Canadian alt-rock legends Limblifter play The 44!
Remaining tickets will be released at the door.

Stay tuned,  exciting things in the works. As shows book you’ll see them here and on our IG or FB group.

Recorded over the course of a 4,000-mile cross-country roadtrip, Taylor Ashton’s gorgeous new album, Stranger To The Feeling, is a sonic odyssey through the heart of America, one that works its way chronologically and geographically from coast to coast as it meditates on the meaning of closeness and connection in an age of increasing isolation.

The performances here are warm and inviting, anchored by Ashton’s deft guitar and banjo work and rich, easygoing melodicism, and the recordings—helmed by producer Jacob Blumberg and captured with a mix of old friends and new collaborators—are alternately sparse and lush, with arrangements often serving as aural reflections of their physical environments. From a blanket in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park to a trailer in Wyoming’s Bighorn National Forest, from a backyard in Wisconsin to a spiritual vortex in Arizona, the settings are inextricable from the songs, and the result is a moving, transportive collection that manages to evoke both the gentle virtuosity of Nick Drake and the buoyant wit of Paul Simon, all while forging its own distinctive path through a landscape at once foreign and familiar.

Donations at the door, suggested $10

The Oldest Man I Know An acoustic trio who play traditional instruments untraditionally. We blend traditional music with the alternative music we grew up on.
https://theoldestmaniknow.bandcamp.com/music

OH DEER Folk/songwriter duo with a medley of guitar, banjo and fiddle. Strong, soulful vocals with soft harmonies, singing songs of heartbreak, moving forward and facing the ever changing.
https://ohdeer-band.bandcamp.com/album/ep

Hannah Epperson has been called a neo-classical composer and musician, indie folk/rocker and avant-garde pop artist. She’s performed at jazz and electronica, folk, art, new music and rock festivals.

Malleus Trio is an exciting instrumental band based out of Vancouver, B.C. Their music fuses high-octane improvisation with dynamic original compositions. Having forged their musical rapport for over a decade, there is a palpable chemistry pulsing through their music. The group’s language speaks to both familiarity and risk, resulting in a sound that is both unconventional and accessible.

Smoke and Thyme will be onsite with smashburgers – dinner sorted!

Sarah Jane Scouten with Jamie and David Simard – Four-time Canadian Folk Music Award nominee, Sarah Jane Scouten is a songwriter of rare quality, combining sounds of early country music, ballad singing, folk rock and 60’s soul. Jamie and David need no introduction of course – with their impossibly locked melodies and heart-melty everything.

This event was sponsored in part by Campbell Bay Music Festival Society, with funds from the BC Touring Council and the Province of BC.

Hosted by Chrysta Wallin, featuring:
The Angry Spinsters, Liam Vender, Steve Clark, Roger Cole, Drew Ferneyhough, Matt Hyndman, Lou Keating and friends, Jeff McPherson, Daryl Martin, Jamie and David Simard, and Vagablonde

Like the powerful mandolinist and composer at its helm, John Reischman and the Jaybirds fashion a stylish take on bluegrass that seamlessly blends original songs and instrumentals with Appalachian old-time music for a truly unique band sound. Now in their 20th year, with seven acclaimed albums and two Juno nominations, the Jaybirds are simultaneously innovative and unadorned, sophisticated and stripped-down, happily old-fashioned and 21st-century contemporary.

This event was sponsored in part by Campbell Bay Music Festival Society, with funds from the BC Touring Council and the Province of BC.

The music of Itamar Erez holds a depth and sensitivity that touches listeners deeply. It blends the delicateness of Middle Eastern music, the freedom found in jazz and the passion of flamenco, creating a unique sound all his own.

Justine needs no introduction to Mayne, her incredible voice over moving and catchy loop-pedal cello melodies will linger with you long after the show.

This event was sponsored in part by Campbell Bay Music Festival Society, with funds from the BC Touring Council and the Province of BC.

With her captivating voice and raw, emotional lyrics, Ashley Shadow has established herself as one of Canada’s most exciting and original musical talents. Her music is both deeply personal and universal, speaking to the human experience in a way that is both profound and unforgettable.

Himalayan Bear is the 15+ year running project of Canadian musician Ryan Beattie. The band has changed lineups and sounds on every album, sometimes just Beattie with a solo electric guitar, sometimes a 7 piece fuzz driven tropical tinged rock band. The latest iteration comprises some of Beattie’s oldest friends and musical collaborators, featuring members of Lightning Dust, Bison BC and Chet.

Sophia Amman brings us a night of Leonard Cohen. A strong songwriter and stunning signer who brings a vitality to Cohen’s work, and can melt your heart with her own song as well.

Emile Benjamin needs no introduction to Mayne, he writes and sings slow folk songs in an effort to bring his meditative meanderings to light. He draws inspiration from many cornersof the world and mind, and tries to distill all the chaoticmusing down to their essence… with mixed results

Folksigner, storyteller, commedienne. Tender flower folk – with a splash of piss and vinegar. Once made out with Brian Adams. Notorious liar.

A fast regular on the festival circuit, Maddie Storvold has brought stories and songs to the Edmonton Folk Fest, Canmore Folk Fest, Tiny Lights, Bear Creek Folk Festival, Wild Mountain Music Festival, Festival d’ete, Cavendish Beach Music Festival, Calgary Stampede, Interstellar Rodeo, and many more. She offers a catalog of tender flower folk – with a splash of piss and vinegar – at the forefront of a new generation of storytellers.

Second show added!

Marin Patenaude was taught to appreciate the things in life built with your own hands and heart, and she has created a body of work that is uniquely and exquisitely her own. Releasing her first album The Follow Through in 2016, Marin continues to reveal an indomitable and independent spirit, yet a heart vulnerable to deep desire for the intimacy of love and romance. Her second release Sight Unseen can be found among the precious but few to sign to Dallas Green’s (City and Colour) label Still Records. Distributed by Dine Alone Records (Toronto), her most recent collection will be available in early 2023.

Four-time JUNO winning Pharis & Jason Romero with The Sweet Old Band (Trent Freeman on fiddle, Marc Jenkins on pedal steel and Patrick Metzger on bass). Join the band for an evening including songs from their newest release, Tell ‘Em You Were Gold, out now on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

Walnut Collective, with the goal of “uniting the hippies and the cowboys” as Willie Nelson once did decades ago, Storvold is quickly finding her sure-footing in the shifting landscape at the intersection of Singer-Songwriter & Psych-Folk.

David Simard has always imbued his work with a sense of space and a hint of nostalgia, arranging his songs to evoke the landscapes where he’s lived, while writing lyrics that relate the stories of characters met and imagined, along with more than a few of his own experiences

Zoe Guigueno is a bassist & songwriter living in both New York City and Vancouver Island. She fronts a band of fluid and highly creative bandmates: Adam Iredale-Gray (guitars, fiddle), Max Marceau Ley (drums) and Danielle Lebeau Petersen (keys, guitar). Zoe’s music has been described as “warm and inviting” and “slightly unpredictable” (sendmeyourears.com). Her new album, We Were Radar Stations, peers into dark and joyful corners of human experience by telling stories from several different characters and perspectives.

In February 2017, Buckland met up with Adam Iredale-Gray in Toronto, a home base for the Juno-nominated producer/multi-instrumentalist. Born and raised in Maine, Buckland comes from a family full of musicians. Her grandmother, Betty Buckland, was prominent in the New England bluegrass scene, while her father, Andy Buckland, played electric guitar in Boston area bands. It’s not surprising then that someone who grew up playing bluegrass fiddle music as well as a healthy dose of Michelle Branch and Sheryl Crow would wind up with varied musical tastes – something Buckland clearly demonstrates on her solo debut.
https://www.eleanorbuckland.com/

About the music “Giambori is back in action after this long covid “winter”. Loads of different music BUT all for the Viola and Accordion. Some of the items on our list are arrangements of Bach Goldberg Variations, Bartok Rumanian dances , Shostakovitch, Hetor Villa Lobos. We will disintegrate slowly into some old jazz and film themes – tangos and some material from Edith Piaf…. and lots more!

Uschi Tala is a queer gender fluid, multi instrumentalist and live looping artist. With a beat machine and various instruments, they create ambient soundscapes that dance along hauntingly serene vocals and rhythmic rhymes.

Bridging experimental sounds with occult themes, Tala channels the gothic folk of Chelsea Wolfe and the looping energy of Tash Sultana, while taking the audience on a live looping musical sojourn into another dimension.

Calgary based singer-producer Selci connects the iconoclastic electronics of chamber pop with scintillating dance music to shape her sonic vision. While trained in opera, contemporary and classical musical styles, Selci uses ambience and rhythm to compose sounds that exist on the fringes of pop music.