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Folkmoot to showcase Irish music

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Magill and McKindley-Ward will play Waynesville April 3. Donated photo Magill and McKindley-Ward will play Waynesville April 3. Donated photo

Folkmoot Live will present an evening of traditional Irish music with Andrew Finn Magill & David McKindley-Ward (Celtic/world) at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 3, at the Folkmoot Friendship Center in Waynesville. 

Magill is an award-winning multi-genre fiddler/violinist and composer who has been featured on PBS, NPR and TEDx. He is a Fulbright fellow, North Carolina Arts Council fellow and 2024 finalist for the prestigious Seifert Competition for jazz violin in Krakow, Poland.

Magill is signed to Ropeadope Records on which he has released three albums and tours the world as a bandleader and sideman in several genres.

Currently, McKindley-Ward collaborates with many Irish singers and instrumentalists, including Eimear Arkins, Liz Hanley, Brenda Castles, Joey Abarta, Allen Murray and many others. He has recorded three albums with singer-songwriter Letitia VanSant, with their latest release “Eye of the Storm” expected to be released this year.

Doors at 6 p.m. The Spotted Banana food truck will also be onsite. Tickets are “pay what you can” ($25, $15, $5). For more information and/or to purchase tickets, visit folkmoot.org or call 828.452.2997.

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