Events Calendar
Harlem Gospel Choir
This renowned choir travels the globe, sharing its joy of faith through its music, & raising funds for children's charities. The Choir was founded in 1986 by Allen Bailey, who got the idea for the Choir while
attending a celebration in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the renowned Cotton Club in
Harlem. The Choir is a gathering of the finest singers and musicians from various Black
Churches in Harlem.
The Choir has shared its message of love, peace and harmony for many years with thousands of
people from various nations, backgrounds, and cultures. The Harlem Gospel Choir strives to
make the world a more loving and peaceful place, and through its music and dynamic
performance creates a better understanding of the African-American culture and the inspirational
music called Gospel as it relates to the Black Church. The theme of every performance is
bringing people & nations together & giving something back. The Choir's songs of gospel and
inspiration touch the depths of the soul and raise spirits to angelic heights.
JW Jones
What led to JW appearing on the Stockey Stage? Last October JW played here as part of the CONTACT conference. We were suddenly slammed with people who saw that mini-concert demanding that we bring him here for a full show. We were only too happy to oblige.
So, here by popular demand: JW Jones! Be here to help bring the house down.
"One of this country's top blues guitar stars"
-Globe and Mail
SPECIAL PROMO PACKAGE:
Eat your fill, Rock the night away, and sleep in Comfort all night long.We have two concert/dinner/hotel stay packages put together for you this winter: Classic Albums Live: The Doors' L.A. Woman and J.W. Jones on his Memphis Blues tour. So spend the day riding the trails, ejnoying all that winter has to offer, and then join us in the evening as part of the special package deal that includes 1 night accommodations at the Comfort Inn, dinner for 2 at Kudos Kuisine, and 2 tickets to the show at the Stockey Centre, based on double occupancy and subject to availability. For more info about our partners, see their websites at kudoskuisine.com and choicehotels.ca
Call (705) 746-6221
(Comfort Inn) to book your package. This makes a great Christmas gift for two!
Second City iLove
From The Second City Toronto, the legendary comedy theatre, comes a play about relationships in the age of social networking. There are Plenty of Fish in the sea, but can we all live in eHarmony? Or are our lives too much of an open (Face)book? Find out in this hilarious new show!
The Ring Of Fire
The Ring Of Fire: A Johnny Cash Experience comes to the Parry Sound Stockey Centre as part of its Happy 80th Birthday Johnny Cash Tour on Friday February 24. The group from Hamilton Ontario is rapidly becoming known as Canada’s favourite tribute to The Man In Black, Johnny Cash.
The group under the stewardship of Andy Vickers brings true life to the music and style that made Johnny Cash famous. With the group being younger than most Johnny Cash tribute artist, it is able to bring a unique edge that is attracting the next generation of Johnny Cash lovers and makes even the most mature fan remember foot stomping days gone by.
The groups’ repertoire ranges from Big River, Get Rhythm, Folsom Prison Blues and I Walk The Line, to Hurt, Rusty Cage, and an amazing emotional rendition of Spiritual performed by Andy Vickers.
The Ring Of Fire is more than a
tribute. It is truly, A Johnny Cash Experience!
Advanced tickets till February 3rd: $27.00
Tickets after February 3rd: $32.00
GROUP MEMBERS
Andy Vickers (Johnny Cash) - Rhythm acoustic, lead vocals
Matt Temprile - Lead rhythm electric guitar, backup vocals
Nick Rivet - Bass Guitar
Kyle Rowe - Lead Electric Guitar
Jason Langdon - Drums
Now: INTRODUCING SARAH O’HARA as JUNE CARTER
Stuart McLean: Live On Stage
STUART McLEAN, one of Canada's most beloved storytellers and a best-selling author, makes a return visit to the Stockey Centre. His hit CBC radio show THE VINYL CAFE premiered in 1994, and each week over 1 million listeners tune in to hear stories about Dave, owner of the second hand record store where the motto is: “We May Not Be Big, But We're Small". The stories also feature Dave's wife, Morley, their two children, Sam and Stephanie, and assorted friends and neighbours.
The show also features live and recorded music by both up-and-coming and established Canadian musicians. Increasingly, it is becoming a place where Canadians go to find new, undiscovered talent.
DRUM!
DRUM! is a spectacular musical production telling the story of the arrival and settlement, struggle and ultimate coming together of four of North America’s principal founding cultures as seen through the lens of the First Nations experience. Each of the cultures has a rhythm unique and distinct, and it is through the featuring of each and the culmination to one electrifying rhythm that DRUM!’s story is told.
Featuring musicians, dancers, drummers, and singers from Nova Scotia’s Aboriginal, Black, Celtic and Acadian communities, DRUM! is a heart-pumping fusion of music, dance, video, rhythm, and song. DRUM! communicates a message to the world: we can hold on to who we are and still share a song, a stage, a country, a world.
The Men of the Deeps
The Men of the Deeps is more than a world renowned singing group - it is a social institution.
The Men of the Deeps is a choir of working and retired coal miners from the island of Cape Breton in Nova Scotia. Organized in 1966 as part of Cape Breton's contribution to Canada's Centennial Year (1967), the group's inception was an effort by the people of Cape Breton to preserve in song some of the rich folklore of that island's coal mining communities.
To belong to the singing group a man must have worked in the mine. The ages of the men range from the mid-thirties to the upper-seventies, about one-quarter of which have been with the group since it was organized in 1966. Since then, the group has been singing of the work and lifestyle of the Cape Breton coal miner to audiences throughout most of Canada and the world.
The musical repertoire of the Men of the Deeps is gathered from mining communities around the world. Many of the group's songs are "home grown" - composed by contemporary Cape Breton bards, or traditional songs which trace their roots to their Celtic fore-bearers in the old country.
This is your opportunity to see this world renowned choir in the perfect acoustics of the granite-walled Stockey Centre: a more fitting venue is hard to imagine.
Gord Bamford's "Is It Friday Yet?" Tour
Two years after dazzling Country music fans with his 4th studio release, 2010's Day Job, featuring Top 10 singles "Day Job", "Hank Williams Lonesome", "Put Some Alcohol On It" and "My Daughter's Father" (#1 Spun Canadian song in 2011 with over 10,000 spins, Gord Bamford is back with his 5th studio release and major label debut Is It Friday Yet? The album's first single and title track "Is It Friday Yet?" is a vintage Bamford anthem.
"It's always exciting and it's always scary finishing new material,
and knock on wood because we've had a lot of success with the last two
records, but I think this is the best sounding set of music I've ever
recorded and in terms of songs and qualities, it's probably the best
album I've ever done." states a humble Bamford when asked about the new
record.
Be sure to catch Gord Bamford's electrifying live performance as he unveils new songs from Is It Friday Yet? to his loyal fans across Canada.
