The McMillan Theatre, Bridgwater, will be welcoming Craobh Rua, (pronounced Crave Ru-ah), which means red branch, in Irish, on March 18, 7.30pm.

The evening promises to be a very special and compelling celebration of traditional Irish music and song. The audience can expect a rich sound, acoustically driven, mixing rousing jigs, reels and polkas with tender ballads and airs.

Craobh Rua, who are from Belfast, perform music driven by uillean pipes, fiddle, whistles, and the exciting banjo and mandolin playing of group founder Brian Connolly, with passionate vocals from Jim Rainey. The band has released six albums to date and performed all around the world, from Canada to Bulgaria to Slovenia.

The Belfast Telegraph described them as,

“Free advertisement for everything that's good about Irish traditional music, they play it from the heart and they play it superbly.”

Tickets cost just £12.50 and can be purchased online, www.mcmillantheatre.com, or from the Box Office in person, or by phone, Monday – Friday, 10am – 2pm, 01278 556677.