Come join us for Open Mic Wednesdays at the Old Church Theatre.
You can enjoy a fun night seeing local performers and if you want to perform sign up with our host Rick Zimmerman.
The Old Church Theatre is pleased to announce that Tony Vani will be joining us every second Sunday of the month for our Second Sunday Service of Blues. Tony has entertained us over the years as a solo performer, with his band and as a duo with Kenny Pauze.
A long time friend of the ‘Old Church’, Tony welcomes his friends and many fans to this Second Sunday event. We aim to start at 2:00 pm for a fun afternoon of blues and any other of Tony’s favourite selections to help us all get through the winter. There will be food, beverages and music. Who could ask for more?
100% of your Donations-at-the-Door go to the performer!
Come join us for Open Mic Wednesdays at the Old Church Theatre.
You can enjoy a fun night seeing local performers and if you want to perform sign up with our host Rick Zimmerman.
Troubadours have been performing in taverns since time immemorial and we at the Tipsy Vicar are going to continue this age old tradition. So we are featuring Robert Keyes, a finger style guitarist for an afternoon of Pub Busking. Join us for some food, a beverage, music, games and camaraderie at the Tipsy Vicar in the Old Church Theatre.
All contributions go to the artist. Bring a friend and we’ll see you there.
Well it’s almost that time of year to gather the family around the old RCA and listen to a timeless Christmas classic. Maybe the ancient wireless is gone but you can still hear our favourite holiday tale composed and read by Roy Bonisteel.
It’s a story that harks back to a simpler time, when the delivery of firewood just before Christmas was all that stood between freezing or surviving. Throw in a snowstorm, a dancing dog and two brothers who want to do the right thing and you have a recipe for everything you need to know about the Christmas spirit. This story happened many years ago right here in the Quinte region but the theme and the lesson is as constant as the north star.
Please enjoy this Old Church classic with friends and loved ones as we wind up our Seasonal Storytelling Series. On December 21st you’ll find it here on our website, posted on Social Media, or you can sign up to have it delivered to you by email.
Send Me Roy’s Story by Email this Year!
Come join us for Open Mic Wednesdays at the Old Church Theatre.
You can enjoy a fun night seeing local performers and if you want to perform sign up with our host Rick Zimmerman.
We were supposed to celebrate the end of 2020 with some lighthearted fun, but then COVID came back with a vengeance. We were supposed to have a blowout at the end of 2021 to celebrate the end of the pandemic. You know how that worked out.
Well, we’re finally back, baby! You looked forward to getting back to entertaining, but now that you have, you’re sick of it already. So let us do the entertaining! Join the Improvmonauts for some post-holiday jollies at the Old Church Theatre with the return of the Holiday Hangover.
Pay what you will – we know you spent way too much on food and gifts. We’ll see you there on December 30th at 7:30pm (doors at 7).
Come join us for Open Mic Wednesdays at the Old Church Theatre.
You can enjoy a fun night seeing local performers and if you want to perform sign up with our host Rick Zimmerman. While indoors performers are playing unplugged with the enhancement of a condenser mic and the great “church” acoustics!
Our menu changes week to week so check in to see what’s cookin’ on the day you’re attending.
The Old Church Theatre is pleased to announce that Tony Vani will be joining us every second Sunday of the month for our Second Sunday Service of Blues. Tony has entertained us over the years as a solo performer, with his band and as a duo with Kenny Pauze.
A long time friend of the ‘Old Church’, Tony welcomes his friends and many fans to this Second Sunday event. We aim to start at 2:00 pm for a fun afternoon of blues and any other of Tony’s favourite selections to help us all get through the winter. There will be food, beverages and music. Who could ask for more?
100% of your Donations-at-the-Door go to the performer!
Come join us for Open Mic Wednesdays at the Old Church Theatre.
You can enjoy a fun night seeing local performers and if you want to perform sign up with our host Rick Zimmerman. While indoors performers are playing unplugged with the enhancement of a condenser mic and the great “church” acoustics!
Our menu changes week to week so check in to see what’s cookin’ on the day you’re attending.
There are bands for which rock and roll is a lifestyle, and then there are bands for which it is
life.
To many, The Weber Brothers are the baddest band in the land. To many others, their story sits like
an ancient volume in an old bookstore, dust covered, tucked away behind hundreds of newer, shinier
books. Untouched. Waiting to be discovered. Regardless of what side you’re on, there’s an undeniable
truth. In the rough and tumble world of rock and roll, The Weber Brothers have been around the
block.
We’re thrilled to have The Weber Brothers back to the Old Church Theatre!
Ryan and Sam Weber left their Baltimore, MD home one night as teenagers, with the aim of meeting
their idol, rockabilly legend Ronnie Hawkins, and ten hours later showed up at his doorstep. “The
Hawk”, the elder statesman of rock whose former protégés (Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Levon
Helm, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson) went on to reshape music history as “The Band”, was duly
impressed by the pair’s immense raw talent, and promptly invited them to audition for his storied
backing band, The Hawks. Mere months later, after surviving the intense musical apprenticeship of
his fabled “Rock ‘n’ Roll Boot-camp,” they were in: full-blooded Hawks. By the ages of 18 and 21
they had already performed alongside Kris Kristofferson, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Jeff Healey and the Tragically Hip to name a few.
Over the past 18 years they’ve recorded 14 independent albums and toured extensively throughout the
U.S., Canada and Europe.
In October 2012 the brothers were invited to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame American Music
Masters Tribute to Chuck Berry in Cleveland where they shared the stage with Merle Haggard,
Lemmy Kilmister, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Rick Derringer, Joe Bonamassa, Earl Slick, Steve
Jordan and the father of Rock and Roll himself, Chuck Berry.
2016 saw the release of “Before We Arrive: The Story of The Weber Brothers”, a feature length
documentary chronicling the pair’s musical journey, which the Toronto Independent Film Festival
dubbed “Best Documentary” for 2016.
Also highly regarded for their proficiency as studio musicians, the brothers have recorded on
hundreds of outside projects, including work with Gordon Lightfoot, Kris Kristofferson, Ronnie
Hawkins and Willie Nelson.
Between their renowned musical ability, high-energy, awe-inspiring performances and lessons learned
first hand from rock n’ roll pioneers, a reputation as the “Baddest Band in the Land”, “heroes of this
generation” and “the future in the big shoes of the past” now precedes them. Whether it be their
unrivaled power as a full rock band, or their undeniable chemistry highlighted in a head-to-head duo
performance, The Weber Brothers always deliver.
“If it’s looked at as a passing of the torch or a keeping of the flame, then we’re the guys to do it,” says
Ryan Weber.
“The Weber Brothers are the ultimate roots band, playing, writing and
doing it all.” – Bob Mersereau, Top 100 Canadian Blog
“Enthusiasm…energy-wise the band is great… We know they’re great.”
– Garth Hudson
“If I had The Weber Brothers with me in 1952…Elvis would’ve been my
roadie.” – Ronnie Hawkins
