Bands led by Celtic redheads, Rymestone and 0Stella, perform at Jasper Legion on St Patricks Day, March 17. | Supplied photo<\/p>\n
Fuchsia Dragon | publisher@fitzhugh.ca<\/a><\/p>\n Get set for an all-Irish blowout at Jasper Legion this St Patricks Day.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n St Patricks Day is kind of a big deal for me, she said.<\/p>\n I want to bring the town a flavour of the warm, lively, creativity and friendship focused aspect of Irish culture that I miss.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n But what is the craic? According to Seifert, the craic means fun but with overtones of camaraderie and shenanigans.<\/p>\n And she certainly plans to bring it to the Legion next week.<\/p>\n Seifert has booked two indie-rock acts fronted by red-headed celtic femmes.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n And Dubliner-turned-Edmontonian Liz Pomeroy is bringing her indie-rock fiddle driven solo project 0Stella.<\/p>\n Plus, Jaspers own Group du Jour will emerge from the woodwork to support those out-of town acts.<\/p>\n Seifert will be dishing up homemade Irish stew with soda bread and lashings of butter, and the Legion will have Guiness promotions.<\/p>\n Doors open at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, with music starting at 7:30 p.m. and a $10 cover.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n More: <\/p>\n Bringing the craic to Jasper this St Patrick's Day Jasper's source for news, sports, arts, culture, and more - the fitzhugh<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bands led by Celtic redheads, Rymestone and 0Stella, perform at Jasper Legion on St Patricks Day, March 17. | Supplied photo Fuchsia Dragon | publisher@fitzhugh.ca<\/a> Get set for an all-Irish blowout at Jasper Legion this St Patricks Day. Continue reading