COLTON -- Celtic music will fill the air in Colton when the Great South Woods String Band performs on Wednesday, Aug. 15 from 6-8 p.m.

This is the fourth of five Colton Riverside Performances this summer featuring diverse music by groups based in or with members from communities along the Raquette River.

The concert will take place outside at the gazebo behind the Museum on Main Street in the hamlet of Colton. If raining, the performance moves nearby to St. Patrick’s Church Parish Center located along State Highway 56 near the Colton-Pierrepont Central School.

The Great South Woods String Band, an Adirondack band playing lively traditional and contemporary Celtic music, includes Jamie Savage from Piercefield, Rick Kovacs from Wanakena, and Doug Riley from Middlebury, Vt.

Jamie Savage has been a singer-songwriter since 1981. In addition to scores of solo performances featuring his guitar and banjo talents, he has played in rock bands, folk trios, acoustic duos, contra dance bands, and most recently with the Great South Woods String Band. Along the way he has produced three CDs and shared the stage with other notable musicians in the region.

Rick Kovacs is a skillful fiddle player with 25 years of experience specializing in Old-Time, Celtic, and Quebecois tunes. When he lived in Burlington, Vt., he was a regular at weekly Celtic, old-time and French Canadian sessions. In 2001, after moving to Wanakena where he now runs a guide service, he co-founded the Great South Woods String Band.

Doug Riley is a 30-year veteran of the Celtic-music scene in Vermont. As a multi-instrumentalist he plays guitar, bass, fiddle, cittern, mandolin, and tenor banjo. He has joined forces with Jamie and Rick on several occasions over the last several years, playing concerts in Wanakena, Cranberry Lake, and Tupper Lake.

Audience participants need to bring their own chairs or blankets for outdoor seating. Before and during the performance the Colt’s Pride Booster Club will have grilled hot dogs and hamburgers, drinks, and other goodies available to purchase at very reasonable prices. Bathroom facilities will be available during the performance.

The performance is free and open to the public.

Expenses are covered in part with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts, administered by the St. Lawrence County Arts Council.

Five businesses — Canterbury Builders LLC, Catamount Lodge & Forest LLC, Gray & Gray and Associates, Raquette River Pub, S&L Electric — are sponsors this year.

Expenses are additionally paid through product sales and the raffle of painted barn quilts throughout the summer.

On August 15 a two-by-two foot barn quilt, valued at $125, featuring a traditional Goose Tracks quilt block pattern will be raffled.

The winning ticket will be announced at the end of the performance; and the winner does not have to be present to win.

Until the performance the barn quilt is displayed in the Colton Hepburn Library where tickets (2 for $5) can be purchased.

More information about summer activities, including the music series and whitewater releases at Stone Valley, is available on the town website (www.townofcolton.com) and the Town of Colton page on Facebook.

Hard copies of the summer schedule also are available at the Colton Town Hall and in the Stone Valley Information Center located in the Colton Museum.

And Scott Muller of the town’s Tourism & Beautification Committee also can be called (315-244-9956).