Valley Folk Music Society Inc.

Patron admission

(Children under 14 free with accompanying adult)

General admission

Hard Times admission

Chairlift available for internal flight of stairs

Disabled

Full-Time Student with ID

<p style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:center;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1702690400/wfnqhnumzx0ygizlktmf.jpg" style="width:150px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px 0px 5px auto;text-align:right;max-width:calc(100% - 5px);position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit" /><p style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:center;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit">“John Showman has made his mark as “one of the very best and most influential fiddle players in Canada” -- Steve Pritchard, CIUT 89.5 FM <p style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:center;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit">“Renowned for his clawhammer banjo picking, Coole now establishes himself as a gripping songwriter” -- Roddy Campbell, Penguin Eggs Magazine <p style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:center;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1702690075/jkaaqhxqijxxzxnee9xq.png" style="width:315px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;max-width:calc(100% - 10px);cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit" />Through twenty years and a couple of thousand shows together in bands such as The Foggy Hogtown Boys and The Lonesome Ace Stringband, John Showman and Chris Coole have developed a deep and instinctual musical bond. Their music lurks around a truly unique space that is somewhere on the outskirts of old-time, bluegrass, and folk. The songs of John Hartford, Hank Williams, Dock Boggs, and The Band share space with the fiddle tunes of Eck Robertson and Ed Haley. The duo’s original songs and tunes take in all these vistas and paint something both personal and timely<p style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:center;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit">They have performed across North America and Europe at festivals such as Merlefest, Rockygrass, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Mariposa, Wintergrass, Gooikroots, and The John Hartford Memorial Festival. In 2022, the duo released two albums; “Afield” a collection of old-time fiddle tunes, and “Much Further Out than Inevitable – A Tribute to Some Music of John Hartford”.<p style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:center;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit">Musicans' websites: <a href="https://www.chriscoole.com/" target="_blank">www.chriscoole.com</a>, <a href="https://www.johnshowman.com/" target="_blank">www.johnshowman.com</a>, and <a href="https://www.lonesomeace.com/" target="_blank">www.lonesomeace.com</a><p style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:center;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit"> <p style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:center;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit">There is a self-running jam on concert nights beginning 90 minutes before each concert when we get in the building to set up. Bring your instrument and come jam with us!

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1702690400/wfnqhnumzx0ygizlktmf.jpg" style="width:150px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px 0px 5px auto;text-align:right;padding:0px 1px;max-width:100%" />“John Showman has made his mark as “one of the very best and most influential fiddle players in Canada” -- Steve Pritchard, CIUT 89.5 FM “Renowned for his clawhammer banjo picking, Coole now establishes himself as a gripping songwriter” -- Roddy Campbell, Penguin Eggs Magazine <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1702690075/jkaaqhxqijxxzxnee9xq.png" style="width:315px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;padding:0px 1px;max-width:100%" />Through twenty years and a couple of thousand shows together in bands such as The Foggy Hogtown Boys and The Lonesome Ace Stringband, John Showman and Chris Coole have developed a deep and instinctual musical bond. Their music lurks around a truly unique space that is somewhere on the outskirts of old-time, bluegrass, and folk. The songs of John Hartford, Hank Williams, Dock Boggs, and The Band share space with the fiddle tunes of Eck Robertson and Ed Haley. The duo’s original songs and tunes take in all these vistas and paint something both personal and timelyThey have performed across North America and Europe at festivals such as Merlefest, Rockygrass, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Mariposa, Wintergrass, Gooikroots, and The John Hartford Memorial Festival. In 2022, the duo released two albums; “Afield” a collection of old-time fiddle tunes, and “Much Further Out than Inevitable – A Tribute to Some Music of John Hartford”.Musicans' websites: <a href="https://www.chriscoole.com/" target="_blank">www.chriscoole.com</a>, <a href="https://www.johnshowman.com/" target="_blank">www.johnshowman.com</a>, and <a href="https://www.lonesomeace.com/" target="_blank">www.lonesomeace.com</a> There is a self-running jam on concert nights beginning 90 minutes before each concert when we get in the building to set up. Bring your instrument and come jam with us!

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Valley Folk Music Society Inc.

Showman and Coole Concert Sunday Jan 28 2024 2pm

144 Cedar St

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Patron admission

$30

General admission

$25

Hard Times admission

$20

Disabled

$5

Full-Time Student with ID

$5