Concert details
Doors: 6:30pm, Show time: 7:00 pm
Admission $20 (suggested donation)
100% of proceeds go to the performers.
Canadian blues artist Suzie Vinnick captivates audiences with her soulful voice, skilled guitar and bass playing, and warmly candid performance style. Over her career, she has earned 12 Maple Blues Awards, 2 Canadian Folk Music Awards, and received 3 Juno Award nominations (Canada’s equivalent of the Grammys), reflecting her standing as one of the country’s top roots and blues performers.
In the US, her performances include opening for blues legend John Hammond at Madison Square Park Conservancy, playing New York’s Rockwood Music Hall as part of John Platt’s On Your Radar series, and being a featured artist at the Listening Room Festival in St. Petersburg, Florida.
She has performed extensively across Canada, including featured shows with Burton Cummings, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings (along with special guest Daniel Lanois), and opening for the legendary Downchild Blues Band.
Her talents have gained international recognition as a finalist in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis and a two-time winner in the Blues category of the International Songwriting Competition. She has also been honored with the CBC Saturday Night Blues Great Canadian Blues Award and the SiriusXM Canada Blues Artist of the Year Award.
In 2024, Suzie toured Europe, performing with Beppe Gambetta and Abbie Gardner in Genoa, Italy, and performing solo shows in Bern, Switzerland, and at the Eutin Blues Festival in Germany. She has toured with Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Café and the John McDermott Band, and performed for Canadian Peacekeepers overseas. Her latest album is Fall Back Home.
Hailing from Durham, NC, Jon Shain is a veteran singer-songwriter who’s been turning heads for years with his words, his fiery acoustic guitar work, and his evolved musical style – combining improvised piedmont blues with bluegrass, swing, and ragtime. Jon has released nine solo albums to date, along with two albums with duo partner FJ Ventre, a Jon Shain Trio live album, and one album of co-writes with Joe Newberry. Shain’s newest album, Restless Soul Syndrome, recorded at Good Luck Studios this past year, will be released April 9, 2024. Shain is also the author of the music books Gettin’ Handy With the Blues – a Tribute to the Legacy of W.C. Handy and Jon Shain’s Fingerstyle Guitar Method, both published by Mel Bay Publications. In 2019, Shain won the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN in the solo/duo category