🗓️ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21 | 7:30 PM
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When The High Kings take the stage in Ogden, you get a room that turns into a sing-along before the first song ends. Four voices. Guitar, banjo, bodhrán, mandolin, bouzouki, accordion, whistles. A stack of ballads and pub anthems that have traveled from Dublin kitchens to American living rooms through PBS specials and nearly two decades of touring. By the encore, strangers are leaning over and singing “The Parting Glass” to each other. That’s the night.
Finbarr Clancy, Brian Dunphy, Darren Holden, and Paul O’Brien have spent nearly two decades carrying forward the tradition of Ireland’s great ballad groups: the Clancy Brothers, the Dubliners, the Wolfe Tones. Finbarr is the son of Bobby Clancy, and that lineage is right there on the stage every night. The songs you’d expect are all in the set: “The Rocky Road to Dublin,” “The Fields of Athenry,” “Whiskey in the Jar,” “Wild Rover,” “Red Is the Rose,” “The Parting Glass.” Four-part harmony so tight it changes the air in the room.
Their self-titled debut hit #2 on Billboard’s World Music chart and stayed there for 36 weeks. PBS specials like “Live On The Bridge” and “On Tour” built a deep American following on top of their Irish base. The Sunday World calls them the “Most Successful Irish Folk Band Worldwide.” If you discovered them on a pledge drive, this is the live show that goes with the memory. If you grew up on the Clancy Brothers, this is the next chapter, played with the same rowdy heart and tighter harmonies.
Late February is the prelude to St. Patrick’s season, so move early if you want the good seats. The High Kings play Ogden on Sunday, February 21, 2027, at 7:30 PM at the Browning Center at WSU.
