Got a Christmas or even a winter tale to tell? Could be Christmas eve when Uncle Harry’s overloaded fuse box blew the power at the holiday dinner. Could be the flat tire with a car load of presents on the way to Uncle Harry’s. Any kind of shenanigans will do; point is, everyone’s got a story. It doesn’t have to be long. Just an anecdote. Under the skillful guidance of our host Steafan Hannigan, a master storyteller in his own right, you’ll be put at ease and ready to uncork your own ripping yarn. Come down to the Tipsy Vicar, your new friendly local at the Old Church Theatre and we’ll provide the wee nip ‘o courage. See you there.
No reservations or tickets, but your donations at the door are greatly appreciated.
Grand Opening Night at the Tipsy Vicar Pub in the Old Church Theatre!
We’re open 5-10 PM with authentic Irish Pub music by No Great Mischief between 6-9PM. We’ll be featuring Steak and Veggie pies by Chef David Correa.
No Great Mischief is a Kingston-based Celtic trio featuring Meghan Balogh on fiddle, Erik Coleman on bouzouki and guitar, and Ian Leslie on uilleann pipes and whistles.
The music of No Great Mischief belies their enthusiasm for the tunes of Ireland and other Celtic traditions, and their unabashed enjoyment of each other’s musical company.
Meghan Balogh spent years studying classical piano and violin before becoming addicted to Irish fiddle music. Now, nearly two decades after attending her first Irish session, she regularly plays at local sessions and for Irish ceili dances, as well as shows with various groups including No Great Mischief, The Gertrudes, Seventh Town, and the Seventh Town Ceili Band.
Erik Coleman is a multi-instrumentalist with 25 years of musical experience. He plays guitar, bouzouki, piano and bass and has performed as a member of various folk and Celtic bands such as Night Sun, Dog Tooth Violet, Lagavulin and Boru’s Harp at events across Canada, including the Winnepeg Folk Festival and Folk on the Rocks in Yellowknife.
Ian Leslie started out on the highland bagpipes, and has been studying uillean (Irish) pipes for more than 20 years. He has been a fixture on the Irish music scene in the Kingston area for 15 years, playing in sessions at various pubs in Ontario, for traditional Irish ceili dances with the Seventh Town Ceili Band, and at events such as the Homegrown Music Festival in Kingston with The Sessioneers. He’s featured on the albums of regional folk musicians such as Brian Flynn and The Wakami Wailers.
We had lots of great Open Mic Wednesday on the patio at the Old Church Theatre for the past two years. Many of you performed or attended for which we are grateful and will continue next spring.
Moving indoors, we’re taking a different approach in order to keep safe and avoid congestion and excess moving out of seats. We will offer 5 people a spot each week to participate in more of a “Jam” style evening with the assistance of Peggy Voigt who will keep the music flowing! If you’re a musician you’ll be able to play as much as you like throughout the evening. If you’re an audience member you’ll hear lots of great music with musicians doing that amazing thing they do, free form and impromptu collaboration.
Come to Pub Night at the Old Church Theatre. The “Tipsy Vicar” is open at 5PM with music from 6-9PM
Join us on December 11th for some Christmas music, old favourites and original tunes with String Mashup!
There’s no admission charge but we will “pass the hat” (or maybe the offering plate) for donations to the band.
Their name says a lot about them. They all play a variety of string instruments and take turns at singing lead at various times. The mashup part refers to “a mixture or fusion of disparate elements”, which perfectly describes how they blend different ages of women and men; blending different styles of music and harmonies from old 40s classics to 50s and 60s pop and country, through to today’s folk and some original tunes written by Lisa Gilmore.
Jerry Leger has released over a dozen acclaimed albums since 2005, including 2019’s ‘Time Out For Tomorrow’, his 3rd for Cowboy Junkies label, Latent Recordings, produced by Michael Timmins. The record received acclaim in Rolling Stone, Uncut Magazine and from fellow songwriters such as Doug Paisley and Ron Sexsmith. Leger’s music has also been praised in Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, PopMatters, NOW and heard on CBC, BBC, WSM and NPR.
Besides headlining shows across Canada, Europe, UK and the US, Jerry has opened for acts such as Jim Cuddy, The Sadies, Justin Townes Earle, Jill Barber, Dawes, Jesse Winchester, Trampled By Turtles, Ron Sexsmith, Doug Paisley, and twice performed on the Nashville concert series “Music City Roots” with host, Jim Lauderdale. He was the only Canadian act in the small festival “Take Root 2018” in Holland alongside Neko Case, Kurt Vile, Father John Misty and others.
Leger has recorded duets with Serena Ryder (“All Over Again”) and more recently with Don Stevenson of the legendary 1960s San Francisco group, Moby Grape on 2020’s “Halfway ‘Til Gone”. That single made a new Jerry Leger fan out of Tommy Stinson (The Replacements, Bash & Pop). 2020 also saw the release of the surprise isolation album ‘Songs From The Apartment’ and Leger’s first book of poetry, ‘Just The Night Birds’.
Fiddles, Banjos, Mandolin and Guitar are the raw ingredients that make up the tasting menu of sonic delight that is their musical feast. In the midst of recording their second album, this trio will treat you to the sounds of Satie on the Beach, Luke and Joey’s first album, as well as some new offerings and other delicious delights from Lotus and gang.
“Lotus Wight is a Banjo Jedi…”
“Listen to Joey Wright’s mandolin dance on Big Baby….knock you on your ass beauty “
Michael will be joined at the Old Church Theatre by Teilhard Frost (Sheesham & Lotus, Jenny Whiteley), Jason Mercer (Ani Difranco, Ron Sexsmith, Bourbon Tabernacle Choir), and Liam Cole (Little Kid, Highs, Dorothea Paas).
“Every song tells a story, but not every songwriter can tell a story the way Duguay can.” -Dominionated
Michael C. Duguay is a writer, musician, and performer based out of Kingston, Ontario. First gaining recognition as a versatile and uniquely charismatic supporting player in the early 2000’s, Michael performed as a teenager with Washboard Hank and The Silverhearts, later contributing to critically acclaimed breakthrough albums by The Burning Hell and Evening Hymns. After surviving nearly a decade of homelessness and drug addiction, Michael resurfaced in 2018, self-producing and releasing his widely praised sophomore album, The Winter of our Discotheque, which chronicled his years of tumult and established him as one of Canadian music’s most distinct, enigmatic, and honest emerging voices. A fervent collaborator and community builder, Michael’s genre-fluid and multidisciplinary projects feature a diverse and revolving cast of contributing members from across North America.
Michael C. Duguay’s forthcoming album, Saint Maybe, is slated for release in 2022. Initially conceived as a series of agnostic hymns and prayers, Saint Maybe’s lyrical themes explore survival, surrender, spirituality, and the limitations of human language in expressing mystical concepts. Musically, Saint Maybe seamlessly incorporates folk, punk, electronic, jazz, and experimental music traditions while remaining squarely rooted in skillful pop craftsmanship.
