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John Reischman and the Jay Bir...

Years of European and North American tours, four critically acclaimed albums, two Juno nominations and two Canadian Folk Music Award nominations…little wonder, the buzz around John Reischman and The Jaybirds continues to grow. Like the...

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Jake’s Gift – General Admission

Supporting Local Performers Chautauqua is proud to provide local performers with an opportunity to share their talent. Each show will open with a local act. Tickets Still Available! A small quantity of tickets are still available at Thymes Two for this evening’s performance. General Admission/Individual A Canadian WW2 veteran reluctantly returns to Normandy, France, for the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings. While revisiting the beach he landed on sixty years earlier, Jake encounters Isabelle, a precocious 10-year-old from the local village whose inquisitive nature and charm challenge the old soldier to confront some long-ignored ghosts – most notably, the war-time death of his eldest brother Chester, a once promising young musician. In 2004 performer and playwright, Julia Mackey, traveled to Normandy, France, for the 60th...

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Mark Berube

Supporting Local Performers Chautauqua is proud to provide local performers with an opportunity to share their talent. Each show will open with a local act. Recorded by Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Basia Bulat, Silver Mt Zion) live off the floor at Montreal’s Hotel 2 Tango, June In Siberia is the full length follow up to 2008’s What The Boat Gave The River. June In Siberia sees a departure for Mark Berube and The Patriotic Few (Kristina Koropecki on cello, Patrick Dugas on drums, and Amélie Mandeville on bass) from their previous experimentation with large-scale arrangements of strings and horns, choosing instead to hone in on the impressive vocal and instrumental strengths of each member. Joining the band are four special guests. Dan Mangan appears on Side of the Road, Emily Loizeau sings a verse in the redemptive eulogy Above...

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Keri Lynn Zwicker and Harp Rouge

Supporting Local Performers Chautauqua is proud to provide local performers with an opportunity to share their talent. Each show will open with a local act. With crystalline vocals, feisty carbon-fibre harp playing and an unfettered sense of fun Keri Lynn Zwicker has been a bright addition the Western Canadian folk music scene. Her eclectic repertoire and quick wit delight listeners who are surprised at how truly entertaining a harp show can be. Keri Lynn brings to the stage a craft built solidly on Classical training, a stage presence polished by over 12 years of touring with David Wilkie’s Cowboy Celtic and a wealth of knowledge from a Masters Degree in Ethnomusicology. She has toured and showcased in Alberta, B.C. and Saskatchewan with her versatile trio, HarpRouge featuring Tami Cooper on flute and Jeff Faragher on Cello....

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Alex Cuba

Supporting Local Performers Chautauqua is proud to provide local performers with an opportunity to share their talent. Each show will open with a local act. Alex Cuba (born Alexis Puentes in 1974 just outside of Havana) was a multi-styled multi-instrumentalist who got his start as a small child with his father’s group, Lost Puentes. After touring and performing with the band Temperamento with Roberto Fonseca, Alex moved to Canada in 1999, and it was there that the creative direction of his music began to move away from the more traditional aspects of the Cuban sound. Alex and his brother Adonis formed the Alex Cuba band shortly thereafter, but soon came to call themselves the Puentes Brothers, and released the album Morumba Cubana in 2000. The album went on to earn the brothers a 2001 Juno Award nomination. Tours for the pair...

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the blog

Anticipation!

Posted by Robyne on Apr 7, 2013 in Blog

In preparation for the last show of our 2013 season, I...

A Standing Ovation for Jake’s Gift

Posted by Robyne on Jan 18, 2013 in Blog

Longtime Chautauqua supporters have identified Jake’s...

10 More To Go!

Posted by Robyne on Dec 9, 2012 in Blog

Chautauqua 2013 Season Tickets are selling well. People...

What are your summer music plans?

Posted by Robyne on Jul 13, 2012 in Blog

There are a lot of great summer music festivals in...

about us

Who We Are

Chautauqua (pronounced Shuh – TAWK – wuh) is an Iroquois word, meaning either “two moccasins tied together”, “bag tied at the middle”, “where the fish are taken out” or “jumping fish.”‘

History

The Chautauqua tradition an adult education movement featuring lectures, plays, and musical performances; the word is also used for any single organization pursuing this activity.

The idea was originated in 1874 in Chautauqua, New York, which lends its name to the format, but was soon copied paralleled elsewhere.

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