, concertina, fiddle, banjo, mandolin and guitar.

Along with the band, special guests Corey Purcell and Erin Green, champion Irish step-dancers, will perform. Both Purcell and Green qualified for the International Step-Dancing Championships in Belfast this year.

The 3 p.m. concert, which benefits Holy Angels Parish, will end with all musicians in the audience invited onstage to join in a set of jigs and a set of reels.

Tickets are $10 each or $25 for a family. Call 856-853-0019 to reserve tickets, which will also be available at the door.