CONCERTS STREAMING
What’s on in Sask. livestreaming concerts this week
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No need to be deprived of live entertainment during COVID-19 social distancing. Here are some of this week’s livestreamed events.
Like so many music festivals, Trout Forest Music Festival in Ear Falls, Ont., isn’t happening this year. But, the festival is co-presenting a livestreamed concert from Winnipeg’s fabled Times Change(d) High and Lonesome Club. Hear Saskatchewan expat blues performer
Big Dave Mclean, folk artist Ila Barker (part of the Regina Folk Festival’s 2019 lineup) and rocketc. band The Perpetrators. This show is in collaboration with the National Arts Centre.
Friday, June 12, 7 p.m. via Facebook Live (search Trout Forest Music Festival)
Break from streaming services with Saskatchewan Home Movies, a Paved Arts and VUCAVU presentation of 11 diverse short films. The Feather, Joanne Lyons, Gavin Baird, Lenore Maier, Jason Britski, Lindsey Rewuski, Iva Henry & Spencer King Martin, Linda Duvall, Mike Rollo, Shawn Cuthand and Jeremy Ratzlaff are the contributing artists.
The online watch party is Friday, June 12, 7 p.m. (check facebook.com/vucavuvucavu or vucavu.com for the link). If you miss the livestream, the program will be up through June 26.
Gabrielle Papillon and Raine Hamilton had planned to tour Saskatchewan (and beyond) in the spring, with dates in Nokomis, Regina, Saskatoon and North Battleford. Of course, COVID -19 changed their plans. For now, Papillon (Halifax, indiepop) and Hamilton (Winnipeg, chamber-folk) are performing an online concert. In plugging her latest album, Shout, Papillon describes herself as “someone who craves solitude but does not really want to be left alone too long.” So, show her the love during this “online song circle” through Side Door.
Saturday, June 13, 3 p.m. A ticket is $8 through sidedooraccess.com
Toronto-based old-time banjo player Kaia Kater will trade songs with Calgary honky-tonk troubadour Tom Phillips as part of the Calgary Folk Music Festival’s Virtually Live series.
Saturday, June 13, 7 p.m. A ticket is $8 through calgaryfolkfest.com
Pride Latte celebrates the spoken-word art of LGBTQ+ people. Performers include Elise Pallagi, ecoaborijanelle, Peace Akintade and Javelin, in this Saskatoon Public Library-sponsored event that also includes an open mic for poets, storytellers and lo-fi acoustic acts.
Monday, June 15, 7 p.m. via Zoom (register through saskatoonpride.ca)
Alexandra Beck is a 24-yearold singer-songwriter based in Saskatoon. Inspired by the sounds of Amy Winehouse, Beyoncé and Janis Joplin, Beck plans to release her first EP this fall. Hear original songs and cover tunes during her online Live Sessions.
Monday, June 15, 10 p.m. at sessionslive.com/alexandrabeck
Country veteran Clint Black was one of the headliners slated to play the 2020 Country Thunder music festival in Craven, which was cancelled given the Saskatchewan government’s COVID -19 restrictions. If you were hoping to see Black this summer, here’s something to ease your pain: He’s playing a livestreamed concert that’s perfect for “Killin’ Time.”
Wednesday, June 17, 7 p.m., Facebook Live (clint.black)
Are you a Saskatchewan artist planning a livestreamed show? Keep us in the loop and email amartin@postmedia.com or maolson@postmedia.com.