The Spy Cider House and Distillery 808108, Side Rd 24, Clarksburg
spydistillery.com
SUNDAYS, JULY 6th – AUGUST 17th, 6-8pm
There is no admission fee for these concerts thanks to our sponsors and donations from those attending.
Sunday, July 6th – Lulu’s Band
Lulu’s Roadhouse opened in 1984. It was the largest nightclub of it’s kind, holding over 4000 people and setting a record for the world’s longest bar. Some of the most famous entertainers of all time performed at Lulu’s. The legendary Lulu’s Roadhouse closed its doors in April 2000
Sunday, July 13th – Smokewagon Blues Band
Smokewagon Blues Band featuring whiskey-stained soul vocals, funky blues harmonica, slick R&B/roots guitar, swinging piano work, soulful organ, riveting saxophone, with a racy, taut rhythm section, The Smoke Wagon Blues Band has been performing on festival stages for two decades. Formed in 1996, the band became crowd favorites. Eight independent releases, international radio play, and a large local fan base propelled the band to venues across the continent. The group’s last three albums were award winning international hits reaching the top of the roots and blues charts and garnering 5-star reviews in blues magazines and blogs around the globe. The bands live performances have become the talk of the town at festivals across the province including the 2016 IBC’s in Memphis Tennessee where they became fan favorites during a three-night stand at Club 152 on Beale St.
Sunday, July 20th – Quisha Wint
Quisha was born to sing and entertain. She grew up in a Jamaican/Canadian home listening to Reggae, Motown, Gospel, R&B, then entered the jazz program at Humber College in the mid ’90s. From there she embarked upon her dream of performing with well-known musicians, which took her to exciting overseas hotel engagements. Since then, Quisha has sung in many parts of Asia, Europe, North America, and Caribbean. With a bright personality and strong emotive vocal abilities, Quisha is one of Toronto’s most sought-after session vocalists. She also performs regularly at corporate gigs. Currently living in the GTA, Quisha is well established in the tight-knit music industry. She is a phenomenal and expressive vocalist who also inspires others to live out their dreams. Quisha released her 1st EP entitled My Life in 2021 with rave reviews. Her 1st single Black Shoes, off her grassroots project recently hit #1 on the Indie Music Artists charts.
Sunday, July 27th – Toronto All Star Big Band
Toronto All Star Big Band – to provide an outstanding development opportunity for keen young musicians aged 15-22 to realize their artistic potential through education and performance, seeking the highest level of achievement within a challenging nurturing and collaborative environment.
Armed with brilliant programming, choreography and engaging cultural nostalgia, this vibrant cast of awesome young talent has earned its position at the top of list of presenters throughout Ontario and in the USA. Behind their extraordinary entertainment, they engage cream of the crop young musicians from across the GTA in a rigorous regime of rehearsals, workshops and fantastic skill-building performance experiences with such international stars as Clark Terry, Doc Severinsen, Cleo Laine and John Dankworth, Eddie Daniels and Larry Elgart. The band has also worked with wonderfully talented Canadians…Peter Appleyard, Oliver Jones, Ranee Lee, Tommy Ambrose, Phil Nimmons and the great Jackie Richardson. All of these wonderful performers are a part of TABB’s legend series and have graciously shared their talents with these young musicians.
https://www.torontoallstarbigband.com
Sunday, August 3rd – Green River RevivalGreen River Revival:
If you are searching for North America’s most authentic sounding CCR tribute, look no further than Canada’s own GREEN RIVER REVIVAL. Their new live CD sounds so much like CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL that producers at the CD company thought it was the real CCR !! The members of this band have played in CCR tributes across Canada, Scandinavia and the U.S. for the past 2 decades and now they have joined together to bring you the ultimate CREEDENCE REVIVAL. Most people don’t realize just how many songs they actually know in the show that features hit after hit after hit. All of these greatest hits will come back to you during their amazing live concert which has already sold out over 20 theatres in the past year !! For an exciting show full of nostalgia, sing-a-longs and a down right good old time, you’ve got it all with the GREEN RIVER REVIVAL!!
Sunday, August 10th – British Invasion
British Invasion: In the mid-1960’s, North America was swept by a wave of rock and pop from the UK that would have an enormous impact on music and pop-culture for generations to come. Inspired by American rhythm-and-blues and rock-and-roll of previous decades, young British groups began to infuse these styles with up-tempo melodic pop and fiery guitar-based instrumentation; bands such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, and Herman’s Hermits took the world by storm in a phenomenon known as the “British Invasion”!
This four-piece act, based out of Toronto, Ontario, brings the sound, look, and energy of this watershed moment in music history to the stage wherever they perform. With ear-catching melodies, powerful vocal harmonies, vintage tones and attire, this group of highly trained, multi-instrumentalists has thrilled countless audiences, taking them on a trip back in time!
Performing music by:
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, Herman’s Hermits, The Animals, Cream, The Dave Clark Five, The Zombies, The Searchers, Moody Blues, Gerry and The Pacemakers, The Spencer Davis Group, The Tremeloes, The Troggs… And many more!
Sunday, August 17th – Strange Potatoes
Strange Potatoes: Formed in 2000, John Eaton, Derek McLean and John Miller have been using music and humour to create good times and great parties throughout the region and across the province. With an emphasis on acoustic instruments and vocal harmonies they appear as a celtic folk band but once they launch into their massive repertoire of all bets are off as to what kind of band they are. Fans of every genre of popular music, Strange Potatoes focuses on audience interaction and high energy engagement as they strive to be best party band they can be! Feeding off the audience for musical direction, Strange Potatoes rarely prepare a set list but rather unleash an improvised attack on the songs that matter most at the time. The results are often astonishing and sometimes hysterical, but always entertaining. Get ready to tap your toes, clap your hands, singalong and bust a gut as these three perform some of the most memorable songs in popular music as well as some of those one hit wonders we might have wished were long forgotten.
