The Barra MacNeils: An East Coast Christmas

The Barra MacNeils - An East Coast Christmas is a musical potpourri of traditional MacNeil family favourites gleaned from Christmas ceilidhs, midnight masses and the general festive frolic that accompanies each holiday season. With their captivating vocals, distinctive harmonies and extraordinary musicianship, The Barra MacNeils inject new life and energy into the sights and sounds of Christmas, prompting the Halifax Daily News to describe them as “a treasure of the East Coast, rich with tradition and unmatched in ensemble performance”; and the Globe & Mail to name the recording on which this tour is based “one of the best five Christmas albums of all time!”

The five MacNeil siblings - Lucy, Boyd, Stewart, Kyle and Sheumas - combine on a vast array of instruments including accordion, guitar, piano, fiddle, bodhran, mandolin, banjo, Celtic harp, tin whistles, bouzouki, flute … all underpinned by the nimble-fingered Jamie Gatti on bass. The result is a sound that is unmistakably The Barra MacNeils, one moment a rousing chorus, then a hauntingly beautiful Gaelic ballad, the next a flurry of foot-stomping instrumentals, which of course pulls one then another into a step-dancing revelry. For a delightful seasonal celebration, don’t miss An East Coast Christmas with The Barra MacNeils!

Presale opens Tuesday, September 29 at 12:00 PM with a code included in our community newsletter. General sale opens Friday, October 2 at 2:00 PM. For more info, pics and music clips, visit www.shantero.com or www.barramacneils.com.

Peller Hall is fully accessible, with parking behind Memorial and in nearby lots, and bar service on site. The show starts at 7:30 PM. Reserved seating tickets are $75.00 plus HST, facility fees included, and are available exclusively through our box office, online or at 905-304-3232.