By Annie Messier

What does a big fancy mansion have to do with one of Rhode Island’s most celebrated Celtic music acts? Find out this Saturday, 8/9, when fine folks in period costume conduct Open House tours of Lincoln’s historic Hearthside House. Tours are about 45 minutes and run from 1-4 p.m.

Make it a day by first checking out hand-forging demonstrations next door at the Hannaway Blacksmith Shop from 9:00-noon, and complete your bliss from 6-7:30 p.m. with a fantastic show sponsored by the kind Town of Lincoln of Celtic wonders Pendragon. Go ahead, try to resist the combination of fiddle, banjo, flute, whistles, guitar, base, bouzouki (that funny-lookin’ strummy thing in the photo), and percussion.

And yes, there is a connection between the tours and the music: the band, a local tradition for 25 years now, performs songs celebrating New Englanders who immigrated from distant shores and played a huge role in our region’s mill and textile traditions . Ties right in with those funky vintage dresses and antiques on the tour—and even those fabulous horseshoes.

677 Great Road, Lincoln/726-0597/all events free, but donations to Hearthside House gratefully accepted

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