UPDATED JUNE 20, 2025
live Music In The Backyard
Music returns to our backyard this year for a limited number of shows.
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Thank You!
Your response to our return to hosting shows has been beyond tremendous!
We can't thank you enough, as our support and smiles makes all our hard work so very rewarding.
More importantly, it means SO much to the musicians themselves. Your support really does help to keep the music community here vibrant and something truly special - give yourselves a hand!
The 2025 Line-Up
As we're getting back in the saddle after a year off, we decided to choose a bunch of our favourites across a broad spectrum of musical styles. One thing thing they all have in common is that they're 'listening' shows because if you listen closely you'll find hidden treasure where you thought you'd looked before.
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All shows:
Gates at 7:00 pm | Music at 7:30 pm
Bring your own lawn chairs, beverages, and snacks
$25pp (except Flock of Trout - $30pp)
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eMail ian.mattey@gmail.com to RSVP​​​
Andrina Turenne - Wednesday, July 2nd
Andrina Turenne will be gracing Wits End with her amazing voice and songs for only the second time. It will be an enchanting evening of music under the stars.
Aux coin de Wits End, c'est parfait, non?
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Just a few spots left!
Brent Parkin - Wednesday, July 16th
Legendary guitarist, Brent Parkin is a life-long Bluesman with the chops to back his claim. His smooth take on the Blues is a vicarious trip up the Mississippi, through Chicago, and ultimately arriving at the confluence of the Assiniboine & Red Rivers.
This will be Brent's sixth time at Wits End.​
SOLD OUT!
Flock of Trout - Wednesday, August 13th
featuring Rube & Rake, Sarah Hiltz, and Shawna Caspi​
Bi-coastal Rube & Rake sing about a 21st century Canadian experience, unconfined by a single region or musical style, they just released their latest album Good Time After Bad.
​​Sarah Hiltz has released four albums and two EPs since 2009. Her work as a talented singer-songwriter has landed her Folk Music Ontario’s Songs From The Heart Award.​
Shawna Caspi - connector of curious humans – is a singer, a poet, a painter, a fingerstyle guitar player, and a crafter of lyrics of unusual rhymes and surprising turns of phrase.
Ridley Bent - Wednesday, August 20th
In February 2023 we hosted a show, cheekily called 'Straight Outta Wolseley' featuring Ridley Bent backed by Killer Tumbleweed Chris Dunn on guitar. That show was magic and remains one of the most talked about shows we've ever done - for good reason!
So why not do it again - this time in the backyard!​
Dom & Jacob - Wednesday, August 27th
We hosted a Songwriters Circle with Tyler del Pino, Dominique Adams, and Jacob Brodovsky in October 2023. Dom and Jacob had never met but they connected musically that night and have kept it going since; weaving their lyrics and voices into delicate, poignant, often wryly humourous songs. They're getting ready to take their work into the recording studio in the Fall, so here's your chance to 'be in the know'.​
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Juvel - Thursday, September 4th
We've loved Juvel since we first laid ears on them in 2020! As good as we thought they were then, they've only gotten better, so much better, over the past five years.
Django melodies with Andrews Sisters harmonies layered on top like a great cream cheese icing on moist carrot cake - seriously, nuthin' could be finer!
Juvel are: Chenoa McKelvey, Gabriela Ocejo, Ana Gold, and Lindsay Woolgar​​​
