Character Fleadh Irish Band from Chicago, IL

Character Fleadh plays Irish, Scottish, and other Celtic traditional music - lively jigs and reels and polkas, jaunty hornpipes, stately strathspeys and marches, swooning waltzes, achingly beautiful airs, and songs that are humorous, invigorating, and heartbreaking - all to make your event just perfect. The band comprises fiddle, flute/whistles, guitar, bodhran/percussion, and male/female voices. Concertina, tenor banjo, mandolin, piano, and Uilleann pipes are also available. Bass and drums are available for clients who want some rock "oomph." We play a mix of instrumentals and songs, and can go all instrumental if the situation calls for it. We're available for public and private events, from festival concert stages to pub sessions to weddings to birthday parties - we bring the craic and ceol (good times and song) wherever and whenever we play! We have a great selection of beautiful instrumental pieces perfect for wedding ceremony music or memorial services - inquire for details. We can go totally acoustic, use your sound system, or bring our own, as you require.

• Reels, jigs, hornpipes, polkas, slip jigs, hop jigs, airs, waltzes | traditional Irish
• Drinking songs, rebel songs, laments, funny songs, ballads, love songs | traditional Irish, Scottish, and more - just ask, if there's something you want to hear
• Strathspeys, flings, marches, reels, hornpipes, waltzes, slip jigs | traditional Scottish, Nova Scotian, and Cape Breton