Friday January 20th 8pm Colours of Sun

This young and upcoming band from Victoria have been playing together for over half a decade. This lively evening will consist of mostly original songs with a few favourite covers mixed in. Come and enjoy the spectrum of sounds that Colours of Sun has to offer just like they said it $15 door $12 advance

Saturday January 21st 8pm The Common Band / Steph and Dylan / Kids Today
Ladysmith singer / songwriter who reveres Bob Dylan brings a band with him, and is oh so cool another young singer/songwriter from Ladysmith who is logging in the stage time Then to end the evening think B3 Hammond Organ and drumsi nteracting in a jam fashion so friggin cool (from Victoria-3rd time to the Showroom) and all on a Saturday night $15 door $12 advance
www.kidstodayband.com

Sunday January 22nd 2pm Youth Dress Rehearsal

kinda like our Tuesday night open mic if you are under 16 and perform or want to perform then this is the situation for you bring your instrument (there is a piano here) cd or ipod with your songs (maximum 3) and take to the stage $5 per person

Monday January 23rd 8pm Sherman Downey and the Silver Linings
a young band from Newfoundland just returning from Australia on their way back home. and as I figure, if they can play internationally, then they must have something worth listening to. $15 door $12 advance
www.shermandowney.ca

Tuesday January 24th 8pm Dress Rehearsal Tuesday various musicians drop in and play a few of their new works
others attempt for the first time all in all it is about community no fear no attitudes just people getting their legs (drum kit and amps are set in place for this evening) $5 for everyone

Wednesday January 25th 8pm Althea Cunningham / Birgit Kuit

AltheaFrom the island of Jamaica, the drums of Africa and the contemporary sounds drawing from classic jazz and soul artists. Let this songstress seep into your soul with; her warm honeysuckle voice, poignant lyrics, energetic music and her astounding stage presence! Birgit sings a rich blend of folk, blues and pop music with delicious instrumentals and soaring harmonies. Her lyrics will inspire you and take you to places never gone before. $15 door $12 advance
http://www.altheacunningham.weebly.com

www.birgitkuit.com

Thursday January 26th 8pm

Drum & Bell Tower / Fighting the Philosophers Drum & Bell Tower (Brent Morton) is a one-man acoust-kick/psychedelic
folk songwriting project. ranging from spaced-out to danceable stomp, songs are melodic and engaging snapshots of current political and environmental issues. Christian Lafleur plays under the name "Fighting the Philosophers" and is an acoustic solo crooner. an interesting way to spend a Thursday evening in late January. $15 door $12 advance
http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/artists/Fighting-The-Philosophers www.drumandbelltower.org

Friday January 27th 8pm Chris Ronald

his booking agent says ...such great songs...beautifully clear tenor voice... showstopping...refreshingly original, unguardedly personal compositions..." are just a few of the compliments The Georgia Straight heaped on Chris Ronald's latest CD, Turning Tides. Come see why the music of this English-born Vancouverite and singersongwriter is making waves in B.C. But first to start the evening off will be the marvelous super groover Emily Spiller very cool night $15 door $12 advance
www.chrisronald.shawwebspace.ca

Saturday January 28th 8pm Stone Vaughn Toole / Midnight Hours

progressive rock from Ladysmith reggae roots rock from Vancouver a extremely fine night of original rock $15 door $12 advance
www.myspace.com/midnighthoursband

Sunday January 29th 8pm

Chris Witoski
on an island tour serious rock history for this guy a new direction with special guest TBA $15 door $12 advance
www.chriswitoskimusic.com

Monday January 30th Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk
dynamic folk-pop experience
with special guests

Royal Canadians $15 door $12 advance

www.laurenmannmusic.com

Tuesday January 31st 8pm ish Dress Rehearsal Tuesday For The Love of Words
with your host Bill Levity a written word appreciation nightcome out and share your poems, stories or your favourite piece by someone elsesing it, chant, word break dancing, read off the page, it's a night of word appreciation most empowering and invigorating $5 for readers$10 for others

Wednesday February 1st 8pm The Pesky Alders

bluegrass /folk/ old time/ acoustic punk /folk punk /hobo/ Canada

from Pender Island, they are on an Island tour and the Showroom was a no brianerunigue and fun for all special guests Gumshoe and The Banshee $12 door $10 advance
http://thepeskyalders.bandcamp.com/

Thursday February 2nd Windborn solo show

8pm

message from Jeff PikeMake sure you promote the name Windborn. I do have some people who know my music on the island and everyone knows it as Windborn. You can say Windborn solo gig if you don't want to imply that I'm a full band. Although I will be kind of a full band in a mary poppins kind of way. Peace. -Jeff with special guest tba $15 door $12 advance
http://www.windborn.ca

Friday February 3rd 8pm Gerry Barnum

singer / songwriter / performer yes performer this gentleman can and will engage his audience so fully he uses the blues / roots genre in which to bring you in and then whooshthe journey is on and what a wonderful journey it is $20 door $18 advance
www.gerrybarnum.com

Saturday February 4th 8pm Bowker Creek

acoustic / folk / roots music from Victoria covers to originals, great arrangements with heavenly harmonies $15 door $12 advance
www.myspace.com/bowkercreek

Sunday February 5th 2pm The Hope King Hour

90 minutes of great entertainment on the first Sunday of each month with young singer/songwriter Hope King joining her is stepdad Scott Magill, as they bring you a vast repertoire of country classics new country and originals that entertain for sure and Hope highlights a local young musician with each monthly visit $12 door $10 advance

Sunday February 5th 8pm The Griffith Hiltz Trio

the captivatingly original music of this great Toronto-based trio combines a reverence for Horace Silver, Lee Morgan and Herbie Hancock with Celtic, Norse and Eastern motifs to create a melodic jazz sound that is at once familiar and exotic. $20 door $15 advance
http://www.johnnygriffith.com/griffithhiltz

Monday February 6th 8pm Lenas Living Room

Lena is joined by some musical friends as they do the living room jam kinda thang very cool with its laid back feel $12 door $10 advance

Tuesday February 7th 8pm Dress Rehearsal Tuesday various musicians drop in and play a few of their new works
others attempt for the first time all in all it is about community no fear no attitudes just people getting their legs (drum kit and amps are set in place for this evening) $5 for everyone

Friday February 10th 8pm Mike Edel

once again in the area and ready to play us some fine music as he heads out for BC/Alberta tour if you have experienced a Mike Edel performance tell your friends to do the same $17 door $15 advance
http://www.vimeo.com/3849885 www.mikeedel.com

Saturday February 11th 7:30pm Parker Schmidt

after having made to the finals in Toronto and all that tv stuff he returns to the Showroom with his band giving us an unforgettable evening of great entertainment tickets will go fast $15 door $12 advance

Sunday February 12th Anna Borch

2pm

An 18 year old singer/songwriter, a student at BrentwoodCollege she will be performing on the second Sunday of each month

till next summer. I see a reason to help this gal get her 10,000 hours in she is worth the investment and like Hope King she will be introducing a new performer each month $12 door $10 advance

Sunday February 12th 8pm

Paul Black solo blues was here as an opener a while back and was immediately invited to return calling Victoria home this guy delivers the blues $15 door $12 advance

Tuesday February 14th 8pm Blues Tuesday

where various off-duty blues players get together and rent ice time to shoot a game or two of musical shinny always interesting hosts Thor and the Thundercat $10 for audience$5 for musicians

Thursday February 16th 8pm Willy Blizzard

alternative / folk/roots music two guitars and a stand up bass two guys and a gal from Vancouver and a very much a treat

$15 door $12 advance

http://www.willyblizzard.com

Friday February 17th 8pm An evening of Island hip hop Prophet Clique Wes Paul Schaps & Northern Light & One Fifty Productions
$15 door $12 advance

Saturday February 18th 8pm The Midnight Hours

blues / rock / reggae from Vancouver extremely good $15 door $12 advance
www.myspace.com/midnighthoursband

Sunday February 19th 2pm Naomi Payan

we are so fortunate to have this singer/songwriter call the Cowichan Valley home she has a new acoustic EP ready for you to take home and so a cd release concert was in order $10 advance $12 door

Monday February 20th 8pm Lenas Living Room

Lena is joined by some musical friends as they do the living room jam kinda thang

very cool with its laid back feel $12 door $10 advance

Tuesday February 21st 8pm Dress Rehearsal Tuesday various musicians drop in and play a few of their new works
others attempt for the first time all in all it is about community no fear no attitudes just people getting their legs (drum kit and amps are set in place for this evening) $5 for everyone

Thursday February 23rd 8pm Craig Cardiff / Ryan McMahon

2 singer/songwriters both very much worth catching their concerts in one evening $15 door $12 advance

Friday February 24th 8pm Flora Ware

a musical journey into jazzy funked r&b with roots influences easy to sayand well worth the witness I was totally impressed with her first visit $15 door $12 advance

Saturday February 25th 8pm Shelly Dubois Trio

This gal is country music, all the way through her originals fit well with the standards as though they were the same thank goodness she moved to the valley $15 door $12 advance
www.shellydubois.com

Sunday February 26th 2pm Youth Dress Rehearsal

kinda like our Tuesday night open mic if you are under 16 and perform or want to perform then this is the situation for you bring your instrument (there is a piano here) cd or ipod with your songs (maximum 3) and take to the stage $5 per person

Sunday February 26th 8pm Chasing Satellites

rock music tastefully accomplished so cool in the Showroom $15 door $12 advance
www.myspace.com/wearechasingsatellites www.chasingsatellites.com, www.playitloudmusic.com

Tuesday February 28th 8pm ish Dress Rehearsal Tuesday For The Love of Words
with your host Bill Levity a written word appreciation nightcome out and share your poems, stories or your favourite piece by someone elsesing it, chant, word break dancing, read off the page, it's a night of word appreciation

most empowering and invigorating $5 for readers$10 for others

Thursday March 1st 8pm Beverley McKeen

A Cowichan Valley resident singer/songwriter for years, she has produced 2 cds of original material that very much are worth having in your collection she performs all around the Valley and a concert at the Showroom is a highlight for us all see you here $15 door $12 advance
www.beverlymckeen.com

Friday March 2nd 8pm Sydney York

from the opera stage and the orchestra pit into indie music, Sidney York is proof that band geeks are cool Sidney York is the long distance relationship of three such band geeks: opera singer Brandi Sidoryk (Sid), oboist Sheryl Reinhardt, and bassoonist Krista Wodelet. brought together in part by high school honor band, and in part by a serendipitous connection on a certain friendly Canadian airline, Sidney York joins forces from their respective home bases of Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto to create an indie-music renaissance of the classical instruments they grew up with $15 door $12 advance
http://www.sidneyyork.com

Sunday March 4th 2pm The Hope King Hour

90 minutes of great entertainment on the first Sunday of each month with young singer/songwriter Hope King joining her is stepdad Scott Magill, as they bring you a vast repertoire of country classics new country and originals that entertain for sure and Hope highlights a local young musician with each monthly visit

$12 door $10 advance

Sunday March 4th 8pm Anne Schaeffer

This singer/songwriter, who calls Victoria home, is a musical treat. South American influenced, she has a jazzy approach and brings some very complimentary accompanists to join her $18 door $15 advance
www.anneschaefer.com

Tuesday March 6th 8pm Dress Rehearsal Tuesday various musicians drop in and play a few of their new works
others attempt for the first time all in all it is about community no fear no attitudes just people getting their legs (drum kit and amps are set in place for this evening) $5 for everyone

Friday March 9th 8pm David Vest

a master of the boogie woogie style piano playing a veteran of the blues / gospel / country scenes a storyteller extraordinaire he returns as often as he wants $22 door $20 advance

Sunday March 11th 2pm Anna Borch

An 18 year old singer/songwriter, a student at Brentwood College she will be performing on the second Sunday of each month till next summer. I see a reason to help this gal get her 10,000 hours in she is worth the investment and like Hope King she will be introducing a new performer each month $12 door $10 advance

Tuesday March 13th 8pm Blues Tuesday

where various off-duty blues players get together and rent ice time to shoot a game or two of musical shinny always interesting hosts Thor and the Thundercat $10 for audience$5 for musicians

Sunday March 18th 8pm Head of the Herd

The art of telling stories, of expressing emotion, of speaking with rhythm and register, has been a need of humanity since the very beginning. Without storytelling we have silence. Head of the Herd is opposite that silence the music and sound of our lives from Vancouver, these two guys rock the world the evening will include a local band as yet verified $15 door $12 advance
http://www.headoftheherdmusic.com/theband/

Tuesday March 20th 8pm Dress Rehearsal Tuesday various musicians drop in and play a few of their new works
others attempt for the first time all in all it is about community no fear no attitudes just people getting their legs (drum kit and amps are set in place for this evening) $5 for everyone

Tuesday March 27th 8pm ish Dress Rehearsal Tuesday For The Love of Words
with your host Bill Levity a written word appreciation nightcome out and share your poems, stories or your favourite piece by someone elsesing it, chant, word break dancing, read off the page, it's a night of word appreciation most empowering and invigorating $5 for readers$10 for others

Thursday March 29th 8pm Stef Lang

in concert a treat a real treat $25 door $20 advance

Sunday April 1st 2pm The Hope King Hour

90 minutes of great entertainment on the first Sunday of each month with young singer/songwriter Hope King joining her is stepdad Scott Magill, as they bring you a vast repertoire of country classics new country and originals that entertain for sure and Hope highlights a local young musician with each monthly visit $12 door $10 advance

Tuesday April 3rd 8pm Dress Rehearsal Tuesday various musicians drop in and play a few of their new works
others attempt for the first time

all in all it is about community no fear no attitudes just people getting their legs (drum kit and amps are set in place for this evening) $5 for everyone

Thursday April 5th 8pm Dayna Manning / Ryan McMahon

details to come

Sunday April 8th 2pm Anna Borch

An 18 year old singer/songwriter, a student at BrentwoodCollege she will be performing on the second Sunday of each month till next summer. I see a reason to help this gal get her 10,000 hours in she is worth the investment and like Hope King she will be introducing a new performer each month $12 door $10 advance

Monday April 9th 8pm Sights and Sounds

http://www.jamesstruthers.com http://www.katemorgan.ca

Tuesday April 10th 8pm Blues Tuesday

where various off-duty blues players get together and rent ice time to shoot a game or two of musical shinny always interesting hosts Thor and the Thundercat $10 for audience$5 for musicians

Tuesday April 17th 8pm Dress Rehearsal Tuesday

various musicians drop in and play a few of their new works

others attempt for the first time all in all it is about community no fear no attitudes just people getting their legs (drum kit and amps are set in place for this evening) $5 for everyone

Tuesday April 24th 8pm Dress Rehearsal Tuesday For The Love of Words
with your host Bill Levity a written word appreciation nightcome out and share your poems, stories or your favourite piece by someone elsesing it, chant, word break dancing, read off the page, it's a night of word appreciation most empowering and invigorating $5 for readers$10 for others

Tuesday May 1st 8pm Dress Rehearsal Tuesday various musicians drop in and play a few of their new works
others attempt for the first time all in all it is about community no fear no attitudes just people getting their legs (drum kit and amps are set in place for this evening) $5 for everyone

Sunday May 6th 2pm The Hope King Hour

90 minutes of great entertainment on the first Sunday of each month with young singer/songwriter Hope King joining her is stepdad Scott Magill,

as they bring you a vast repertoire of country classics new country and originals that entertain for sure and Hope highlights a local young musician with each monthly visit $12 door $10 advance

Tuesday May 8th 8pm Blues Tuesday

where various off-duty blues players get together and rent ice time to shoot a game or two of musical shinny always interesting hosts Thor and the Thundercat $10 for audience$5 for musicians

Sunday May 13th 2pm Anna Borch

An 18 year old singer/songwriter, a student at BrentwoodCollege she will be performing on the second Sunday of each month till next summer. I see a reason to help this gal get her 10,000 hours in she is worth the investment and like Hope King she will be introducing a new performer each month $12 door $10 advance

Sunday May 13th 8pm Michael Jerome Browne

acoustic blues at its finest on the west coast as a mentor

in the Hornby Island Blues Camp, he had an extra day so I jumped all over it the real deal $25 door $20 advance

Tuesday May 15th 8pm Dress Rehearsal Tuesday various musicians drop in and play a few of their new works
others attempt for the first time all in all it is about community no fear no attitudes just people getting their legs (drum kit and amps are set in place for this evening) $5 for everyone

Tuesday May 22nd 8pm Dress Rehearsal Tuesday various musicians drop in and play a few of their new works
others attempt for the first time all in all it is about community no fear no attitudes just people getting their legs (drum kit and amps are set in place for this evening) $5 for everyone

Tuesday May 29th 8pm Dress Rehearsal Tuesday For The Love of Words
with your host Bill Levity a written word appreciation nightcome out and share your poems, stories or your favourite piece by someone elsesing it, chant, word break dancing,

read off the page, it's a night of word appreciation most empowering and invigorating $5 for readers$10 for others

Thursday May 31st 8pm Ryan Mcmahon / Chris Arruda / Cory Woodward
an evening with 3 singer/songwriters $15 advance $18 door

Wednesday June 27th 8pm Modern Grass Music

www.themoderngrassquartet.com www.facebook.com/themoderngrassquartet