North Sea Gas, one of Scotland’s most popular folk bands and winner of multiple Gold and Silver Disc awards from the Scottish Music Industry Association, will perform at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House on Friday at 7:30 p.m., as part of its month-long 2016 U.S. tour.

Known for its fantastic musicianship and tremendous three-part harmonies, which have been entertaining audiences worldwide for more than three decades, the band combines guitars, mandolin, fiddle, bouzouki, whistles, bodhrans and banjo with good humor to entertain sell-out audiences from China to Turkey to Canada and the U.S.

Ronnie MacDonald, Grant Simpson and Dave Gilfillan comprise the group. Over the years, the three have released 18 albums and are constantly adding new material to their shows. The band’s “The Fire and the Passion of Scotland,” CD was named by Celtic Radio (USA) as the 2013 Album of the Year. In October 2014, four albums were awarded gold and silver status by the Scottish Music Industry. And, 2015 saw the release of “Fire in the Glen,” the band’s most recent CD.

In performances, the band regularly mixes traditional, contemporary and self-penned material all put together in a style of its own.

The trio has made numerous television appearances on both sides of the Atlantic, including on Late Night Saturday, Bound for Glory, Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour and Song of the Mountains.

In 2008, the band recorded for Chinese television with an estimated audience of 800 million – a highlight of any artist’s career.

Gilfillan is the band’s lead singer and a founding member. Originally from Edinburgh, Scotland, he plays guitar, banjo, mandola, bodhran, foot drum, harmonica and whistle. A full-time professional musician for the past 23 years, Gilfillan also is a qualified carpenter! He has built a reputation for rousing sing-alongs, tongue-in-cheek humor and prompting fun on the stage, but he also is quite adept at big heartfelt ballads.

Originally from Glas-gow, Scotland, MacDonald is another founding member of North Sea Gas, although he left the band for 15 years to form his own group in Australia. He returned to Scotland eight years ago and rejoined North Sea Gas. MacDonald plays guitar and bouzouki, as well as several other instruments, and sings both lead and harmony vocals.

The youngest member of the group is Simpson, whose fiddle playing The Scotsman called “phenomenal … he can play that fiddle like a man possessed.” Originally from Lossiemouth in the northeast of Scotland, he now lives in Edinburgh. He sings harmony vocals and the occasional solo, and also plays guitar, bouzouki and mandola.

Tickets to North Sea Gas are $17 ($15 Opera House members) and may be purchased in person at the Opera House Box Office or by phone at 679-1891, Tuesday-Friday, 1-5 p.m.

Tickets may be purchased online at www.fredopera.org anytime.

The event is part of the Folk in Fredonia Music Series, which is sponsored by The Gilman Family. The performance also is presented, in part, with support from the United Arts Appeal of Chautauqua County, the Arts Services Initiative of WNY Inc., and the Give for Greatness program.

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House is a member-supported not-for-profit organization located in Village Hall in downtown Fredonia.

A complete schedule of Opera House events is available at www.fredopera.org.