LUCINDA WILLIAMS with MEGAN NASH – June 30, open house at 6pm, show at 7pm, TD Mainstage, Bessborough Gardens. “It’s all over the circle,” says Lucinda Williams about her powerful new album, Good Souls Better Angels. After more than forty years of making music, Louisiana-born pioneering artists have returned to the blues foundation that first inspired her as a young singer and songwriter in the late 1970s. Tickets:
ARKELLS with HAVIAH MIGHTY and SAWN KISH – July 2, doors open at 5pm, show at 6pm, TD Mainstage, Bessborough Gardens. Hailed by The Globe and Mail as “the right kind of band for this decade,” Arkells is widely regarded as one of the most passionate, lush, and demanding live bands working today. As a mainstay of radio, sports timing shoes, and curious culture students, Arkells has always been present, creating awareness and personal experiences of the community around their live shows and new music at all times. The most iconic example of this is The Rally, the concert in Arkells’ hometown that was hailed as one of the country’s leading headline shows, and is scheduled to return in June 2022. Arkells continues to release new music dates and tours as the band and their fans relive the face-to-face festivities. Her highly anticipated new album BLINK ONCE is now available, with BLINK TWICE’s complementary album recently released later this year. Tickets:
KIESZA and THE HALLUCI NATION – July 3, doors open at 6pm, show at 7pm, TD Mainstage, Bessborough Gardens. Kiesza entered the scene in 2014 with his passionate hit “Hideaway,” which has since garnered more than a billion views; the unique video that accompanies it has been included in several lists of the best of the decade. His debut studio album Sound Of A Woman saw its best worldwide charts and moved over a million units. Top musicians soon rushed to work with her, and the growing Canadian talent was soon featured in the releases of Skrillex, Diplo, Duran Duran and Joey Bada $$, to name a few. The Canadian multi-script also has a foothold in the fashion world, and serves as the face of campaigns for major brands such as Fendi and Maison Birks. Tickets:
PATTI LABELLE with JACK SEMPLE – July 5, doors open at 6pm, show at 7pm, TD Mainstage, Bessborough Gardens. Bella just doesn’t describe the incomparable force known to the world as Patti LaBelle. As time goes on, the name of the songbird has become synonymous with grace, style, elegance and class. With classical renditions of rhythm and blues, pop standards and spiritual sonnets they have created the unique platform of versatility for which she is known and revered. Tickets:
BAHAMAS with RUBY WATERS – July 6, doors open at 6pm, show at 7pm, TD Mainstage, Bessborough Gardens. The 2018 Grammy-nominated Earthtones saw the Bahamas join forces with bassist Pino Palladino and drummer James Gadson (the rhythm section behind D’Angelo’s Black Messiah), and even merged them with his stable. of longtime heavyweight musicians in Kimmel. Tickets:
PRADERIA RHYTHMS: 35 YEARS OF JAZZ, COMMUNITY AND ENTERTAINMENT FT. THE SASKATOON JAZZ ORCHESTRA – July 7, open house at 6pm, show at 7pm, TD Mainstage, Bessborough Gardens. Under the direction of Dean McNeill, the Saskatchewan Jazz Orchestra (SJO) is proud to help celebrate the 35th anniversary of the SaskTel Jazz Festival through this unique gala concert with multi-generation SK talent! Confirmed artists include Ted Warren (drums), Juno Award winner Jon Ballantyne (piano), Al Muirhead (trumpet), Juno Award winner Mike Rud (guitar), Ross Ulmer (trombone), Sheldon Corbett (saxophone), Barrie Redford (trumpet). ), Mark DeJong (Sax), as well as a number of emerging musical talents based on SK. The repertoire for this concert will include excerpts from the Regina Jazz Society’s Western Canadian Music-Awards CD “The Saskatchewan Suite: The Story of Us” by Fred Stride, and the “Saskatchewan Suite” by Juno Award-winning pianist . the composer Oliver Jones. This concert will also feature the premiere of 2 original new works composed by Silas Friesen and Paul Suchan. Tickets: