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TRIO SR9
2023-03-23 20:00 - 22:30 (America/Winnipeg) | Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 Provencher Blvd, WInnipeg, MB, R2H 0G7, Canada
The WECC & CCFM presents TRIO SR9 from Lyon, France – Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 8:00pm

After a first collaboration around Gabriel Fauré, the Trio SR9 and Kyrie Kristmanson extend their beautiful meeting in a common adventure.
They have jointly imagined a program that crosses and intertwines their singular musical worlds.
Together, they wish to put forward a repertoire essentially made up of women’s works, a repertoire that crosses eras through original arrangements.
A program of baroque, classical and romantic melodies, but also music of today, carried by the voice of Kyrie Kristmanson and the various percussions of the Trio SR9, marimba, vibraphone, crotales and a prepared piano.
This concert, articulated in 3 parts, is an ode to women composers, sometimes left in the shadow of their contemporaries.TRIO SR9
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TRIO SR9
For ten years now, the Trio SR9, formed in Lyon by Paul Changarnier, Nicolas Cousin and Alexandre Esperet, has been sharing its passion with audiences around the world. First Prize winner of the Luxembourg International Trio Competition in 2012, Trio SR9 has since established itself in the musical landscape with undeniable recognition.
The ensemble reinterprets works from the musical heritage with all percussion instruments, creates new works with composers and collaborates with artists from all artistic backgrounds.
They are currently preparing their 5th album “Venus Rising” with singer Kyrie Kristmanson.
In 2023, they are invited by Issey Miyake to play for the Fall-Winter 2023-2024 Fashion Week in Paris.
He performs his repertoire in France (Théâtre du Châtelet – Paris, Opéra de Lyon, Folle Journée de Nantes…), internationally (USA, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium…) and regularly gives master-classes in conservatories and universities.
The Trio SR9 is an ensemble subsidised by the Ministry of Culture. It is an associate artist of the TTA in Saint Priest and is sponsored by Adams, Zildjian, Resta-Jay Percussions and Bergerault. He is represented by Art/scène Diffusion, Blue bird Booking and the production company Horizon musiques.
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KYRIE KRISTMANSON
Kyrie Kristmanson develops a kaleidoscopic universe, a musical emanation of pop, electro, medieval sounds… a singular mix of very old energies with an enchanting look on the present.
Her first album, Origin of Stars, explores the vibrations of the past in the Canadian North where she grew up.
Composed in Canada, it was released worldwide by NØ FØRMAT!/Universal France in 2010. The tour that followed took her to Europe and the South of France where, intrigued by
the history of stones, she visited the ruins of medieval castles. These medieval vestiges, ancient residences of an Occitan nobility, will incite her to retrace the incomplete repertoire of the first female composers: the trobairitz.
After having completed a thesis on them at the Sorbonne, it is by taking the liberty of appropriating these profane love poems that she composes a second opus: Modern Ruin. Arranged for string quartet and voice by Clément Ducol and co-directed by Maxime le Guil this fantastic extrapolation of these lost songs was released by Naïve in February 2015.
Today, fascinated by the discoveries of quantum physics, Kyrie wonders about the hypothesis of a musical tradition coming from a parallel world… The result of this questioning is a kind of folk-cosmic that would seem to have traveled light years through stellar skies. Recorded in an abandoned wing of the Château de Versailles and produced by Saint Michel, the tour for this new album Lady Lightly takes place in 2021.

Jets at Ducks
2023-03-23 21:00 - 2023-03-24 00:00 | Honda Center, 2695 E Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA
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Jets at Kings
2023-03-25 15:00 - 18:00 | Crypto.com Arena, 1111 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA
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Jets at Sharks
2023-03-28 21:30 - 2023-03-29 00:30 | SAP Center, 525 W Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA
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Songs of Solidarity
2023-03-29 20:00 - 22:30 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Songs of Solidarity – A Fundraising Concert in Support of Emma Cloney – Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 8:00pm

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Local musician and nurse Emma Cloney was diagnosed with a painful and disabling genetic condition called Lipedema in 2021. Her condition worsened so aggressively that she has to step away from her touring with The New Customs, and go on disability leave from her nursing work. Lipedema left Emma unable to walk or stand without pain and her life as she knew it was slipping away.
While there is no cure for lipedema there is surgery that can help removed diseased tissue to reduce pain and restore mobility. This specialized surgery is not available in Canada. Emma requires 7 surgeries to restore wellness and fully return her to her life as a musician, nurse, mother, partner and friend. In January 2022 Manitoba health approved Emma’s full course of treatment and sent her to the USA for 3 of her 7 surgeries. Suddenly without valid reason Manitoba Health changed their minds about providing Emma with life changing medically necessary surgeries. Manitoba Health now refuses to cover the costs of Emma’s surgery and instead the province invites her to “fund the treatment yourself”.
Each surgery comes at the unimaginable expense of $18,000 per treatment. Simply an impossible burden for Emma and her family as she is now living on disability due to her illness.
The legal process to fight this unjust decision from Manitoba Health has been lengthy and delayed several times in the meantime Emma must continue her treatments to manage her aggressive condition or risk permanent disability.
When government fails community prevails and so the musical community in Winnipeg and the WECC have stepped up to support Emma to help her fund her surgery.
Since 2011, Emma Cloney has brought us the “Prairie Kitchen Party” and countless performances with her duo The New Customs. Now is our chance to help Emma when she needs it most.

Jets vs. Red Wings
2023-03-31 19:00 - 22:00 | Canada Life Centre
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Noah Derksen with Dominique Adams
2023-03-31 20:00 - 22:30 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Noah Derksen – Album Release Show – Friday, March 31, 2023 at 8:00pm

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Canadian Folk Music’s 2021Emerging Artist of the Year,Noah Derksen is quickly becoming known as a songwriter’s songwriter. Hailing from the heart of the Canadian Prairies, Noah has spent years honing his craft up, down, and across North America. With a rich and soulful voice,Noah weaves poetry that sounds instantly familiar on first listen. He currently resides in the West Broadway neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba. His new album Sanctity of Silence is out March 9th, 2023 via Symphonic.
“This album represents a snapshot in my life. These past few years have been dominated by love—in its beauty and its hardships. These nine songs present the story of love from start to finish, from highway 17 in Northwestern Ontario to being devastatingly alone on my basement floor just two years later. The songs are ordered as I wrote and experienced them, and each capture a specific moment along this fated arc of love. Recording this album was the best form of therapy I could have ever hoped for.”
This release is a follow up to Noah’s 2019 album America, Dreaming. Produced by Murray Pulver and featuring artwork by another JUNO winner Roberta Landreth, the album explores Noah’s identity as an American-citizen and how this has changed over time.The album earned him a 2021 Canadian Folk Music Award for Emerging Artist of the Year. Plus, Noah’s got long, flowing auburn hair and a twinkle in his eye. What’s not to love?
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Winnipeg-based singer/songwriter Dominique Adams takes genres such as folk, Americana and soul and weaves them together to create a fresh and eloquent sound. An accomplished songwriter, vocalist and guitarist, Dominique’s unique sound grew out of the folk, jazz and choral scenes in Western Canada, and her love of those communities shine through in her lilting vocals, and skillful playing. Dominique has an affinity for life’s complexity and simple beauty, which is effortlessly reflected within the contours of the songs she creates. With the release of her debut EP behind her, Dominique emerges as an expressive new voice in Canadian music; one that offers a moment of warmth, contemplation and hope that feels like exactly what you needed to hear.

SonReal - The Nobody's Happy All The Time Tour
2023-03-31 20:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
The Park Theatre & NinjaCat Productions Presents

SonReal – The Nobodys Happy All The Time Tour
Friday, March 31st, 2023
Doors 7 pm | Show 8 pm
Tickets $30 plus fees in advance
This is what is included in the SonReal Meet & Greet Package:

One general admission ticket

VIP early entry into the venue

Exclusive preshow meet & greet with SonReal

Personal photograph with SonReal

Private and intimate pre-show acoustic performance by SonReal

Official meet & greet laminate (signed by SonReal)

Limited availability
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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.

Jets vs. Devils
2023-04-02 18:00 - 21:00 | Canada Life Centre
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Field Guide
2023-04-02 20:00 - 22:30 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Field Guide at the West End Cultural Centre – Sunday, April 4, 2023 at 8:00pm

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Field Guide (aka Dylan MacDonald) is a weaver of worlds. Built around his inviting voice and wrapped in warm textures, his self-titled sophomore full-length builds his most engaging world yet.It lives in a place between darkness and hopefulness with unshakeable melodies at its heart.“Melody is what makes words fall out of my mouth. It’s disarming. When I find a melody that represents my internal world, I drop my guard. I allow the words to appear out of thin air without judgement. A lot of these songs came to life that way. I wasn’t trying to make anything, but the songs became a home for words that I wasn’t yet ready to write on the page,”MacDonald says.The past few years haven’t allowed for much escape from our interior worlds. There’s been a lot to move through, and many things can be true at once.This album lives at the sometimes-tense intersection oft hose truths–loving someone dearly while being pulled toward something new, feeling joy in the melancholy, a gratitude for deep friendship and an uncertainty of one’s place in it. The album is also alive with the people and places that surrounded its creation. Vocals and acoustic guitars were recorded near Riding Mountain NationalPark in a wood stove-heated cabin during one ofManitoba’s coldest winters in years. Bass and drums were tracked at Break glass Studios in Montreal, a room that already felt familiar from falling in love with the records of tour-mate Leif Vollebekk. Final over dubbing took place at Monarch Studios in Vancouver surrounded by trusted engineers and friends.And constant inspiration was found in his circle of Winnipeg creators working away on their own projects.Like The Big Pink house–Boy Golden,Slow Spirit,Roman Clarke, Kris Ulrich and others dropped in on each other to share demos and often lend their sounds to each other’s albums. Beyond his hometown, Field Guide has had the opportunity to meet some heroes and new friends. He’s supported Leif Vollebekk, Bahamas, SYML, Wild Rivers, JP Saxe andPenny & Sparrow on their tours this year. He’s built a legion of fans online and on the road. So, while this is a solo album that invites the listener insideField Guide’s inner monologue world, it really is meant to be lived in together.“These are the truest, rawest songs that I’ve ever written. I’ve never felt so sure about something I’ve made before.And now, it’s yours.”

Jets vs. Flames
2023-04-05 18:30 - 21:30 | Canada Life Centre
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Jets vs. Predators
2023-04-08 18:00 - 21:00 | Canada Life Centre
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Jets vs. Sharks
2023-04-10 18:00 - 21:00 | Canada Life Centre
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Jets at Wild
2023-04-11 19:00 - 22:00 | Xcel Energy Center, 199 W Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN
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Jets at Avalanche
2023-04-13 20:00 - 23:00 | Ball Arena, 1000 Chopper Cir, Denver, CO
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Mom Jeans WITH SPECIAL GUESTS BEARINGS
2023-04-16 20:00 - 22:30 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
MOM JEANS
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS BEARINGS

MOM JEANS

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS BEARINGS

Door Time: 7:00 PM Show 8:00 PM

18+ / NO MINORS

8 Max Ticket Limit
* Accounts that violate the posted ticket limit may be cancelled without notice.

“Give me something sweet so I can make it through the week/Don’t care if I end up with cavities.”

This is the plea that opens Sweet Tooth, the upcoming third LP from Berkeley’s Mom Jeans. It’s the introduction to a quasi-concept record, a structural departure for the emo punk quartet. Before any of the record’s 13 songs had been written and recorded, the band knew what Sweet Tooth would sound like: late ‘90s and early 2000s pop rock and pop punk bliss. For frontman Eric Butler, that meant revisiting the guitar pop perfection of Weezer and Oasis alongside deep cuts from one-hit wonders like Third Eye Blind, Fountains of Wayne, and Superdrag.

Butler, guitarist Bart Thompson, bassist Samuel Kless, and drummer Austin Carango all arrived at the same description for these sounds: ear candy.

“Those hits by Blink-182 and Green Day, all those bands, it’s just hooks for days and really excellent songwriting,” says Butler. “They really just tried to write incredible songs that would get stuck in people’s heads. We wanted to try our own version of that. Ear candy is the goal, so Sweet Tooth is the record.”

The result of this expedition into the Golden Age of snotty pop punk and cheeky radio rock is a 13-track hit of musical ecstasy, crammed with delicious guitar crunch and infectious melodics beneath boyish romance, teen-to-young adult angst, and gleeful abandon.

Sweet Tooth, which arrives three years after Mom Jeans’ second LP Puppy Love, was recorded in New Jersey at The Barber Shop Studios with producer Brett Romnes (The Front Bottoms, Oso Oso, Dogleg). Butler says it’s the first time the band had a proper, top-to-bottom studio experience, which meant no cutting corners, and an ability to chase a previously-unattainable level of polish. Tyler Povanda (Save Face) and Kory Gregory (Prince Daddy & the Hyena) contributed vocals to the record.

The music on Sweet Tooth marked a departure for Butler from his usual writing style. “I fell in love with bands like Modern Baseball and Front Bottoms and Joyce Manor, so I wanted to write songs like that,” says Butler. “That’s what our first two records were: me trying to stay in that box, cause I think that’s where I felt comfortable.”

The “ear candy” radio bands that inspired Sweet Tooth were never necessarily considered cool in the way Butler’s other influences were. “There’s almost a kind of disdain toward commercial success,” says Butler. “I didn’t wanna think that I was a normie and maybe I’m not, but parts of me definitely are. Parts of all of us in this band definitely are, and we’re okay with that.”

It’s about being able to like something simply because you like it. “There’s certain aspects of not really giving a shit and not having so much self-awareness and not trying to be different and cool, and just letting yourself trust your natural instincts, that just feel good,” says Butler.

Opener “Something Sweet” announces this new worldview in a perfect pop punk flurry before first single “What’s Up?” rumbles in with drums and a Take Off Your Pants And Jacket-ish Tom Delonge riff and Butler’s best Mark Hoppus drone: “I’m such a fuck/I’m such a fucking piece of shit and you hate me for it!” It’s earworm chorus (complete with a choir of “Ooh la la la” behind it) tries to parse through why we feel like shit with so much going for us: “I should be happy/should be thankful for the friends I have around me, the support of my fractured family/But still I’m just pretending that I’m fine when I’m feeling lousy all the time.”

The gleeful folk punk romp “Hippo In The Water” gives way to the sad-sack breakup pop of “White Trash Millionaire:” “If love makes you rich then I would rather be broke instead!” Butler and group vocals declare before a horn-laden outro. Follow-up “Circus Clown” is led by a breezy, saccharine synth melody as Butler, love-drunk, does cartwheels for a crush: “If life’s a circus then I’m the biggest clown/I’ll trade my love for laughs and let you cut me down.”

“Sugar Rush,” “Graduating Life,” and “LUV L8R” oscillate between swoopy-haired emo pop strummers and Warped Tour mosh-ready pop punk, snapping the brain back to the best bits of Under The Cork Tree before the pure Blue Album waltz of “Crybaby (On the Phone).” “If you’re doing a concept album about radio hits, you’re gonna do a Weezer-type situation,” says Butler.

The closing trio of tracks ratchet down the BPM and dime the emotional punch. “I spent the last ten minutes inside my car, tears streaming at the rear view/Looking back I was so stupid, all I ever wanted was you,” Butler mourns on the bawling-in-your-high-school-bedroom chorus of “Ten Minutes.” “Teeth” meanwhile flips the record’s sugary throughline on its side. The record flames out gloriously in harmonized group vocals, bittersweet guitar leads, and pulsing horns before Butler sings, “You’ve got no teeth, you were just talking sweet/You were everything to me but now you’re just cavities.”

Sweet Tooth feels like an eternal dessert-before-dinner, a rejection of the idea that we need to suffer before we get to the good stuff. You’ve got one life. Indulge your Sweet Tooth.

Sam Baardman
2023-04-22 20:00 - 22:30 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Sam Baardman at the West End Cultural Centre – Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 8:00pm

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Sam Baardman is a well-known singer-songwriter and visual artist living in Winnipeg. His music reflects his searching and inquisitive spirit that expresses compelling truths about our deepest questions and our most difficult challenges. Fans of Sam appreciate his lyrical depth and superb, singable melodies. It’s no surprise that the Winnipeg Free Press described him as “one of the city’s strongest and most literate songwriters.”
Following the release of last year’s well-received comeback album, Marsh Radio, Sam returns with his fourth full-length recording, Athabasca. The album will be available on all streaming platforms and will be for sale directly from his website.
The Athabasca project began in 2022 when Sam was exhibiting and performing at a conference in Winnipeg he helped host called “Art, Activism and Advocacy”. There, he spoke to a scientist in attendance from Global Water Futures (GWF), a program that supports research scientists who are studying the effects of climate change on water systems. GWF had collaborated with environmental artists in the past, and with their support Sam spent two weeks last fall at the Coldwater Laboratory in the Rockies as well as northern Saskatchewan speaking with scientists about their climate-related work. Sam traveled with GWF scientists to their observatories atop mountains, deep inside alpine forests, up on a glacier, and onto the northern prairies.
“Spending time with these researchers was a life-changing experience. It really opened my eyes and helped me to understand the science much more deeply, but getting to know the scientists was just as important. I discovered a group of extraordinarily dedicated people who are confronting the global environmental crisis head on,” says Sam. “They are in a race against time, in a battle against apathy and ignorance, in a fight for resources, and in a constant struggle to be heard by global leaders, policy-makers, legislators, regulators, and the general public. We owe it to ourselves and to them to pay attention to what they are discovering, and more importantly, to act on it together.”
The result of this science-art collaboration is Athabasca, a collection of environmental songs set to be released on April 22nd, Earth Day, at the West End Cultural Centre in Winnipeg. Environmentalism has been a theme in Sam’s music from his earliest days as a songwriter, and this new album is a culmination of decades of focus on the ecological crisis. The music occupies a space that is neither didactic and preachy, nor naively optimistic. There are celebratory songs about the beauty of nature, but also songs that speak to our bewilderment, hurt, and anger at the dilemma we find ourselves in.

Rickson Makwe
2023-04-28 20:00 - 22:30 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Rickson Makwe at the West End Cultural Centre – Friday, April 28, 2023 at 8:00pm

As a singer songwritter and keyboardist Rickson Makwe takes influence from Reggae (such as South Africa’s Lucky Dube), African Rhumba and international pop (such as Phil Collins and Michael Jackson).
In early 1996 at the age of nine Ricky was injured during the war where his injuries left him blind. Even though Rickson has had some major hardships and suffering in his life, it is easy to see how truly passionate and determined he is to live life to its fullest and how he wants to share this zeal for life with others through his music.
He eventually moved from his home country to South Africa where his passion and love of music became the driving ambition in his life. Rickson started his music career in his new home country by touring with a band, playing festivals and recording.
Although things were better in South Africa, he still felt the desire to follow his heart and do everything he could to make the move to Canada. With their knowledge of Rickson’s musical talent and his desire to work in this industry, the UN was able to make it possible for him move to Winnipeg where he now calls home.
Now that Rickson is in Winnipeg, he feels that he has the opportunity to truly explore his creativity. Dance is an important part of Rickson’s performance and experience of music (he himself dances and he also likes to have dancers as part of his live show).
Rickson is looking to give people something fresh and different. He wants to move people with his music, and also understands that the visual element of a performance is just as important as the sound. “People understand now (that) the blind can play music and play keyboards and sing, and yea its normal,” says Rickson, “but I want to show people something different… I want to show that people who are blind can do anything they put their minds to.”

Andrina Turenne
2023-04-29 20:00 - 22:30 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Andrina Turenne: ‘Bold As Logs’ Album Release Concert – Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 8:00pm

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Calling Andrina Turenne’s new album Bold As Logs her debut feels like a bit of a misnomer. The Winnipeg singer-songwriter has, after all, graced stages across five continents and has lent her voice—as a member or a guest—to more than 50 albums during her 20-plus years in the music industry. In addition, she has a Juno for best roots & traditional album, awarded to her former band Chic Gamine.
Yes, Andrina has kept great company, but now this prolific Franco-Manitoban Métis artist is poised to share her own music, which weaves between languages as seamlessly as the themes in her songwriting, with a sound that is universal.
Bold As Logs contains 11 soulfully engaging songs in French and English, delivered in the spirit of road trips, kitchen parties, and bonfire gatherings. Andrina may have taken her time to move front and centre, but her time is now—and it was worth the wait. As might be expected, some of the songs have been gestating for many years, although some sprung from more recent ideas captured as home demos and voice memos. Andrina whittled them down to 14, which she sent to producer Grant Siemens (Corb Lund), and along with Andrina’s longtime musical partner Damon Mitchell (formerly of Winnipeg’s the New Meanies), they worked together as a trio to bring to life the album’s final cuts.
“When my last group ceased touring and recording in late 2015, I knew that my next chapter would be a solo one,” Andrina says, noting that during the interim she took on work in theatre and film, and as touring bandleader for acclaimed author and musician Tomson Highway. “It was really great to challenge myself in this way and it built up my confidence as a solo artist, musician and composer. Where I’m at now, it feels like the free-est I’ve ever been creatively. Even though this project carries my name and my stories, I’m so grateful to be sharing these moments surrounded by my oldest musical pals. Being in the studio and making this record, it felt like all the roads I’ve been on led me straight there.”
For the first single from Bold As Logs, Andrina chose to showcase her sultry voice en français with “Tour du monde,” which builds from a simple beat into an anthemic rocker. The end result is a heartfelt story of rebuilding old relationships, with the message not lost in translation: “Some days are easier than others / I turn right, and you turn left / We lose our way / But we return to one another / No need to say whose fault it was / We’ve already forgotten.”
Andrina describes “Tour du monde” as one of the album’s tracks that blossomed through pre-production experimentation, something she also says occurred with album opener “Out Of Luck,” which sets the tone with some serious Curtis Mayfield vibes. Conversely, her deep love and knowledge of traditional Cajun music shines through on “Tourtes printanières,” inspired by the stories of 19th Century Métis hunter and trader Louis Goulet she’d read in one of her father’s old books. Adding further texture to the song is her friend, Grammy-winning Louisiana fiddler Louis Michot. Bold As Logs ends with the delicate “See Me Through The Night,” written on a ukulele while traveling in Morocco when she received word from home about a fallen friend. It was one of the few songs to make the album in its original recorded form, with its emotional resonance fully intact.
Indeed, Andrina’s ability to merge a wide range of genres is the real magic behind Bold As Logs. Although she points to Feist’s chameleon-like abilities as one of her primary musical inspirations, it’s easy to hear the impact of everyone from Nina Simone to Bonnie Raitt to Gillian Welch throughout the album. Still, everything about Bold As Logs sounds indisputably pure.
“When asked about what inspires me, my first thought is always my parents and their friends who taught me the joy of making music with others, singing around campfires,” she says. “That is the very place from which I want this project to grow. I collaborated in groups for nearly 20 years of my life, and I learned so much, musically and creatively. I always loved the give and take of the process and I’m so grateful I get to make beautiful sounds with people I consider family, while learning to navigate the industry and all that comes with it.”

Silverstein: Misery Made Me 2023
2023-05-02 20:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Livenation

Live Nation is excited to present Silverstein

Timeline:

Live Nation Presale Dec 6 9am – Dec 8 10pm

Spotify Presale Dec 6 9am – Dec 8 10pm

BBM Presale Dec 7 9am – Dec 8 10pm

KF Presale Dec 7 9am – Dec 8 10pm

AMEX Presale Dec 8 10am – 10pm

General On Sale Dec 9 10am

Show Info:

General Admission

All Ages

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.

May The Fourth Be With You
2023-05-04 18:30 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…

D﻿ouble Feature
R﻿ogue One 6:30 pm
A﻿ New Hope 8:45 pm
$15 includes a 16oz Sookrams, brewed especially for this night.

Jesse Roper with The Bankes Brothers
2023-05-05 20:00 - 22:30 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Jesse Roper with The Bankes Brothers – Friday, May 5, 2023 at the West End Cultural Centre

The West End Cultural Centre strongly encourages all of our patrons to continue wearing facemasks in our venue. Touring artists are disproportionately affected by COVID-related health issues, and we want to give them every opportunity to continue to perform and tour. By wearing your mask in the venue, you’re helping keep our artists healthy so that they don’t need to cancel shows and tours.
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Based in Victoria, BC, Jesse Roper is a blues/Americana artist with a penchant for writing modern indie infused blues music and delivering bombastic live performances buoyed by his virtuosic guitar playing. His innate and impressive musical talent has served him well in recent years. It has given him the flexibility to play with soul icon Booker T. Jones, rock veteran Colin James, blues belter Beth Hart, and Canadian legend Burton Cummings, then turn around and headline nightclubs and festivals to younger audiences, and look perfectly comfortable in each scenario. The stage is where Roper shines. It has been his home since overcoming crippling stage fright during his early twenties. Fear is a part of Roper’s past that barely seems real today – especially when you see the in-concert image of a six-string soldier, hair matted to his face, tearing up the stage, without a hint of second-guessing.
Roper’s new album ‘Horizons’ marks a sonic high point in his career thus far. Working closely with famed JUNO-nominated producer Gus van Go (Metric, The Stills, Whitehorse, Arkells, The Trews, Sam Roberts) on this new collection of songs has pushed Roper into creating some of his best work. “Recording with Gus and Werner F was on a whole new level. They really cared where the songs were headed and that they ended up just right”, Roper confides. “Everything was broken down to the finest details and nothing was allowed to sit at just ‘ok’. It was all about getting the vibe right.”
And the vibe is certainly right. There’s a depth, a vulnerability, to this new body of work that hasn’t necessarily been at the forefront of Roper’s previous offerings. With a richer infusion of vintage rhythm and blues as background, Roper’s unique, soulful vocals are given space to soar. Like contemporaries Nathaniel Rateliff and Jack White, Roper tells his story with heart.
Adventuresome doesn’t properly describe Roper as an artist, because when the guitar-wielding dynamo sets out to accomplish something, there’s no telling where his mind will wander, or when his energy will go.

Sing Along With Horrible Feeling, Once More! Season 7
2023-05-09 19:00 - 22:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Please join us for the SEVENTH installment of this “wacky Broadway nightmare”. Think ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’…

… but for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog!
Brand new prizes, brand new SURPRISES, same great event!
We show the hit Internet musical Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, followed by the classic Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode, ‘Once More with Feeling’.
Come dressed as your favourite Buffy/Dr. Horrible/Angel/Firefly/etc. character, and sing along with some awesome tunes as we broadcast these triumphs of musical media on a 27- foot screen at The Park Theatre!
If this isn’t enough to set you quaking in your stylish-yet-affordable boots, we will ALSO be having…
-a costume contest, complete with themed prizes for the winners!
-trivia!
-multiple (10+) door prizes, and
-participation bags!
Come one, come all for some nerdy fun, and let’s open those ‘lacy, gently wafting curtains’ on two of the greatest musicals that redefined what musicals could do!
Tuesday, May 9th, 2023
Doors open at 6:00 PM
The show starts at 7:00 PM
30-minute intermission and costume contest
The Park Theatre
698 Osborne Street

Gender-inclusive washrooms are available on site.
Lots to see and check out at 6:00 PM, including registering for the costume contest, a silent auction for charity, and more!
This event is volunteer-run and organized, and all ticket sales go directly into purchasing participation bags, door prizes, costume contest prizes, and supporting local businesses.
6:00 PM Doors Open
6:50 PM Take your seats!
7:00 PM Introduction & Trivia
7:10 PM Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog!
8:00 PM Intermission
8:30 PM Costume Contest
8:50 PM Once More, with Feeling!
9:40 PM Drawing of door prizes!
9:55 PM Closing Remarks

Pinky Patel New Crown Who Dhis Tour
2023-05-13 19:30 - 21:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
MRG Live Presents

Pinky Patel
New Crown Who Dhis Tour
Sat, May 13, 2023
Doors: 7:00 pm
At The Park Theatre – Winnipeg $29.50 – $65.00 + applicable fees
All Ages

James Keelaghan
2023-05-19 20:00 - 22:30 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
James Keelaghan at the West End Cultural Centre – Friday, May 19, 2023 at 8:00pm

The West End Cultural Centre strongly encourages all of our patrons to continue wearing facemasks in our venue. Touring artists are disproportionately affected by COVID-related health issues, and we want to give them every opportunity to continue to perform and tour. By wearing your mask in the venue, you’re helping keep our artists healthy so that they don’t need to cancel shows and tours.
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Contemporary folk songs, at their very best, offer an insight into the hardships, attitudes, and resolve of characters and events that shape our day-to-day lives. You can dress these songs up in inspired arrangements and intricate instrumentation but, at their very essence, the archetypal folk song is all about stories. Stories and people. Something such compelling songwriters as Eric Bogle, Si Kahn, Ewan MacColl, and Stan Rogers … all understood and mined so effectively.
James Keelaghan, too, burrows into that same rich seam with equal ability and comparable conviction. To quote Eric Bibb, the award-winning American acoustic bluesman, after listening to Keelaghan perform: “ a joy to hear, just beautiful. Reminded me of the best of the best of another time – Liam Clancy, Tom Paxton etcetera.” Less colourful but more succinct, Dave Marsh, the eminent Rolling Stone critic, simply described Keelaghan as “Canada’s finest songwriter.”
Truly, throughout a career that now spans almost four decades, the Juno and Canadian Folk Music Award winner has created a repertoire of incalculable importance – a unique body of work, either inspired by or drawn from the folk tradition. Ten solo albums flush with enduring lyrical relevance. Take the beautiful but heartbreaking ballad, Jenny Bryce, for example. From any point of view, it’s indistinguishable from the numerous traditional tracks covered on his disc A Few Simple Verses.
What’s more, various other originals from the Keelaghan cannon must surely enter the domain of traditional folklore. Most notably, Small Rebellions (highlighting the 1931 slaughter of peaceful striking miners in Bienfait, SK); Hillcrest Mine (a prelude to the worst coal mining disaster in Canadian history); Kiri’s Piano (a triumph over adversity amidst the shameful, racist treatment of Japanese-Canadians during WW II); Cold Missouri Waters (a harrowing portrait of the 1949 Mann Gulch Fire in the mountains of Montana) …
A relentless musical spirit, Keelaghan has surrounded himself with a variety of crackerjack companions down through the years that have largely included the late, innovative, free-spirited fiddler and composer, Oliver Schroer, the exuberant, Chilean, Latino-fusionist guitarist, Oscar Lopez (with whom Keelaghan made two albums under the banner of Compadres), or the ubiquitous, former Spirit of the West anchor and multi-instrumentalist, Hugh MacMillan. Scrupulous audiences from Alberta to Australia bared witness to the sum of these resourceful parts.
There have been several mouth-watering collaborations in the writing department, too. Celebrated names in the folk world such as Karrine Polwart, Jez Lowe, Catherine MacLellan, David Francey, Lynn Miles, Dave Gunning, Cara Luft and J.D. Edwards … all contributed to notable Keelaghan releases.
“I love co-writing,” he says, “it’s the spark that gets me motivated – the fresh approach to a lyric or a different way of forming a melody for a song is so stimulating. Besides, it’s also a great impetus to finish the damn song.”
James Keelaghan grew up in a bungalow in northwest Calgary, AB, with six siblings, an Irish father, and an English mum. His brother Bob would develop into a noteworthy guitarist with the excellent, but now defunct, Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir. From his father, Jim, James developed a love of history. The family record collection provided further inspiration. Traditional folk LPs by the likes of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Séan Ó Riada, and Harry Belafonte certainly caught young Keelaghan’s ear. He still cites Belafonte At Carnegie Hall as a recording that changed his life at age six!
Incidentally, Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy would live in Calgary in the mid-‘70s where they recorded a weekly TV show that James and his father routinely attended.
“They were stunning performers,” says James. “I can still hear aspects of Tommy Makem’s sound in my voice. He was a fabulous singer, fabulous.”
And so, another link in a storied musical chain was forged. James Keelaghan, as they say, is “a man you don’t meet every day.”

Nick Maclean Quartet featuring Brownman Ali
2023-05-21 20:00 - 22:30 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Nick Maclean Quartet featuring Brownman Ali – Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 8:00pm

The West End Cultural Centre strongly encourages all of our patrons to continue wearing facemasks in our venue. Touring artists are disproportionately affected by COVID-related health issues, and we want to give them every opportunity to continue to perform and tour. By wearing your mask in the venue, you’re helping keep our artists healthy so that they don’t need to cancel shows and tours.
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This show is presented by the West End Cultural Centre in partnership with Jazz Winnipeg.
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This spring, the multi-award-winning NICK MACLEAN QUARTET feat. BROWNMAN ALI embarks on their extensive, two month national tour across Canada, bringing them from their hometown of Toronto all the way to the Pacific coast and everywhere in between. Led by fast-rising piano star NICK MACLEAN — an 8x Global Music Award winner and one of the most in-demand young jazz piano players in Toronto — this contemplative yet thrilling quartet delivers jazz between the two poles of thoughtful introspection and powerhouse conveyance, taking influences from Herbie Hancock’s primordial 1960’s Blue Note era recordings. Maclean’s quartet heavily features one of Canada’s most provocative improvising trumpet players — BROWNMAN ALI — an internationally acclaimed, multi-award winning jazz iconoclast who has been heralded as “Canada’s preeminent jazz trumpet player” by New York City’s Village Voice and is best known globally as the last trumpet player to play in the legendary jazz-hip-hop group GURU’s JAZZMATAZZ. For this show, Ali & Maclean stand shoulder-to-shoulder with 2 of Canada’s top-tier rhythm section players: BENNETT YOUNG on upright bass (in for Ben Duff), and MIKE RAJNA on drums (in for Jacob Wutzke).
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Come witness these four in full flight, this tour features many nights of deeply exploratory, hard-swinging modern-jazz audiences nation-wide will not want to miss.
This contemplative and often thrilling quartet’s explorations of modern, original repertoire is led by fast-rising piano star NICK MACLEAN – an 8x Global Music Award winner, a Toronto Independent Music Award winner, and one of the most in-demand young jazz piano players in Toronto. The group delivers jazz between the two poles of thoughtful introspection and powerhouse conveyance, taking influences from Herbie Hancock’s primordial 1960’s Blue Note era recordings, while paying tribute to some of the greatest improvisers in jazz history.
Maclean’s quartet heavily features one of Canada’s most provocative improvising trumpet players – BROWNMAN ALI, heralded as “Canada’s preeminent jazz trumpet player” by New York City’s Village Voice. Recognized as an internationally acclaimed jazz iconoclast, he currently splits his time between Brooklyn, NY & Toronto, Canada and is a 2x National Jazz Award winner. This jazz veteran is best known globally as the last trumpet player with the legendary jazz-hip-hop group GURU’s JAZZMATAZZ, having replaced Donald Byrd in that seminal ensemble. Ali & Maclean stand shoulder to shoulder with two of Toronto’s top-tier rhythm section 20-somethings: BEN DUFF on bass and JACOB WUTZKE on drums. The synergy of the 4 is always palpable in concert.
The group has toured across Canada as well as internationally and has been featured in numerous festivals and concert series including the Regina Jazz Society, the Altrincham Jazz Festival, and multiple appearances at the Toronto Jazz Festival both as a featured ensemble and an often requested backing band. In addition to their original material, the ensemble has also mounted several popular tribute series to jazz masters including Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry & Cole Porter.
The quartet’s debut 11-track full-length album “Rites Of Ascension” features 6 Maclean-penned compositions, 1 Brownman original and 4 re-imagined Herbie Hancock classics, all recorded at the renowned Canterbury Studios in Toronto. Produced by Brownman Ali, this debut disk was released on October 31st, 2017 and was nominated for CJSF’s ‘2018 Julian Award of Excellence’, it won 3 ‘Gold’ Global Music Awards in the ‘jazz’, ‘band’, and ‘album’ categories, and was featured as one of the Global Music Awards’ ‘Top 5 Albums of Spring 2018’. The group is hard at work on their next studio album slated for release on Browntasauras Records in winter 2023.
The group is anticipating the release of their highly anticipated next studio album ‘Convergence’ which is slated for release on Browntasauras Records in 2023.
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ABOUT JAZZ WINNIPEG
Jazz Winnipeg is a charitable, non-profit organization promoting the art of jazz and creative music through concert presentations and community engagement. As producers of the annual TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival as well as concerts and workshops throughout the year, Jazz Winnipeg is a vibrant and essential organization dedicated to the enrichment of Winnipeg’s cultural community. The 2023 TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival takes place June 14-24, 2023 at various venues throughout the Exchange District and downtown Winnipeg. Stay up to date at jazzwinnipeg.com.

Raine Hamilton with Bicycle Face and Joanna Hawkins
2023-05-28 20:00 - 22:30 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Raine Hamilton with Bicycle Face and Joanna Hawkins – Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 8pm

The West End Cultural Centre strongly encourages all of our patrons to continue wearing facemasks in our venue. Touring artists are disproportionately affected by COVID-related health issues, and we want to give them every opportunity to continue to perform and tour. By wearing your mask in the venue, you’re helping keep our artists healthy so that they don’t need to cancel shows and tours.
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T﻿his concert will include American Sign Language interpretation
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Raine is part prairie songstress, part storyweaver; Each song has a story, delivered between songs with humour and grace. Raine invites deep love of the violin into the singer-songwriter genre, writing for violin and voice, as well as for guitar and voice. Joined by cello and upright bass, expect string arrangements that push and pull, that move as they console.
A classical violinist and musicologist by training, Raine and their string trio offer string-quartet-like arrangements of Raine’s original songs. They call this chamber-folk, a hybrid of the classical tradition of string quartet chamber music, with the singer songwriter folk that comes so organically to Raine.
Raine’s latest work, the full-length album Brave Land (2021-22), is a concept album about mountains, and the courage, wisdom, and otherworldly connection they represent. Here, as in Raine’s 2018 album Night Sky, the songs are set to intricate and seasoned arrangements for guitar, violin, cello, and double bass. Once again Raine has worked with string trio collaborators Quintin Bart on double bass, Natanielle Felicitas on cello, and Lloyd Peterson as producer/engineer.
Raine believes that music is for everyone, and that we all have something to share. An experienced educator, Raine offers workshops in songwriting and fiddle tune writing (EN/FR). Raine also offers concerts with American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation, to help make live music and the community that comes with it more accessible to the Deaf community.
Raine is the recipient of the 2018 Canadian Folk Music Award for Emerging Artist of the Year! Raine has toured Canada extensively, driving, flying, and floating coast to coast. Highlights include: Performing songs with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (5 times!), performing with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, playing a show in a cave (10 stories below the earth!), playing festivals across Canada (Vancouver Folk Festival, Vancouver Island Music Fest, Atlin Festival, Home County, Filberg Fest, Lilac Fest, Harvest Moon, Trout Forest), playing for passage on Via Rail, and meeting so many amazing humans along the way.

Mike Boguski Trio featuring Jimmy Bowskill
2023-07-04 20:00 - 22:30 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Mike Boguski Trio with special guest Jimmy Bowskill – Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 8:00pm

How’s this for a concept? The keyboardist for Canada’s most successful roots rock group takes songs from the most contentious album by a British cult band and records them as instrumentals with his acoustic jazz combo.
That’s likely the simplest way to describe The Michael Boguski Trio’s latest album A Newer Morning (For John), on which the Blue Rodeo mainstay reimagines much of Suede’s 2002 album A New Morning, their final collection prior to a seven-year hiatus, which did not even receive an official North American release at the time.
Michael Boguski is no stranger to making music for worthy causes. In 2018, he and other notable Canadian musicians formed the Cold Manitoba project to benefit the Native Addictions Council of Manitoba. He has also given his support to Toronto’s Regent Park School of Music, which had the side effect of inspiring Boguski to reconnect with his roots in jazz improvisation. Following the release of his 2018 debut solo album Blues For The Penitent, he formed the Michael Boguski Trio and released the album Detour in 2019. Its sole original composition, “King Ramsey,” was a tribute to jazz legend Ramsey Lewis and was recognized by the Jazz Foundation of America.
This is a fundraising event for the Canada-Ukraine Foundation. https://www.cufoundation.ca/

Janice Jo Lee at the West End Patio
2023-07-13 20:00 - 22:30 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Janice Jo Lee at the West End Patio – Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 8:00pm

Janice Jo Lee (she/they) is a folk musician based in Tkaronto, Ontario. She is a second generation Canadian settler and twenty-seventh generation Korean. She is a contemporary folk-roots-jazz singer songwriter, composer-sound designer, spoken word poet, theatre maker, and arts/anti-oppression facilitator. Janice is a queer femme truth-teller and satirist. She is interested in using art to build flourishing communities based in justice and joy. Her work explores gender justice, antiracism, friendship, community, ancestry and the Earth.
Lee’s new album Ancestor Song launches in 2023. Audience members describe the songs as having “hypnotic melodies, and powerful narrative themes.” Many songs depict water as a force of healing, power, drowning and destruction.
On stage she performs theatrical spoken word pieces and sweeping songs built on layers of cascading harmonies. With her guitar, looping pedal, trumpet, Korean janggu drum, disarmingly funny candour and poetically-rich lyrics, Lee commands the stage. She conjures warm energy, asks questions about our times, and leaves audiences rejuvenated and aglow.

Florante at Laura
2023-08-26 15:00 - 18:00 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
The Philippine Heritage Council of Manitoba presents the masterpiece of Philippine literature, ‘Florante at Laura’ on Saturday August 26th.

Francisco Balagtas, known as the “Prince of Filipino Poets” and the “Filipino Shakespeare”, completed his epic in 1838 and it is one of the foundational pillars of Philippine Literature. This is the first time Florante at Laura is being read in full in Canada or in the US.
This production being led by visionary director Ronald Mervin Sison and is a collaboration between The Philippine Heritage Council of Manitoba through President Perla Javate, members of the Manitoba Association of Filipino Teachers Inc (MAFTI) represented by Gennalyn Tan and Vicky Cabrera, and Magdaragat Philippines Inc led by Goldie Garcia. The company cast is composed of local Filipino talent who have selflessly volunteered their time and effort to make this production a reality.
