single show
Steve Dawson with Fats Kaplin
Saturday, Apr 5, 2025 / 7:30 pm
Door 6:00 pm for dinner service
Upstairs Lounge, Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee Street, Victoria, BC V8R 5E6
Over the past two decades, Steve Dawson has become such an indelible fixture on the Canadian musical landscape that it’s tempting to take him for granted. The music that flows out of him is so natural and authentic that it’s possible to forget all of the toil that went into producing it. Behind the seemingly endless stream of award winning musical output (he has produced and/or played on more than 200 albums since the turn of the millennium, 7 of which have won Juno Awards), is one of the hardest working musicians this country has ever produced. Whether he’s turning heads on the concert circuit with his incendiary playing, or pulling the best possible performances out of the many artists that he works with in the studio, Dawson is always striving to take things to the next level.
A native of Vancouver, Canada, he currently resides in Nashville, where he works as a solo artist, sideman, and record producer, Steve has forged an impressive career full of highlights and awards, including:
- 7 Juno Awards as artist/producer, 18 times nominated
- 3 times named “Producer Of The Year” at Western Canadian Music Awards
- 4 times named “Producer Of The Year” at Canadian Folk Music Awards
- Recipient of many other awards including Maple Blues Awards, Grand Prix De Jazz De Montreal, Blues Blast Awards, and many Western Canadian Music Awards and Canadian Folk Awards as an artist and producer
The Upstairs Lounge is a licensed restaurant and bar, doors open at 6 pm for dinner service. Please note this is a LISTENING venue.