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Welcome to our 27th season
Bragg Creek Performing Arts is a group of volunteers, within the non-profit Bragg Creek Community Association. We bring quality concerts, by professional performers, to residents of and visitors to the Bragg Creek/Redwood Meadows area.
Breaking News
Oscar Lopez provided us with an incredible sold-out concert on May 3.
All the pictures on the 2007/2008 artists pages and the right side bar were taken at our concerts. If you'd like to relive the memories, check them out.
Our next event is the Bragg Creek Festival on May 30 and 31. Festival details are available on the Bragg Creek Festival web site. Tickets are available at our regular locations and phone numbers or from the Festival web site.
Season Tickets are now available for 2008/2009, our 28th season. You can order season tickets for the Main and/or Spotlight Series by scrolling down this page or via phone at (403) 949-4114 or (403) 949-4277. Also scroll down to see 2008/2009 artist line-up. Single performance tickets will be available in late July.
Bragg Creek Festival
Bragg Creek Performing Arts are part of the effort to start a music festival
in Bragg Creek. The initial festival will be held May 30 and 31, 2008. This
first festival will be at the Bragg Creek Centre starting Friday evening and
running all day Saturday. In the future we'd like to utilize other venues in the
area, in addition to Bragg Creek Centre, and run the entire weekend.
The performer lineup for the premier festival is almost complete.
Confirmed performers include:
Land's End Ensemble
James Keelaghan
Balu
Sarah Clark
Waltzing Matilda's with Chris Sandvoss, Jamie Newsome, Tynan Groves, Tim Jeffrey
There is a festival website at braggcreekfestival.com Tickets for the festival are currently available on the Festival website or at our regular ticket locations and numbers.
Thank you to our current Festival Sponsors:Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Bragg Creek and Area Chamber of Commerce
Bragg Creek Community Association
Mercer
RBC Dominion Securities
SOCAN Foundation
ATB Financial
Bragg Creek Dental Clinic
Bragg Creek Husky
2008 - 2009 Series
Here are the artists we have contracted to perform in our 2008 - 2009
Season. We'll have more information about these artists after the Bragg Creek
Festival is over. In the mean time, we've provided links to their web sites in
case you can't wait to find out more!
John Wort Hannam - Main Series - September 27, 2008
Matt Anderson - Spotlight Series - November 1, 2008
Shooglenifty - Main Series - November 22, 2008
Bottom Line Duo - Spotlight Series - February 7, 2009
Carlos del Junco - Main Series - March 7, 2009
Keri Lynn Zwicker - Spotlight Series - April 4, 2009
Harry Manx - Main Series - May 2, 2009
Newsletter and Contest
We've started a newsletter to remind our customers of upcoming performances and to keep them informed about what's happening with Performing Arts.
To introduce the Newsletter and the Bragg Creek Festival, we're running a contest. To be eligible to win you need to be on our newsletter list as of the draw dates. If you've provided us with your email address previously, you may already be subscribed. You can sign up for our newsletter (or unsubscribe) on our newsletter page.
To get more information about the contest, see the contest page on the Bragg Creek Festival web site. To view our first two newsletters, see our newsletter page.
Cheryl Penman Memorial Fund
As
a tribute to our friend and fellow volunteer, Bragg Creek Performing Arts is
honoured to introduce the Cheryl Penman Memorial Fund. We received Cheryl's
support for this special fund and are pleased to have her ideas and wishes
included in this initiative, which will be used to support young Alberta
musicians. The Cheryl Penman Memorial Fund will be used to help send a young
Alberta musician to Alberta Showcase, an annual event sponsored by the
Arts Touring Alliance of
Alberta, that brings together hundreds of professional performers from all
over the world and concert presenters from Alberta.
Every year, the Arts Touring Alliance selects young Albertans to showcase their talent at the Alberta Showcase where they are able to interact with more seasoned performers in a mentoring atmosphere. Many young Alberta musicians who perform at Alberta Showcase go on to fame and good fortune. Both k.d. Lang and Paul Brandt performed at Alberta Showcase as a young musician with plenty of promise!
If you are a regular Bragg Creek Performing Arts concert attendee you will be familiar with our popular 50/50 fundraising draw at each main series performance. As a not-for-profit organization, we generally use our half of the funds raised from the 50/50 draws to continue bringing performance excellence at affordable prices to our audiences. In some upcoming performances, we plan to use this portion of our 50/50 fundraising to contribute to the Cheryl Penman Memorial Fund. Our fundraising efforts started at the May 3 Oscar Lopez concert and we are pleased to report that we raised $500, enough to sponsor one young Albertan's attendance at Alberta Showcase.
Ticket Location Changes
Spirits West is now selling Bragg Creek Performing Arts tickets. Spirits West is located in the Bragg Creek Shopping Centre and is open Monday thru Saturday 10 am to 8 pm and Sundays from 10:30 am to 7 pm.
You can get tickets either online here, or in person at Bragg Creek Centre or Spirits West. If you want to buy tickets by phone, please call:
- Our ticket hotline at (403) 949-4114
- Bragg Creek Centre at (403) 949-4277 during regular business hours
Award Winning Performers!
In our 2006 - 2007 Series David Francey, Jim Byrnes, Steve Dawson and Jane Bunnett were Juno Award winners.
Award winners performing this year include Connie Kaldor and Oscar Lopez with multiple Junos. Winston Choi is a Laureate of the 2003 Honens International Piano Competition and winner of France’s 2002 Concours International de Piano 20e siècle d’Orléans. The Chucky Danger Band was an award winner in the East Coast Music Awards.
Our Web Site
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This site has been tested and works with Internet Explorer 6 and 7, Firefox 1
and 2 and Netscape 7.
Our web site contains lots of information on our current concerts as well as
online ticket sales. There's also history and info on past performances. Please
browse. If there's something you don't see or there is a problem with the site, please
Our Series
We have two concert series.
Main Series
This series has concert style seating and caters to all audiences. See the Main Series Page for more details. Doors open at 7 pm for Main Series shows. Performance start at 8 pm.
Spotlight Series
The Spotlight Series is geared more towards adult audiences. We serve meals (appetizer, main course and dessert, a la carte) and the seating is at tables. See the Spotlight Series Page for details. See the Food Page for our Menu. Doors open at 6:30 pm for Spotlight shows. Performances start at 8 pm.
Performances
This year we have 4 concerts in the Main Series and 3 concerts in the Spotlight Series. The concerts are listed on the bar at the right and you can click on an image to get more details.
Tickets
See our Box Office Page for details and ticket locations. See the Online Ticket Page to buy tickets online. You can buy tickets online from every artist's page too. Single performance tickets will be available in July.
Season Tickets
Season Tickets for 2008/2009 are now available.
Spotlight Series Season Ticket
Main Series Season Ticket
Main Series Single Tickets
Main Series single performance tickets are Adult $22, Seniors $20, Youth $12. For Harry Manx the prices will be Adult $30, Seniors $25 and Youth $15. Single performance tickets are available on each performer's page beginning in late July
Spotlight Series Single Tickets
Spotlight Series single performance tickets are $30 and are available on each performer's page beginning in late July.
Workshops
One way Bragg Creek Performing Arts gives back to the community is by sponsoring music workshops. We sponsored a Jazz Workshop with Jane Bunnett and her Band on February 17, 2007 at Bragg Creek Centre. This workshop seemed to be a great success and we are sponsored 2 workshops during our 2007 - 2008 season. Our first workshop for aspiring rock musicians was held on Saturday, September 15, 2007 with the Chucky Danger Band. We had great attendance of young musicians who enjoyed working and playing with the band. The second workshop was on Saturday, March 8, 2008 for songwriters and would be songwriters, with Connie Kaldor. In 2008/2009, Matt Anderson will provide a jazz guitar workshop.
2007 - 2008 Performers
2007 - 2008
Season
Bragg Creek
Music Festival
May 30 & 31, 2008
Appeared Previously
Chucky Danger Band
Sept. 15, 2007
Winston Choi
Nov. 3, 2007
Colcannon
(Australia)
Nov. 24, 2007
Nathan Rogers
Feb. 9, 2008
Connie Kaldor
with
Sarah Clark
March 8, 2008
Patricia O'Callaghan
April 12, 2008
Oscar Lopez
May 3, 2008