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Saturday, September 24, 2022 / 7:30 pm
Door 7:00 pm
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Corner of Broughton & Douglas St., Victoria, BC V8W 1C1
“Ferron writes of love with the relentless introspection of Leonard Cohen, and, as with classic Bob Dylan, her songs’ tough, questioning attitude sometimes gives way to an unexpected.” – Rolling Stone magazine. When Canadian singer-songwriter Ferron was 15, she hit the road alone. She had a single shopping bag with a change of clothes, a toothbrush, a waitress uniform, and a Leonard Cohen LP. Little did she know then, but one day her own songs would be compared to Cohen’s for their depth of wordcraft, intimacy, and wisdom.
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Saturday, October 1, 2022 / 7:30 pm
Door 6:00 pm for dinner service
Upstairs Lounge, Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee Street, Victoria, BC V8R 5E6
BACKBEAT is four mates from Victoria, BC. Four pretty fab guys who live and breathe the most exciting decade in music history. The boys have been thrilling audiences since 1988 with their loving and most authentic musical tribute to the 60’s. Students of music, casual listeners and fans of all ages know all these songs. […]
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Friday, October 14, 2022 / 7:30 pm
Door 6:00 pm for dinner service
Upstairs Lounge, Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee Street, Victoria, BC V8R 5E6airs
“Jeff Plankenhorn has become an Austin institution, sought after by many artists to lend his musical talents to their albums and performances. Calling him a guitarist doesn’t do him justice, though. Sure, he’s designed his very own guitar – a custom lap steel guitar called, perhaps not surprisingly, “The Plank”. And you can give him […]
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Saturday, October 15, 2022 / 7:30 pm
Door 7:00 pm
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, corner of Broughton & douglas Street, Victoria, BC V8W 1C1
“Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, something roars in and it turns you about.” Connie Kaldor writes this and more about the unexpected twists and turns of life and love. She could well be writing about her personal artistic complexities. Music pundits have tried to define the essence of the prairie-born acoustic […]
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Saturday, October 29, 2022 / 7:30 pm
Door 6:00 pm for dinner service
Upstairs Lounge, Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee Street, Victoria, BC V8R 5E6
Big Hank & The Kingpins are a hard-hitting fun-loving band of veteran musicians who play classic Swing an R&B from the ‘50s and ‘60s (plus a few original songs penned within the idiom). Fronted by the lion-voiced Hank Lionhart and powered by a dynamic horn and rhythm section, these guys are guaranteed to bounce the […]
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Friday, November 4, 2022 / 7:30 pm
Door 7:00 pm
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, corner of Broughton & Douglas Street, Victoria, BC V8W 1C1
True power inspires awe, and Irish Mythen packs a lot of it – lyrical, musical, and personal – into a relatively small frame. Mythen is a globetrotting troubadour – an Irish-born, contemporary Canadian folk artist who’s been amassing accolades and achievements across several continents over the years. Her presence and charisma simply command attention, and […]
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Friday, November 18, 2022 / 7:30 pm
Door 6:00 pm for dinner service
Upstairs Lounge, Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee Street, Victoria, BC V8R 5E6
“Three powerful musicians playing and singing some powerful music” – Bluegrass Unlimited The Lonesome Ace Stringband is an old-time band with bluegrass chops that play some righteous folk and country music. There’s a depth of groove and sense of space not often heard in bluegrass today, a level of instrumental interplay and vocal blend uncommon in old-time, and […]
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Friday, November 25, 2022 / 7:30 pm
Door 6:00 pm for dinner service
Upstairs Lounge, Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee Street, Victoria, BC V8R 5E6
For those who don’t know of Madison Violet, it all began in 1999. Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac (yes, Ashley’s sister) met over weak coffee and broccoli omelettes, in a restaurant called The Green Room, in Toronto. It was a chance meeting, 1900 kms away from the small Cape Breton town where both Lisa and Brenley’s […]
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Saturday, January 7, 2023 / 7:30 pm
Door 6:00 pm for dinner service
Upstairs Lounge, Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee Street, Victoria, BC V8R 5E6airs
The musical partnership between consummate performer Alasdair Fraser, “the Michael Jordan of Scottish fiddling”, and brilliant Californian cellist Natalie Haas spans the full spectrum between intimate chamber music and ecstatic dance energy. Over the last 20 years of creating a buzz at festivals and concert halls across the world, they have truly set the standard […]
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Friday, January 20, 2023 / 7:30 pm
Door 6:00 pm for dinner service
Upstairs Lounge, Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee Street, Victoria, BC V8R 5E6
A Saskatoon native transplanted to the Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada, Suzie Vinnick is the proud owner of a gorgeous voice, impressive guitar and bass chops and an engagingly candid performance style. Suzie has won 10 Maple Blues Awards, 1 Canadian Folk Music Award and is a 3X Juno Nominee. She has also twice won […]
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Friday, January 27, 2023 / 7:30 pm
Door 6:00 pm for dinner service
upstairs Lounge, Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee Street, Victoria, BC V8R 5E6
Sisters Cassie and Maggie MacDonald bring their traditional Nova Scotia Celtic roots back to the Island! Cassie & Maggie have found the perfect balance between musical integrity, and sheer entertainment. While still staying true to their Celtic roots, they have explored and tested the boundaries of traditional music, bringing a breath of fresh air to […]
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Friday, February 3, 2023 / 7:30 pm
Door 6:00 pm for dinner service
Upstairs Lounge, Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee Street, Victoria, BC
Who better to play the music of Fats Domino and Little Richard than David Vest and his band? They don’t make them as real as David Vest anymore. Long revered as one of the great boogie-woogie piano players, he’s the son of an Alabama sharecropper. He grew up in genuine juke joints and has amazing […]
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Friday, February 24, 2023 / 7:30 pm
Door Doors 6:45 pm
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Corner of Broughton & Douglas St., Victoria, BC V8W 1C1
Punching through the walls of tradition, The McDades’ Celtic-rooted music fuses the spontaneity of jazz improvisation and infectious global rhythms. The Juno Award winners’ cutting edge sound is the perfect complement to their fiery performances. At the heart of the group are siblings Shannon, Solon & Jeremiah who grew up playing Canadian folk music alongside […]
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Friday, March 3, 2023 / 7:30 pm
Door 6:00 pm for dinner service
Upstairs Lounge, Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee Street, Victoria, BC V8R 5E6
Rosier is an outstanding bilingual group from Quebec that forges a unique blend of folk traditions and indie pop textures. Rosier takes an audacious approach to their award winning music, blending traditional songs with well-crafted indie pop sensibilities. Bilingual, feminist and feminine to the four fifths, the band maneuvers effortlessly between French and English, between […]
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