Showroom March 15th, 2011

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Thursday March 15th 8pm

Emily Spillerarmed with loop machines, laptops and microphones,

they create „live‟ layers on stage like you've never heard before.Emily is a „live‟ looping artist. Nominated for five Vancouver Island Music awards in

2011, she won "Female Vocalist of the Year" shortly after returning from anAustralian tour and a showcase at Canadian Music Fest in Toronto.

A hint of Imogen Heap-meets-Zap Mama with a splash of Feist,she blends jazz & blues with layered harmonies over vocal percussion,

$15 Door $12 advancewww.emilyspiller.com

Friday March 16th 8pmBluegrass Fever / Cornshed

a mini-bluegrass festival takes place this eveningBluegrass Fever, traditional from the Island

and Cornshed, newgrass, comes over from Vancouverpickin‟ n‟ grinnin‟

finger snappin‟ toe tappin‟ bluegrass music $18 door $15 advance

www.bluegrassfever.ca www.cornshedband.com

Saturday March 17th 8pmDanny Keehn / Larry Hanson

Danny Keehn of Fairweather Father has another project… a more acoustic version of his writings

Jordon joins on hand drum and vocals

Larry is a first nations singer/songwriter from Campbell Riverand we are going to shoot a 3 camera video with him

all in all it will be a great experience for all those involvedDavid Joe, local filmmaker is going to shoot a video of the whole evening

$15 door $12 advance

http://www.emilyspiller.com/


http://www.bluegrassfever.ca/


http://www.cornshedband.com/







Sunday March 18th 8pm

Lena‟s Living Room Lena is joined by some musical friends

as they do the „living room jam‟ kinda thang very cool with its laid back feel…


Monday March 19th 8pmKites at Night / Sophia Link2 touring folk pop heavy rock band


Tuesday March 20th 8pmDress Rehearsal Tuesday

…various musicians drop in and play a few of their new works… others attempt for the first time… all in all it is about community…

no fear …no attitudes… just people getting their „legs‟ …

(drum kit and amps are set in place for this evening)$5 for everyone

Wednesday March 21st 8pmKing of Canadian Comedy

Mike MacDonaldwith comedian

Matt Billonso you want to laugh,

want to have holes poked into your realities… this will be the night…hahhahhahhah




Friday March 23rd 8pm

Holly Arntzen / Kevin Wrightthrough musical energy encouraging social activism

specifically highlighting the plight of the salmonand very good at what they do….

$15 door $12 advancewww.artistresponseteam.com

Saturday March 24th 2pmStacy Farkas

having already been performing on stages to thousands of people,wowing the audiences for Victoria‟s Got Talent,and with over 25 performances under her belt,

she is having her first full 1 hour concert this afternoon… monies raised will go towards securing a piano for Stacy

so as she can continue her musical discoveries… oh…Stacy, just turning 7 years old,

$10 ticket (only 60)

Saturday March 24th 8pmBeacon Hill

A new Victoria band playing a variety of originaland traditional folk, fiddle and acoustic music…

they say they will do their darndest to make you weep, lift your spiritand tap your toes…

Paola Mari…vocals / Daniel Mari…guitar -vocalsCourtney Campbell…violin / Monique Fink…cello


http://www.artistresponseteam.com/





Sunday March 25th 2pmKid‟s Dress Rehearsal an „open mic‟ concept

from 2pm to 3pmwe give kids under 16 a chance to perform

on the Showroom stagepiano on hand or bring along a cd /mp3 player

and we will set you up

$5 for everyone… (family rates available of course)

Sunday March 25th 8pmShayne Koyzcan

and his band

The Short Story Long“All Things Spoken”

spoken wordas performance art…

world classperformed at the Olympics Opening Ceremony

and was a hit

$25 door $22 advancehttp://turnermusic.com/shortstorylong.shtml

Monday March 26th

8pmMelissa Ruth

from Oregondo your homework

and come give her a chance$15 advance $20 doorwww.melissaruthmusic.com

http://turnermusic.com/shortstorylong.shtml


http://www.melissaruthmusic.com/






Tuesday March 27th 8pm ishDress Rehearsal Tuesday

For The Love of Wordswith your host

Bill Levity…a written word appreciation night…come out and share your poems, storiesor your favourite piece by someone else…sing it, chant, word break dancing,

read off the page, it's a night of word appreciation …

most empowering and invigorating… $5 for readers…$10 for others

Wednesday March 28th 8pmThe Brains

Montreal's best psychobilly bandAnd that alone makes it worth it

$15 door $12 advancewww.myspace.com/ thebrains

Thursday March 29th 8pm

Stef Langin concerta treat… a real treat

special guest:Lola Parks

$25 door $20 advance www.stephlang.ca

www.lolaparks.com

Friday March 30th 8pm

Notch 21Vancouver Island CD release tour

John Straathof is from Qualicum Beachspent the last five years of his life creating intense,

melodic and hard hitting dance tracks.all original

will have to make some room I reckon…

$15 door $12 advancehttp://www.notch21.com

http://www.myspace.com/thebrains



http://www.stephlang.ca/


http://www.lolaparks.com/


http://www.notch21.com/








Saturday March 31st 8pmJodi Doidge

from Vancouver she recently released her first EP„Little Love Songs‟

March 30th at the Solstice Cafe in Victoria

for those who can‟t get here $15 door $12 advance

http://soundcloud.com/jodidoidge http://www.youtube.com/user/JSSDOIDGE/videos

Sunday April 1st

2pmThe Hope King Hour

90 minutes of great entertainmenton the first Sunday of each month

with young singer/songwriter Hope King… joining her is stepdad Scott Magill,

as they bring you a vast repertoire of country classicsnew country and originals that entertain for sure

and Hope highlights a local young musician with each monthly visit


Sunday April 1st 8pm

Camille Miller

living in Brazil, she returns to the island to give us a musical tournot necessarily the soft-spoken folkieyet still in the folk genre with an edge

yes, a troubadour$15 door $12 advancehttp://www.camillemiller.com















http://soundcloud.com/jodidoidge


http://www.youtube.com/user/JSSDOIDGE/videos


http://www.camillemiller.com/







Monday April 2nd 8pm

Headliner‟s Rock School Showcase Manda takes her rock school class from Nanaimo

for a road trip to the Showroom...$12 door $10 advance

Tuesday April 3rd 8pmDress Rehearsal Tuesday


no fear …no attitudes… just people getting their „legs‟ … (drum kit and amps are set in place f

or this evening)$5 for everyone

Thursday April 5th 8pmDayna Manning / Ryan McMahon

she is from Fort St. John and he is from Ladysmithboth are great folk/folk rock artists

and both on one nightthe audience wins big$20 door $15 advance

www.ryanmcmahon.com http://www.heartist.ca

http://www.ryanmcmahon.com/


http://www.heartist.ca/






Saturday April 7th 2pm - 4pmPoetry Workshop

with Jeremy Loveday

Jeremy Loveday is an award-winning poet recognized for both his writing and

performance. He was Victoria‟s 2010 Individual Poetry Slam Champion and he hasrepresented Victoria at national poetry slam competitions 3 times. Jeremy has had the

honour of performing at a wide range of events including Tedx Victoria , The Islands Folk Festival , the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word , and on the finals stage of

the Vancouver International Poetry Festival when he was chosen as 1 of 2 festivalhighlights.

In December 2011, Jeremy performed his poem “An Ode to Courage” as the officialmemorial tribute to Jack Layton at the 50th Anniversary BC NDP convention. Jeremy

Loveday is also a skilled creative facilitator dedicated to spreading the power of spoken

word. He has taught classes to adults, teens, and youth at risk. Currently, he is adirector of Tongues of Fire and the Victoria Poetry Project. In this role he hosted thefirst ever Victoria Secondary School Slam Championships and has grown this eventover the last 3 years. His poems have been published in journals, magazines, and

online in countries around the world.sliding scale

$10-$15

Saturday April 7th 8pmPoetry Night

WithJeremy Loveday

those that were in the workshop all dayget the chance to perform their works as well




Sunday April 8th 2pmAnna Borch

An 18 year old singer/songwriter,a student at BrentwoodCollege

she will be performing on the second Sunday of each monthtill next summer….

I see a reason to help this gal get her 10,000 hours in… she is worth the investment

and like Hope Kingshe will be introducing a new performer each month


Sunday April 8th 8pmBill Bourne

Bill asked if we had an opening around the 6 th of Aprilas he was going to be performing in Comox on that date

…well the 8th was openthen I realized it was Easter Sunday…

and I figured what an opportunityto have the past music of Bill Bourne resurrected…

and a chance to hear the new offeringsof one of Canada‟s finest troubadours

$25 door $20 advancewww.billbourne.com

Monday April 9

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8pmSights and Soundshttp://www.jamesstruthers.com

http://www.billbourne.com/




http://www.jamesstruthers.com/






Tuesday April 10th 8pmBlues Tuesday

where various off-duty blues players get togetherand rent ice time to shoot a game or two of musical shinny…

always interesting… hosts Thor and the Thundercat…$10 for audience…$5 for musicians

Wednesday April 11th 8pmDianna Braithwaite-Chris Whiteley

and friendsa real treat having them return to the Showroom… just some of coolest moments you will experience

in that 40‟s-50‟s blues recording style $25 door $20 advance

Thursday April 12th 8pm

TBA

Friday April 13th 8pm

Kelly Joe Phelpsan American singer/songwriter of renownif you do not know of him then you should…

again do the homeworkand we should see you here

$30 door $25 advancewww.kellyjoephelps.net

http://www.kellyjoephelps.net/







Saturday April 14th 8pmJeremy Fisher

yes,Jeremy Fisher is coming to the Showroom

$20 door $15 advancewww. jeremyfishermusic.com

Sunday April 15th 8pmLena‟s Living Room

Lena is joined by some musical friendsas they do the „living room jam‟ kinda thang

very cool with its laid back feel… $12 door $10 advance

Monday April 16th 8pmAngela Saini

Tuesday April 17th 8pmDress Rehearsal Tuesday


no fear …no attitudes…

just people getting their „legs‟ … (drum kit and amps are set in place for this evening)

$5 for everyone

http://www.jeremyfishermusic.com/







Wednesday April 18th 8pmLynn Miles

singer/songwriterJuno winner / Canadian Folk Music Award winner

she was just at the last Islands Folk Festival… I have been presenting her to Duncan audiences since I arrived 23 years ago…

she is a musical treat…a „do not miss‟ concert$20 advance $25 door

Friday April 20th 8pmEXER

heavy metal at the Showroomspecial guests

The Day He Quit$15 door $12 advance

Saturday April 21st

Duncan Drum Workshopdetails to follow

Sunday April 22nd 8pmSOLD OUT Blackie and the Rodeo Kings SOLD OUT

Yes , BaRK is coming to the Showroomas a 5 piece band

Colin Linden / Stephen Fearing / Tom Wilson / Gary Craig on drumsDon‟t know the bass player but I doubt he sucks…lol

Only 70 tickets to be soldSpecial guest:

Hope King$85 cash $90 credit card$110 front row (7 seats)

www.blackieandtherodeokings .com

SOLD OUT

http://www.blackieandtherodeokings.com/






Monday April 23rd 8pmSteven Cooper

Christian rapper comes to the Showroomspecial guest

Chad$15 door $12 advance

Tuesday April 24th 8pmDress Rehearsal Tuesday



read off the page, it's a night of word appreciation … most empowering and invigorating…

$5 for readers…$10 for others

Wednesday April 25th 8pmMrs. Jones Cabaret

had the opportunity to meet Mira as the singerfor Acoustically Inclined out of Winnipeg years back

she is now even more soulfull, more explorative as an entertainerway cool

mira black: vocals/ general cheekinesskeith price: guitars & broody sex appeal

rob johnson: basses & bestest damn smile this side...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Ig57jG2F4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Ig57jG2F4





Thursday April 26th 8pmThe Sweet Alibi

the latest vocal harmonizing trio to come out of that wintery Winnipeg… they have taking the folk/roots world by storm

great lyricism combined with sweet prairie vocals$20 door $15 advance

www.sweetalibi.com

Saturday April 28th 11am-4pmGlenn Hawkins

Art Show and Salewatercolours

7pm-9pmReception

meet and greet the artist

Sunday April 29th 11am-4amGlenn Hawkins

Art Show and Sale

Sunday April 29th 8pm

Elizabeth Shepherda new voice/piano player in the jazz world,recently a new mother,

she brings all those sensations to her new worksand she is creating quite a following

$20 door $15 advancewww.elizabethshepherd .com

http://www.sweetalibi.com/


http://www.elizabethshepherd.com/







Tuesday May 1st 8pmDress Rehearsal Tuesday




Thursday May 3

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8pmAllan GerberIn concert

Friday May 4th 8pmAlex Vissia

singer / songwriter from Stony Plain Alberta…

„entrenched in the roots of rock and country,but with a more sophisticated lyrical lean…‟

she has won my musical ear$15 door $12 advance

www.alexvissia.com

Saturday May 5th 8pm

Mae MooreYes, in the intimacy of the Showroom,

Mae Moore, singer/songwriter, brings her musical soul to sharesuch a perfect way to become

or remain enthralledwith this gentle spiritspecial guest …TBA


http://www.alexvissia.com/





Sunday May 6th 2pmThe Hope King Hour

90 minutes of great entertainmenton the first Sunday of each month

with young singer/songwriter Hope King… joining her is stepdad Scott Magill,

as they bring you a vast repertoire of country classics

new country and originals that entertain for sureand Hope highlights a local young musician with each monthly visit


Tuesday May 8th 8pmBlues Tuesday



Saturday May 12th 8pmDonna and Bill Konsorado /

Allen Dobbs

3 great musicians that call the island homefrom Allen‟s countrified roots

to Donna‟s acoustic prairie folk as performed on her 5 string banjo‟s… Bill is a piano tuner by day and much appreciated accompanist this night

to those that know of these performers, your mission is to spread the word… to others…you will not be disappointed




Sunday May 13th 2pm

Anna BorchAn 18 year old singer/songwriter,a student at BrentwoodCollege

she will be performing on the second Sunday of each monthtill next summer….

I see a reason to help this gal get her 10,000 hours in…

she is worth the investmentand like Hope King

she will be introducing a new performer each month$12 door $10 advance

Sunday May 13th 8pmMichael Jerome Browneacoustic blues at its finest…

on the west coast as a mentorin the Hornby Island Blues Camp,

he had an extra day so I jumped all over itthe real deal


Tuesday May 15th 8pmDress Rehearsal Tuesday






Thursday May 17th 8pmLeathen Milne / Colin Easthope

they understand roots/bluegrass traditionsand delve into their vocals and instruments with fervor

I immediately asked them to come backafter their stellar first performance at the Showroom.

$15 door $12 advancewww.leathanmilne.com www.colineasthope.com

Tuesday May 22nd 8pmDress Rehearsal Tuesday




Friday May 25th 8pmTim Williams

a blues troubadour

living in the High River area of Albertahe ventures to the west coast…

a true gentle man of the country blues,he is a story teller as well…

an evening that I highly recommendto all acoustic roots/ blues lovers

special guests:Royal Canadians

$25 door $20 advancehttp://www.go.to/twilliamsblues.com

http://www.leathanmilne.com/


http://www.colineasthope.com/


http://www.go.to/twilliamsblues.com







Tuesday May 29th 8pmDress Rehearsal Tuesday





Thursday May 31st 8pmRyan Mcmahon / Chris Arruda / Cory Woodward

an evening with 3 singer/songwriters$18 door $15 advance

Friday June 1

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8pmAnnabelle ChvosteckShe performed here years ago solo

then was one third of the Wailin‟ Jenniesnow she is back here solo

she writes great tunes and the deliveries are impeccableso glad she is coming back….a real treat

$20 door $18 advancewww.annabelle.org

Saturday June 2nd 2pmDavid Newbury / Scott Cook

It is a Saturday afternoonand the boys offered an inexpensive ticket price

to encourage you to give them a listen… and these guys are worth it


http://www.annabelle.org/







Tuesday June 5th 8pmDress Rehearsal Tuesday




$5 for everyone

Wednesday June 6th 8pmOld Man Luedecke / Del Barber

Tuesday June 12th 8pmBlues Tuesday

where various off-duty blues players get togetherand rent ice time to shoot a game or two of musical shinny… always interesting…

hosts Thor and the Thundercat…$10 for audience…$5 for musicians

Monday June 18th 8pmAndrew and Zachari Smith

folk/alt-country /tap style guitarthey keep on returning to the Showroomeven though not many people have caught on yet

just how damn good they are… Andrew, in his own right, is an award winning songwriter and guitar player… his son brings that new youthful „I can do anything‟ approach to their music

and it works superblycome on everyone….give these guys a chance….

$20 door $15 advancewww.andrewandzacharismith .com

http://www.andrewandzacharismith.com/









(drum kit and amps are set in place for this evening)

$5 for everyone

Sunday June 24th

8pmMike Essoudry'sMash Potato Mashers






Wednesday June 27th 8pm Modern Grass Music

www.themoderngrassquartet.com

www.facebook.com/themoderngrassquartet

http://www.facebook.com/themoderngrassquartet





Tuesday July 3rd 8pmDress Rehearsal Tuesday




$5 for everyone

Wednesday July 4th 8pmMike Alviano / Shannon Lyon

Saturday July 7th 8pmDead Eyes OpenThe Body PoliticSilence Theory

…so you like loud heavy rock?then get here for tonites show…

starting out on a western Canada tour

you will not be at all disappointed$15 door $12 advance

Tuesday July 10

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8pmBlues Tuesdaywhere various off-duty blues players get together

and rent ice time to shoot a game or two of musical shinny… always interesting…

hosts Thor and the Thundercat…$10 for audience…$5 for musicians



Tuesday July 17th 8pmDress Rehearsal Tuesday




$5 for everyone

Wednesday July 18th 8pmThe Slim Milkie Band /

the Abbey Hoffman Societylove the band names

that alone shows some integritylooking forward to this one

$15 door $12 advancewww.slimmilkie.com

Monday July 23rd 8:30pmDanny Schmidt and Carries Elkin

Tuesday July 24th 8pmDress Rehearsal Tuesday




$5 for everyone

http://www.slimmilkie.com/





Tuesday July 31st 8pmDress Rehearsal Tuesday

For The Love of Words

with your hostBill Levity…a written word appreciation night…come out and share your poems, storiesor your favourite piece by someone else…sing it, chant, word break dancing,



Tuesday August 7th 8pmDress Rehearsal Tuesday




$5 for everyone

Tuesday August 14th 8pmBlues Tuesday





Tuesday August 21st 8pmDress Rehearsal Tuesday




$5 for everyone

Tuesday August 28

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8pmDress Rehearsal TuesdayFor The Love of Words

with your hostBill Levity

…a written word appreciation night…come out and share your poems, storiesor your favourite piece by someone else…sing it, chant, word break dancing,



Wednesday August 29th 8pmMurder Mouse Blues Bandpremier Australian blues folk rock

Founded in 2008 by Adam Morris, a singer songwriting juggernaut,the band is multi instrumentalist, composer, songwriter and record producer Jon

Edwards who plays blistering harp, electric, slide, lap steel, mandolin and banjo.And pounding the swaggering bone shaking blues sound of the band is WesternAustralia's godfather of rhythm, Terry Vinci.

$20 door $15 advancewww.murdermousebluesband.com

http://www.murdermousebluesband.com/





Coming this fall

Martyn JosephStacey Earle - Mark Stuart

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