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2025 2026

SHINING A LIGHT ON THE

BEST ENTERTAINMENT!

Magical Strings 39th Annual
Celtic Yuletide Concert

Tickets: $30 general, $28 senior, $20 youth
The Boulding Family’s musical celebration of the holiday season is a treasured
tradition in Kent. Once again, Pam and Philip Boulding are joined by their
children, grandchildren, and guests for an afternoon of enchanting Yuletide
music. The Bouldings perform on Celtic harps, hammered dulcimers, whistles,
strings, percussion, and harp-like instruments from around the world.
Guests add Irish step dancing, drumming, and storytelling for a festive and
memorable performance.

Sunday, December 7 • 3:00 p.m.
Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center

International Guitar Night –
The World on a String

Tickets: $35 general, $32 senior, $22 youth
Sponsored by Kent Community Foundation Performing Arts Fund
International Guitar Night, North America’s longest running mobile guitar
festival, is celebrating its 26th Anniversary. As always, the show will bring
together the world’s foremost acoustic guitarists to perform their latest
original compositions and exchange musical ideas in a public concert setting.
IGN founder Brian Gore has, once again, assembled a new cast of guitar
luminaries to come together for a special evening of solos, duets and quartets
that highlight the virtuosity and diversity within the world of acoustic guitar.
Vietnamese classical guitarist and International Guitar NIght alum Thu Le is
heading an all-star lineup with three newcomers, including Brazilian sensation
Friday, January 30 • 7:30 p.m. Lucan Imbiriba, Russian fingerstyle innovator Alexandr Misko, and IGN’s first
ukulele maestro, Taimane from Hawaii.
Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center

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