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Steve Hofstetter w/ Special Guests
2022-06-10 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Winnipeg) | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
MODO-LIVE Presents: Steve Hofstetter w/ special guests

Friday, June 10, 2022

Park Theatre

Winnipeg, MB

Doors: 6pm

19+

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Author, columnist, and comedian Steve Hofstetter is often called the hardest working man in show-business. With all due respect to the late James Brown.

Hofstetter’s national TV debut came on ESPN’s Quite Frankly, where Stephen A. Smith yelled at him for three minutes. Hofstetter has also appeared on CBS’ “Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”, Showtime’s “White Boyz in the Hood”, VH1’s “Countdown”, Sundance’s “On the Road in America”, and ABC’s “Barbara Walter’s Special”, where he thankfully did not cry. He is the host and executive producer of “Laughs” on Fox networks, where he only cries occasionally.

One of the top booked acts on the college circuit, the original writer for collegehumor.com has also released six albums. Hofstetter has written humor columns for the New York Times, SportsIllustrated.com, and NHL.com, where he publicly admitted to being a Ranger fan.

Occupation Domination Tour 2022
2022-06-10 20:00 - 2022-06-11 00:30 | Good Will Social Club, 625 Portage, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 2G4, Canada
Occupation Domination Tour 2022

Ninjacat Productions presents:
Occupation Domination Tour 2022 with
ORIGIN
ABYSMAL DAWN
TOMBS
KILLITOROUS

Tickets available at www.eventbrite.com

Doors 7pm – Music 730pm

NOLA Night - Dirty Catfish Brass Band (sponsored by Torque Brewing)
2022-06-10 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 with an opening set by Joe Curtis.

Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices plus Railroad Tye
2022-06-10 21:30 - 2022-06-24 01:00 | Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, 234 Main St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C1A8, Canada
Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices are a country music band from Winnipeg. Railroad Tye is a country music singer from Winnipeg.

Leaf Rapids on the West End Neighbourhood Patio
2022-06-11 20:00 - 22:30 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Leaf Rapids on the West End Neighbourhood Patio – Saturday, June 11, 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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It started the way all good things do, with a story, one that emerged from the time-shrouded attics of Keri Latimer’s family history. A tale of the great-grandmother she knew only as tiny and soft-spoken, a gentle soul who only spoke Japanese. Who would have guessed that once, in her youth, that same little old lady stabbed a man with a pair of barbershop shears?
That tale became the torch to light a new journey. As the years turned, Keri plunged into the depths of her family’s ancestral memories, resurfacing with stories like jewels that had been tucked away and forgotten. These she polished and kept safe, waiting until it was time to hold their colours up to the light once more.
Now, all of those stories come together on Citizen Alien, the brand-new sophomore album from Winnipeg folk duo Leaf Rapids. The project is a labour of love for Keri and her husband, Devin Latimer. Through their own family’s stories they created a new world from the old, delving into the intimate truths told by voices from decades long gone.

The Honeysliders
2022-06-11 21:30 - 2022-06-12 00:30 | Blue Note Park, 220 Main St, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Take one part dirty country, one part honest, prairie vocals, and one part party-rock band and you get…The Honeysliders.

The Honeysliders Long Bio

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.

Scott Nolan 'The Suburb Beautiful' Album Release with Glenn Buhr
2022-06-12 14:00 - 17:00 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Scott Nolan with Glenn Buhr and Orchestra – Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 2:00pm

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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Scott Nolan is a songwriter, poet, multi instrumentalist from Winnipeg, Manitoba Treaty One Territory. His songs have been recorded by Hayes Carll, Mary Gauthier, Watermelon Slim, and Corin Raymond among others. He has recently produced albums for William Prince, Lynne Hanson, and Watermelon Slim.
In January 2015 he started writing poetry, approximately three weeks after his 40th birthday. The plan was to replace smoking cigarettes with walking eight to ten kilometres a day. He is a songwriter by trade and often discovered melodies and rhythms in the shuffling of his feet. He spends most of his time thinking about words, music, and language. Nolan found myself writing short poems based on people and places in his neighbourhood, trying to capture a bit of what was happening around him.
An older cousin of his discovered a gift and passion for poetry while serving time in Folsom State Prison. He was an early influence on him, sending books and letters from prison and encouraging the younger Nolan to read and write as often as possible. This relationship was the subject of a documentary last year called Visiting Day, produced for the CBC by filmmaker Charles Konowal. He was invited to perform and host writing workshops in the very same prison library his cousin wrote to him from all those years ago.
The late Winnipeg poet Patrick O’Connell was also a dear friend and mentor. Patrick is one of his favourite contemporary Canadian poets. His was a lyrical style that had a strong impact on his early songwriting. One of the many benefits of working in the arts community in Winnipeg is the quality of work of his peers. It’s consistently encouraging and inspiring. After more than a decade of relentless touring, he decided to take a year or so away from the road to collaborate, produce records, and enjoy his life in Winnipeg. A play was produced through Manitoba Theatre Projects based on the nine albums he has released since 2003. The play, I Dream of Diesel, enjoyed a two week run of sold-out shows and critical praise from both the community and critic.
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Glenn Buhr is a composer, pianist/guitarist, music curator and producer, songwriter and band leader. He became well known in Canada in the mid-80’s when the Toronto and Montreal Symphony Orchestras first championed his work, and in the mid-90’s as front man – with conductor Bramwell Tovey – of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s New Music Festival. He was Composer-in-Residence with the WSO and curator of the New Music Festival from 1990 to 1996.
Buhr has received commissions from many important performers and ensembles including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Penderecki String Quartet, the Detroit Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, the Verdi String Quartet, pianist Janina Fialkowska, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Children’s Chorus and the Esprit Orchestra. His music has been performed all over the world by such diverse ensembles as the London Sinfonia, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, pianist Louis Lortie, soprano Tracy Dahl and many others. His 3rd Symphony (a choral symphony) was premiered by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in February 2008 with pop singer Sarah Slean as soloist.
Buhr performed as soloist at the premiere of his jazz-oriented Piano Concerto no. 2 with the Esprit Orchestra in March 2006. The work was remounted by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in February 2008, again with the composer at the piano. He’s toured Canada twice as a jazz artist (pianist/composer), and he released his 3rd jazz CD in March 2007 on the Marquis label. He works with novelist/playwright/lyricist Margaret Sweatman as musical director of their group The Broken Songs Band; that ensemble released its second CD in the fall of 2010. Sweatman and Buhr won a Genie Award for their song When Wintertime from the film Seven Times Lucky.
In 2003, his full length ballet Beauty and the Beast was premiered by the Birmingham Royal Ballet in Birmingham, England. The work has since toured the UK three times for a total of more than 125 performances. The ballet has also toured to Hong Kong (2005), Japan (2008) and to mainland China in 2009. He has also composed a number of scores for film and theatre and has collaborated on several other dance projects. Glenn Buhr’s work and his performances are featured regularly on the CBC. His book Our Native Song – a collection of essays on music – was published in May 2013.
Dr. Buhr is Professor of Music Composition and Improvisation in the Contemporary Music Program at Wilfrid Laurier University. In 1998 he was awarded the University Research Professor Fellowship at Wilfrid Laurier University; it was the first time that the award was given to a creative artist. He is also the founding Artistic Director of the Music in the Ruins Festival at the St. Norbert Arts Centre in Manitoba and the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony’s New Orchestra Series. He was the Artistic Director of NUMUS Concerts in Kitchener-Waterloo from 2009 to 2013.
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Scott & Glenn will be joined on stage by Paul Balcain, Gilles Fournier, Joanna Miller, and the Penderecki String Quartet.

Magic + Comedy (Live Taping with Wes Barker and Chris Ramsay)
2022-06-15 20:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Live Taping of Magic + Comedy

Wes Barker and Chris Ramsay
Magic + Comedy
Live Podcast Taping and Show
Wednesday, June 15th – 8 pm
Wes Barker and Chris Ramsay bring you a magic and comedy show like never before. Wes has fooled Penn & Teller, Chris has over 6M subscribers on YouTube, Both created and starred in their own TV show Big Trick Energy on Netflix. Together they bring an interactive show with mind-blowing magic, hilarious stories, and still leave plenty of room for the audience to get involved.
Together they have made a TV show, created countless YouTube videos, and host the podcast Bottom of the Barrel.
Now let’s take a look at their successful and interesting careers separately…
Chris Ramsay is one of the most popular magicians on the internet. He is a YouTuber with over 6M subscribers where he does magic, cardistry, and solves puzzles. Chris is one of the main subjects in the novel Magic is Dead by Ian Frish, He has been featured in The New Yorker, appeared on Ellen, and plays Speez in Spiral: From the Book of Saw with Chris Rock.
Wes Barker has appeared on America’s Got Talent, Ellen, MTV, and famously fooled Penn & Teller on their TV show Fool Us. Unlike many magicians, Wes is also a comedian and has headlined JFL NorthWest, New Zealand Comedy Fest, and was voted Comedian of the Year for his Canadian College tours.
Since Chris and Wes met on the set of Syfy’s Wizard Wars 8 years ago they have dreamed of going on tour together. This show is a complete mix of magic and comedy with a live podcast element. Basically, it’s magic presented in the funniest, most interactive way. Come laugh and be amazed!

Ridley Bent & The Killer Tumbleweeds
2022-06-16 20:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
the Park Theatre and Wits End Presents.

Ridley Bent & The Killer Tumbleweeds
Thursday, June 16th, 2022
Doors 7 PM | Show 8 PM
Tickets $25 plus Fees in advance
Fully seated show w/ Small Dance Floor
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Ridley Bent serves up tall tales, sweet rhymes, and love songs, with a dash of mayhem and murder on the side. Backed by his killer band, the Killer Tumbleweeds, this is definitely one night you do not want to miss.

JD Edwards Band
2022-06-16 20:30 - 23:00, 2022-06-30 20:30 - 2022-07-01 00:00 | 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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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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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!!
