The Shane Lalani Center for the Arts has announced the performers for their final ‘Shane Center Presents’ program of 2025. Celtic multi-instrumentalist and singer Gabriel Donohue will be joined by fiddler and singer Vonnie Quinn. The concert will take place on Saturday, November 15th. Music begins at 7:30pm in the Dulcie Theater.
Gabriel Donohue toured with the Chieftains as guest guitarist for years. He appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman with Tom Waits and has produced and played on scores of LPs for many artists, including two for the Smithsonian Folkways label. He maintains a busy performing schedule, playing from Key West to Maine depending on the season. He maintains a home in Galway, Ireland in the village where he was born, near Athenry. He has performed at the An Rí Rá festival in Butte with his close friends, Cherish the Ladies, who he also tours with around the world.
Vonnie Quinn is originally from Limerick City, and has been called a renaissance woman, where she excels on fiddle, harp, vocals and dance. Vonnie has also been a television anchorwoman for years. She has appeared at many festivals with Gabriel Donohue, including Fiesta De Santa Lucia in Monterrey, Mexico, and at the Celtic Festival in Dunedin Florida. The duo performed recently for a week of shows at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Nevada.
Together they play an innovative blend of traditional and contemporary Irish music, searing reels and bouncy jigs, hornpipes and songs of their homeland. Don’t miss this evening of immersion into Ireland with these two extraordinary performers.
Tickets are available at www.theshanecenter.org, the Shane Center box office or by calling (406) 222-1420.
The ‘Shane Center Presents’ series is generously sponsored by Walter and Regina Wunsch/SPECTEC TIC, Colin & Seabring Davis and Home2Suites. The programs are produced in association with John and Joanne Lowell of Mighty Fine Time Live Events. •
