2008


2008 Past Events

  • Jan 12 – Bloodshot Bill
  • Jan 18 – Still Dangerous
  • Jan 20 – Maria Hawkins
  • Jan 25 – The Withering Pines (Eric Vieweg), Ken Workman
  • Jan 26 – The Woodrunners, Denis Turbide
  • Feb 8 – The Murder Plans, Eastborough, Greg Jannsen
  • Feb 9 – Evil Farm children, Lefty McRighty
  • Feb 23 – Myers Brothers Blues Band
  • Mar 1 – The Kingmakers, Greggy B and The Flats
  • Mar 7 – Andy Swan, Andrea Simms Karp (CBC recording)
  • Mar 8 – Wicked Grin
  • Mar 17 – Paddy’s Hangover
  • Mar 21 – The Empiricals, The Flaps (CBC recording)
  • Mar 22 – Ninety Pounds of Ugly, The Stables
  • Mar 26 – Ben Cooper
  • Mar 28 – WRD -Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Famers: Shirley Sinclair, Doug Sinclair, Don Ducharme, Wilf Arsenault)
  • Mar 29 – Still Dangerous, Al Tambay
  • April 4 – Blake Walters and Subject to Change
  • April 5 – Ball and Chain and the Wreckers
  • April 10 – Denis Turbide
  • April 11 – Willow Bluff with Gerry Wall
  • April 12 – The Woodrunners
  • April 18 – Wicked Grin
  • April 19 – Evil Farm Children & The Polymorphines
  • April 25 – Kelp Records Anniversary – HILOTRONS, Rhume, Flecton, Andy Swan, Culture Reject
  • April 26 – The Rizdales
  • May 2 – The Murder Plans (video release party) with special guests the Withering Pines
  • May 3 – Ball and Chain and the Wreckers
  • May 4 – The debut of Sunday Afternoon Jazz at the Elmdale House with Israel Martinez
  • May 9 – Lucky Ron and Steve Stacey and the Stumpsplitters
  • May 16 – Nudie and The Turks
  • May 17 – Parson Road and Ken Workman & The Union
  • May 23 – Still Dangerous
  • May 24 – John Allaire and special guests Kim Jarrett
  • May 29 – Flemish Eye Records presents Women
  • May 30 – Sunbleached Skulls
  • May 31 – Smokestack Lightning
  • June 5 – Bloomistry
  • June 6 – The Kingmakers
  • June 7 – Ball and Chain and the Wreckers
  • June 12 – Ken Workman
  • June 13 – Shameless Blues
  • June 14 – The Undesirables
  • June 18 – Denis Turbide
  • June 19 – Art Adams with special guest Bloodshot Bill
  • June 20 – Grouyan Gumbo
  • June 21 – Washboard Hank, The Wild Turkeys
  • June 26 – Aaron Allen and the Small City Saints
  • June 27 – W.R.D. (Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Famers)
  • June 28 – The Woodrunners
  • July 1 to 13 – The Elmdale House Tavern BluesQuest 2008
  • July 6 – The Amanda Strawn Trio
  • July 17 – Blake Walters
  • July 18 – Morgan Tobias with Jehan Khoorshed
  • July 19 – The Crackband with Seedhill Road & Todo Uso
  • July 24 – The Tragedy of Mariam (with Downline)
  • July 25 – Liquid Edge & The Lee Bowie band
  • July 26 – Bloodshot Bill and special guest King Kahn
  • July 31 – Clear
  • Aug. 1 – Tom Savage Trio (with Adam Puddington)
  • Aug. 2 – The Woodrunners
  • Aug. 7 – Fuzzy Bunny Slaughterhouse with Andy Snap & The Loose Cannons
  • Aug. 8 – The Chislers
  • Aug. 9 – The Rick Hayes Trio
  • Aug. 15 – Trevor Alguire with special guests The Stables
  • Aug. 16 – Still Dangerous
  • Aug. 18 – Folk Festival Wrap Up Party with Dirk Powell & Riley Baugus
  • Aug 19 – Blues Jam – Live with Barry Buse and The Mississippi Blues Society
  • Aug. 20 – OTown Hoedown Singer/Songwriter Showcase #2
  • Aug. 21 – Ben and Me
  • Aug. 22 – Little Birdie, opening band Ken Workman and the Union
  • Aug. 23 – Jupiter Ray Project with Jehan Khoorshed
  • Aug. 29 – Rudeboy
  • Aug. 30 – Sunbleached Skulls and Parson’s Road
  • Sept. 4 – Denis Turbide
  • Sept. 5 – Hugh Scott
  • Sept. 6 – Ball and Chain and the Wreckers
  • Sept. 12 – Shameless Blues
  • Sept. 13 – Kinnexa Cross
  • Sept. 16 – Blues Jam – Live with Barry Buse and The Mississippi Blues Society
  • Sept. 18 – CLEAR
  • Sept. 19 – Singer/Songwriter Showcase: Wheels in the Ditch Tour featuring Ellen Carol, Colleen Costello, Richard Weisdorf, and Shawn Sage
  • Sept. 20 – Universal Habit with The Eric St-Cyr Band
  • Sept. 21 – Lindsay May
  • Sept. 23 – Blues Jam – Live with Barry Buse and The Mississippi Blues Society
  • Sept. 25 – The Grass Mountain Hobos
  • Sept. 26 – Ronnie Hayward, Ball & Chain opening
  • Sept. 27 – Beau’s Party featuring the brewery’s very own band – The Oh Yeahs
  • Sept. 28 – The Undesirables
  • Sept. 30 – Blues Jam – Live with Barry Buse and The Mississippi Blues Society
  • Oct. 1 – Singer/Songwriter circle with Lefty McRighty, Ray Harris, Pat Johnson and Maxim Cossette
  • Oct. 3 – Push Inc. with Group Therapy
  • Oct. 4 – Ball and Chain with s/g Kieth Glass (from Prairie Oyster) on guitar
  • Oct. 5 – The Buttless Chaps, Chris Page and Wax Mannequin
  • Oct. 7 – Blues Jam – Live with Barry Buse and The Mississippi Blues Society
  • Oct. 9 – Arctic
  • Oct. 11- Nudie and The Turks
  • Oct. 14 – Blues Jam – Live with Barry Buse and The Mississippi Blues Society
  • Oct. 16 – Gary Fjellgaard (Juno Male vocalist of the year winner, and Country Music Hall of Fame) with Darrel DeLaronde and Saskia
  • Oct. 17 – Ken Tizzard Trio with Mike Yates and The Candidates
  • Oct. 18 – Rattlesnakin’ Daddy
  • Oct. 21 – Blues Jam – Live with Barry Buse and The Mississippi Blues Society
  • Oct. 23 – Shuyler Jansen and Luther Wright and The Wrongs
  • Oct. 24 – Lonesome Paul
  • Oct. 25 – Seedhill Road and opening band Sandy
  • Oct. 26 – OCFF (Ontario Conference of Folk Festivals) in the round Songwriters Jam – with Sean Peever, Eve Goldberg, Jay Linden & Sam Turton
  • Oct. 28 – Blues Jam – Live with Barry Buse and The Mississippi Blues Society
  • Oct. 30 – Hospital Bombers (from Holland) opening bands Rhume (Ottawa) & Code Pie (Montreal)
  • Oct. 31 – Brock Zeman and The Woodrunners
  • Nov. 1 – Ball and Chain and Al Bragg
  • Nov. 4 – Blues Jam – Live with Barry Buse and The Mississippi Blues Society
  • Nov. 5 – Singer/Songwriter circle with Lefty McRighty, Charlie Sohmer, Jeff Maleras and Ken Workman
  • Nov. 6 – Marc Davis
  • Nov. 7 – Micarza Camaro CD Release Party with Camp Radio & The Flats
  • Nov. 8 – Hank’s Hangover
  • Nov. 11 – Blues Jam – Live with Barry Buse and The Mississippi Blues Society
  • Nov. 12 – Sleepless Nights (presented by Kelp records) with Henrietta
  • Nov. 13 – Far Away Star with The Herb Girls
  • Nov. 14 – Rudeboy
  • Nov. 15 – Little Birdie with opener Kelly and Kaylen Prescott
  • Nov. 18 – Blues Jam – Live with Barry Buse and The Mississippi Blues Society
  • Nov. 19 – Classic Country n’ Western Wednesdays, with Lefty McRighty
  • Nov. 20 – Amnesty International Small Places event – Jill Zmud, Use Every Part of The Deer, Lynne Hanson
  • Nov. 21 – FIFTYMEN
  • Nov. 22 – Kelp Records CD release Party for Flecton Big Sky, with opening act Bloomistry
  • Nov. 25 – Blues Jam – Live with Barry Buse and The Mississippi Blues Society
  • Nov. 26 – Classic Country n’ Western Wednesdays, with Lefty McRighty
  • Nov. 27 – Harvey Cartel with opening band The Bruitals
  • Nov. 28 – The Cutmen with The Devillaires
  • Nov. 29 – Evil Farm Children and Mississippi Grover
  • Dec. 3 – Singer/Songwriter circle with Lefty McRighty, Ray Harris, Pat Moore & Sherwood Lumsden
  • Dec. 4 – Robert Farrell
  • Dec. 5 – Seedhill Road with Big Age Gap
  • Dec. 6 – Ball and Chain with Pat McLaughlin
  • Dec. 9 – Tues. Blues with Barry Buse and friends
  • Dec. 10 – Classic Country n’ Western Wednesdays with Lefty McRighty
  • Dec. 11- Elizabeth Riley’s Travelling Band
  • Dec. 12 – Trevor Alguire with The Jimmy Riggers
  • Dec. 13 – The Essentials, Hot Damn and Nick Zubeck
  • Dec. 17- Classic Country n’ Western Wednesdays with Lefty McRighty
  • Dec. 18 – Clear with Al Wood and the Woodsmen (Toy Mountain Fundraiser)
  • Dec. 19 – Elmdale Christmas Party with Hughie Scott
  • Dec. 20 – Ryan McNally and Dusty Drifters
  • Dec. 26 – John Carroll, Mike O’Brien and Trevor James
  • Dec. 31 – Elmdale House New Years’s Eve Party with Hank’s Hangover