Calendar
Show time 7:30pm, 3rd Thursday of each month. Tickets $8.00 at the door.
Children under 12 free.
Chinese Bunkhouse...our new location
Britannia Heritage Shipyard, 5180 Westwater Drive, Steveston BCClick HERE for a map of the location.
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January 21st - SFG at the Britannia Heritage Shipyard
Highrise Lonesome
Highrise Lonesome performs a unique blend of bluegrass and roots music. Vocals are a major part of the sound, with the duet singing of Sue Malcolm and Vic Smyth as the centre piece. While honouring their bluegrass roots, they love to explore and branch out to create original new sounds. They are good friends who love to perform together, and audiences love the sense of fun this quartet projects.
SUE MALCOLM plays guitar and sings in a warm, natural style. VIC SMYTH brings great energy with his mandolin playing, and vocals. DON FRASER aka the ‘Maestro’ adds his inventive dobro styling, and showcases his ability to run the gamut from bluegrass, to swing standards, to gypsy jazz. STU McDONALD on acoustic and electric bass, is the “standup comic” of the group and uses his razor- sharp wit with great skill. JAY BUCKWOLD on five string banjo, is the latest addition to the group, with banjo skills well known in the West Coast bluegrass scene.
February 18th - SFG at the Britannia Heritage Shipyard
The Sumner Brothers
In the words of Bruce Springsteen, “nothing feels better than blood on blood”. The Sumner Brothers know this in the most intimate of ways. They are a partnership and they are friends, and they are a band. This honesty is the bloodline of The Sumner Brothers music. Like many of their heroes before them; Johnny Cash, Townes Van Zandt or Neil Young, their songs aim to pierce hearts and dig deep beneath the skin. It is this commitment to authenticity that first drew the brothers to the songs of country, folk and blues, to roots music. Somehow banjos, harmonicas, and steel string guitars seem to lend themselves well to the notion of truth. These sounds coupled with the devastatingly low baritone of brother Brian, and the hauntingly sorrowful croon of brother Bob’s tenor, collide to form a sound, both unique and powerful. Their music has been described as foot stompin’, rockin’, rustic roots, country-folk and blues. Their show blends brotherly charm, homegrown gospel/rootsalt-country/folk songs and a delivery that calls to mind a young Elvis and Cash.
March 18th - SFG at the Britannia Heritage Shipyard
Dennis Lakusta
“What to expect at a Dennis Lakusta live concert”.
First of all, expect to laugh! As a songwriter, Dennis is a gifted humorist in the tradition of Jonathan Swift, and credits his Cree ancestry and Monty Python as the main influences for his irreverent take on contemporary North American culture. Secondly, expect depth! Dennis has spent his entire life on the road, and his lyrics are a reflection of the experiences gained along the way. Being of Aboriginal descent (his bloodline includes Plains Cree, Blackfoot, French, Mexican and Ukranian), he and his family have been on the receiving end of racism in Canada. Never-the- less these are not the songs of a bitter man. His lyrics are beautifully crafted and passionately delivered; his approach is ‘full frontal’ in your face‘ and aimed directly at the heart of Aboriginal and environmental issues. He's not afraid to take on the thorny issues. Dennis has six CDs to his credit and tours regularly on the folk circuit as well as performing at many school concerts.
Some examples of issues Dennis' songs are about are:
“The Warrior’s Song”, about Louis Riel's final days.
“Wounded Eagle” for Sue Rodriguez, which he sang at her memorial.
‘Recollections of Lenny”, for the late Canadian jazz guitarist Lenny Breau.
“Mona” about the loss of a close personal friend to breast cancer.
This will be a great night. Don’t be late.
April 15th - SFG at the Britannia Heritage Shipyard
Pacific Steel String Trio
The Pacific Steel String Trio is an eclectic collective of musicians long dedicated to their instruments of choice.
ON BANJO is IAIN MACINTYRE-short, lean, intense and ironic-has played bluegrass bajo to long to remember. Along the way he has picked with some well known musicians such as Dick Gaughan, Marc Wiseman, John Reischman and Praire Oyster. As a studio musician for CBC, he accompanied such notables as Waylon Jennings, Jesse Coulter, Kenny Rogers and Jesse Winchester. His proudest moment was when he was proclaimed “the best dressed man in bluegrass” ON CELLO is BRIAN SAMUELS. A classically trained cellist, is known primarily as a bluegrass, jazz, and folk musician, He was founding member of GREAT NORTHERN, an inovative bluegrass and roots string band that pioneered the “low lonseome sound” of bluegrass played with cello and viola. Brian has played and/or recorded with musicians of many styles, including Vancouver jazz vocalist Megan Fanning, folk artist Mae Moore, and latin afro jazz band Dido and the Handpeople.Finally on GUITAR is STEVE ALEXANDER has played guitar for 40 years or so. He is a champion flatpicker and has been recognised by FLATPICKING GUITAR MAGAZINE, and international publication which has recently published transcriptions of his recorded guitar solos. Steve is delighted to be returning to Steveston and the Folk Guild and promisies a great performance with his accomplished band mates.