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Match #11 de la LIM - Rouges v Bleus (suivi d'une soirée Karaoké)
2022-03-04 20:00 - 21:30 (America/Winnipeg) | Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 Provencher Blvd, WInnipeg, MB, R2H 0G7, Canada
Venez rire avec nous à la LIM chaque fin de semaine au CCFM. Le match d’impro sera suivi par une soirée karaoké de 21h45 à 1h du matin.

Venez rire avec nous à la LIM chaque fin de semaine à 20h au CCFM. On a tellement hâte de vivre de l’impro ensemble encore une fois. Le match d’impro sera suivi par une soirée karaoké de 21h45 à 1h du matin organisé par muvmãte et le Conseil jeunesse provincial.
Adultes 8 $ | Étudiants.es 5 $ (+frais de service)
Portes à 19 h 30 | Match à 20 h
Achetez votre billet d’avance pour garantir une place jusqu’à 20 h 15.
Consignes COVID-19:

La double vaccination est nécessaire pour toutes personnes désirant entrer sur le site. S’il vous plaît présenter votre code QR ainsi qu’une pièce d’identité à l’entrée.

Le port du masque est obligatoire lorsque vous ne mangez ou buvez pas.

La distanciation physique reste nécessaire lorsque vous êtes debout.

Ne venez pas au spectacle si vous êtes malade, même avec des symptômes mineurs.

Vous allez vous asseoir avec d’autres gens dans la salle. La distanciation physique entre les places n’est pas garantie.

Merci à nos commanditaires de la saison:

Bleus – Caisse Groupe Financier
Jaunes – Société de la francophonie manitobaine
Rouges – Conseil jeunesse provincial
Verts – Université de Saint-Boniface

Five Alarm Funk - Friday Night
2022-03-04 20:00 - 23:00 | MB
Winnipeg Folk Festival Presents

Winnipeg Folk Festival Presents
Five Alarm Funk

Five Alarm Funk - Saturday Night
2022-03-05 20:00 - 23:00 | MB
Five Alarm Funk – Presented by the Winnipeg Folk Festival

Winnipeg Folk Festival Presents
Five Alarm Funk

Stones vs Beatles
2022-03-05 21:00 - 23:59 | Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, 234 Main St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C1A8, Canada
The Honeysliders take on the music of the Rolling Stones and The Beatles!

An all-star cast of Winnipeg’s music scene mvps, the Honeysliders are the ultimate house band. Whether it’s dirt-road country growls, angst-ridden back-porch blues, whiskey-soaked party-rock or just honest prairie vocals, The Honeysliders will deliver.
Founding members, Jamie Buckboro(lead vocals/guitar/percussion) and Micah Bell(bass guitar/vocals) together with master keyboardist, Alex Campballse(keyboard/Whurlitzer/harmonica/vocals), multi-talented Winnipeg drummer, Jesse Millar(percussion/guitar/vocals) and local guitar icon, Chris ‘Chopper’ Carmichael (guitar/vocals/percussion), The Honeysliders have branded an undeniably kinetic sound.
Thriving on the challenge of tributes to their music heroes – CSNY, The Band, Neil Young, the Beatles, The Rolling Stones – and Canadian contemporaries – Sloan, Terra Lightfoot, The Sheepdogs – their performances teleport to a time when live bootlegs and curated albums ruled turntables and airwaves.
Born from these eclectic influences, their original songs elevate them above mere cover-band status and threaten to rattle the rafters with shout-along anthemic camaraderie. The Honeysliders are currently compiling material for their first full-length album release…
So put an arm around your partner-in-crime and raise a cup to hometown pride because any member of this band can step forward and break your heart or blow your mind.

Mardi Jazz - Amber Epp
2022-03-08 19:30 - 21:30 | Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 Provencher Blvd, WInnipeg, MB, R2H 0G7, Canada
Mardi Jazz – Amber Epp

Depuis 1986, le Centre culturel franco-manitobain fait vibrer la culture jazz à Winnipeg au travers de son programme « Mardi Jazz ».
Après une pause forcée due à la pandémie, le CCFM offre à nouveau le Mardi Jazz, en présentiel.
– LES PORTES ET LE BAR OUVRENT À 19H!
– LES BILLETS SONT ÉGALEMENT DISPONIBLES À LA PORTE!
Traçant la plus courte distance entre une chorale mennonite et un patio de jazz en plein air à La Havane, la carrière d’Amber Epp a été remplie d’aventures, de découvertes et de joie. Lauréate d’un Western Canadian Music Award et connaisseuse des genres musicaux, Amber vous emmène et vous transporte là où elle va. Quelle que soit la langue, quel que soit le pays, de Cuba aux prairies canadiennes enneigées, Amber vous laisse le cœur battant aux rythmes du monde.
Mapping the shortest distance between a Mennonite choir and an open-air jazz patio in Havana, Amber Epp’s career has been filled with adventure, discovery and joy. A winner of a Western Canadian Music Award and a connoisseur of musical genres, Amber will take and transport you to wherever she’s going. No matter the language, no matter the country, from Cuba to the snowy Canadian prairies, Amber leaves you with a heart pumping out the rhythms of the world.

Consignes COVID-19:

La double vaccination est nécessaire pour toutes personnes désirant entrer dans le site. Merci de présenter votre code QR ainsi qu’une pièce d’identité à l’entrée.

Le port du masque est obligatoire lorsque vous n’êtes pas assis.

La distanciation physique reste nécessaire lorsque vous êtes debout.

Ne venez pas au spectacle si vous êtes malade, même avec des symptômes mineurs.

Merci de noter que la distanciation physique quand vous êtes assis n’est pas garantie.

Au plaisir de vous y rencontrer!

Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra - International Women's Day Celebration
2022-03-10 19:30 - 22:00 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra – International Women’s Day Celebration – Thursday, March 10 at 7:30pm

Honouring International Women’s Day, the WJO roster will be all-women and present music by several great women arrangers and composers
Ruth Bader Ginsburg once said, “People ask me sometimes, ‘When will there be enough women on the (Supreme) court?’ My answer is: ‘When there are nine.’ People are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.”
It would be ideal if gender did not play a role at all, but historically women have held a very low profile in the jazz history books. There have been important female contributors in every area of jazz history: composers, instrumentalists, singers, dancers, members of clubs, music teachers- but we were usually the exception, and we simply have not been documented to the extent of men. So, on International Women’s Day week, here is an all-woman jazz orchestra.
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The West End Cultural Centre will continue to require that patrons wear facemasks and show proof of vaccination for all events in the venue.
We will continue to evaluate this policy as circumstances evolve.

Match #12 de la LIM - Jaunes v Verts (suivi d'une soirée Bingo)
2022-03-11 20:00 - 21:30 | Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 Provencher Blvd, WInnipeg, MB, R2H 0G7, Canada
Venez rire avec nous à la LIM chaque fin de semaine au CCFM. Le match d’impro sera suivi par une soirée bingo de 21h45 à 1h du matin.

Venez rire avec nous à la LIM chaque fin de semaine à 20h au CCFM. On a tellement hâte de vivre de l’impro ensemble encore une fois. Le match d’impro sera suivi par une soirée bingo de 21h45 à 1h du matin organisé par muvmãte et le Conseil jeunesse provincial.
Adultes 8 $ | Étudiants.es 5 $ (+frais de service)
Portes à 19 h 30 | Match à 20 h
Achetez votre billet d’avance pour garantir une place jusqu’à 20 h 15.
Consignes COVID-19:

La double vaccination est nécessaire pour toutes personnes désirant entrer sur le site. S’il vous plaît présenter votre code QR ainsi qu’une pièce d’identité à l’entrée.

Le port du masque est obligatoire lorsque vous ne mangez ou buvez pas.

La distanciation physique reste nécessaire lorsque vous êtes debout.

Ne venez pas au spectacle si vous êtes malade, même avec des symptômes mineurs.

Vous allez vous asseoir avec d’autres gens dans la salle. La distanciation physique entre les places n’est pas garantie.

Merci à nos commanditaires de la saison:

Bleus – Caisse Groupe Financier
Jaunes – Société de la francophonie manitobaine
Rouges – Conseil jeunesse provincial
Verts – Université de Saint-Boniface

Texas King
2022-03-11 21:30 - 23:30 | MB
Texas King at the Park Theatre

Power 97 presents
Friday, March 11th 2022 at the Park Theatre
TEXAS KING
plus guests tba

Doors 9pm Music 930pm
Tickets available at www.myparktheatre.com

Romi Mayes
2022-03-11 21:30 - 2022-03-12 00:30 | Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, 234 Main St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C1A8, Canada
Winnipeg roots rock legend, Miss Romi Mayes, and her all-star band.

Romi Mayes has won three WCMAs for Songwriter of the Year, two WMCAs for Album of The Year, and a JUNO nomination for Album of the Year. Known for her powerful lyrical ability to breathe life into the words she sings, Romi’s insightful, sweet and edgy vocals paint pictures of a heart on her sleeve sincerity and a road well-travelled. She has toured extensively throughout North America and Europe, and has shared the stage with the likes of Levon Helm, Ricky Skaggs, Guy Clark, and Blackie and The Rodeo Kings.

OBSCURA
2022-03-12 19:20 - 23:30 | Good Will Social Club, 625 Portage, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 2G4, Canada
Obscura at the Good Will Social Club

Ninjacat Productions presents
OBSCURA
Saturday, March 12 2022 at the Good Will Social Club
with guests
ABYSMAL DAWN
VALE OF PNATH
INTERLOPER
Doors 7 pm Music 720 pm
Tickets available at www.eventbrite.com

Stereos 2022 Canadian Tour
2022-03-12 20:00 - 23:00 | MB
Stereos the 2022 Canadian Tour

Stereos
Saturday, March 12th, 2022
w/ special guests Brad Sousa and Autumn Kings
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC00B4Jq7w6UcVFCjkGY0O2g
https://wearestereos.net/
https://www.instagram.com/wearestereos/

English Moccasins plus The Windups
2022-03-12 21:00 - 2022-03-13 00:00 | Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, 234 Main St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C1A8, Canada
It’s an English Moccasins reunion show in honour of Ernie Wood’s 50th Birthday! With very special guests The Windups!

Men I Trust
2022-03-13 20:00 - 23:00 | MB
Live Nation Presents Men I Trust

Live Nation Presents
MEN I TRUST
Sunday, February 13th, 2022
the Park Theatre
Doors 7 pm | Show 8 pm

Founded in 2014, Men I Trust is a Canadian band composed of Jessy, Dragos and Emma.

https://www.instagram.com/menitrust/?hl=en

Les Chiclettes
2022-03-15 20:00 - 21:30 | Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 Provencher Blvd, WInnipeg, MB, R2H 0G7, Canada
Les Chiclettes, trio vocal franco-ontarien, composé de Nathalie Nadon, Geneviève Cholette et Julie Kim.

– LES PORTES ET LE BAR OUVRENT À 19H!
– LES BILLETS SONT ÉGALEMENT DISPONIBLES À LA PORTE!
Les Chiclettes, trio vocal franco-ontarien, composé de Nathalie Nadon, Geneviève Cholette et Julie Kim, fêtent cette année leur 10e anniversaire! Propulsées sur la scène musicale franco-ontarienne en 2010, raflant coup sur coup les prix Réseau Ontario, ROSEQ et Radarts, Les Chiclettes ont donné en dix ans plus de 300 représentations partout au Canada et en France. En 2013, elles remportent deux prix Trille Or dans les catégories « Meilleur groupe » et « Découverte ». En 2014, elles gagnent le Prix de la Franco-Fête de Toronto et se retrouvent en nomination dans la catégorie « meilleur vidéoclip » au gala Trille Or 2015. Elles représentent l’Ontario à l’émission « En direct de l’univers- spécial francophonie » (plus de 2 millions de cotes d’écoute) en 2017. Elles ont deux albums à leur actif (Les Chiclettes et Voyage à trois) qui se sont vendu à environ 3000 exemplaires.
Pour leur 10e anniversaire, Les Chiclettes continuent de mettre à profit leurs voix riches et puissantes aux solides harmonies vocales en prenant toutefois un virage musical important vers l’humour musical. Leur musique jazz, évoquant le son des Andrews Sisters, avec une touche plus actuelle, vient appuyer des textes désormais plus engagés, avant-gardistes et humoristiques. Avec leurs propos intelligents et leur perspective sur la Femme, les trois interprètes revisitent des concepts d’antan qui ont plus ou moins évolué ou traitent de manière satyrique des thèmes d’actualité.
Que ce soit sur disque ou en spectacle, Les Chiclettes, c’est en somme profiter du meilleur de la culture franco-ontarienne avec toute cette énergie et cette chaleur musicale qui donnent envie de se remuer les jarrets! Certes, elles continueront de vous séduire avec des reprises de grands standards américains, mais c’est avec leurs textes, compositions et arrangements originaux qu’elles resteront gravées dans l’univers comique musical franco-canadien.

Consignes COVID-19:

La double vaccination est nécessaire pour toutes personnes désirant entrer dans le site. Merci de présenter votre code QR ainsi qu’une pièce d’identité à l’entrée.

Le port du masque est obligatoire lorsque vous n’êtes pas assis.

La distanciation physique reste nécessaire lorsque vous êtes debout.

Ne venez pas au spectacle si vous êtes malade, même avec des symptômes mineurs.

Merci de noter que la distanciation physique quand vous êtes assis n’est pas garantie.

Said The Whale - Dandelion Tour
2022-03-15 20:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
MRG LIVE Presents: Said The Whale

MRG Live Presents:
SAID THE WHALE
w/ special guests dad sports
Tuesday, March 15th, 2022
the Park Theatre, Winnipeg, MB
Doors: 7:00pm

Le Rire Zone
2022-03-16 20:00 - 21:30 | Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 Provencher Blvd, WInnipeg, MB, R2H 0G7, Canada
Rire zone est le rendez-vous comique à ne pas rater!

– LES PORTES ET LE BAR OUVRENET À 19H00!
– BILLETS DISPONIBLES ÉGALEMENT À LA PORTE!
Créé en 2017 par Martin Bruyère et Micheline Marchildon, le Rire Zone donne l’opportunité à des humoristes locaux de se produire sur scène, devant un public! Lors de cette édition, nous avons le grand plaisir de présenter : « Dana Smith, Martin Bruyère, Michel Roy, Yan Dallaire, Barney Morin et Yvan Lécuyer ».
Soyez au rendez-vous!
Consignes COVID-19:

La double vaccination est nécessaire pour toutes personnes désirant entrer dans le site. Merci de présenter votre code QR ainsi qu’une pièce d’identité à l’entrée.

Le port du masque est obligatoire lorsque vous n’êtes pas assis.

La distanciation physique reste nécessaire lorsque vous êtes debout.

Ne venez pas au spectacle si vous êtes malade, même avec des symptômes mineurs.

Merci de noter que la distanciation physique quand vous êtes assis n’est pas garantie.

Au plaisir de rire avec vous!

Godspeed You! Black Emperor
2022-03-17 20:00 - 22:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Winnipeg Folk Fest Presents: Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Thursday, March 17th, 2022
Doors 7:15 pm
Show 8:00 pm
Standing / All Ages
Tickets $45 plus fees in advance.

St. Patrick's Day with The Dust Rhinos
2022-03-17 20:00 - 23:00 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
St. Patrick’s Day with The Dust Rhinos – Thursday, March 17, 2022

From basement pubs to festival stages the Dust Rhinos have been bringing their particular brand of punk flavoured Irish trad to venues large, small, and otherwise since 1992. Blossoming from a trio of buskers to a 5-piece Celtic rock juggernaut, the Rhinos have tread the boards with acts as varied as The Dropkick Murphys, Gaelic Storm, Alabama, Leahy, the Barra MacNeils, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Whether a house concert, pub night, or festival (Dauphin Countryfest, Festival du Voyageur, Winnipeg Folk Festival, the Grey Cup Festival and counting!) the Rhinos’ controlled chaos will get people out of their seats, on the dance floor, and clamouring for One! More! Song!
With influences that include the Pogues, the Oysterband, Spirit of the West, the Clash, and Peter Gabriel, it’s no wonder the Rhinos have a powerful, yet multi-faceted and layered sound and playing style. An aggressive, but subtle sonic assault. Ever seen a ceilidh break out in a mosh pit? Or vice versa? Expect it at a Rhinos show. As their loyal and ever-growing fan base can attest, when the Dust Rhinos are on stage, the only thing that won’t take you by surprise is how much fun you’re having.
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COVID-19 Protocols
The West End Cultural Centre will continue to require that patrons wear facemasks and show proof of vaccination for all events in the venue.
We will continue to evaluate this policy as circumstances evolve.

St Patrick’s Day Open Mic and Beer Sale with your host Kevin Bones
2022-03-17 20:00 - 23:00 | Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, 234 Main St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C1A8, Canada
Follow the rainbow down to the good old High & Lonesome Club, folks, and join the frolicking with your host, Kevin Bones. Tickets are FREE!

Match #13 de la LIM - Jaunes v Bleus (suivi d'une soirée Karaoké)
2022-03-18 20:00 - 21:30 | Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 Provencher Blvd, WInnipeg, MB, R2H 0G7, Canada

Valley
2022-03-18 20:00 - 23:00 | MB
Live Nation Presents – Valley

Friday, March 18, 2022
Live Nation Presents
Valley
Doors 7 pm | Show 8 pm
Tickets $17.50 in advance
This is a NON-SEATED Event
Valley is a Canadian indie pop band based in Toronto. The band members are lead vocalist Rob Laska, guitarist Michael Brandolino, bassist Alex Dimauro, and drummer Karah James.

Ridley Bent and The Killer Tumbleweeds plus Leaf Rapids
2022-03-18 21:00 - 23:59 | Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, 234 Main St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C1A8, Canada
“In my heart,” Ridley Bent says, sounding for the world like a character from one of his own songs, “I rock.” (Opening set by LEAF RAPIDS.)

Like Ridley Bent’s past records, Rabbit On My Wheel reads like a collection of short stories, showcasing the Western Canada based Country artist’s keen fascination for characters whose life on the straight and narrow rarely lasts past the nearest exit to a short, crooked road.

On Rabbit On My Wheel, the 2009 CCMA nominee and 7-time BCCMA winner’s storytelling and songwriting chops are sharper than ever. But where Ridley’s 2005 MapleMusic Recordings debut, Blam, and Buckles and Boots, his 2007 followup on Open Road Recordings, ranged far and wide across the continent, this time out Ridley sticks a little closer to his life at home and on the road in Western Canada.

Although the tales are still as tall as they come, and the characters as large as life or larger, the cast of hard-drinking, fast-driving characters Ridley unleashes on Rabbit On My Wheel tend to be a shade less hell-bent on self-destruction than they are with keeping their lives between the lines and out of the ditch.

While that may be so, musically Rabbit On My Wheel definitely kicks it up a notch or six from Ridley’s last record. “In my heart,” he says, sounding for the world like a character from one of his own songs, “I rock.” So does Rabbit On My Wheel…

Recorded in Vancouver’s Factory Studios and Nashcroft Productions in Ashcroft, BC with returning producer John MacArthur Ellis (Jane Siberry, Dustin Bentall, Jeremy Fisher), the album brings together the same crack musical team Ridley hit the road with after releasing Buckles and Boots. It also finds Ridley still hip deep in a passionate love affair with old school Country, but where many of the songs on his past records have come together largely during recording sessions, these show the distinct marks of having been dragged back and forth across the country a few times. “The band’s tighter,” Ridley says bluntly. “We worked out a lot of these songs live and only had about a week off after a nice, long tour with Corb Lund before we went into the studio in December 2009.”

As tight as they are, there’s still an off-the-cuff immediacy to the record that’s a consistent hallmark of Ellis’ production. “I like to maintain the spontaneity on the record,” Ellis explains. “Some producers grind you down to get what they want out of you to the point where it’s like, ‘well, why don’t you go and play the !!#?@*!! thing yourself?’ I spend a lot of time selecting musicians. I know what they’re going to bring to the table and I just kind of wrap my arms around that. And the better Ridley gets,” Ellis adds, “the better the band gets.”

Rabbit On My Wheel also benefits from a collaboration that began shortly after Ridley’s relocation to Winnipeg in 2008, with guitarist/songwriter Chris Dunn. “Him and I did a lot of writing and working on the songs. Before this I’d get the songs, go in to the studio with the band and work it out. Having a guitar player there to bounce ideas off in the pre, pre production was very valuable. He’s a big part of the album.”

Channeling the high-energy performance ethic of artists like Dwight Yoakum and Little Feat, Ridley and his band tear a deep strip off the joint with tracks like “Square Your Hat”, which features a guest appearance by renowned Canadian guitarist Luke Doucet (Veal, Sarah McLachlan), “Good Looking Country”, a song inspired by Ridley’s one and only, who he moved from Vancouver to Manitoba to be with, and the album’s closing track “Burning Down Barns”, on which every player in the band gets a chance to wail.

As ever, there are quieter moments as well. Ridley’s never afraid to pepper his records with a few thoughts on love and loneliness – and his evolving cast of moonshine-running, racecar-driving malcontents tend to know their way around the ladies as well as they do the back roads of the west. Of course these are love stories told the way only Ridley can; tracks that run the gamut from hard and bitter to hardly better, including a beautifully rendered, deliberately down-tempo take on the classic Dickey Lee song made famous by George Jones in 1962, “She Thinks I Still Care”.

While much of Ridley’s new material is drawn from real life experiences he’s gathered up on the road, Rabbit On My Wheel still has its share of shady characters, jackknifing tractor-trailers and whiskey-fuelled bar fights. And for those who identify strongly with Ridley’s less reasonable characters – the ones who tend to prefer to stir things up with a pistol in one hand and a bottle in the other – there’s The Blood Trilogy. A companion EP recorded during the same sessions and co-written with Dunn – a highly satisfying three-song western epic of violence and vengeance informed by Ridley’s ongoing fascination with the bleak worlds of writers like John Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy.

Simply put, whether it’s love going strong but wrong in “Livin’ With Her Ex”, the straight up hooks of the album’s title track, or the three way struggle between Junior Johnson, the whiskey and the wife, on lead single, “I Can’t Turn My Back On the Bottle”, Rabbit On My Wheel has everything listeners have come to expect from Ridley Bent and more – A smoking twelve-song set chock full of fast cars, fine looking ladies and fist fights that finds Ridley burning through a landscape of big country skies, with one hand on the steering wheel and one eye on the bottle every mile of the way.

The Mariachi Ghost - 7 PM & 10 PM SHOWS
2022-03-19 19:00 - 23:59 | Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, 234 Main St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C1A8, Canada
The Mariachi Ghost, from Winnipeg, summon ghosts of old Mexico through traditional Mexican song, dance, haunting synths, explosive guitar.

The Mariachi Ghost, from Winnipeg, Canada, summon the ghosts of old Mexico through traditional Mexican song, haunting synths and explosive guitar lines, alongside rich harmonies, commanding lead vocals and spectral dance. Their show leaps from anguish and longing to a raging fury in a heartbeat.

The band started as an art project among friends in 2009 and has since grown to an internationally acclaimed touring act. The Mariachi Ghost has played festival stages such as Interstellar Rodeo, the Pan-American Games and the Winnipeg Folk Fest mainstage. The band has performed at SXSW, Tallinn Music Week, Mundial Montreal and Breakout West, Canadian Music Week.

Their first full-length album won the “Best World Music Album” at the Western Canadian Music Awards and received international radio play. In 2015, they collaborated with legendary film director Guy Maddin to create a music video. The band’s upcoming work “Puro Dolor” is inspired by Pedro Páramo, the iconic work of Mexican literature, as well as the magical realism movement in Latin America. Through the story’s lens, the band explores contemporary themes of toxic masculinity, prejudice and elitism. The Mariachi Ghost is currently expanding their artistic reach with a theatre play and planning an international tour.

Gala Juste pour rire
2022-03-19 20:00 - 21:30 | Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 Provencher Blvd, WInnipeg, MB, R2H 0G7, Canada
Gala Juste pour rire

Le Gala Juste pour Rire revient en présentiel !!
Samedi 19 mars de 20h à 21h30, retrouvez un plateau humoristique exceptionnel avec Neev, Andé Sauvé, Simen Kara et Micheline Marchildon !
– LES PORTES ET LE BAR OUVRENT À 19H00!
– BILLETS DISPONIBLES ÉGALEMENT À LA PORTE!
Consignes COVID-19:

La double vaccination est nécessaire pour toutes personnes désirant entrer dans le site. Merci de présenter votre code QR ainsi qu’une pièce d’identité à l’entrée.

Le port du masque est obligatoire lorsque vous n’êtes pas assis.

La distanciation physique reste nécessaire lorsque vous êtes debout.

Ne venez pas au spectacle si vous êtes malade, même avec des symptômes mineurs.

Merci de noter que la distanciation physique quand vous êtes assis n’est pas garantie.

Au plaisir de rire avec vous!

Omnium Gatherum
2022-03-20 19:30 - 23:00 | MB
Omnium Gatherum – Origin North American Tour 2022

Ninjacat Productions and The Park Theatre presents
Sunday March 20 2022 at the Park Theatre
OMNIUM GATHERUM
with guests
ALLEGAEON
BLACK CROWN INITIATE

Tickets available online at www.myparktheatre.com
On sale Oct 29 at 11am

Molly Johnson
2022-03-22 20:00 - 22:30 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Molly Johnson – Tuesday, March 22nd at 8:00pm

Known as one of Canada’s greatest voices, award-winning jazz vocalist Molly Johnson is a mother, singer-songwriter, artist and philanthropist, who has just released her highly anticipated new album, “Meaning To Tell Ya”. Produced by multiple GRAMMY Award winning Producer, Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell, Tracy Chapman, Madeleine Peyroux, Melody Gardot, Norah Jones); it is more than a jazz record. It’s funk, it’s soul, it’s groove played by some of Canada’s best musicians. Says Molly: “Working with Larry was magic. When it was finally my turn, I jumped at the opportunity. This is a record I have been wanting to make for years. I can’t wait to share it with everyone!” Says Larry: “Molly has the kind of musical gift that cannot be cultivated by musical education or assiduous practice. She has great natural musical instincts, and an irresistible signature to her voice. She is a rare and wonderful talent.”
Molly’s story starts in the mid-sixties when as a young grade schooler, she and her brother, Clark Johnson, were tapped by legendary Toronto icon and producer Ed Mirvish to appear in Porgy and Bess at the Royal Alexander Theatre. In time, Porgy and Bess was followed by South Pacific, Finian’s Rainbow and other classic musicals. With the desire to become a choreographer, the budding child star was soon enrolled in the National Ballet School. Eventually Molly was taken with the idea of writing songs and the future chanteuse began to see herself as a potential songwriter.
At 15 years old, Molly fronted a disco band, A Chocolate Affair, lasting just over a year. In 1979, she formed a funky art rock group, Alta Moda (Italian for “High Style”), which later morphed into the harder rocking Infidels. While Molly was trying to make headway in the world of rock and roll with both Alta Moda and Infidels, she began a parallel career as a jazz singer.
By the late 1990s, Molly had started her family and, being burned twice by record companies, was contemplating giving up on the music business – until Toronto songwriter and producer Steven Mackinnon suggested she should write some songs with him. The partnership proved successful after a dozen or so songs when MacKinnon declared, “I think we have a record.” The debut jazz album Molly Johnson (2000) was issued to critical acclaim but unfortunately, Molly’s record company, Sony Corp., went bankrupt shortly after the CD’s release. Three years later, she recorded her second jazz-pop release, Another Day (2003), which led her to become a bonafide star in France.
Molly’s next album, Messin’ Around (2006), was her first album recorded with Universal Music Canada. Recorded “live” off the floor alongside her band mates in 14 days, the result was an extraordinary and sophisticated pop record that infused Molly’s well-honed melodic skills, artful Tin Pan Alley style lyrics, jazz phrasing and overall pop sensibility.
Since then, Molly has released two more albums, which includes Lucky (2008) and The Molly Johnson Songbook (2011). In 2009, Molly won a Juno Award for Best Vocal Jazz Album for her fourth full-length, career milestone album Lucky and also received the 2009 National Jazz Award for Best Female Vocalist.
Molly has performed throughout Canada, the United States, and France and alongside renowned artists including Tom Cochrane, Blue Rodeo, Tom Jones, Jackie Richardson, Anne Murray, Stéphane Grappelli, Peter Appleyard and more. Molly has also graced the stage performing for some of the world’s most prominent icons including the Prince and late Princess of Wales on the Royal Yacht Britannia, as well as Nelson Mandela and legendary producer and trumpeter Quincy Jones. Molly is also the sister of Clark Johnson(actor/director), Ron Johnson (social worker) and Tabby Johnson (actress/singer).
Dedicated to supporting communities in need, Molly established the Kumbaya Foundation and Festival in 1992, raising awareness and funds for people living with HIV/AIDS, and continues to work with several other charitable organizations each year. Molly has been awarded the Queen’s Jubilee medal, and in 2008, was honoured with becoming an Officer of The Order Of Canada (O.C.). This rare distinction was given to Molly to recognize her philanthropic work for a variety of causes and for her international contributions to the arts. In 2016, Molly launched the Kensington Market Jazz Festival, which fills this colourful and vibrant area of Toronto with over 400 local Canadian musicians, performing 150+ shows over one weekend in September to more than 5000 enthusiastic music fans. www.kensingtonjazz.com
Molly was the voice of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Radio 2 Weekend Morning program where she eased listeners into their weekend with great Canadian songs, and stories about musicians and the people of Canada, from coast to coast. The Canadian music icon’s latest release, the Juno nominated, Because of Billie (2014) is a celebration of the music of Billie Holiday. Billie Holiday’s journey inspires Johnson not only as an artist, but as a model citizen. Paying homage to Holiday’s childhood struggles, Johnson donated a portion of album sales to the Boys & Girls Clubs.
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COVID-19 Protocols
The West End Cultural Centre will continue to require that patrons wear facemasks and show proof of vaccination for all events in the venue.
We will continue to evaluate this policy as circumstances evolve.

Cassidy Mann
2022-03-24 20:00 - 23:00 | Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, 234 Main St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C1A8, Canada
Cassidy Mann plus Taylor Jackson.

CASSIDY MANN
By entwining her acoustic roots with gentle electronic textures, singer-songwriter Cassidy Mann finds her true voice on the upcoming debut EP, If It’s Not Forever. As a lyricist, she often reshapes a small moment into a powerful and poetic song that feels both personal and relatable. What makes these recordings stand out, though, is the way the sonic approach enhances the storyline, allowing her to share her most intimate memories in a singular way.
Co-producing with her friend Roman Clarke, Mann wanted to find a cinematic yet wistful sound to complement these emotionally driven pop songs. They achieved that effect through reverb and delay on the guitars, along with crafting lyrics about specific moments in past relationships.
“My favorite thing is to write about tiny things that make the bigger picture more important somehow,” she says. “I was wondering a lot about how two people can be in the same situation and have different memories attached to those times. It’s interesting to me how memories are interpretable that way.”
TAYLOR JACKSON
More info coming soon :)

Match #14 de la LIM - Rouges v Verts (suivi d'une soirée Trivia)
2022-03-25 20:00 - 21:30 | Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 Provencher Blvd, WInnipeg, MB, R2H 0G7, Canada
Venez rire avec nous à la LIM chaque fin de semaine au CCFM. Le match d’impro sera suivi par une soirée trivia de 21h45 à 1h du matin.

Venez rire avec nous à la LIM chaque fin de semaine à 20h au CCFM. On a tellement hâte de vivre de l’impro ensemble encore une fois. Le match d’impro sera suivi par une soirée trivia de 21h45 à 1h du matin organisé par muvmãte et le Conseil jeunesse provincial.
Adultes 8 $ | Étudiants.es 5 $ (+frais de service)
Portes à 19 h 30 | Match à 20 h
Achetez votre billet d’avance pour garantir une place jusqu’à 20 h 15.
Consignes COVID-19:

La double vaccination est nécessaire pour toutes personnes désirant entrer sur le site. S’il vous plaît présenter votre code QR ainsi qu’une pièce d’identité à l’entrée.

Le port du masque est obligatoire lorsque vous ne mangez ou buvez pas.

La distanciation physique reste nécessaire lorsque vous êtes debout.

Ne venez pas au spectacle si vous êtes malade, même avec des symptômes mineurs.

Vous allez vous asseoir avec d’autres gens dans la salle. La distanciation physique entre les places n’est pas garantie.

Merci à nos commanditaires de la saison:

Bleus – Caisse Groupe Financier
Jaunes – Société de la francophonie manitobaine
Rouges – Conseil jeunesse provincial
Verts – Université de Saint-Boniface

An Evening With Ron Sexsmith
2022-03-25 20:00 - 23:00 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Ron Sexsmith – Saturday, May 9th at the West End Cultural Centre

Every ticket for this show includes a digital download of Ron Sexsmith’s forthcoming album, Hermitage (available April 17, 2020). Approximately 7 days after purchase, you will receive an additional email with instructions on how to redeem your album. Canadian residents only. Not valid for Fan to Fan Resale
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At 56, Canada’s foremost well-heeled troubadour has made a most unlikely discovery: domestic bliss. All it took, it turns out, was leaving the city he loved.
Following 30 years as an emblem of Toronto’s west end, Ron Sexsmith reluctantly uprooted to the serene hamlet of Stratford, Ontario, and the melodic, playful, theatrically vivacious Hermitage came gushing out.
“Almost immediately after arriving here I just felt this kind of enormous stress cloud evaporate and all these songs started coming,” recalls Sexsmith. “I’d walk along the river every day into town and feel like Huckleberry Finn or something. It had a really great effect on my overall state of being.”
This new zen can be heard from the first moments of Kinks-esque album opener, “Spring of the Following Year,” as the serene sound of birds situate the listener into Sexsmith’s state of grace.
“We’d moved in the winter time and I was imagining how pretty it was going to be in the spring,” he explains. “We have this sort of idyllic kind of existence — we have bunnies in the yard and are surrounded by trees on all sides, so we get tons of birds. Every morning I hear these cardinals and we had a duck in the yard; I’d never really noticed birds in Toronto.”
It’s not like he was planning to write his 16th long player as soon as he arrived, he adds. After all, Sexsmith was already quite busy turning his first novel, Deer Life, into a prospective musical. But when melodies as infectious as the Chi-Lights-inspired “You Don’t Want to Hear It” or the ear-worm inducing “Lo and Behold” entered his mind, he had to get them on record. Adding his signature mischievously astute worldplay (in “Dig Nation,” for example) to ground the album firmly in the Sexsmith oeuvre. Even the album’s title is a coy subversion of the 15 time Juno nominee’s own expectations upon arriving in Justin Bieber’s hometown. “I felt I’d reached the age where I could be a hermit finally, but it didn’t really work out that way,” he laughs.
Further reflecting Sexsmith’s new confidence, Hermitage is the first album on which he played nearly all the instruments, an idea he credits to producer and longtime drummer Don Kerr. “Don said ‘Why don’t you make one of those sort of Paul McCartney-type records?’ and it’s like a light bulb went on over my head,” he says. “That had never occurred to me.”
The result is the songwriter’s most self-assured collection, still charmingly subtle yet increasingly full of musical vigor, as on “Chateau Mermaid,” an ode to his own Stratford Graceland, or the surprisingly hopeful “Small Minded World,” (originally penned for the Addams Family film), in which Sexsmith croons, Oh now don’t feel blue ‘cos they don’t get you, you’ll win this small minded world.
“I think it’s a very upbeat album, lyrically,” he confirms. “It’s reflective of the sort of peacefulness that I’d recently felt. I’m getting more comfortable in my own skin.”
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COVID-19 Protocols
The West End Cultural Centre will continue to require that patrons wear facemasks and show proof of vaccination for all events in the venue.
We will continue to evaluate this policy as circumstances evolve.

The Darkness
2022-03-25 20:00 - 23:00 | MB
The Darkness – Presented by MRG Live

The Darkness
MotherHeart Tour 2022
w/ The Dead Deads
Friday, March 25th, 2022
