Frankie Gavin, House Concert, Boulder Creek

You are invited to experience one of the world’s best fiddle players, direct from Galway, Ireland, in intimate house concert in Boulder Creek, CA. Come enjoy the vibrance of this dynamic artist in this exclusive appearance.

Frankie Gavin has played fiddle and flute since his teenage years. At the age of seventeen, he won All Ireland competitions for fiddle and flute. Originally influenced by the great Irish and American-Irish fiddle players, James Morrison, and Michael Coleman, he later found himself playing with stars: The Rolling Stones, Stephane Grappelli, and Yehudi Menhuin as well as with many of the great contemporary players and singers of Irish music. All have left their mark on his eclectic approach to music. In 2010, he officially became the world’s fastest fiddle player when he played The Foxhunter’s Reel, at a breath-taking 150 beats per minute!

The name Frankie Gavin is also synonymous with De Dannan, the globally renowned band he founded in the mid-1970s. After a short break in the early 2000s, Frankie restarted the band with a new young line-up. The current incarnation maintains the super-stellar quality of those iconic early De Dannans.

In his time, Frankie has played for four American presidents, starting, as a six-year old, when he played for John F. Kennedy on his 1962 visit to Ireland, for Presidents Clinton, Bush and Barack Obama. He has also played for the France’s President Mitterand, Britain’s Prince Charles and Prince Albert of Monaco.

The plain fact is that, whether playing solo or with De Dannan, there is no more exciting fiddle player or moving flute player in the world of Irish music today.

Reservations: Julie Horner | [email protected] | 831-325-1974
Suggested donation for the artist: $20
Potluck at 5:00.
Home is located a few blocks from downtown Boulder Creek – address given with reservation.