At 7:30 p.m. this Friday, Dec. 9, the Wellsboro Community Concert Association is presenting Charm City Junction and special guest Ken Kolodner, renowned hammered dulcimer player and old-time fiddler, in the Coolidge Theatre at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro. 

From dance inducing old-time rhythms to foot stomping Irish melodies and hard-driving bluegrass, this Baltimore-based quartet is blazing new trails in acoustic roots music while keeping an eye on tradition. Members are: Patrick McAvinue on fiddle, Brad Kolodner on clawhammer banjo, Sean McComiskey on button accordion and Alex Lacquement on upright bass.

Known for their high-energy, captivating and dynamic performances, these top-notch musicians not only draw on their separate musical backgrounds as a bluegrass fiddler, old-time banjo picker, Celtic accordionist and jazz bassist but have also found common ground on which to develop their own unique approach.  

Called “phenomenal instrumentalists” and “excellent singers,” Charm City Junction will perform songs from their albums, including holiday tunes.

Their self-titled debut album released in the fall of 2015 is a mix of their styles along with traditional old-time classics and Irish tunes. Their second full-length album, “Duckpin” was released in the summer of 2018 and debuted at #6 on the Billboard Bluegrass charts. Their third album “Snowball” was released in 2019 and includes holiday favorites, such as “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “We Three Kings” and “Silent Night” along with “Jingle Bells/Breaking up Christmas.”

Children 12 and under accompanied by a paying adult are admitted free. Admission per student, 13 to 18, is $5 and $25 per adult.

For tickets, visit www.wellsborocca.org or call the Deane Center at 570-724-6220. If available, tickets can be purchased at the door beginning at 7 p.m.