FOOTMAD Presents
Our 42nd Concert Season
2023-2024
Enjoy nationally and world-acclaimed musicians
in intimate concert settings in the valley's finest theaters.
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Cassie & Maggie MacDonald
Classic Celtic music from Nova Scotia, Canada
Sisters who play, sing, and dance2023 September 30 - Saturday
Capitol Theater
(Resurrection Church)
123 Summers Street
Charleston WVFrom the deepest roots of Canada and its very earliest musical traditions come Nova Scotian sisters Cassie and Maggie, putting their own 21st Century stamp on the Celtic soundtrack of this nation. Exciting and innovative, their talent is surpassed only by the sheer joy they exude in performance. Alternating between Gaelic and English, traditional and contemporary, haunting and electrifying, the duo is nothing short of mesmerizing.
Born to a family of deep Nova Scotia roots and a rich musical history, the two have been enchanting audiences around the world with their unparalleled unity of strings, voices and fabulous percussive step dance. Theirs is the perfect balance between musical integrity and sheer entertainment as they seamlessly blend tunes passed down through generations of musicians with their own songwriting, borrowing from other writers, other genres and other eras.
They’re turning heads wherever they go – 2018 JUNO award nominees, Galaxie Radio Rising Star award winners, 17 Canadian Folk Music, East Coast Music and Music Nova Scotia awards and nominations, Female Singers of the Year by Live Ireland Radio, Female Vocal Album of the Year by Chicago Irish American News, and Album of the Year by NPR’s Celtic Connection – the list goes on.
““The MacDonalds’ music is a beautiful blend of all these Celtic sounds, anchored by the powerful, lively fiddling of elder sister Cassie MacDonald and the beautiful guitar and piano work and clear-as-a-mountain-spring vocals of her younger sister Maggie MacDonald. This is the kind of family music that has always fueled the Maritimes, and there’s a very real closeness in this music that can only come from siblings making music together.””
“They offer the perfect sibling blend... Think of the Everly Brothers and the Mills Brothers... Perfect harmony. There is so much that goes on in each of their tunes and great live performances, it is easy to miss their beautifully offered harmonies. Perfection.”
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Concert Time
Concert starts at 7:30 pm
Box office sales start at 6:30 pm
Doors open at 6:30 pm
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Tickets
$25 General admission
$20 Seniors
$10 Students
Children under 13 admitted freePurchase tickets
* online at FOOTMAD.org
* by calling 304.729.4382
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Advance Ticket Options
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Order Online
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Order by Mail
Fill-in a ticket order form. Print form. Mail form and payment to FOOTMAD.
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Order by Phone
Call 304-729-4382 to order with your credit or debit card.
This program is presented with financial assistance from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.
FOOTMAD appreciates Fund for the Arts major donors ($10,000+) who keep culture strong in the Kanawha Valley: City of Charleston, Cecil I Walker Charitable Trust, Daywood Foundation.
