Anytime you talk to any of Tommy Emmanuel’s fans, whether musicians or civilians, invariably they will speak of not one but two qualities that define his greatness. The first, predictably, is his extraordinary guitar playing. Considered by those in the know to be among this planet’s greatest guitarists, his playing is simply miraculous, as it would take three musicians, or more, to do what Tommy does solo. Who else, for example, when playing “Day Tripper,” can lay down the rhythm part, dig into the riff and sing the melody all at once on just one acoustic guitar? Which brings us to the other aspect of his music always mentioned, and without which the first might not be as powerful or as infectiously appealing: the joy. Yes, joy. Because it’s one thing to play these multi-dimensional arrangements flawlessly on an acoustic guitar. But to do it with that smile of the ages, that evidence of authentic, unbridled delight, is an irresistible invitation to feel his music as deeply as he does. “The joy, ” he says, “is always there because I’m chasing it through music. Seeing the surprise in peoples’ eyes is worth living and working for… I can’t help but play to the people with all my heart, which is overflowing with joy of being in that moment that I’ve worked all my life for. And here it is!” Although his expression is instrumental, he comes to the guitar much more like a vocalist, positively singing melodies through the strings. He inhabits the tunes he performs, delivering every nuance and turn of phrase. His own songs are also illuminated always with lyrical melodies that go right to the heart, such as his beautiful ode to his daughter, “Angelina,” or his great “story without words,” “Lewis & Clark.” That they resonate so deeply without words makes sense, as words only go so far. But music, coming from a genuine and joyful source, can go so much farther. Now with The Best of Tommy songs, he brings us a complete collection of his own songs, all rich with ripe melodicism and rendered with joy in real-time. VIP Packages: VIP ticket holders will receive an email from support@seated.com 48 hours before the event with instructions for redeeming your VIP package. VIP activities may occur up to 3-4 hours before the show, please plan accordingly. The original purchaser must show their ID at VIP check-in to redeem the package elements. All attendees need both a show ticket and a VIP package to attend VIP programming. No parental escorts without their own package allowed. VIP merchandise must be picked up during check-in at the show unless otherwise communicated. Seated reserves the right to cancel packages for any reason. VIP elements are non-transferable and not valid if resold. Communication about your purchase may be sent via SMS to the provided phone number. For any questions, contact Seated’s friendly Fan Experience team at support@seated.com.

presented by VaughnCo Entertainment

The international touring band The Wildflowers are North America’s #1 Tribute to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. 

“Who doesn’t love Tom Petty?” bassist Darryell Stone asked himself one day in 2012 while listening to the radio. There was only one answer he could imagine, “Nobody.” Testing his hypothesis, Stone polled friends, family and fellow musicians how they felt about Petty. The result was always the same. Everyone loves Tom Petty.

One of these fellow musicians just happened to be Tom Petty’s doppelganger, guitarist and lead vocalist Jonathan Guthrie. Guthrie was an avid fan and had always fantasized about being a Heartbreaker. As two seasoned musicians and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers fans, there was really only one thing for them to do – form a Tom Petty tribute band.

It wasn’t hard for Stone and Guthrie to find skilled musicians excited about playing in a Tom Petty tribute band. Drummer Steve Lucas, formerly of Feverdog and a bandmate of Stone’s local band, Theatrix, quickly signed on. Lucas brought with him his M-80’s band mate Glenn Freeman. Freeman, who boasts of seeing multiple Tom Petty concerts in the 80s, brought an instrumental cornucopia to the group with keyboards, harmonica, guitar and backing vocals. Lead guitarist Curt Granger rounded out the lineup. With 30+ years experience in Birmingham’s local music scene, Granger has played in such circuit bands as Pyrate, Scream Sophie, and his own solo project, as well as creating a line of world-renowned boutique guitar amplifiers.

The new Tom Petty tribute band rehearsed with one focus – to recreate the music of Tom Petty with precision, attention to detail, and a reverent respect. Parts were studied in great detail, down to inflections in the very way each word of every lyric was sung.

Performing locally in the first year, it didn’t take long for the band to be noticed. Word spread quickly, which led to more shows outside the band’s home state, which led to more word of mouth and exposure. Soon the band was gaining interest from venues across the southeast, which led to more travel and more Tom Petty fans discovering them.

Jump ahead 100 shows and The Wildflowers have become one of the most popular tribute shows across the southeast US, and quickly gaining recognition in other regions.

Equipped with decades of experience and a passion for Tom Petty’s magic way with songs, The Wildflowers bring music lovers of all stripes what they adore. More Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.

 

Lemon Bucket Orkestra are Toronto’s original guerrilla-folk party-punk massive. The multi-award-winning ensemble has been heralded as a groundbreaking, genre-bending phenomenon by media and fans alike, and over the past 13 years they have performed all over the world from WOMAD in New Zealand and Pohoda in Slovakia, to Festival D’Été in Québec City, and Luminato in Toronto. The Guardian proclaimed that their performances are “gorgeously sung and passionately played” and The New York Times declared them “charismatic…handsome and ambitious.”

Equal parts exhilarating precision and reckless abandon, LBO’s live shows are a truly immersive experience ranging from the ecstatic to the cathartic and all points in between. Now they have been weaving that unique blend of energy and emotion onto their upcoming album Cuckoo. Set for release in May 2024, the new record pens strong lines through powerful Ukrainian polyphony, driving Balkan rhythms, and a deep undertone of modern Western sensibilities. This mixture of Eastern Europe and the America’s is further elevated with the special feature of Macedonian master trumpeter, hailing from Kocani Orkestar, Nizo Alimov.

“The band vibrates with an irrepressible passion and playful humor that’s impossible to ignore. Their often intricate arrangements manage to feel loose and tight all at once as a series of soloists get caught up in this crazed oom-pah energy to pull out the stops.” 

Penguin Eggs Magazine (2018)

 

“Amazing, frenetic, gloriously anarchic and ultimately joyous!” 

Winnipeg Free Press (2016)

 

“They were just fantastic! They were very well received by the audience and really great to work with! Tom Frouge, Globalquerque (2018)

 

“LBO really went off at WOMAD NZ! They were a great bunch of artists to work with and we thoroughly enjoyed having them.” Emere Wano, Womad New Zealand (2018)

 

2015 CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARDS

“WORLD GROUP OF THE YEAR”

The Lemon Bucket Orkestra

 

2015 NOW MAGAZINE READER’S CHOICE AWARDS

“BEST BAND IN TORONTO”

The Lemon Bucket Orkestra

 

2018 CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARDS (NOMINATION)

WORLD MUSIC GROUP OF THE YEAR

The Lemon Bucket Orkestra – If I Had The Strength

 

2016 JUNO AWARDS (NOMINATION)

“WORLD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR”

The Lemon Bucket Orkestra – Moorka

 

2014 JUNO AWARDS (NOMINATION)

“WORLD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR”

The Lemon Bucket Orkestra – Lume, Lume

LUNCH AT ALLEN’S … FAREWELL TOUR!

  featuring

                          MURRAY McLAUCHLAN, CINDY CHURCH, MARC JORDAN and IAN THOMAS

 

                  COMING TO SELECT THEATRES IN ATLANTIC CANADA

         Tickets On Sale Friday May 24th !

As the saying goes ‘all good things must come to an end’ and so it is with Lunch At Allen’s, who will embark on a country-wide Farewell Tour beginning in Atlantic Canada this October. Coming together in 2004, for what was meant to be a one-off 8-date tour presented as a song-writer’s circle, the four renowned artists discovered a soul-warming  joie de vivre in performing together … and so began 20 years of camaraderie touring the country coast to coast.

Lunch At Allen’s is a musical powerhouse comprising four remarkable Canadian talents: Murray McLauchlan, Cindy Church, Marc Jordan and Ian Thomas. As individuals, they have written for or sung on over 25,000,000 CDs, penning hits for Josh Groban, Chicago, Bonnie Raitt, America, Santana, Cher and Rod Stewart, as well as Murray’s Farmer’s Song, Marc’s Marina Del Rey and Ian’s Painted Ladies, just to name a few. These three artists have come together adding the incredible voice of Cindy Church (Quartette, Great Western Orchestra) to form Lunch At Allen’s. Attending their stage show is to embark on an intimate musical journey replete with laughter and personal anecdotes, familiar favourites and new material, fashioning an unforgettable evening’s entertainment …from their hearts …to your soul.

“You would be hard pressed to find another Canadian ensemble with more collective depth of influence over Canada’s musical landscape than Lunch At Allen’s.” – The Beat Magazine

Reserved seating tickets for Lunch At Allen’s … Farewell Tour!  are $67.50 (plus tax,  facility fees included,  additional surcharges may apply), go on sale Friday, May 24th and are available from the box offices listed below.  Showtime is 7:30pm. For more info, pics & music clips, visit www.shantero.com or www.lunchatallens.ca  

Enjoy the critically acclaimed classic The China Syndrome with live performance of a new and original musical score by Symphony NB resident musician Andrew Reed Miller.

Matt Minglewood Band: Thru The Years with special guest Kylie Fox

The Trans-Canada Highwaymen (TCH) is a super group (your words – not mine) consisting of Moe Berg (TPOH), Chris Murphy (Sloan), Craig Northey (Odds) and Steven Page (Ex-BNL). Four guys who have known each other for (ahem) decades now all of whom have written songs that have contributed to Canadian culture. 

They started playing shows together as TCH in 2017. At the shows, each take turns singing their own hit songs and whoever is not singing lead becomes the backing band for whoever is singing. With all four bringing their A material, it’s a set list full of bangers.

Everyone who has seen the show has been knocked out. Audiences get the opportunity to hear a setlist full of Can-Rock Classics and it also gives Moe, Chris, Craig and Steven a opportunity to hang out together, laugh their heads off and put that energy into the TCH live shows. 

In keeping with their credo, “Play the hits!”, TCH have recorded an album of Canadian classics from 1969-1975 called The Trans-Canada Highwaymen Explosive Hits Vol. 1. The songs from that era and the packaging they’ve created are an homage to the K-Tel compilation records of the 1970’s. 

On this album, you’ll hear Steven sing “Undun” (The Guess Who), “Rock Me Gently” (Andy Kim) and “(I Believe) There’s Nothing Stronger Than Our Love” (Paul Anka). You’ll hear Craig sing “Tonite is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love” (April Wine), “Make My Life a Little Bit Brighter” (Chester), “Heartbeat, It’s a Lovebeat” (The DeFranco Family) and “Can’t Catch Me” (BIM). You’ll hear Chris sing “Lovin’ You Ain‘t Easy” (Michel Pagliaro), “Which Way You Goin’ Billy?” (The Poppy Family) and “Carry Me” (The Stampeders). You’ll hear Moe sing “Pretty Lady” (Lighthouse), “Raised on Robbery” (Joni Mitchell) and “You, Me and Mexico” (Edward Bear). 

As a bonus TCH added the Steven Page penned, “Theme from Trans-Canada Highwaymen”, which offers some context for how TCH came to be. Steven explains:

Craig and I were on the road

Hoping my album would explode

But it didn’t, yet again

Got a call from Jim Millan 

With this idea for a band

Like some CanRock Highwaymen

He said he’d try to book a show

For me and Chris and Craig and Moe

Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.

• • Director
    • Henry Selick
  • Writers
    • Tim Burton
    • Michael McDowell
    • Caroline Thompson
  • Stars
    • Danny Elfman
    • Chris Sarandon
    • Catherine O’Hara

Presented by Paquette Productions

Direct from Las Vegas! It’s Saturday Night Fever every night with “The Australian Bee Gees Show – A Tribute to the Bee Gees”. One of the most successful and adored acts in musical history is recreated live in concert. You’ll hear hits like, “Staying Alive”, “You Should Be Dancing,” “How Deep Is Your Love,” and “Jive Talkin.”

The performers’ authentic take on the trio’s clothes, style and moves showcase five decades of the Brothers Gibb’s success as rock and disco legends, while audiences groove to their memorable music and are immersed in the disco era. The President of the Bee Gees Fan Club, USA has said, “In my opinion they are the best Bee Gees tribute in the world!” The Las Vegas Review Journal has named them Best Tribute Show for 2015.

The music of Fleetwood Mac is recognized and loved by many, young and old(ish) alike. Songs such as “Dreams”, “Go Your Own Way”, “Rhiannon” “Don’t Stop”, “The Chain”, and “Edge of 17” bring memories flooding back. Experiencing the band GYPSY is truly a musically authetic event.

Vocals by Sharon Resky, Jon Cornwall (keyboards & guitar) and Sheila Lamplugh (keyboards) blend like Steve Nicks, Lindsay Buckingham, and the late great Christine McVie. Don Morash’s guitar playing makes you feel like Lindsay Buckingham is in the songs. Aran Hill plays a freless bass that John McVie would be proud to listen to. Maurice Nadeau, drummer for GYPSY, lays down an excellent beat and even looks a bit like Mick Fleetwood.

Don’t miss GYPSY — the band that gives you Fleetwood Mac, songs of Stevie Nicks and even her duet with Tom Petty.

A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.

• • Director
    • John Hughes
  • Writer
    • John Hughes
  • • Steve Martin
    • John Candy
    • Laila Robins

Revel in Schubert’s famous “Death and the Maiden” and the electrifying “Phoenix” concerto with inspiring violinist Tara-Louise Montour