2024-2025 SEASON GUEST ARTISTS
Tomson Highway
Tomson Highway Meets The WJO - Saturday, October 19th, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Tomson Highway is the proud son of legendary caribou hunter and world championship dogsled racer, Joe Highway, and artist-in-her-own-right, Pelagie Highway. A full-blooded Cree, he is a registered member of the Barren Lands First Nation located in northern Manitoba where it meets Saskatchewan and Nunavit. Today he writes novels, plays and music for a living having studied music and English literature at Universities Manitoba and Western Ontario as well as England. He earned both his bachelor of Music Honours in 1975 and the equivalent of a Bachelor of Arts in 1976. For seven years he immersed himself in the field of Native social work and at age 30 decided it was time to put all this extraordinary artistic training and Native social work experience together. He began writing music, play and later novels. For further information of the fascinating life of Tomson Highway please click on the link to his website.
https://tomsonhighway.ca/
Tomson Highway Meets The WJO - Saturday, October 19th, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Tomson Highway is the proud son of legendary caribou hunter and world championship dogsled racer, Joe Highway, and artist-in-her-own-right, Pelagie Highway. A full-blooded Cree, he is a registered member of the Barren Lands First Nation located in northern Manitoba where it meets Saskatchewan and Nunavit. Today he writes novels, plays and music for a living having studied music and English literature at Universities Manitoba and Western Ontario as well as England. He earned both his bachelor of Music Honours in 1975 and the equivalent of a Bachelor of Arts in 1976. For seven years he immersed himself in the field of Native social work and at age 30 decided it was time to put all this extraordinary artistic training and Native social work experience together. He began writing music, play and later novels. For further information of the fascinating life of Tomson Highway please click on the link to his website.
https://tomsonhighway.ca/
Kelly Bado
Mama Hé - Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 2 pm and 7:30 pm
With influences from her African heritage, la chanson française and American gospel, Kelly`s music crosses cultural barriers to bring people together in joy and hope. She has created a sound and message that is an intoxicating blend of Soul/World/Pop. She won World Artist of the Year at the 2018 Canadian Western Music Awards with her debut album "Entre Deux". Her album "Hey Terre" was nominated for Best Francophone of the year at the 2020 Canadian Western Music Awards. In 2021 she won Francophone and World Artist of the Year at the Canadian Western Music Awards.
Avec des influences de son Afrique natale, de las chans0n française et du gospel américain, la musique de Kelly traverse les barrières culturelles pour rassembler les gens dan la joie et l’espoir.
https://www.kellybado.com/
Mama Hé - Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 2 pm and 7:30 pm
With influences from her African heritage, la chanson française and American gospel, Kelly`s music crosses cultural barriers to bring people together in joy and hope. She has created a sound and message that is an intoxicating blend of Soul/World/Pop. She won World Artist of the Year at the 2018 Canadian Western Music Awards with her debut album "Entre Deux". Her album "Hey Terre" was nominated for Best Francophone of the year at the 2020 Canadian Western Music Awards. In 2021 she won Francophone and World Artist of the Year at the Canadian Western Music Awards.
Avec des influences de son Afrique natale, de las chans0n française et du gospel américain, la musique de Kelly traverse les barrières culturelles pour rassembler les gens dan la joie et l’espoir.
https://www.kellybado.com/
Quinn Greene
The Nutcracker, Ellington & Elf, Oh My - Thursday, December 19th, 2024 at 1 pm & 7:30 pm
Quinn is an actor and comedian born in Manitoba, raised in the less-than-a-hamlet called Moosehorn and lulled through his 20s in Winnipeg. Having worked in Winnipeg’s film and television community he’s done everything from cold hard gripping to directing hordes of rapping kids. He’s performed in theatre, television, and film as everything from a surfing chimp, to an accidental vampire, to a giant booger and of course The Grinch. He currently works as a creative ninja with Wasteland Productions.
The Nutcracker, Ellington & Elf, Oh My - Thursday, December 19th, 2024 at 1 pm & 7:30 pm
Quinn is an actor and comedian born in Manitoba, raised in the less-than-a-hamlet called Moosehorn and lulled through his 20s in Winnipeg. Having worked in Winnipeg’s film and television community he’s done everything from cold hard gripping to directing hordes of rapping kids. He’s performed in theatre, television, and film as everything from a surfing chimp, to an accidental vampire, to a giant booger and of course The Grinch. He currently works as a creative ninja with Wasteland Productions.
Charito
Cherry Blossom Dreams - Saturday, February 15th, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Recognized as one of the most individual and creative jazz vocalists in today's Japan jazz circuit. Acclaimed by critics, musicians and audiences as one of the most powerful and talented artists, she has definitely notched a place for herself in Japan's exclusive music world, and is now gaining note abroad. She has ten albums released with most recordings done in US, Canada and Brazil.
Her highly personal and expressive vocal style incorporates the breadth of her musical interests, from straight-ahead soulful ballads to hard-swinging grooves and improvisational adventures. Her approach is fresh and invigorating, paying tribute to the jazz tradition while interacting and exploring, always seeking to express herself in the moment.
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/charito*/
Cherry Blossom Dreams - Saturday, February 15th, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Recognized as one of the most individual and creative jazz vocalists in today's Japan jazz circuit. Acclaimed by critics, musicians and audiences as one of the most powerful and talented artists, she has definitely notched a place for herself in Japan's exclusive music world, and is now gaining note abroad. She has ten albums released with most recordings done in US, Canada and Brazil.
Her highly personal and expressive vocal style incorporates the breadth of her musical interests, from straight-ahead soulful ballads to hard-swinging grooves and improvisational adventures. Her approach is fresh and invigorating, paying tribute to the jazz tradition while interacting and exploring, always seeking to express herself in the moment.
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/charito*/
David Grenon
Think Sinatra - Except Fabulous - Saturday, April 12th, 2025 at 7:30 pm & Sunday, April 13th at 2:00 pm
A singer-songwriter who is originally from Quebec, David Grenon (also writing and producing under the name Soul Bear) studied music interpretation at Université de Montréal, music education at UQAM and music at Campus Notre-Dame-de Foy.
.https://soulbear.ca/en/home/
Think Sinatra - Except Fabulous - Saturday, April 12th, 2025 at 7:30 pm & Sunday, April 13th at 2:00 pm
A singer-songwriter who is originally from Quebec, David Grenon (also writing and producing under the name Soul Bear) studied music interpretation at Université de Montréal, music education at UQAM and music at Campus Notre-Dame-de Foy.
.https://soulbear.ca/en/home/
Ego Spank
More Respect - Saturday, May 10th, 2025 at 7:30 pm & Sunday, May 11th at 2:00 pm
With Gilles Fournier (bass), Murray Pulver (guitar), Mark Arnould (keys) and Daniel Roy (drums), Ego Spank mixes up diverse musical influences to deliver its own unique funky stew. The band consistently delivers astonishing live performances, weaving complex funk rhythms, strong bass lines and mind-boggling solos with distinctive vocals and musical wit that create a strong, infectious groove guaranteed to move. With Ego Spank, the hilarious banter is part of the show – you know you’re experiencing something real, uncontrived, joyful and above all, musically delicious! Being in-demand session musicians, producers and writers in their own right, Ego Spank is an outlet where Murray, Gilles, Marc and Daniel let out some steam… their way. Their performances leave no heads unturned, pleasing new and loyal fans from ear, to mind, to heart.
https://egospank.com/
More Respect - Saturday, May 10th, 2025 at 7:30 pm & Sunday, May 11th at 2:00 pm
With Gilles Fournier (bass), Murray Pulver (guitar), Mark Arnould (keys) and Daniel Roy (drums), Ego Spank mixes up diverse musical influences to deliver its own unique funky stew. The band consistently delivers astonishing live performances, weaving complex funk rhythms, strong bass lines and mind-boggling solos with distinctive vocals and musical wit that create a strong, infectious groove guaranteed to move. With Ego Spank, the hilarious banter is part of the show – you know you’re experiencing something real, uncontrived, joyful and above all, musically delicious! Being in-demand session musicians, producers and writers in their own right, Ego Spank is an outlet where Murray, Gilles, Marc and Daniel let out some steam… their way. Their performances leave no heads unturned, pleasing new and loyal fans from ear, to mind, to heart.
https://egospank.com/
