Andrina Turenne
2022-08-26 20:00 - 23:00 (America/Winnipeg) | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Park Presents

Doors 7 pm
Show 8 pm
$20 plus fees in adv

Andrina Turenne has rounded up a cast of heavy-rollers to bring you the Log House Shaker! Hot off the heels of a four-month residency in Louisiana and with a new album on the horizon, she’s ready to rock out with a local lineup of incredible musicians and special guests. The night will feature music from the new record and songs written down South. The wonderfully talented Fontine will open the show, and a Southern-flavoured dance party will cap off the night with special guest Mama Cutsworth.

Stones vs Beatles
2022-08-26 21:30 - 2022-08-27 00:30 | Blue Note Park, 220 Main St, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Ain’t nobody like The Honeysliders takin’ on the music of the Rolling Stones and The Beatles! Get ready to rock!!

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.

Fontine with Taylor Jackson on the West End Neighbourhood Patio
2022-08-27 20:00 - 22:30 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Fontine with Taylor Jackson on the West End Neighbourhood Patio – Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 8:00pm

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.
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Fontine crafts sanguine lyrics that tell of loves past and present. often using themes of nature to ground her songwriting. Her identity as a Nehiyaw Iskwew goes back to early memories of visiting the family farm on Cowessess First Nation reserve. Through songwriting, beading, and exploring the natural world, FONTINE is working to uncover the roots buried for years, and become a part of a wider community of songwriters.
Although Fontine is just beginning her journey as a solo artist, she has been singing and playing with local Winnipeg acts such as Boy Golden, Sol James and The Solutions for several years, and is a recognizable face in the local scene.
Fontine and Kris Ulrich (producer) have come together to create fresh indie pop sounds inspired by the likes of Lianne La Havas, Billie Marten, and Leif Vollebeck. Her first EP will have you dreaming of a simpler time and leave you wanting more music.

Hot & Dirty Dance Party
2022-08-27 20:30 - 23:59 | Blue Note Park, 220 Main St, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
The Hot & Dirty Dance Party combines Dr. Hotbottom and the Dirty Catfish Brass Band to unleash the ultimate in funky good times!

Two incredible bands combine into one, and we’re doing it twice!! If you were at the first Hot & Dirty Dance Party at Blue Note Park, you KNOW what an epic experience it is!! And if you weren’t there, well, you still have a chance to dance, and dance, and dance!! Saturday August 27th. You won’t wanna miss it.

Dirty Honey - California Dreamin Tour
2022-08-29 20:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Live Nation is excited to present Dirty Honey

with support: Mac Saturn

Timeline:

Artist Presale June 8 10 am – June 9 10pm

Live Nation Presale June 9 10am – 10pm

On Sale June 10 10am

The Warriors
2022-08-30 19:00 - 20:30 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Park Theatre Cult Movie Nights presents

Park Theatre Cult Movie nights presents:
Tuesday, August 30th, 2022 at the Park Theatre
THE WARRIORS
A Screening of the 1979 cult classic film.
Tickets available at www.myparktheatre.com
Doors 6:30pm – Movie at 7:00pm

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On the night of the show, your tickets will be waiting at the ticket window anytime after door time. Please note that these are e-tickets, so if you have purchased multiple tickets, your entire party will need to be there at pick up. Please have your ID ready, and your ticket’s up on your phone.

Taylor Swift Dance Party August 31 - Park Theatre (Winnipeg) w/ DJ ROG
2022-08-31 21:30 - 2022-09-01 00:30 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Taylor Swift Dance Party @ The Park Theatre (Winnipeg) Wednesday, August 31st

Winnipeg!! Our Cruel Summer party series is finally coming to Manitoba and we can’t wait to throw a Saturday day party at one of the biggest venues in the city, with a SPECIAL GUEST DJ. This event will sell out, so buy your tickets early.
Timing: 9:30pm -1am
DJ & Playlists: All of your favourite Taylor tracks.
NO REFUNDS and TICKETS ARE NON-TRANSFERRABLE, unless approved by T Swift Dance Party Canada. Capacity is limited and tickets will need to be purchased in advanced. Valid government ID required upon entry to each venue. Event is strictly age 18+ only.

JD Edwards Band
2022-09-01 20:30 - 23:00 | Blue Note Park, 220 Main St, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Winnipeg’s favourite rock, roots and soul party band!

Ridley Bent and The Killer Tumbleweeds
2022-09-02 20:30 - 23:00 | Blue Note Park, 220 Main St, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
“In my heart,” Ridley Bent says, sounding for the world like a character from one of his own songs, “I rock.”

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.

Live While We're Young: One Direction Dance Party at The Park Theatre - Win
2022-09-02 21:00 - 2022-09-03 01:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Live While We’re Young

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Sweet Alibi plus Surf n Turf
2022-09-03 20:30 - 23:00 | Blue Note Park, 220 Main St, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Sweet Alibi have shared their soulful three-part harmonies and folk roots-pop with listeners across North America and Europe since 2009.

Known for their soulful three-part harmonies, West Coast Music Award Winners Sweet Alibi, have shared their folk roots-pop infused music with listeners across North America and Europe since 2009. They are the distinct and complementary voices of Jess Rae Ayre, Amber Nielsen and Michelle Anderson, joined by Alasdair Dunlop on bass and Sandy Fernandez on drums. Their music has garnered national accolades and awards, has been featured on MTV Canada, CMT, it has received major radio play on college/community and satellite radio, with several songs in the top 20 of CBC Radio 2’s national charts.

“Sweet Alibi definitely belongs in the category of best Canadian folk-pop artists” – Coolibri GERMANY

“Sweet Alibi’s expert harmonies and timeless soul continue to draw eyes and ears to the ‘Music Heart of the Continent’ Winnipeg!” – Beatroute Magazine

The band is working on releasing their fourth studio album with producers Matt Peters and Matt Schellenberg of Royal Canoe (Dead Matts). The album is a melodic experience focused on hooky guitar lines and layered beats, inspired by the likes of Alabama Shakes and Bahamas. Sweet Alibi’s sound has been evolving and refining through their past album releases, extensive Canada wide and international touring, as well as a focused effort to draw on the creative efforts of their favourite influencers. They have released two singles from their upcoming album, Confetti and Really Great!

Snak The Ripper – Let It Rip Album Release Tour
2022-09-03 21:00 - 2022-09-04 00:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Marked Up & Stealth Bomb Records Proudly Present:

Snak The Ripper – Let It Rip Album Release Tour

with Aspects

All Ages – General Admission & VIP Tickets Available

VIP Includes:

– Entry Into the Event

– Meet & Greet + Photo

– Autographed Snak The Ripper Poster

MEET & GREETS will take place prior to the event (Approx. 8 PM). Please check the Facebook event page for full details.

Begrime Exemious "Rotting in the Aftermath" album release show
2022-09-03 21:30 - 2022-09-04 00:30 | Bull Dog Event center, 1364 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB, R2W3T8, Canada
Begrime

Ninjacat Productions presents
BEGRIME EXEMIOUS “Rotting in the Aftermath” album release show
with guests
ZOMBIE ASSAULT
FLASH OUT
SOLANUM

Doors 9pm – Music 930pm
Tickets available at www.eventbrite.com

Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Saskatchewan Roughriders
2022-09-04 17:00 - 20:00 | Mosaic Stadium At Taylor Field, Regina, Canada
Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Saskatchewan Roughriders
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PGI Concert for a Cause
2022-09-06 19:00 - 22:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
We invite you to join us as we raise funds to support the John Howard Society of Manitoba’s Literacy Program!

Date: Tuesday, September 6th, 2022
Doors: 6:30pm Show: 7:00pm
Location: The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne St, Winnipeg, MB
About the PGI Concert for a Cause:
The PGI Concert for a Cause will be a night for people to come together in support of the JHSM Literacy Program while bringing awareness to the specific challenges that many of our students face. The night will offer live music, a poetry reading, raffle prizes, awards, and complimentary snacks catered by Feast Cafe Bistro.
We are thrilled to share that the music performers taking the stage will be Sierra Noble and Super Duty Tough Work! We are equally excited to share that our poet laureate of the night will be Scott Nolan!
About the JHSM Literacy Program:
The John Howard Society of Manitoba supports men in conflict with the law – before, during and after incarceration. The JHSM Literacy Program supports Learners who are interested in improving the basic literacy skills they need for school, work, parenting, and community participation. In addition to improving work and education prospects, building literacy skills can be empowering for people who have had negative experiences with school or who have never had the opportunity to develop a love of learning.
To learn more about the John Howard Society of Manitoba’s Literacy Program, visit: https://johnhoward.mb.ca/literacy/
Sponsors:
The John Howard Society of Manitoba is honoured to be selected to represent the Peter Gzowski Foundation for Literacy in the prairie province of Manitoba. More information here: https://www.pgicanada.ca/manitoba/
We would also like to recognize our other sponsors: Assiniboine Credit Union, Misfit Music Management, and PeaceWorks Technology Solutions.

Wake | Hopscotchbattlescars | Entity | Knife the curious
2022-09-07 19:30 - 22:30 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Wake

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SOS Pre Fest with Russ Rankin of Good Riddance
2022-09-07 19:30 - 23:00 | Sookrams Brewing Company, 479-B, Winnipeg, MB, r3l0r2, Canada
SOS Pre Fest party!

Sookrams Brewing Co presents
Wednesday Sept 7 2022 at Sookrams Brewing Co / 479-B Warsaw Ave
SOS Festival Pre Fest party
featuring
RUSS RANKIN of GOOD RIDDANCE
MERIN
MARTY & DYLAN of Clipwing

FREE tickets are available at www.eventbrite.com

Greg Rekus plus Paige Beller
2022-09-07 20:30 - 23:30 | Blue Note Park, 220 Main St, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Greg Rekus (Winnipeg, Manitoba) and Paige Beller (Dayton, Ohio) bring their International Tour to Blue Note Park!

SOS Punk Rock Music Festival - 3 Day Pass
2022-09-08 18:30 - 2022-09-11 00:30 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
SOS Fest is Back, Bigger, Better and Badassier, bringing all your punk and hardcore favourites.

The Park Theatre and NINJACAT Productions proudly brings you
South Osborne Slamboree – SOS FEST a Three day festival of Punk Rock and Hardcore
Thursday. Sept 8

Good Riddance

Ignite

Make War

Brutal Youth

Shit Happens

Friday, Sept 9

The Flatliners

Belvedere

Dangercat

Clipwing

Stickaround

Saturday, Sept 10

Fucked Up

The Ripperz

Big Trouble In Little China

Death Cassette

Satanic Rights

$37.50 single day or a steal of a deal – $90 for a 3-day pass (15 bands for $90 or $6 a band that there is Punk Rock Cheap)
Sponsored by SOOKRAMS BREWING

NOLA Night - Dirty Catfish Brass Band (sponsored by Torque Brewing)
2022-09-09 20:30 - 23:30 | Blue Note Park, 220 Main St, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
World-class 8-piece brass band playing the music of New Orleans in a funky downtown honky-tonk. What more do you need to know?

The Dirty Catfish Brass Band bring New Orleans Night to Blue Note Park! 8:30pm show!

Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs Saskatchewan Roughriders
2022-09-10 16:00 - 19:00 | Investors Group Field, Winnipeg, Canada
Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs Saskatchewan Roughriders
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MONUMENTS
2022-09-12 20:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Park Theatre with Ninjacat Productions Presents

Monuments
Monday, September 12th, 2022
Tickets $25 adv

Hot Water Music
2022-09-14 20:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
F7 Presents

Hot Water Music

With Screaming at Traffic & Dinner Club

September 14, 2022

Door Time: 7:00 PM

Show Time: 8:00 PM

18+ / NO MINORS

8 Max Ticket Limit

Concert for Eviction Prevention
2022-09-14 20:00 - 23:00 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Concert for Eviction Prevention – Presented by RAY (Resource Assistance for Youth, Inc.) – Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:00pm

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.
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Concert for Eviction Prevention
featuring – Cozymannos, Dominique Hodder, Greg MacPherson, Cassidy Mann, Troy Taylor, + more!!

So Long, Smoke!
2022-09-15 20:30 - 2022-09-16 00:30 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Come say good-bye to Flamenco Sketch at his last show before his move to Toronto!

Flamenco Sketch’s Farewell Show
September 15th at The Park Theatre (698 Osborne St.)
Doors 8:30/Performances 9:30
20$
18+
Flamenco Sketch’s last show in Winnipeg for a while as he takes his act on the road to Toronto. Come close out the summer with a bang as we shut it down one more time!
With Performances by:
Flamenco Sketch
Sandman
Vital
Travist
and DJ il.ry

JP Hoe Album Release Show for "Botanicals"
2022-09-16 20:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
the Park Presents

JP Hoe
Sept 16th, 2021
Doors 7 pm
Show 8 pm$30

WALL-TO-WALL MURAL AND CULTURE FESTIVAL PRESENTS THE LIVE MIXTAPE 2022
2022-09-16 20:00 - 23:00 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
The Live Mixtape is a combination mentorship, performance and process project. It’s about combining elements and artists that have seldom or

The first iteration was in 2018 but you better know we’re bringing back this project in 2022 and beyond.

FEATURING ANTHONY OKS, SIERRA NOBLE, BBS STEVE, MARISOLLE NEGASH, THE O.B, ANDREW SANNIE AND GUESTS.

Wall-to-Wall Mural & Culture Festival started as a collective dream and mission to bring accessible art into peoples’ everyday lives.

Wall-to-Wall, which takes place on Treaty 1 Territory / in Winnipeg, Manitoba, happens annually each September. The community-focused festival highlights equal parts mural, music, and mentorship and culminates with a finale celebration, bringing together communities around art, music, dance, and more.

Wall-to-Wall Mural & Culture Festivals acknowledges that we benefit from living and working on the stolen, ancestral, and traditional territories of the Anishinaabeg, Ininiw (Cree), Anish-iniw (Oji-Cree), Dakota, and Dene Peoples, the homeland of the Métis Nation and that we are sustained by water sourced from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2022-09-17 15:00 - 18:00 | Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton, Canada
Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Hamilton Tiger-Cats
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Lavender Country
2022-09-17 20:00 - 22:30 | Times Change[d] High & Lonesome Club, 234 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3C 1A8, Canada
Lavender Country at the West End Cultural Centre – Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 8:00pm

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.
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While Lavender Country (1973) was little known outside the Pacific Northwest and only released one self-distributed album, they created a genuine cultural milestone; the first openly gay country album. Sponsored by the original Stonewall activists of the Gay Community Social Services of Seattle, Lavender Country’s self-titled release was the brainchild of Patrick Haggerty, whose experiences as a gay liberation activist during the Stonewall era shaped him into a tenacious political savant. Radically defying the conservative norms of country music, Haggerty turned to Seattle’s gay community for song topics that addressed a wide range of political and social concerns, including institutionalized oppression and divisions of the working class, as well as more personal subjects such as the complications of intimacy and sexual identity.
Despite the commitment of Haggerty and his bandmates to the cause, the original group eventually fizzled out in 1976 when the democratic party took control of the movement and sidelined the radicals. Over four decades later the indie label Paradise of Bachelors discovered the album, reissued it, and shot Lavender Country into the stratosphere. With a new rotating lineup of musicians, Haggerty began performing to a brand new generation of Lavender Country fans drawn to the band’s timeless message of queer liberation and revolution. Hundreds of opportunities emerged – gigs, cross country tours, collaborations, scores of interviews with Dazed, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and the likes.
In 2016, Dan Taberski’s film “These C*cksucking Tears” Premiered at SXSW accompanied by a string of performances by the band. In 2017 and again in 2019, Robert Dekkers’ Post:Ballet company staged a modern ballet performance of the original album, performed in San Francisco with Lavender Country accompanying live. In recent years, the band’s message has even resonated with contemporary queer country icons. Patrick has been invited to share the stage with the likes of Orville Peck and Trixie Mattel, who covered the Lavender Country song “Stranger” on her 2020 Grammy nominated album, “Barbara”. Hollywood director Robert Connolly wrote a screenplay for a full length film, and is currently shopping for production funding.
Haggerty, now approaching age 77, is stronger than ever. His shows are a unique combination of good country music, sharp Marxist political critique, and a huge lineup of incredible backup musicians across the country. Poignant emotions leave his audience laughing, dancing, and crying all at once. The current emergence of fascism and the deep political divisions in American culture are making Lavender Country a critical component of progressive and radical politics.
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This show is presented in partnership with Pride Winnipeg.

Laura Jane Grace
2022-09-17 20:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
MODO-LIVE x PROGRAMME Presents: Laura Jane Grace

MODO-LIVE x PROGRAMME Presents:Laura Jane Gracew/ special guests
Saturday, September 17thPark TheatreWinnipeg, MB
Doors: 7 pm
Show: 8 pmCurfew: 11:30 pm
All Ages
Bio:Laura Jane GraceAt War With The Silverfish“These are songs of late night madness and loneliness, orphan songs that came wandering in looking to feed like insects,” Laura Jane Grace says of her new EP.
Half recorded at Grace’s TinyQuietStudio in Chicago and half recorded at Electric Eel in St. Louis, and mixed by her Devouring Mothers bandmate Marc Hudson, At War With The Silverfish finds Grace in a range of stripped-back, poignant modes that amount to an honest and holistic account of our shared humanity. Unafraid to spotlight open wounds and tangled feelings, Grace conveys the distinctive pluck that has defined her work with Against Me! and The Devouring Mothers, but with the intimate energy of home recording with an acoustic guitar. The album is not a clarion call, but a tender invitation. It is a necessary capsule of a woman’s artistic pulse; love, longing and loneliness told in affecting turns of phrase.
“Three of hearts/Two of them are broken/One of them is gold/All of them are worthless,” she sings on opener “Three of Hearts,” admitting later that she’s the “…surest sucker that you’ll ever see.” This vulnerable posture drives much of that album, like on “Lolo 13,” where Grace pines for a love she never had, and on “Yesterday Pt. II,” where she remembers a lover’s goodbye with visceral intensity. “I know I sound insane,” she repeats three times on the latter, imparting anxiety and resolve at once. It’s a device she employs through the record, deftly illustrating the mental gymnastics on the roads to self doubt and self acceptance.
Amid the emotional outpouring are piercing scenes of isolated domestic life — the endless cups of reheated java (“Day Old Coffee”), the relief of reconnecting with an old friend (“Electro-Static Sweep”). And then there is her old friend, Chicago, a city by now her home but not without its pain points. “Way out here on the edge of oblivion/May as well be Skokie, you’d have been so lucky for Berwyn,” she sings on “Long Dark Night,” surveying the landscape of her new Northside home, not the “hip” part of town but one vital to its cultural diversity.
Reflecting on the album’s interiority, Grace acknowledges the universal nature of many of its themes — how her highly personal accounts bloom into broader human connection. “I’ve learned that if you share your experience with good intentions that the universe will always surprise you with abundant return,” she says. “Every song is an act of faith; you don’t necessarily know why you’re singing it other than you know you’ve got to sing it.”
Ticket Price:
ADV: $25.00
