Bands led by Celtic redheads, Rymestone and 0Stella, perform at Jasper Legion on St Patricks Day, March 17. | Supplied photo

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Get set for an all-Irish blowout at Jasper Legion this St Patricks Day.

Irish Jasperite Roisin Seifert is bringing a taste of her motherlands festivities to town this March 17 a day traditionally celebrated with community festivities and plenty of Guinness.

St Patricks Day is kind of a big deal for me, she said.

I want to bring the town a flavour of the warm, lively, creativity and friendship focused aspect of Irish culture that I miss.

Seifert said St Patricks Days back in Belfast meant live music and hanging out with friends. She said she is on a mission to bring some genuine Irish craic to Jasper this St Patricks Day, to counter all the green beer, which she insists is uncouth and only became a thing in Ireland due to demand from rowdy American tourists in Dublin who expected the Liffy River that flows through the city to run green.

But what is the craic? According to Seifert, the craic means fun but with overtones of camaraderie and shenanigans.

And she certainly plans to bring it to the Legion next week.

Seifert has booked two indie-rock acts fronted by red-headed celtic femmes.

Rymestone, a genre-defying high-energy guitar-driven act currently on tour from the Prairies, is led by singer Emma Jean Anderson, whose mom immigrated directly from the Scottish Highlands.

And Dubliner-turned-Edmontonian Liz Pomeroy is bringing her indie-rock fiddle driven solo project 0Stella.

Plus, Jaspers own Group du Jour will emerge from the woodwork to support those out-of town acts.

Seifert will be dishing up homemade Irish stew with soda bread and lashings of butter, and the Legion will have Guiness promotions.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, with music starting at 7:30 p.m. and a $10 cover.

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