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Downchild Blues Band 50th Anniversary Show 🎷

May 10, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

The Downchild Blues Band is excited to finally play their 50th anniversary show at the Fredericton Playhouse featuring special guests Matt Minglewood and Jenie Thai.

“There would be no Blues Brothers if it weren’t for Downchild”- Dan Aykroyd

One of Canada’s exciting, young up and coming blues talents, JENIE THAI will be opening the show. The 3X Maple Blues Award nominee made a major splash with Downchild in 2019 on their West coast swing, lighting up the stage with her stellar piano playing and singing on original material from her latest album “Night On Fire.”

Downchild experienced some unexpected changes during the two year pause due to the pandemic, including the loss of their long-time keyboard player Michael Fonfara (Lou Reed), who sadly pass away in 202,1 as well as the retirement of their drummer of over twenty years, Mike Fitzpatrick. Thankfully for fans, the band was keen to keep performing and recruited former member, Jim Casson to fill the drum throne and Thunder Bay native Tyler Yarema was a natural fit on Piano. The band is excited to hit the road with the new lineup and are sounding and performing better than ever!

Downchild is of course the inspiration for Hollywood stars Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi’s hit film The Blues Brothers. In fact, two Downchild songs “I Got Everything I Need (Almost)” and “Shotgun Blues” are found on The Blues Brothers smash album Briefcase Full of Blues.

The Longest 50th Anniversary Tour is dedicated to Michael Fonfara and to all of the many Downchild fans who patiently held on to their tickets from shows that were postponed in 2020.

Downchild has just released their 50th Anniversary Live At The Toronto Jazz Festival DVD, featuring special guests Dan Aykroyd, Paul Shaffer, David Wilcox, Kenny Neal, Gene Taylor and Erja Lyytinen, that was filmed at their 50th Anniversary Tour kick off shows in Toronto on June 22, 2019. The band shut down Bloor Street in Toronto for this once in a lifetime performance and torn it up for a magical night that was thankfully captured on tape by award winning producer, Joel Goldberg.

Downchild is a Canadian blues institution with an international reputation. They have shared the stage with blues icons B.B. King, Buddy Guy and John Lee Hooker to name a few and have performed around the world, leaving fans thoroughly entertained wherever the go.

Click here for tickets.

$48.50

The Fredericton Playhouse

686 Queen Street
Fredericton , New Brunswick E3B 1C2 Canada + Google Map

(506) 458-8344
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May 6, 2022

Sterling. The New Brunswick College of Craft and Design annual jewellery/metal arts exhibition, May 13, 2022 - June 1, 2022. Government House, 51 Woodstock Road, Fredericton, NB. Gallery hours: 10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday.

Sterling Metal Arts Exhibition 💍

May 13, 2022 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

May 13 — June 1, 2022. Join us for the public opening from 10am-4pm on May 13.

Masks required for entrance into Government House, 51 Woodstock Road, Fredericton, NB.

NBCCD announces the 15th annual jewellery/metal arts exhibition, STERLING, generously sponsored by Gallery 78 and hosted at Government House. This year’s exhibition opens to the public at the official residence of New Brunswick’s Lieutenant Governor on May 13, 2022 and runs until June 1, 2022, Monday-Friday, 10am to 4pm.

“We’d like to welcome you back to Government House and our annual exhibition. It’s always a surprise,” said recent Governor General’s Award winner and longtime NBCCD instructor Brigitte Clavette. “People come and they love it!”

Students from all levels of NBCCD’s jewellery/metal arts program will showcase selected best works from basic production work, silversmithing, collection pieces, sculpture, and fine one-of-a-kind pieces. Select works will be available for sale starting May 13 here. The exhibition will also feature in-progress pieces as an opportunity to educate the public about the creative process and care that goes into the fine craft of metal arts.

The exhibition doubles as a competition with one student winning a solo exhibition show at Gallery 78 and a cash prize.

Studio Head Kristyn Cooper said this year’s diploma graduates have been a dream to work with. “This is one of the hardest working groups of students we’ve ever seen. They’re not only talented in their craft but have become a family. They have a very strong sense of support, friendly competition, and work ethic.”

Clavette agreed, “This group is going to be hard to say goodbye to. They took in everything we brought to them and embraced every challenge. It was hard work.”

Cooper and Clavette look forward to celebrating the success and determination of all jewellery/metal arts students who navigated their studies throughout a pandemic in the mentally- and physically-demanding metal arts program.

To view NBCCD’s upcoming exhibition schedule, click here.

New Brunswick College of Craft and Design

Government House

Fredericton , New Brunswick Canada + Google Map

May 5, 2022

Ceramics Exhibition: Still Grounded 🏺

May 5, 2022 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Presenting Still Grounded — a ceramics exhibition at the George Fry Gallery. May 5—May 27, 2022.

Join us for the public opening from 4-6pm on May 5

Masks required for entrance to the George Fry Gallery, 408 Queen Street, Fredericton, N.B.

NBCCD’s first ceramics show in four years is unearthed at the George Fry Gallery on May 5.

Ceramics Studio Head, Liz Demerson and her faculty, technicians, and students are ready to open the doors to the public to reveal new works after a long hiatus due in part to the pandemic. In the spring of 2020, the doors of the college shut when the COVID-19 lockdown hit New Brunswick. This included the George Fry Gallery.

“Our show was slated for May 2020,” said Demerson, “and we were shut down because of the pandemic. Our last showing was in September 2018, and it was called 900 Degrees and Rising. It featured a variety of New Brunswick Artists.”

Each of the eight studios at the college have an exhibition in the George Fry Gallery bi-annually. The studios can choose to exhibit student work, work from alumni to inspire students by showing them successful practice in their field from graduates of their program, or choose to show work from invited professional artists in their field, also to inspire and teach students.

Demerson said this exhibition is about the last two years of learning and in making pots. With many ups and downs throughout our pandemic-ridden ceramics journey, this exhibition presents an overall feeling of that experience.

“Here, you will see the drive to create, the love of the material and the process, the persistence and tenacity in our personalities and the obsession with clay and pots. We all have the ceramics bug, and we just can’t stop,” said Demerson.

The students and staff in the Ceramics Studio are excited for the future and feel proud of our accomplishments, she said. The cultural trend towards local is invigorating and encouraging and we can’t wait to be a part of that trend as people realize the increased quality of life achieved by using local handmade ceramics.

“Here is the heart and soul of the last two years of our lives. Here is what got us through this mess of a time,” said Demerson. “Here are our pots.”

To view NBCCD’s exhibition schedule, click here.

New Brunswick College of Craft and Design

The George Fry Gallery

457 Queen St
Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5H1 Canada + Google Map

May 3, 2022

The Fredericton Playhouse, experience it live

An Afternoon of Dance: Celestial Dreams and a Second Act 🩰

June 4, 2022 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Dance Fredericton dancers are thrilled to be back at the Playhouse presenting their year-end recital. Act 1: three tired girls are ready for a long night’s sleep. Little do they know the adventures they will have inside their own dreams.

Act 2 showcases the amazing talents of our senior school and DFCC.

Show is June 4th, 2pm, at the Fredericton Playhouse. Click here for tickets.

$12.75 – $20.75

Dance Fredericton

(506) 457-2538

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dancefredericton@nb.aibn.com

The Fredericton Playhouse

686 Queen Street
Fredericton , New Brunswick E3B 1C2 Canada + Google Map

(506) 458-8344
View Venue Website

May 2, 2022

Sweltering Songs ☀️

July 15, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – July 17, 2022 @ 11:00 pm

To ensure that we are able to host a weekend-long festival as originally planned for 2022, we are ecstatic to announce that we will hold our second annual installment of Sweltering Songs this July 15-17 on Carleton Street in Fredericton. Sweltering Songs will offer a chance to see amazing artists in an open-air venue, during warmer weather. July artist announcements will follow across the next month.

“We’re really excited to return after what felt like such a long wait,” said Festival co-organizer, Zach Atkinson. “This announcement celebrates so many local and regional artists, and we’re so grateful to bring this incredible array of talent to Fredericton. Our community has been a great source of support during this time, so we strive to highlight local artists and small businesses downtown, as a way to say thanks after the difficult winter hiatus.”

Organizers are working with both existing venues and new spaces, to create a concert experience that ensures a safe, comfortable environment for all artists, patrons, volunteers, and support staff. Venue-specific COVID-19 safety protocols will be detailed at the point of purchase, as well as at www.shiveringsongs.com.

A midwinter celebration of songwriting and storytelling, and flagship partner of Fredericton FROSTival, Shivering Songs hosts internationally renowned artists in historic and intimate spaces throughout Downtown Fredericton, on the unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik people.

Event website.

Shivering Songs

Fredericton

Fredericton, NB Canada + Google Map

April 28, 2022

Poster with image of a beetles, worms, and a woman with a moth over her eyes. Text reads, "Flourish 2022, June 15th-19th, Fredericton, New Brunswick. Music! Art! Installations! Community projects and more!"

Flourish Festival 🪲

June 15, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – June 19, 2022 @ 11:00 pm

FLOURISH Festival is an independent, not for profit music and arts festival held annually in Fredericton, New Brunswick. June 15 – 19, 2022.

Renowned for content diversity, creative daring and its super-friendly vibe, FLOURISH Festival is a critically and popularly acclaimed independent, artist-run, not-for-profit music and arts festival held annually in Fredericton, the capital city of New Brunswick, Canada.

With an expanded 5-day festival schedule across 20+ venues, our 2022 edition will feature dozens of creative disciplines, including installation, fashion, music, drag, film, and visual art.

Returning to a fully in-person event, we have shared our initial lineup, announcing Living Hour, Eve Parker Finley, Keeper E, LXVNDR, Diner Drugs, Nick Schofield, and Awala-Wabanaki. We’ll be announcing 50+ more artists over the coming weeks!

FLOURISH Festival

Fredericton

Fredericton, NB Canada + Google Map

April 27, 2022

Living Roots Music Festival 🌳

June 2, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – June 5, 2022 @ 11:00 pm

A music festival to take place in multiple venues, including alternative spaces in Fredericton, NB, Canada.

June 2-5, 2022.

Living Roots Music Festival

April 26, 2022

We Walk The Line: A Tribute to Johnny Cash 🎶

September 9, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

At the Fredericton Playhouse. This hit after hit show is a true Johnny Cash experience that celebrates the music and life of “The Man In Black” and his fun-loving wife, June Carter. This concert covers the entire career of Johnny Cash from the 1950s at Sun Records to 2003 with the American Recordings label and includes Johnny’s biggest hits Ring of Fire, Boy Named Sue, I Walk The Line, Folsom Prison Blues, Hurt and the famous duet Jackson sung with June Carter amongst many other classic songs.

The concert performance features Ward Cornforth as a 1960’s era Johnny Cash and includes duets performed with Johnny’s life-long partner June Carter. Ward Cornforth and his band accurately recreate Cash’s biggest hits with the distinctive sound of Cash’s signature backing band, The Tennessee Three.

The show is a fun, toe-tapping trip down memory lane. Ward incorporates historical accounts and personal anecdotes about the Country Legend and American Poet, who left his mark upon many millions of fans, in this not-to-be-missed musical event.

Please be advised this performance contains mature themes or subject matter and is intended for mature audiences.

$42.74 – $47.83

The Fredericton Playhouse

686 Queen Street
Fredericton , New Brunswick E3B 1C2 Canada + Google Map

(506) 458-8344
View Venue Website

April 20, 2022

Faster Than Light: Photography Program for Youth 📸

May 3, 2022 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

We are thrilled to offer this workshop series with Kelly Baker, a storyteller and professional photographer will work with the youth as our lead facilitator. Kelly worked on the first iteration of this project back in 2016, you can see her stunning work here: www.kellybakerphoto.com

The workshops will take place in May 2022 followed by an exhibition at Charlotte Street Arts Centre in June of 2022: May 3rd, 5th, 10th, and 12th from 5pm to 7pm.

We are excited to see our beloved city through the eyes of Newcomer youth and to share their work with the public. This project is made possible thanks to the generosity of Isaac’s Way and The City of Fredericton.

In 2016 Charlotte Street Arts Centre in partnership with The Multi-Cultural Association of Fredericton presented an exhibition of photographs taken by some of our city’s newest citizens. Photography is an accessible art that allows youth to have a voice and to convey to others how they view the world around them. It is accessible because a picture can express the artists sentiment non-verbally and without language barriers.

Charlotte Street Arts Centre

732 Charlotte Street
Fredericton, NB E3B 1M5 Canada + Google Map

April 20, 2022

Halifax's Grateful Dead Tribute, Wharf Rats live at the Charlotte St. Arts Centre, Doors @ 7:30, show @ 8:00. Tickets $25 @ www.charlottestreetarts.ca

Wharf Rats: Grateful Dead Tribute 🎶

April 30, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

The Wharf Rats, Halifax’s Grateful Dead tribute band, will play at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre in Fredericton.

What a long strange trip its been! It is time to celebrate with Halifax’s Grateful Dead Tribute Band. Saturday April 30th in the Jim Myles Auditorium. Featuring members of The Brood, Keith Hallet and The Hookers. Get your tickets at Event Brite.

$25