Catherine MacLellan - Holiday Tour

Friday December 2, 2022

8:00PM, Doors open 7:00PM

Tickets are $40 plus taxes

JUNO Award-winning singer-songwriter Catherine MacLellan is bringing her Christmas Show to the Maritimes this year. Sharing beloved classics, self-penned holiday songs and some rare gems, Catherine will be joined on stage by her long-time guitarist Nick Gauthier. 

Catherine says, “I’ve always loved the music of Christmas, and the fun times singing in kitchens with friends and family over a glass of eggnog. That is the energy I’ll be bringing with me, hoping that people sing along and catch some of that holiday spirit!”

Last year, Catherine released her first Christmas album, a self-engineered and self-produced EP, which includes the original single ("Calling You Home (for the Holidays)") and three beloved classics ("In The Bleak Midwinter", "Blue Christmas", and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas").

"I love the coziness of winter, it’s a time for introspection but also a time for gathering around fires and feasts. Christmas shows bring in all of that for me, the balance between joyful silliness and the sacred. It makes me feel like a child again," says Catherine.

Elves Fair 2022

Saturday, November 19 from 12PM - 4PM

Vendors registration is filled, if you’d like to be placed on a waiting list please email us at info@invernessarts.com

Eligibility

Applications are open to artists, crafts people, authors, bakers/confectioners, etc., who produce handmade art and craft.

• Handmade means made by the applicant and may include the use of appropriate tools, including modern tools and methods of crafting.

• We do not accept items that have been purchases elsewhere for resale, even if those items are considered to be made by hand. Our show is designed to promote and assist local artists and craft makers.

• All merchandise in the Show must be hand‐crafted and offered in finished form. Kits, supplies and resale merchandise is not permitted.

• MLM and other distributor type products and services are not permitted.

Matthew Good - solo acoustic
@ Strathspey Place

Opening Act: Carly Thomas

Presented by ICCA / Sponsored by 101.5 The Hawk

TICKETS ON SALE JUNE 29, at noon
$45 General Admission - Available here

Bio

Matthew Good is one of Canada's most recognizable and relevant recording artists. He began his career as the iconic frontman of The Matthew Good Band, one of the most successful Canadian alternative rock bands during the 1990s and early 2000s, earning multi-platinum sales along with numerous awards and nominations.

Since disbanding in 2002, Good has enjoyed a successful solo career. He has released nine studio albums and has toured extensively throughout Canada, the United States, and the UK. His most recent album, Moving Walls, was released in 2020.

With six Juno Award nominations to his credit as a solo artist- and wins for Rock Album of the Year for 2011’s Vancouver and Video of the Year for 2003’s “Weapon” – Good has never been one to shy away from pushing musical boundaries.

Through his music, Good’s defiant spirit anchors his vulnerable, and at times, cinematic outlook on life. Never one to bite his tongue, his hyper-focused outlook on the world, including political and socio-economic issues, has earned him accolades for his thoughtful and deliberate approach.

Live music at ICCA is supported by Canada Heritage

NICK BEATON- COMEDY

From a blue-collar background, Nick Beaton cuts through the bullshit of an overly bureaucratic society that takes itself way too seriously. Whether it’s done through his opinionated rants, hard-hitting jokes, or his disarming "every man" personality Nick Beaton is a favourite wherever he performs. He has performed on 4 continents, 7 countries, and over 40 cities. His run at the Edinburgh Festival received glowing five star reviews, from both “Broadway Baby” and “Three Weeks,” the latter of which described him as having, “enviable confidence, timing, and manner of a comedian with decades of experience beyond his years.” Nick wrote for the hit show on CTV, Spun Out staring Dave Foley was a panellist on Match Game and was featured on CBC's The Debaters. He has performed at Montreal’s International Just For Laughs Comedy Festival three times, as well as the Halifax Comedy Festival, the Moncton Comedy Festival, the Sudbury Comedy Festival and the Icebreakers Comedy Festival. He has received numerous accolades for his comedy, including winning the 2007 Just For Laughs Toronto Home-grown Competition, and being nominated for two Canadian Comedy Awards, including one for his comedy special, “Comedy Now!” that aired nationally in Canada.

Lennie Gallant

8:00PM show, doors at 7:30PM

Tickets are $50, available here

BIO: Born in Rustico, Prince Edward Island, Lennie Gallant is a multi-award winning Acadian-Canadian singer-songwriter, folk musician and storyteller, a veteran performer and an “Order of Canada” recipient with both award winning english and french albums. As a successful solo artist, he is the recipient of 19 East Coast Music Awards and multiple JUNO Award nominations and his song Peter’s Dream has been entered into the Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame and he is also one half of the successful francophone duo, Sirene et Matelot.

His songs have been recorded by Jimmy Buffett, Measha Bruggergosman, The Rankins, Matt Minglewood and he has shared stages and played with Jimmy Buffett, David Foster, Patti Griffin, Lucinda Williams, Roger Hodgson and toured with Céline Dion and he has songs that appear in soundtracks for movies and television shows including Canvas, Conquest, Dawson’s Creek, Joan of Arcadia and the recent award winning movie, "Still The Water".

He wrote and performed Searching For Abegweit, a multimedia show that ran for 180 performances and toured Eastern Canada, has played for the troops in Afghanistan and performed at the Winter Olympics medal ceremony and has performed multiple times with symphony orchestras. His last show before the pandemic was two sold out Symphony Nova Scotia performances at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax.

Lennie has written songs with Gordie Sampson, Troy Verges, Myles Goodwyn (April Wine), The East Pointers, John Wiggins and he co-wrote the theme song , Acadie De Nos Coeur, for the first Acadian World Congress. (first massive Acadian/Cajun gathering since the expulsion of 1755). He also wrote and performed the theme song for the city of Halifax 200th Anniversary, accompanied by a choir of 2000 voices on a stage built on MacDonald Bridge especially for the occasion, as well as wrote the theme song for Pier 21, Canada’s Ellis Island, the gateway to Canada for immigration for decades.

PEI Red Cross Humanitarian Award was presented to him for his charity work and support for humanitarian causes and his CD ‘When We Get There’ was taken to the International Space Station as part of a small collection of Canadian albums for the astronauts to listen to. Lennie jests that his “songs from that album (When We Get There), circled the planet 248 times..How’s that for high rotation!”

Live music at ICCA is supported by Canada Heritage.

Rum Ragged

Doors open at 8:00PM, showtime is 8:30PM

Tickets are $37.50 plus taxes and fees, available here

Bio

2021 JUNO Award Nominees, Rum Ragged, take a bold approach to the distinct folk music of their home, the Eastern Canadian island of Newfoundland. With a reverence for their roots and a creative, contemporary edge, this young band has quickly become known as the finest performers of their great, living, musical tradition. Boasting bouzouki, fiddle, bodhran, banjo, guitar, and button accordion, these new champions of East Coast music enliven and enlighten audiences with their signature brand of Newfoundland folk. Always honest, thought-provoking, and often humorous, it’s Rum Ragged’s live show that makes them a fast favourite with any audience. Their combination of striking vocal harmonies, staggering musicianship, and captivating storytelling gives concert-goers an experience they won't soon forget. Since their inception in 2016, Rum Ragged has maintained a rigorous tour schedule, performing at some of the worlds premier folk, celtic and roots venues all while managing to record four acclaimed, award-winning studio albums. Rum Ragged is not your run-of-the-mill folk band, they are the genuine article.

Live music at ICCA is supported by Canada Heritage.

Pillow Fite with guest Taylor Jensen

Friday June 24, 8:30PM, doors open at 8PM

Tickets are $17.50 plus fees, available here

Pillow Fit Bio:

Pillow Fite is an alt-folk band from Halifax, NS formed by me, Art Ross (they/them), and Aaron Green (he/him). Drawing influence from Phoebe Bridgers and Snail Mail, Pillow Fite uses confessional, matter-of-fact lyrics over intricate guitar arrangements and lush dynamics. Pillow Fite share a label, Laughing Heart Music Records, with Keeper E and Kim Harris.

Taylor Jensen Bio:

Born and raised in Inverness, Nova Scotia singer/songwriter, Taylor Jensen has been entertaining since a young age and performing at numerous events over that time. Though she doesn't like to put an exact label on her genre, it could be described as Indie with a hint of country/folk and maybe a little bit of everything in between. Either way, it will leave you nothing short of entertained. Her unique way of phrasing and making each song her own sets up her audience with a unique listening experience and is sure to keep you engaged in each story she tells through her music from the start to finish.

Tickets are $30 - available here