Dick Hensold is the leading exponent of Northumbrian smallpiping in North America, and Patsy O’Brien is a singer, songwriter and guitarist from County Cork in Ireland. Together they play a concert of Celtic music which is both traditional and innovative, focused and eclectic.

The program is half songs and half instrumentals, including a variety of songs from Britain and Ireland, accompanied by guitar and Northumbrian smallpipes. It also features traditional and historical tunes from Cape Breton Island, Scotland, Ireland and Northumberland.

As well as a broad range of styles of Celtic music, this program also features an impressive range of expression, from the jaunty and humorous to soulful, led by Patsy’s warm and multi-colored baritone voice, Dick’s variety of pipes and whistles, and the nimble instrumental virtuosity of both musicians.

Arrowhead Center for the Arts (51 W 5th St., Grand Marais)

Tickets: $18 adults at "Get Tickets" and door (box office opens at 6 pm).

Award-winning blues, soul, and Americana singer Shemekia Copeland possesses one of the most instantly recognizable and deeply soulful roots music voices of our time. She is beloved worldwide for the fearlessness, honesty, and humor of her music, as well as for delivering each song she performs with unmatched passion.

Copeland — winner of the 2021 Blues Music Award for B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year— connects with her audience on an intensely personal level, taking them with her on what The Wall Street Journal calls “a consequential ride” of “bold and timely blues.” NPR Music says Shemekia sings with “punchy defiance and potent conviction.” 

Arrowhead Center for the Arts (51 W 5th St., Grand Marais)

Tickets: $20 adults at "Get Tickets" and door (box office opens at 6 pm).