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Past events at Grand Central
Galiano Grand Central on a snowy winter day
photo by Helen Elizabeth Schnare galianogulfislands.com
Saturday December 5th, 8:30 pm
High Five for
D.J. FOSSIL
Dance Party!
$5 cover charge
Saturday November 28th, 9pm
Kosta Man Dub Squad & The Release Band
Live Reggae & Funk
2 bands $10 cover charge
www.kostaman.com
Saturday October 31st, 9pm
HALLOWEEN
It's a costume Party !
Prizes & fun times!
Kathleen Stone &
The Damifino's
$5 cover charge
myspace
web page
Saturday October 17th, 9pm
Ballgag N' Chain Gang
Returns to rock your soul ....a favorite in these parts lately!
$5 cover charge
myspace
web page
Saturday August 28th, 9pm
The Red Boot Quartet
Liquor for Thieves
C.D. release party !
Featuring our very own Amelia Rose on fiddle!
$5 cover charge
myspace
web page
Saturday August 22nd, 9pm
Ballgag N' Chain Gang
Returns to rock your soul ....a favorite in these parts lately!
$5 cover charge
myspace
web page
Saturday August 15th, 9pm 
Sarah Noni Metzner
& Alin Coen
Their B.C. tour stops here!
Germany meets Canada on a stage near you!
Sarah Noni Metzner
*2007 best solo artist for the Canadian folk music awards*
2006 nomination for best songwriter-
Canadian folk music awards
Alin Coen
A German songwriter who will steal you away when you experience her
live. She writes about loving and letting go, defeat and hope in
a voice entirely her own. Her music is rooted in folk, takes a
few turns toward jazz, wanders through pop and heads straight for
your heart.
cover charge
Saturday July 11th, 9pm
Petunia and the Vipers
Petunia - acoustic guitar, singing and yodelling
"Young" James Lillico - Slapped Stand Up Bass
Michael Van Eyes - Legendary Vancouver Rockabilly piano player
"REAL UNDERGROUND MUSIC. Foot-tapping country & western laced
with rock and jazz."
---The New York Post, NEW YORK CITY
"Everybody's talking about this ultra cool, hillbilly cowboy
singer from Quebec who keeps traveling back and forth across Canada
singing his songs in little joints & coffee houses, collecting
new friends & fans - wherever he goes. From what I can tell so
far, he seems to be the real McCoy. A delightful mix of Hank Williams,
rural rap, & Appalachian stringband all rolled into one tight,
entertaining package."
--- Tom Wilson, Jackdaws pub, CALGARY
www.petuniamusic.com
$5 cover charge
Friday May 29th, 9pm
Kris Demeanor &
Dave Lang
The West Coast Turnaround Tour
in May is just about all booked featuring stops on Bowen, Salt Spring,
Galiano and Vancouver Island plus a few other shows - - listen to
some tunes on myspace
$5 cover charge
Saturday May 16th, 9pm
Ballgag N' Chain Gang
Wanted: Guilty of Spreading Good Times and Cheer
Catch them this Saturday
$5 cover charge
myspace
web page
Friday May 1st, 9pm
Bob Egan & Whitney Rose
Blue Rodeo’s Bob Egan is returning to his troubadour roots this spring with a three-week tour of British Columbia. Until his temporary retirement two years ago Bob managed to average fifty shows a year in B.C. between Blue Rodeo commitments.
“I just ran out of steam gigging 150 shows a year and needed a break to ground myself and explore other interests.” Those other interests included producing east coast singer/songwriter Whitney Rose. Working with Whitney was a real eye opener for Bob.
“She’s fresh and energetic which was a nice contrast to my more jaded nature. She reminded me of how much I loved writing and performing. She is also a big fan of my solo work and was relentless at pressuring me to tour just so she could sing my songs.” Thus, the 2009 B.C. tour came to be.
Not satisfied to fall back on the material from his 4 solo records
Bob set about writing new music for this tour. “I’ve
always been a fan of harmony and male/female duets so this was a perfect
excuse to get creative and write new songs specifically for us to sing.” In
addition to this new material Bob and Whitney will be performing songs
from both of their records.
www.bobegan.com
$10 cover charge
Friday April 17th, 9pm
Luther Wright
"Kingston based Luther Wright brings the best of his Wrongs,
Dan Whiteley on mandolin, for a tour west this April with a stop at
The Grand Central on April 17th. The duo play Wrights clever and wonderful
rootsy songs with Whiteley (brother of 2 time Juno winner Jenny Whiteley)
ripping out mandolin solos like you've never seen. They are featuring
songs from their latest cd Man of Your Dreams. With them on tour is
Mitch Stompin' Tom Conners Anderson who sings Tom songs like the man
himself and also spins a fine yarn about P.E.I."
$7 cover charge
Saturday March 28th, 9pm
The Return of
Petunia & the Vipers
Petunia - acoustic guitar, singing and yodelling
"Young" James Lillico - Slapped Stand Up Bass
Michael Van Eyes - Legendary Vancouver Rockabilly piano player
"REAL UNDERGROUND MUSIC. Foot-tapping country & western laced
with rock and jazz."
---The New York Post, NEW YORK CITY
"Everybody's talking about this ultra cool, hillbilly cowboy
singer from Quebec who keeps traveling back and forth across Canada
singing his songs in little joints & coffee houses, collecting
new friends & fans - wherever he goes. From what I can tell so
far, he seems to be the real McCoy. A delightful mix of Hank Williams,
rural rap, & Appalachian stringband all rolled into one tight,
entertaining package."
--- Tom Wilson, Jackdaws pub, CALGARY
www.petuniamusic.com
$7 cover charge
Tuesday March 17th, 9pm
St. Patrick's Night - Fiddlers Green
With 2 of Canada's Top Fiddlers gracing our stage !
Amelia Rose Slobogean & Diona Davis
Go Green & yes we will be open for dinner!
small cover charge
Frida
y
November 14th, 9pm
The Return of
Petunia & the Vipers
With Sam on bass and Stephen Nikleva on guitar
Don't miss our favorite Rocka-Hilly-Billy Country Yodeler!
www.petuniamusic.com
$6 cover charge
Wednesday Nov 5th, 9 pm
Paul Macleod
"Paul MacLeod is undoubtedly one of Canada’s most valuable,
sought-after, and tenacious singer-songwriters, and when a new record
of his emerges, you had better believe that that record is built of
sweat and blood and beautiful, heart-shattering songs."
...........Maple Music review
“The joy in all this for me is, mostly, the songwriting. That’s the part I’m most passionate about. I don’t really sit down to specifically write songs. I rehearse quite a bit though and often the song ideas just come and I try to capture them and work them out before they escape me.”
www.bustedflatrecords.com
~ $5 cover charge
Friday Sept 26th, 9 pm
Carolyn Mark
the talented Miss Carolyn again graces
the stage at GC with her eclectic sounds.
~ $5 cover charge
Friday Sept 12th, 8 pm
Women in the Round
A rollicking, estrogen-injected evening of powerhouse women in folk
music from the Canadian west
~ $5 cover charge
Saturday Sept 6th, 9 pm
Friday Sept 5th, 9 pm
Sheltering Tree
UK Songwriters and acoustic duo Celeste Lovick & Chris Ellis visit
the Grand Central as part of their first Canadian tour. They perform
a vibrant and soulful set of original songs with alternating lead vocals
and harmonies, piano and two guitars. Their performances are described
by the National Theatre as 'magnetic' and their songs as 'well-crafted
with great sincerity'
www.shelteringtree.co.uk
~ $6 cover charge
Friday August 29th, 9 pm
Funkhunter
Come party this Friday to 80's music DJ'd
by the Island's newest sensations. Put on your big hair and 80's
threads for this fun night.
~ no cover charge
Saturday Aug 9th, 7:30 pm - Art / 9pm - 
Music
Art Opening
"The Spirit Of Summer
Live Music to follow with " The Locals " Bobby & Brook
,Graham & Brent
~ $5 cover charge
Thursday August 7th, 9 pm
Annabelle Chvostek
(formerly of the "Wailin Jenny's)
Annabelle is promoting her new album "Resilience"in which she collaborates with Bruce Cockburn & Mary Gaulthier
The very talented
Jennifer Louise Taylor
will also perform
~ $6 cover charge
Saturday Aug 2nd, 9 pm
Zolabud
this big party band will rock your socks !
~ $5 cover charge
Friday August 1st, 8:30 pm
Dalhi Gonthier Returns with Special Guest Simon Millerd
Don't miss this special night! Who knows
when they'll be returning again, as they head back to Montreal
~ $5 cover charge
Thursday July 24th, 9 pm
Saturday July 19th, 9 pm
Thursday July 17th, 9pm
Carolyn Mark
the zany and talented Miss Carolyn again
graces the stage at GC with her eclectic sounds.
www.carolynmark.com
Joining her onstage
Luther Wright
with Diona Davies
(violin) and Tolan McNeil (guitar)
www.lutherwright.com
~ $7 cover charge
Saturday July 5th, 7 pm
Art Opening / Wine
tasting
7pm: Art Opening
A Show & Sale of Paintings by Galiano Artist "Heather McRae"
Enjoy a complementary Wine Tasting - from The Saturna Vineyard
9pm: Petunia
www.petuniamusic.com
~ $5 cover charge
Saturday June 28th, 9pm
Kostaman
and The Vibrations
join us for a GC summer tradition - the
Kostaman reggae fest
www.kostaman.com
~ $7 cover charge
Friday June 27th, 9pm
Mary Barry
Newfoundland & Labrador's female artist
of the year !
Jazzy & bluesy ,Ya Baby !
$5 cover charge
Saturday June 21st, 9pm
Peter Dent Trio
from Jamaica with love
$5 cover charge
Friday June 20th, 9pm
Children of Celebrities
"we're not bitter"
Victoria's most entertaining
band is sailing over to Rock the house! Don't miss it!
$5 cover charge
Saturday June 7th, 9pm
Petunia
Rocka-Hilly-Billy Review. This yodelling
cowboy and his swing band is a must see
www.petuniamusic.com
$5 cover charge
Saturday May 31st, 9pm
a unique fusion of rootsy bluegrass to sultry swing, steeped with seamless harmonies and impressive musicianship
www.myspace.com/thedrawlsmusic
Pascale Goodrich-Black
beautiful songs and thoughtful lyrics from this up and coming talentwww.myspace.com/pascalegoodrichblack
$5 cover chargeFriday May 16th, 9pm
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Ana
Bon-Bon & Amelia Rose
Children
of Celebrities 
Johnny
Eden & Derek Olive 
Sarah
Noni Metzner 
At The Controls
In Memoriam
I would like to mention that on February 15, 2008,
Willie P. Bennett passed away. Willie was an amazing talent and one
of my favourite song writers in Canada. He inspired me to want to open
and run venues so artists could get a head start and we could continue
in the coffee house style of the late 60's & 70's. Having the privilege
to hear Willie in my youth – in my hometown of Hamilton
– at Campbell's Coffee House & The Knight Two – it
changed my life for the better.
Thank-you Willie, God Bless,
Deborah McKechnie
CBC
link to Willie P. Bennett singing "
Blackie & The Rodeo King"
Peter Bowles on stage at Grand Central drumming up a storm with friends