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Get set for an all-Irish blowout at Jasper Legion this St Patrick鈥檚 Day.
Irish Jasperite Roisin Seifert is bringing a taste of her motherland鈥檚 festivities to town this March 17 - a day traditionally celebrated with community festivities and plenty of Guinness.
鈥淪t Patrick鈥檚 Day is kind of a big deal for me,鈥� she said.
鈥淚 want to bring the town a flavour of the warm, lively, creativity and friendship focused aspect of Irish culture that I miss.鈥�
Seifert said St Patrick鈥檚 Days back in Belfast meant live music and hanging out with friends. She said she is on a mission to bring 鈥渟ome genuine Irish craic鈥� to Jasper this St Patrick's 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.
But what is 鈥榯he craic鈥�? According to Seifert, 鈥榯he craic鈥� means 鈥榝un鈥� but with overtones of camaraderie and shenanigans.
And she certainly plans to bring it to the Legion next week.
Seifert has booked two indie-rock acts fronted by red-headed celtic femmes.
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.
And Dubliner-turned-Edmontonian Liz Pomeroy is bringing her indie-rock fiddle driven solo project 0Stella.
Plus, Jasper鈥檚 own Group du Jour will emerge from the woodwork to support those out-of town acts.
Seifert will be dishing up homemade Irish stew with soda bread and lashings of butter, and the Legion will have Guiness promotions.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, with music starting at 7:30 p.m. and a $10 cover.
