Kick off your St. Patrick's Day celebration early this year, and take in the traditional Celtic sounds of the season on Saturday, March 6 when the Makem Brothers with Mickey and Liam Spain make a return engagement to the Rogers Center. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are on sale now.
The Makem Brothers - Shane, Conor, and Rory - were born in Drogheda, County Louth, about an hour north of Dublin. They continue the lineage of one of Irish music's dynasties, begun by their grandmother Sarah Makem, who was sought after by song collectors for her store of traditional Irish songs, according to the Rogers Center. Their father is Tommy Makem, the modern-day "Bard of Armagh." Now considered an icon, he helped to bring Irish music out of the corner and into the international spotlight.
The group uses "a host of various instruments and five male vocalists, using precise three-part harmonies, [to] blend perfectly for what many have described as 'a wall of sound.'" The cost of advance tickets are $22. All tickets at the door are $25.00.
Call the box office at 978-837-5355 or visit www.merrimack.edu/rogers.
