Shows to watch for:

Shows to Watch for:
(please e-mail your music event details to bill.henry@sunmedia.ca)
Shows to Watch for …

APRIL 2012

• 27 – Quartetto Gelatto. Walkerton Jubilee Hall. 8 p.m.
• 27 – Wayne Buttery and the Groove Project, Louis Lefaive and the Kings of Swing, the Howin’ Dogs, Paul Reddick & Julian Fauth and the Mike Grace Quartet with Heather Bambrick, more. Jazzmania. Dinner jazz from 6 to 8 p.m. with 8 band, 8 venues. Music crawl at 8:30 p.m. with 5 bands and 5 venues. Thornbury/Clarksburg.
• 27 – Lounge Lizards. Jazzmyn’s.
• 27 – Paul Danard hosts coffee house event with his music students and friends. The Frog Ponds Cafe. 7 p.m.
• 28 – Big band jazz with Georgian Sound Big Band, Lighthouse Swing Band and the Toronto All Star Band.
Jazzmania festival. Beaver Valley arena. 1:30 p.m.
• 28 – John Stewart. Jazzmyn’s.
• 28 – The Martels. Jazzmania festival. Beaver Valley arena. 7 p.m.
• 28 – David Gunning. Irish Mountain House Concerts, Meaford.
• 28 – Georgian Bay Symphony 40th Season Russian Spectacular, with Owen Sound-raised Kati Gleiser, piano. Also the debut performance of Leith-based composer Richard Mascall’s Manitoulin. OSCVI Auditorium.
• 29 – Jazzmania festival. Sunday brunch with Regal Jazz Band. 10:30 a.m. at Lora Bay. Gospel concert with Chaverim, 1:30 p.m. at Clarksburg Anglican Church Hall.
• 29 – Wiarton Community Choir, Songs of the Soul and The Sea. St. John’s United Church, Wiarton. 2 p.m. and 7:30.

MAY 2012
• 04/05 – Annual Spring Fling weekend contradance festival, with dance bands Nor’Easter, from New England, and Scatter the Cats, Grey-Bruce area. Callers are Ron Buchanan, Pittsburgh, and Kate McLaren, Owen Sound. Dances both nights, workshop sessions Saturday. St. George’s Anglican Church hall.
• 04 – Brian Pickell Band. Mapleview House Concert series, south of Flesherton. 7:30 p.m.
• 05 – Celtic Spring fundraising concert for the Penetangore Pipe Band, with Linsey Beckett and Company, Anne Milne Highland Dancers, Chris Catley and his KPC Pipe Band, The Peel Regional Police Pipe Band. OSCVI Auditorium. 7 p.m.
• 05 – Burletta, for The Roxy Children’s Series. Roxy Theatre. 2 p.m.
• 05 – Georgian Bay Children’s Choir, spring concert., St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. 2:30 p.m.
• 05 – Johnny Cash tribute show. Roxy Theatre. Owen Sound.
• 05 – Coco Love Alcorn. Massie Hall 2012 concert series. 8 p.m.
• 06 – Peter Irwin and Jailhouse Rock. 2 and 7 p.m. at Meaford Hall, in benefit of Grey Roots, in conjunction with the museum’s ELVIS: Grace and Grit exhibition.
• 08 – Bluewater Sweet Adelines annual spring show. First United Church. 7 p.m.
• 09 – Open traditional music session. 8 p.m. Upstairs in Gord’s Room, The Dam Pub Thornbury.
• 11 – Danny Michel. Meaford Hall. 8 p.m.
• 12 – Concerted Effort Concert for Youth Literacy. Walkerton Jubilee Hall. 7:30 p.m.
• 12 – James Skarnikat, Wallaceburg poet John Gardiner, with Justin Burgess, open mic. SOUNDS at The Farmers’ Market Building. 7 p.m.
• 12 – Champion fiddler Shane Cook, with guitarist Brian Pickell. Afternoon workshops. Evening concert at 9 p.m. Gord’s room at The Dam Pub, Thornbury.
• 12 – The True Country Show and the Queens of Country Music. Bettyanne Bray-Cobean, with Lavender Rose, which includes the duo of Sue Murdoch and Trish Hawkins. The ‘Country Gentleman’ Jim Patterson, with the seven piece True Country band. Bill Murdoch is host. Hepworth Auditorium, Saturday, May 12, 2012.
• 16 – Measha Brueggergosman, Juno-awarded and Grammy-nominated soprano. Meaford Hall.
• 18 – Shoreline Chorus directed by Ann-Marie MacDairmid, with a selection of gospel music. Massie United Church. 7:30 p.m. The show will feature a selection of Gospel Music.
• 19 – Susan Aglukark, Canadian Arctic singer and songwriter and three-time Juno winner. 8 p.m.
• 23 – The Three Cantors, three Anglican Priests accompanied by Angus Sinclair. Meaford Christ Church Anglican 150th Anniversary concert series. 7 p.m.
• 23 – Open traditional music session. 8 p.m. Upstairs in Gord’s Room, The Dam Pub Thornbury.
• 26 – Folk fusion duo Arian and Andy. 9 p.m. Gord’s room at The Dam Pub, Thornbury.

JUNE 2012
• 02 – Beckon. Second Avenue House Concerts.
• 02 – Brock Zeman. Irish Muntain House Concerts. Meaford.
• 07 – Jim Patterson and the True Country Band. Meaford Hall.
• 09 – Celtic guitarist Tony McManus. Gord’s Room at The Dam Pub. Thornbury.
• 13 – Open traditional music session. 8 p.m. Upstairs in Gord’s Room, The Dam Pub Thornbury.
• 13 – Lighthouse. Meaford Hall. 8 p.m.
• 16 – David Newland. Massie Hall 2012 concert series. 8 p.m.
• 16 – Irish Tradition music with flute player Nuala Kennedy’s trio. Gord’s Room at The Dam Pub. Thornbury.
• 21 – Suzie Vinnick. 2012 blues series at Meaford Hall. 8 p.m.
• 27 – Open traditional music session. 8 p.m. Upstairs in Gord’s Room, The Dam Pub Thornbury.

JULY 2012
• 05 – Old Man Luedecke. First of three East Coast Music Festival concerts. Meaford Hall. 8 p.m.
• 06 – Barra MacNels – Second of three East Coast Music Festival concerts. Meaford Hall. 8 p.m.
• 07 – Jenn Grant, PEI songwriter. Third of three East Coast Music Festival concerts. Meaford Hall. 8 p.m.
• 11 – Open traditional music session. 8 p.m. Upstairs in Gord’s Room, The Dam Pub. Thornbury.
• 25 – Open traditional music session. 8 p.m. Upstairs in Gord’s Room, The Dam Pub. Thornbury.
• 28 – MacKenzie Blue Band CD release. The Dam Pub patio. Thornbury.

AUGUST 2012
• 3, 4 and 5 – 7th annual Electric Eclectics Festival, Scotch Mountain south of Meaford.
• 09 – Carlos Del Junco & Steve Strongman, 2012 blues series at Meaford Hall. 8 p.m.
• 17, 18 and 19 – 38th annual Summerfolk festival of folk and roots music and crafts. Kelso Beach, Owen Sound.
• 24/25 – Music in the Fields. Lucknow country music festival.
• 25 – Ritchie-Parish-Ritchie. Massie Hall 2012 concert series. 8 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 2012
• 7, 8 and 9 – Canadian Big Band, Lenny Solomon Trio, Men in Black, The Lulu’s Band, Friday night jazz and more. 18th annual Canadian Big Band Celebration. Port Elgin/Southampton venues.
• 16 – Canadian Bandurist Capella Ukrainian-Canadian instrumental ensemble and 40-voice choir. Meaford Hall. 2 p.m.
• 21 – Great Lake Swimmers. Meaford Hall. 8 p.m.
• 22 – Mark Reeves. Massie Hall 2012 concert series. 8 p.m.
• 30 – Pratie Oaten Irish cultural celebration. Grey Roots Museum and Archives. noon to 5 p.m.

OCTOBER 2012
• 14 – Matt Anderson. 2012 blues series at Meaford Hall. 8 p.m.
• 21 – Gospel singer Dave Randall, of Clarksburg. Meaford Christ Church Anglican 150th Anniversary concert series. 7 p.m.
• 27 – Moonshiner’s Daughter. Massie Hall 2012 concert series. 8 p.m.

NOVEMBER 2012
• 13 – Michelle Wright. Meaford Hall. 8 p.m.
• 16 – Cape Breton fiddler Natalie MacMaster. 8 p.m.
• 25 – Shoreline Chorus, with Christmas music. Led by Anne-Marie MacDairmid. Meaford Christ Church Anglican 150th Anniversary concert series. 7 p.m.
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FEBRUARY 2013
• 14 – Sarah Slean, pop/jazz/singer/songwriter. Meaford Hall. 8 p.m.