String Bone Presents

STRING BONE PRESENTS!

As a singer-songwriter and guitar player, one of my loves is programming live music. Last year, my friends Rob & Candace Wigan purchased the iconic Stratford fine dining restaurant, The Church Restaurant and rechristened it REVIVAL HOUSE. When they approached me to curate a concert series like I have done in the past, it took me all of two seconds to say yes. Their vision for a contemporary music room was what I have been waiting for in Stratford since I moved here in 1999. This venue is simply perfect, with a large beautiful sanctuary for shows that can hold 120 seated, an upstairs bar called The Chapel, which is nicely separated and eventually an outdoor patio for those warm summer days and nights.

My music interest is finding artists that excite me, move me to tears, bring me to laugh and who's stories are filled with heart, hope and honesty. This past season I produced 11 shows with the following artists:

Danny Michel
Emm Gryner
Madison Violet
St. James & Payne
New Country Rehab
String Bone
Alejandra Ribera
The Marrieds
Amelia Curran
Joy Nash
The Rizdales
BW Pawley
Shari Ulrich
Lynn Miles
Linda McRae
Digging Roots
Sweet Alibi
Trent Severn
Brad Canning & James MacArthur
Mary Gauthier
Eliza Gilkyson
Gretchen Peters
Shannon Lyon
Good Lovelies

It was a great series with outstanding performances by all.

This coming season we have the following artists coming to Stratford to perform starting with some intimate cafe gigs at Monforte On Wellington on Fridays in Sept and at Revival House starting in October:

Monforte On Wellington
Sept. 2 - Richard Garvey + Allison Brown
Sept. 9 - Shannon Lyon
Sept. 16 - Sarah Jane Scouten
Sept. 23 - Colleen Brown
Sept. 30 - Glen Dias

Revival House
Oct. 14 - Gregory Hoskins
Oct. 28 - Steve Poltz
Nov. 5 - Sean McCann
Nov. 18. - Fred Eaglesmith
Jan. 28 - Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar
Feb. 24 - TBA
Mar. 24 - The Small Glories
Apr. 7 - Craig Cardiff
Apr. 28 - Joe Crookston + The Young Novelists
May 19 - Digging Roots

I hope you will join me to welcome these fabulous artists to Stratford.

Tickets for each are $25 and up (+HST/Fee) available only on-line.

For those who want to come for dinner before the show, it's important to book a reservation with the restaurant once you've purchased your tickets. Ticket numbers will be required when booking your dinner reservation on concert nights.

We have also put together a Room Deal at Foster's Inn www.fostersinn.com for those out of towners who would like to experience Stratford for more than a few hours. For $125 based on double occupancy, you will get a room for two and breakfast in the morning for two. Please book directly with Foster's Inn and provide your ticket numbers.

We look forward to seeing you!!

Barry James Payne
Music Director