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JD Edwards Band
2022-06-16 20:30 - 23:00, 2022-06-30 20:30 - 2022-07-01 00:00, 2022-07-14 20:30 - 23:00 (America/Winnipeg) | Blue Note Park, 220 Main St, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Winnipeg’s favourite rock, roots and soul party band!

Swanage (Phantom Of The Paradise Tribute show)
2022-06-17 19:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Swanage (Phantom of The Paradise Tribute show)

Friday June 17 2022 at the Park Theatre
SWANAGE – Phantom of The Paradise Tribute show – LIVE!
After a 2 year absence Swanage returns to the Park theater to perform Phantom Of The Paradise soundtrack in its entirety !! along of course with a showing of Phantom Of The Paradise !!
Doors 7pm
Tickets $19.74 available at www.myparktheatre.com

Andrina Turenne on the West End Neighbourhood Patio
2022-06-17 20:00 - 23:00 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Andrina Turenne on the West End Neighbourhood Patio – Friday, June 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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Andrina Turenne is a Métis/Franco-Manitoban artist from St-Boniface, Manitoba. Her love of music first sparked around campfires, where she learned to sing and harmonise with relatives and friends as a young child. A singer, songwriter and musician, she has worked in the music industry for over 20 years. She has contributed to nearly 50 albums, has performed on stages across five continents and has been featured on TV and radio in Canada and internationally. Formerly of JUNO award-winning group Chic Gamine, Andrina Turenne has been gaining momentum as a solo artist since 2016. Her music has also made its way to the world of theatre : She presented a number of compositions in Gabriel Dumont’s Wild West Show and toured with acclaimed playwright and concert pianist Tomson Highway. The singer was invited to participate in the installation ceremony for the governor general of Canada in July of 2021, in Ottawa. Her performance of “En plein coeur mai”, a co-written song about the Métis resistance at Batoche, was broadcast live across the country. In early 2022, with support from the Canada Council for the Arts, she undertook a four month creative residency in Louisiana to write new music as well as to collaborate with local artists. In Fall 2022, she will release her first solo album of original, bilingual compositions, as well as a francophone EP.

Retro Rhythm Review
2022-06-17 21:30 - 2022-06-18 00:30 | Blue Note Park, 220 Main St, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Motown Hits of the ‘60s and ‘70s, played by Winnipeg’s finest from the ‘80s!

Gabriela Ocejo Band plus Mason Melle
2022-06-18 20:30 - 2022-06-19 00:00 | Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, 234 Main St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C1A8, Canada
Gabi’s music blends R&B, jazz, pop and neo soul, with lyrics that earnestly examine the joy, pain and neurosis of contemporary city living.

Gabriela Ocejo is an Argentine-born, Treaty 1-based guitarist and songwriter. Raised in a musical family, Gabi’s father, guitarist Guillermo Ocejo was a major influence to her love of music and artistry, introducing her to Jazz, Tango and Argentinean Folklore. Gabi continued honing her craft playing with her talented hometown musician friends in Buenos Aires and Bahia Blanca, as she bounced back and forth between the continents.

Decidedly relocating to Winnipeg in 2011, Gabi became immersed in the local arts and cultural community. Her range in style, gift in songwriting and tasteful arrangements quickly made Gabi a mainstay of Winnipeg music scene, effortlessly collaborating with some of the city’s best musicians across a range of styles including all-female Jazz Manouche band, Juvel; 7-piece traditional swing band, Sunny Roseland; folk-roots songwriter and Crooked Brother, Matt Foster; and Polaris Prize-nominated 8-piece live hip-hop ensemble, Super Duty Tough Work.

Recently, Gabi has started her own project, showcasing her skill as a songwriter and arranger. Gabi’s music blends her love for R&B, jazz, pop and neo soul, with lyrics that earnestly examine the joy, pain and neurosis of contemporary city living. With a series of EPs on the horizon, Gabi’s band features Ashley Au, Holly Stratton and Kevin Waters.
https://www.facebook.com/gabriela.ocejo.1

DRI - 40 Years of - With DAYGLO ABORTIONS and Citizen Rage
2022-06-19 20:00 - 23:30 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Hardcore Punk Legends, DRI return to the Park Stage

the Park Theatre and NinjaCat Productions Presents
DRI 40 Year Anniversary Tour
DRI
Dayglo Abortions
Citizen Rage
Yer Mum
Doors 7 pm.
Music 7:30 pm

Tickets $30 advance

Ocean Alley
2022-06-20 20:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
The Park Theatre Presents

Ocean Alley
w/ Le Shiv
Monday, June 20th, 2022
Tickets $25 adv plus Fees
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Infused with their classic sun-drenched sound and infectious groove, ‘Touch Back Down’ is a story about turning a negative into a positive, and always finding the light side of a problem. It was written during a last-minute writing session in Byron Bay, which only came to be after Bluesfest was cancelled at the eleventh hour in April this year.
Boppy from its opening bars, the track features an intoxicating sing-along melody that paired with swirling guitars and shimmering keys, create a warmth and brightness that feels like summer. It builds to an emphatic chorus where frontman Baden Donegal’s soaring vocals shine, and are punctuated by stunning harmonized backing vocals.
On the new single, Baden shared “It’s exciting to have new music out. The more records we write, the more we can explore our sound and style, which is why they are ever-changing. ‘Touch Back Down’ gives a much happier vibe than any single from Lonely Diamond and we’re definitely carrying that upbeat energy across our writing at the moment. It provides a pretty good insight into the feel we’re going for in terms of our next record.”
Guitarist Mitch Galbraith added, “It feels more playful than Lonely Diamond and we wanted it to be that way. After the craziness of the past two years, we wanted to be less serious and write songs that will get people moving rather than thinking. We felt that we could write music this time around that is less introspective and with a little more storytelling, so this is the first taste of the new direction that our fourth album will offer.”
From Northern Beaches dive bars to sold out international tours, Ocean Alley’s evolution has been driven by an endless pursuit to push their sound and abilities to new limits. Operating as a proudly independent band, their output has always been underscored by a refreshingly chilled authenticity and relatability that has seen them achieve more than 450 million catalogue streams.
Since the release of their Gold-certified breakthrough Chiaroscuro (2018) which saw the band take the #1 spot in triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2018 for their double platinum smash ‘Confidence,’ the six-piece have performed major festivals including Reading & Leeds (UK), Splendour In The Grass (AUS) and Sziget (HU), debuted at #3 on the ARIA charts for their critically acclaimed 2020 album Lonely Diamond, have received Gold certification on five singles and been nominated for 2 ARIA Awards.

Music of the Night - A Fundraising Concert
2022-06-21 19:30 - 22:30 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
A star-studded night of Broadway favourites, featuring some of Winnipeg’s brightest stars in support of two incredible charities.

‘Music of the Night – A Fundraising Concert” A star-studded night of Broadway favourites, featuring some of Winnipeg’s best and brightest stars of the stage. Happening, Tuesday, June 21st at the Park Theatre in Winnipeg, Manitoba at 7:30 pm featuring a set list of twenty to twenty-five songs from the Musical Theatre genre performed by 6, talented Manitoba Artists.
The Fundraising Concert is in support of two incredible organizations that are near and dear to my heart and have both been hit extremely hard by the pandemic events. The Canadian Charity, LiveDifferent and the US Charity, One Life to Love in Baja Women’s Shelter. www.livedifferent.com / www.onelifeinbaja.org

Primitive Man
2022-06-22 19:30 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Primitive Man 10th Year Anniversary Tour

Ninjacat Productions and Eye and Ear Control Records Presents
Primitive Man
Mortiferum
Jarhead Fertilizer
Body Void
Elizabeth Colour Wheel

Men I Trust
2022-06-23 20:00 - 23:00 | MB
Live Nation Presents Men I Trust

Sunday, February 13th, 2022
Doors 7 pm Show 8 pm

Hear ye, hear ye! We are super thrilled to announce that we will resume touring in N. America this fall for the release of our new and fourth album called “The Untourable Album”. We started working on this album amidst the global lockdown and didn’t expect to be able to “tour” these songs. We wanted to take the opportunity to work on new and different material, without necessarily intending to play these songs live. We wrote freely as if we were suspended in time with no external attachments. The initial release date had to be delayed, however, when Dragos got into a motorcycle accident and had to recover for several weeks. So here we are now, almost ready to release the album, while everything is slowly reopening and the lockdown seems to be a thing of the past. It looks like the “Untourable Album” will be tourable after all! We are still in the process of polishing the songs and doing the last tweaks before the album is ready. We will have an official release date super soon, stay tuned. Thank you for your ongoing support and we’re looking forward to seeing everyone again in real life!

https://menitrust.bandcamp.com/merch
https://www.instagram.com/menitrust/

The Perpetrators plus Car 287
2022-06-23 20:30 - 23:00 | Blue Note Park, 220 Main St, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
The Perpetrators plus Car 287 on the outdoor stage at beautiful Blue Note Park!

Heel Appeal Presents: Big Bad Energy
2022-06-24 20:30 - 23:30 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Heel Appeal Presents: Big Bad Energy

We are about to bring you some BIG ENERGY!!

Join us for Heel Appeal’s second Showcase B.B.E featuring our dancers, faculty and many amazing local talents!!

June 24th Friday

Doors 730PM

Show 830PM

Ages 18+

www.appealofficial.com

E-mail heelappeal@appealofficial.com

Social Media @heelappealwpg

Tickets $25 in advance plus fees

Highlight Reel from the last showcase

BORN RUFFIANS – JUICE, SQUEEZE & PULP TOUR
2022-06-25 20:00 - 22:30 | MB
MRG Presents

Saturday, June 25th 2021
Doors 7 pm | Show 8 pm

The Highway Company
2022-06-25 20:30 - 23:30 | Blue Note Park, 220 Main St, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
The Highway Company, with special guests Brandon Post, and more!

Unforgiving Prairie winters seem to have a knack for producing some of Canada’s best musical exports. Known for their rich four-part harmonies and unique take on the Americana/Rock N’ Roll genre, The Highway Company aim to continue Winnipeg’s fine tradition, both honoring the past and creating something brand new.
After several years of honing their craft, 2019 saw the band embark on a three-month Canadian/US tour in support of The Tea Party. Their single “Company” was a hit on Sirius XM’s North Americana, where it remains in rotation today. As the pandemic wore on, The Highway Company slowly built their own recording studio, and the new songs that come with it. “We were forced to reevaluate everything. Nothing in life is guaranteed, may as well be true to yourself and enjoy it,” says bassist Jesse Meyer. THC is rounded out by his brother Kyle Meyer (guitar, vocals), Jay Stanley (guitar, keys, vocals), Jay Mymryk (drums) and Ryan McConnell (vocals, guitar).

2022 is a bit of a new start for everyone and everything, so armed with a new name, new songs, and a new ethos, watch for a lot of new The Highway Company music on your favorite streaming service this year.

Echo Park
2022-06-28 19:30 - 22:30 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Echo Park, at the Park

Tuesday, June 28th, 2022
Doors 7 pm
Show 730 pm
Tickets $20 plus fees in advance

Echo Park

Echo Park is pleased to return to the Park Theatre On Tuesday, June 28, 2022. This event is once again a fundraiser, with all proceeds being donated to the Riverview Health Centre Foundation. Our last two fundraising events at the Park Theatre sold out, so be sure to get your tickets early.

Based on previous audience feedback, we will be once again starting the evening with a full acoustic set of some of our favourite classic rock and country songs. This will be followed by a full set of “in your face” classic rock! We are adding several additional songs to our repertoire for this event (Clapton, Supertramp, Bon Jovi, and so on).

The event will be our lead guitarist (Bob Miles) last event with Echo Park. Bob and Joan are setting up residence in BC later this summer. Bob has been with Echo Park since the beginning – in the early 2000’s – so we hope that you can join us on June 28th to celebrate Bob’s tenure with the band!

ECHO PARK is one of Winnipeg’s premiere Classic Rock and Country Bands. They have performed at various venues throughout Manitoba for over 15 years, including The Lyric Theatre, South Beach Casino, Club Regent Casino, The Manitoba Stampede, various bars throughout Winnipeg and for numerous private functions. Their repertoire includes covers of such artists as The Tragically Hip, The Eagles, Santana, Dire Straits, BTO, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Steve Miller, ACDC, The Beatles,….and so on.

The Wooden Sky / Shred Kelly
2022-06-29 20:30 - 23:00 | Blue Note Park, 220 Main St, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Shred Kelly and The Wooden Sky join forces for a very special downtown Winnipeg double bill at Blue Note Park!

SHRED KELLY
Shred Kelly is a five piece, alternative folk rock band that emerged from the heart of the Canadian Rockies in 2009. Over the past decade the band have taken their highly energetic live show from humble beginnings on the Canadian ski-town circuit to the international stage.
The band’s striking and energy-packed sound has evolved from their eclectic musical influences and their unique experiences as individuals. Their progressive pairing of acoustic instrumentation with electric counterparts, harmonies, and driving rhythm, continues to develop and reach new heights.
Over the years, Shred Kelly has had the opportunity to perform across Canada and internationally at festivals such as Reeperbahn Festival, Australian Music Week, Folk Alliance, and SXSW.
On Shred Kelly’s fifth album, Like a Rising Sun – Deluxe Version, one can sense a change of direction for the group as if life has taken a sharp turn for the Fernie, BC based alternative-folk rockers. From the first strum of “Rising Sun” to the dissonant fadeout of “Disconnect”, a fast paced and emotional album is laid out through 11 tracks that tell of major life upheaval in rapidly changing times. Written mostly in 2019 when lead singers/songwriters Tim Newton and Sage McBride welcomed their first child into the world only to lose Tim’s father to an illness one month later. The joy, sadness and uncertainty of that time allowed for a new lease on their highly energetic music and the stories they tell. The album is woven together in the immediate aftermath with themes of love, life, death, fear for the future, and new beginnings. With three new re-imagined songs from the album added to the Deluxe Version, it shows the grass roots and softer side of the band.
Since the album’s release, Shred Kelly has received positive reviews in Canada and internationally, Spotify Editorial Playlisting, a video feature by Grant Lawerence on CBC, International radio play, regular rotation on Sirus XM and Radio Eins in Berlin, and featured on Canadian alternative radio stations. The band recently opened for ‘The Dead South’ on 12 European dates in November 2021. Additionally, in 2021 they self produced their own Tiny Concert Tour in the summer in BC & Alberta through a partnership with On The Road Productions to bring live music back. They were recently nominated for Rock Artist of the Year at The 2021 Western Canadian Music Awards.
“Arguably the most real, raw, and evocative album of their burgeoning career. (Like A Rising Sun)” — Music Life Magazine
“Like A Rising Sun is an outpouring of explosive, fast-paced, and anthemic folk-rock, which I find incredibly impressive and enjoyable from beginning to end. Shred Kelly have very quickly become a new favourite band for me, and I highly recommend you give their music a spin.” – Great Dark Wonder

THE WOODEN SKY
The title of The Wooden Sky’s fifth full-length album is an abridged quote from Frank Herbert’s1965 sci-fi novel,Dune:“Survival is the ability to swim in strange water.” It’s a phrase that seems especially apt in 2017, as many of us are still reeling from the previous year. For Gavin Gardiner, the frontman of the Toronto-based indie rock band, the way to understand and reconcile these unknowns — from oil pipelines and refugee crises to his own family’s personal history — is through songwriting. “It’s how I filter a lot of things that come in,” says Gardiner, as he walks through the residential streets of Toronto’s Roncesvalles neighbourhood. “For better or for worse, it’s how I deal with things and how I communicate my feelings.”
Swimming in Strange Waters is Gardiner trying to make sense of the world.The band (made up of Gardiner, multi-instrumentalists Simon Walker and Andrew Wyatt,violinist Edwin Huizinga and drummer Andrew Kekewich) started writing and recording demos in a small farmhouse in rural Quebec in January 2015, but then put them aside as they embarked on a year-long tour in support of their previous album, Let’s Be Ready. When they resumed work on the album in March 2016, Gardiner says the band caught a severe case of “demoitis”, a condition wherein “you fall in love with the scrappiness of the demos.” So rather than completely re-working them, they decided to record the album in the same way as the demos: in Gardiner’shome studio, using old tape machines and live off the floor. The resulting album is a sonic maelstrom that sees the band exploring unchartered waters,where textural psychedelia inspired by the Paisley Underground movement melds into quiet, acoustic cyclical guitar melodies, before once again transforming into a bombastic, Johnny Cash-esque rally against the XL Keystone pipeline in Canada.
While Let’s Be Ready found the Wooden Sky writing a pure “rock and roll” album, Swimming in Strange Waters sees the band experimenting once again. “I feel like we’re back on track,” says Gardiner. John Angello (known for his work with Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr. , Phosphorescent and Kurt Vile)mixed the album at Water Music in New Jersey. Around 95 percent of it was recorded to an oldtape machine at Gardiner’s home studio, and the rest was done at Hotel2Tango in Montreal and at a Toronto church where multi-instrumentalist Walker’s father is the Anglican minister. “Dead Horse Creek”, which is named after the body of water that runs through Gardiner’shometown of Morden, Manitoba, creates a layered soundscape with backward guitar, easygoingharmonica and a crooning slide guitar that all erupt in a foot-stomping, rollicking jam; “BlackGold”, inspired by the Keystone XL pipeline protests, features a 16-person choir, a VelvetUndergroundesquescreaching violin undertone by band member Edwin Huizinga, and Gardener embracing a lower register for the first time; “Riding on the Wind” tells stories about refugee families Gardiner met while working with Romero House, over a bed of dreamy reverb.Meanwhile first single “Swimming in Strange Waters” glimmers like a technicolored circus with warbling synths and organs, cyclical, vocoder-drenched gang vocals and a spoken word interlude, performed by The Highest Order’s Simone Schmidt reading from Herbert’s Dune Messiah.
“More now than ever, I feel the weight of responsibility to act and make things better for the people to come,” says Gardiner. “Maybe that sounds cliche, but it feels very real now. As an artist, you have your voice, and not much else. So you gotta use it.”
On every album, the Wooden Sky’s aim is to somehow capture the band’s live performance, to compress that adrenalin and vigour into a collection of songs that’ll inevitably be played through headphones and crappy computer speakers. It’s a tall order, considering the Wooden Sky has become known for both high-energy, sold-out rock shows and their charming, unconventionalpop-up fgigs – like 2014’s series of three acoustic record store sets in three hours, where they biked to each shop with instruments slung over their backs.
Swimming in Strange Waters marks the closest the band has ever got to this coveted goal. To achieve that energy, Gardiner had to let go of any insecurities and garner new confidence, part of which he found after speaking with an opera singer friend and working with legendary producer, Angello, and part of which came from encapsulating that energy himself. “You have to give the energy that you want to get back,” notes Gardiner. “When I’m recording,I’m standing on a chair like I’m on stage, wearing my boots and my sunglasses, just trying to create this atmosphere of cacophony. How do you expect to convey that excitement if you don’t feel it? Let’s not just sit here and be bashful.”

PechaKucha Night Winnipeg Vol. 44
2022-06-29 20:30 - 23:30 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
PechaKucha invites local creative and creative-adjacent people to speak on whatever they want in 20 slides showing only for 20 seconds each.

PechaKucha Night Winnipeg is back! We’re returning to our home at The Park Theatre on June 29, 2022, for a colourful evening of 20×20 talks in the newly-renovated space!

Doors open as usual at 7:30 PM, and the show starts at 8:00 PM.

Admission is pay-what-you-want, but we suggest $10. Tickets and registration are not required, but feel free to register to let us know you’re going!

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☰ SPEAKERS ☰

Coming soon!

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☰ MASK REQUIREMENTS ☰

It is highly recommend that guests wear masks when attending our event in-person.

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☰ WHAT IS PECHAKUCHA NIGHT? ☰

PechaKucha is a presentation format invented by Tokyo-based firm Klein Dytham Architecture in 2003. At every event, speakers are given 20 slides to talk about whatever they like, but each slide advances automatically after only 20 seconds. This 20×20 format gives each speaker a total time of six minutes and forty seconds. PechaKucha Night has over 1200 city chapters all over the world.

PechaKucha Night Winnipeg was established by the Graphic Designers of Canada in 2010. Each PechaKucha Night – or PKN – is a fun, and informal evening where creative and inspiring Winnipeggers talk about their ideas, stories, experiences, or work. PKN Winnipeg is held quarterly and usually at the Park Theatre.

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☰ OTHER INFO AND SOCIAL MEDIA ☰

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@pkn_winnipeg) for more updates:

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The official PechaKucha Night Winnipeg Vol 44 hashtag is #pknwpg44.

And for more information and to see past talks, check out our website at: www.pechakucha.org/cities/winnipeg

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PechaKucha Night Winnipeg is brought to you by the Graphic Designers of Canada – Manitoba Chapter.

“Canada Night:” A Homegrown Canadian Rock ‘n’ Roots Retrospective
2022-07-01 20:30 - 2022-07-02 00:00 | Blue Note Park, 220 Main St, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
“Canada Night:” A Homegrown Canadian Rock ‘n’ Roots Retrospective

From Buffy Saint-Marie to April Wine, from Gordon Lightfoot to Daniel Lanois, from Sloan to The Sadies, from Joni Mitchell to Michel Pagliaro, from Rush to Blue Rodeo, from Neil Young to The Tragically Hip, our Canada Night rock ‘n’ roots retrospective will be like no other Canadian music celebration you’ve ever heard. Join us at Blue Note Park on the evening of July 1st for an electrifying evening of this nation’s greatest hits. Featuring Chris Carmichael, Gabriela Ocejo, Kevin Hogg, Jamie Buckboro, Sarah Maureen, Rob Pachol and many more!

Chain Link
2022-07-01 21:00 - 2022-07-02 00:00 | MB
Chain Link with special guests Max Winds

Blue Note Park Big Blues Bash
2022-07-02 15:30 - 23:30 | Blue Note Park, 220 Main St, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Blue Note Park Big Blues Bash feat. Brent Parkin, Chris Ghidoni Band, Groove Pirates, Blue Noise, Debra Lyn and more!!

NAfro Band on the West End Neighbourhood Patio
2022-07-02 20:00 - 23:00 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
NAfro Band on the West End Neighbourhood Patio – Saturday, July 2, 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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Casimiro Nhussi Choreographer & Performer Casimiro Nhussi is a professional African dancer, choreographer, dance instructor and musician based in Winnipeg. Born in Mozambique, Africa, he has been a dance professional since 1982, training at Alvin Ailey American Dance Centre in New York. Starting his career as dancer, Casimiro then became the principal dancer, and then the Artistic Director of the Mozambique National Song and Dance Company. Currently Casimiro is the Artistic Director and Founder of Winnipeg’s only African contemporary dance company; NAfro Dance Productions.
Casimiro’s choreographic journey began in Mozambique. His choreographic style has evolved from almost purely African to one marked with Contemporary Dance influences and can now be described as African Contemporary Dance. Since coming to Canada in 1997, Casimiro has produced and choreographed over 20 evening-length dance works both as an independent choreographer as well as Artistic Director of NAfro Dance. In addition, since 2012 Casimiro has been invited by the Mozambican Minister of Culture & Tourism to be the Artistic Director of the Mozambican National Culture Festival, dance & music section. This festival takes place every second summer and brings together over 5,000 artists of diverse art forms from across the country.
Casimiro has also worked as a dance instructor and choreographer for many local, national and international organizations and groups. He has performed and led African dance workshops in over 30 countries worldwide.
Casimiro is also an accomplished musician. He has been nominated for the Western Canadian Music award five times including for “Makonde” (2010), “Gweka” (2013) and “Ximbombo” (2017). Casimiro was also a finalist for the Mozambique music award Ngoma2017 and was honored to have played for the opening of the 2011 Africa Games in Mozambique. He was also commissioned by the Canadian National Film Board to compose music for the animated short “Mind Me Good Now.” Casimiro is a recent recipient of the ‘Manitoba Black Community Award’ for ‘Outstanding achievement and significant contribution to the Black community as well as an ‘Appreciation Award’ from the ACOMI (African Communities of Manitoba Inc)’ in ‘recognition of his contributions to the African community’.

Love Letter Writers, MOTHERFUNK, Ben Notes
2022-07-02 20:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
The Park Theatre Presents

Love Letter Writers
Motherfunk
Ben Notes
Saturday, July 2nd
Tickets $15 advance or $20 doors

Manitobandits
2022-07-05 21:00 - 2022-07-06 00:00 | Blue Note Park, 220 Main St, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
The Triumphant Return of the Manitobandits featuring:
Ultra Mega performing Panis Angelicus, and Smoky Tiger backed by the band!

Miranda Sings
2022-07-07 19:30 - 22:00 | MB
Live Nation Presents Miranda Sings

Live Nation Presents
Miranda Sings
Thursday, July 7th, 2022
Doors 6:30 PM
Doors 7:30 PM
Ends approximately 9 pm
Tix $40 General Standing
or $90 VIP Meet and Greet
Plus Tax and Fees
HEALTH ADVISORY

In the best interest of fans and staff, the Event Organizer will continue to monitor local COVID-19 trends and meet or exceed protocols mandated by local governments. By purchasing tickets to this event, you agree to abide by the health and safety measures in effect at the time of the event, which may include, but not be limited to, wearing masks, providing proof of vaccination status and/or providing proof of negative COVID-19 test. Please note these confirmations will apply to all members of your party before they are allowed to enter the event and to any users of the tickets purchased by you. Check back often for updates to your event venue website as guidelines are subject to change.

WHEN AND WHERE DO I PICK UP MY TICKETS?
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.

Youth Hockey Fundraiser
2022-07-08 19:00 - 23:59 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
The Arni Matheson Band, DB + The Deadbeats, and The Treetop Blues Band singing to get kids playing hockey

The Arni Matheson Band is fundraising money to get disadvantaged youth involved in hockey/sports through local organizations. The hope is to raise enough money to put at least one youngster in hockey for the 2022-23 season with moneys raised covering their ice-time and equipment costs. Joining the AMB on the stage at the Park Theatre on July 8, 2022 are DB + The Deadbeats as well as The Treetop Blues Band. Tickets are just $10 + fees in advance or $15 at the door. Donations will be graciously and humbly accepted.

Terra Lightfoot
2022-07-12 20:30 - 22:30 | Blue Note Park, 220 Main St, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
“Terra Lightfoot is one of Canada’s best all-around musicians…an amazing tour de force, the complete package.” CBC Radio

At the end of a gruelling two-year stretch on tour promoting her third studio album, New Mistakes—a trek that took her to every corner of the world—Terra Lightfoot found herself at home and sapped. Life on the road had done a number on her body, her voice, and her mind, and despite isolating herself from friends and family, sitting down for hours a day at her writing desk, she was coming up with nothing inspiring.

A trip to Nashville changed all that. Just a few weeks in Music City broke the dam wide open. In rapid succession, Lightfoot wrote the songs that would form her new record, Consider the Speed. Out poured more than a dozen, one after the other, reflecting on life as a touring musician, past relationships, and the death of her grandmother. “The healing power of rock ‘n’ roll,” a true blue sentiment that Lightfoot and her bandmates keep the faith in on tour, was in full force.

THEN IT HIT ME LIKE A BOLT OF LIGHTNING!, a man yelled as Lightfoot stepped out onto Willie Mitchell Boulevard in Memphis after a visit to Royal Studios. She took it as a sign that she had to return to lay down Consider the Speed there, the same place Ann Peebles simmered through “I Can’t Stand The Rain” and Al Green set devotion to tape with “Let’s Stay Together.” Even the same technology—a hallowed #9 microphone—captured Lightfoot’s bluesy, long and low howl during tracking sessions.

Each night, she sat on a red porch swing on the hot Tennessee nights and considered how dreamlike it was to be in that place with its soul, blues, and rock ‘n’ roll ghosts; every day, she faced the sweet reality of adding her own music to the studio’s history, working with a cast of supernaturally talented players: Steve Potts on drums, Davy Smith on bass, and Lester Snell on keyboards.

It’s no surprise, then, given the combination of a conspiratorial universe and Lightfoot’s hard work, that Consider the Speed is her most soulful, soul-baring, soul-searching record to date. Consider The Speed adds to an impressive legacy that already includes 2018 Polaris Music Prize and JUNO nominations (Adult Alternative Album of the Year) for New Mistakes, Road Gold Certification thanks to her millions of miles logged around the globe, including marquee tour dates supporting legendary acts like Willie Nelson, Bruce Cockburn, and Blue Rodeo. On top of all that (and being a songwriter and producer for hire), in 2019 Lightfoot also debuted The Longest Road Show, a touring revue that brought some of Canada’s most groundbreaking music-makers together for a jaw-dropping handful of nights in Ontario. Keep an eye out for the next edition when it’s safe to hit the stage again.

Until then, Consider the Speed at which you’re falling for Terra Lightfoot—a spectacular velocity that will gain momentum with every electrifying note.

Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices plus The Jakebrakes
2022-07-13 20:30 - 23:30 | Blue Note Park, 220 Main St, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices are a country music band from Winnipeg. The Jakebrakes are a country music band from outside Winnipeg.

The RIPPERZ w| Fox Lake & Dinner Club
2022-07-15 20:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
The Ripperz

w| Fox Lake & Dinner Club
$10
Doors 7 pm Show 8 Pm

WHEN AND WHERE DO I PICK UP MY TICKETS?
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.
