April 27, 2010

Welcome to the Bragg Creek Performing Arts Newsletter with information on our upcoming concerts, Bragg Creek Festival, Season Tickets and our 30th season ... 2010 - 2011.

Luke Doucet and the White Falcon, May 1, 2010
Our final Main Series Concert This Season
Canadian singer/songwriter Luke Doucet is a difficult figure to pin down. On the one hand, he is an acclaimed singer, songwriter, and guitarist whose songs sound like a prairie-bred and countrified Elliott Smith; on the other, he spent several years as the leader of the spacy neo-psych rockers Veal, Vancouver's answer to the Flaming Lips.

A proud and vocal member of Canada's exploding indie music scene, Doucet also pays the bills as a studio musician and producer for decidedly non-indie acts like Sarah McLachlan and Chantal Kreviazuk. Doucet was born and raised in Manitoba, where he initially planned to become a lawyer before the guitar became his primary obsession. He moved to Vancouver and formed Veal in the mid-'90s, when bands such as Zumpano and Cub were making the coastal city Canada's primary indie pop mecca.

Performing with Luke will be his wife Melissa McClelland of whom the Globe and Mail said: “unforgettable... a coolly expressive singer, a gorgeously gritty lyricist, and a vivid painter of pop noir.”

Please note: Luke Doucet prefers to play an uninterrupted concert. There will be only a single ~90 minute set at this concert. Season Ticket Sales and the Bar will be open prior to the concert AND after the concert.

See our web site for more information and tickets. 

Season Tickets for 2010 - 2011
Build Your Own Season Ticket
Season Tickets will be a bit different in 2010 - 2011. Instead of us packaging Main and Spotlight Series, you get to build your own package. Pick the shows you want to see or are able to attend ... or pick all of them. The more shows you buy, the greater the discount. Scroll down a bit to see our 2010 - 2011 artist lineup or visit our web site. Remember, as a Bragg Creek Performing Arts Season Ticketholder, if you are unable to attend a show, you can call 403-949-4114 and arrange to bring some guests to another show.

Here's how the Season Ticket works ... Pick the shows you want (We'd love to see you at all of them) and get the following discounts:

• Buy 4 shows and get 10% off the total
• Buy 5 shows and get 11% off the total
• Buy 6 shows and get 12% off the total
• Buy all 7 shows and get 15% off the total

This special pricing will only be available from May 1, 2010 to May 8, 2010. After May 8, all concerts will be at full price. This special pricing will be available at Patron's Appreciation Night, May 1, via our ticket number 403-949-4114 or through our online ticket sales.

Also new for the 2010 - 2011 season, single tickets will be available after May 8, 2010 instead of starting sale in August.

With Bragg Creek Performing Arts, what you see is what you pay (except with this discount where you pay less than what you see). There are no additional fees, taxes or surcharges!

More details will be available at Patron's Appreciation Night on May 1 and on our web site.

Also from May 1 to May 8, 2010, Bragg Creek Festival tickets (not including Youthtopia) will be available with a 10% discount.

Bragg Creek Festival
Returns May 28, 29 and 30, 2010 ... A Season's Worth of Music in 3 Days
The third annual Bragg Creek Festival is ready to roll. We need your support to make it a success We have a great artist lineup for the 2010 Festival including:

• MG3 - Montreal Guitar Trio
• Elizabeth Shepherd Trio
• Nathan Rogers
• Amy Bishop
• Calum Graham
• Chris Sandvoss
• Steve Pineo
• Rod Thomas Squance and Abbas Janmohamed

You can check out the tentative schedule for the third Bragg Creek Festival on the Festival web site. Tickets are now available and from May 1 to May 8 there will be a 10% discount (Youthopia is not discounted).

In 2010, Friday Night of the Bragg Creek Festival will be devoted to artists who are under 19 but are already superb musicians, singers and song writers. We're calling it YoUthtopia. You can get more details on the YoUthtopia page on the Bragg Creek Festival web site. Tickets for Youthtopia are $15. Tickets are available from the artists or online. Come out and support these young performers! All proceeds from the ticket sales go to the Performers and to support youth programs at Bragg Creek Centre.

2010 - 2011 Lineup - Our 30th Season
Artists for Next Season
Here are the artists and dates for our 2010 - 2011 season:

• Marc Atkinson Electric Project - Main Series - October 2, 2010
• Mary Lou Fallis with Peter Tiefenbach - Dinner Series - November 6, 2010
• Delhi 2 Dublin - Main Series - November 27, 2010
• Paul Rumbolt - Dinner Series - February 6, 2011, plus Matinee Performance
• Tentative Bragg Creek Festival - March 4, 5 & 6, 2011
• Suzie Vinnick and Rick Fines - Main Series - April 2, 2011
• Dala - Main Series - May 7, 2011, plus Matinee Performance
• Joel Plaskett - Main Series - May 28, 2011

In 2010 - 2011 we will have two Matinee Performances. These will be one set performances in the afternoon, at a reduced ticket price. Matinee performances may be appealing to people who cannot attend in the evening or would like a shortened performance.

We are changing the name of our Spotlight Series to the Dinner Series to clarify that Dinner is available at these shows.

Now ... Print Your Tickets at Home
Try our new ticket system
Our new ticket system at tix.com lets you buy your tickets online and print them on your home printer. Of course, you can still order tickets on our ticket hotline at 403-949-4114 or buy them in person at Spirits West.

Country Music Comes Back to Bragg Creek
A New Country Series
Performing Arts is supporting the Bragg Creek Community Association's presentation of country music concerts.

We are currently finishing the contracting for the first two artist. The dates are Friday June 25, 2010 and Tuesday November 2, 2010. The details will be available on the web site as soon as we receive the signed contracts.

Details and ticket information are available on the Bragg Creek Country Web Site.

Open Mike at the Boardwalk Cafe
More Music in Bragg Creek
Bragg Creek is welcoming an Open-Mike event to the Boardwalk Cafe. The next Open-Mike will be May 12th from 7-10pm. All ages and abilities welcome for those who wish to share their music with a friendly and supportive audience. The event is co-hosted by Chris Sandvoss guitar/fiddle and Tim Jeffery dobro/guitar. Call Chris at 403 949 4194 for details.

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Media Sponsors