Sponsored By:
Tickets:
Ticket Line 949-4114
Bragg Creek Centre
Spirits West
Online
Our Home:
Local Links:
BRAGG CREEK
COMMUNITY
ASSOCIATION
Media:
Professional Performers Produced By Volunteers
In our Main Series:
- seating is Theatre Style
- we can accommodate up to 550 people
- entertainment is for general audiences
- we offer special family and seniors pricing
- beer and wine are available at the cash bar
- bottled water, soft drinks, cookies and special treats are also available
- all performances are at the Bragg Creek Centre
- doors open at 7pm and the performance starts at 8pm
- 50/50 tickets are available with 50% of pot to winner, 50% to BCPA
- there is an intermission between sets
- performances are usually on the main stage
Our 2008 - 2009 Season Dates and Performers
Saturday September 27, 2008 - John Wort Hannam
From the Canadian
prairies in southern Alberta comes one of Canada’s most promising new
songwriters, John Wort Hannam. John is known for his unique take on the simple
day-to-day dramas of the common man through songs that map the landscapes of
both the human heart and this vast country of ours. He is a born story-teller
with a keen eye for the quirky, and a humble and engaging performer with lyrics
that create stories behind the songs.
His voice is a constant strong and emotive presence demanding attention to lyrics. And while it is true that John is a relatively new face on the folk/roots scene, John has achieved some fine accolades and seen his profile rise rapidly in a few short years.
John Wort Hannam was named a 2007 New Folk Winner at the Kerrville Texas New Folk Songwriting Competition as part of the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival. (John joins the list of previous finalists such as John Gorka, Nanci Griffith, Eric Taylor, Lyle Lovett, and Steve Earle.)
Saturday November 22, 2008 - Shooglenifty
Over the past
dozen or so years Shooglenifty's unique twist on trad has won them an extensive
and devoted fan base not only across Europe, the U.S. and Australasia, but as
far afield as India, Malaysia and Japan.
The Edinburgh-based six-piece are about at the end of another whistle stop year of touring, taking in France, Denmark, Belgium, Spain, Norway, Ireland, Italy and Tenerife, as well as UK appearances. Previous career highlights include performing for Prince Charles, Nelson Mandela and Emperor Akihito of Japan (not all at once).
Saturday March 7, 2009 - Carlos del Junco
Born in Havana,
Cuba, del Junco (loosely translated "of the reeds") immigrated with his family
at the age of one. He bent his first note on a harmonica when he was 14, making
his debut with his high school math teacher at a student talent night.
Playing a ten-hole diatonic harmonica, Carlos has developed the unique ability to play chromatically by using a recently developed "overblow" technique taught to him by jazz virtuoso Howard Levy. Overall, this approach to the diatonic harmonica, although much more difficult to achieve, is in many ways more expressive and communicative than the mechanized tone produced by the chromatic harmonica.
Carlos is one of the few pioneers of this overblow method, bringing musical credibility to what has still been considered by many in the music industry - a fringe folk instrument. The sophisticated sound produced by del Junco is at once sensitive, soulful, and sexy while never forgetting the rawness inherent in blues music.
Saturday May 2, 2009 - Harry Manx
Harry Manx has
been called an "essential link" between the music of East and West, creating
musical short stories that wed the tradition of the Blues with the depth of
classical Indian ragas.
He has created a unique sound that is hard to forget and deliciously addictive to listen to. Manx is a prolific artist, releasing seven albums in a six-year span with no signs of stopping.
Born on the Isle of Man, Manx spent his childhood in Canada and left in his teens to live in Europe, Japan, India and Brazil. He honed his hypnotic live show on street corners, in cafes, bars and at festivals. But it was Indian music that captured Manx and in the mid 80s he began his five-year tutelage with Rajasthani Indian musician Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Grammy winner with Ry Cooder for A Meeting by the River). He also received the gift of Bhatt's custom-made, self-designed Mohan veena-a 20-stringed sitar/guitar-that was the catalyst for Harry to forge a new path with his now signature east-meets-west style of music. A successful touring performer, Manx has brought his "breathtaking" solo shows across Canada, into the U.S., Australia, France and most recently to Singapore and Spain.
Main Series Season Ticket
Season Tickets are available at our ticket locations or by phone and online here
Individual Tickets
Individual tickets can be purchased online, at our ticket locations or by phone.
Main Series single ticket prices are as follows:
- Adults - $22
- Seniors (>55) - $20
- Youth (6 - 17) - $12
- Children (5 and under) - No Charge
2008 - 2009 Performers
2008 - 2009
Season
John Wort Hannam
Sept. 27, 2008
Matt Anderson
Nov. 1, 2008
Shooglenifty
Nov. 22, 2008
Bottom Line Duo
Feb. 7, 2009
Carlos del Junco
March 7, 2009
Keri Lynn Zwicker
April 4, 2009
Harry Manx
May 2, 2009
Bragg Creek
Festival
May 29 & 30, 2009
Bragg Creek Performing Arts 2003 - 2008. All performances at Bragg Creek Centre.
Tickets online, at Bragg Creek Centre, Spirits West or call (403) 949-4114 or (403) 949-4277