Fiddle Tunes concerts start Friday in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Centrum’s annual celebration of traditional music, culminates in three public performances at Fort Worden State Park, 200 Battery Way, this Friday and Saturday.

All will take place in McCurdy Pavilion, with tickets ranging from $15 to $28.

■   The “Fiddles on Fire” concert starts at 1:30 p.m. Friday, with musicians from New England, Kentucky, Denmark, New Orleans and the Canadian province of Quebec.

■   Next is the “North and South” concert at 7:30 Friday night, with fiddlers and other players dishing out music from Ireland, Georgia, California, Washington state, Scotland and Louisiana.

■   Fiddle Tunes’ finale starts at 1:30 p.m. Saturday with “Fiddles on the Fourth.”

This concert stars musicians from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; Michoacan, Mexico; California; Missouri and beyond.

For those who want to attend all three, Fiddle Tunes passes are available with prices ranging from $36 for McCurdy Pavilion’s section C, $55 for section B and $70 for section A.

For information, see www.Centrum.org or phone 800-746-1982.

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