The Emerald Underground Saturday, Mar 14, 12-4pm Marly’s Pub Saturday, Mar 14, 8:30pm-12:30 am Tuesday, Mar 17, 7-11pm Lime Street Café www.myspace.com/emeraldunderground www.theemeraldunderground.net

This week Springfield celebrates St. Patrick’s Day and that means our resident Celticinfluenced band, The Emerald Underground, is booked solid. The seven-piece outfit features Hank Helton (guitar and vocals), Jack White (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Nat Radwine (drums and percussion), Lori McKenzie (vocals), Bill McKenzie (bass and vocals), Joe Kath (fiddle, mandolin, vocals) and Theresa O’Hare (flute and Irish whistle) performing jigs, reels, ballads and rockers, plus songs in a category of their own, all with a lovely Irish lilt unique to TEU.

But it’s not just a Green Day hobby with this band, they play all year long including 2008 gigs in Peoria and Hannibal, Mo., in town shows at the Illinois State Fair, Music in the Parks and First Night, along with regular appearances at the Celtic Mist Pub’s monthly Hooleys.