The Arts Station

Wednesday, Dec.10 at 8pm

Singer/Songwriter - Danyluk & Card

Cory Danyluk and Sarah Card make an impressive team. The two attest to much time being spent on touring and woodshedding, and setting new courses for their music from the prairie community hall. Whether it’s verses from a cracked country ballad, or songs shaded with glimpses of hope and determination, Card and Danyluk have created a warm, sobering and alluring sound that draws on west of centre country, blues, and folk traditions.

FDAC Member tickets: $18/adult; $10/youth. Non-member tickets: $20/adult; $12/youth.

Thursday, Nov. 13 at 8pm.

An Arts Station Program

Country Blues - Bewitching like moonlight on water, Little Miss Higgins captivates audiences with her original, gutsy, spirited country blues songs. Crystal clear vocals that go on forever and amazing guitar licks - she’s the real thing! Together with her partner/guitar player Foy Taylor, Little Miss Higgins creates innovative guitar work rooted in a country blues style and an unforgettably “top hat” stage show.

FDAC Member tickets: $18/adult; $10/youth. Non-member tickets: $20/adult; $12/youth.

Vaudeville Extravaganza created and performed by Lucas Myers (Pilot.co.Pilot Production):

Lucas Myers, who brought EAST to the Arts Station last fall, is returning with a performance of his award winning show The Amazing and Impermeable Cromoli Brothers Present: THE BEST OF THE CROMOLI BROTHERS! at 8 PM on Saturday, November 8th. Starring St. John and Hasbro Cromoli, the tuxedo wearing, ukulele playing Vaudeville duo that perform 15 hilarious vignettes including The Rich, Dear Mary I’m in a Gang Now, Pilot Talk, Cover Song, Sex, Shot in the Dark, Nude Beach and More! With material ranging from the poignant to the political to the absurd, the show features Myers’ unique brand of brilliantly comic character work and highly charged performance as well as original songs performed on ukulele, melodica and glockenspiel. Having toured the show to New Zealand, where it received the Best Comedy Award at the New Zealand International Fringe Festival, as well as performing in Victoria and the Nelson area, the show is, in Myers’ words, a “well-oiled entertainment machine.” In a unique twist, the audience is responsible for choosing the order of the vignettes. “This is one of my favorite aspects of the show.” says Myers. “The audience gets to be a bit involved and we have no control over what is coming next which is terrifying and ensures we stay spontaneous, which in turn ensures that we are very, very funny. As everyone knows terrified + spontaneous = very, very funny.”

Please Note: The Cromoli Brothers contains adult material and is not suitable for children.

FDAC Member tickets: $12/adult; $8/youth. Non-member tickets: $15/adult; $10/youth.

Lina Allemano - Jazz Trumpeter

Sunday, October 12 at 8pm

The Lina Allemano Four is a group known for their forward motion and inventiveness. They are definitely not afraid of taking musical risks. These 4 creative musicians cross over from improvised music to jazz in their musical lives, and lend a fresh and free-spirited feel to their music. A stimulating dynamic of interaction and spontaneity assures that live performances are always light-hearted and full of surprises.

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Special thanks to our sponsors: Red Tree Lodge; City of Fernie; BC Arts Council; Dr. Mann; Dr. Vige, Dr. Groeneweg - Optometrists, Fernie.

Virtuoso Acoustic Guitar

Sunday, September 28 at 8pm

An Arts Station & Historical Society program

Ken is one of Canada ’s foremost interpreters of traditional roots and blues music . Since 1978, Hamm has won a wide following for his stellar guitar work , as well as for his original songs that reflect his rural west coast life.

When you see him in concert, it is obvious that he has absorbed, arranged and restated traditional blues and roots music, and made it current and original . His ability to accompany himself with driving and intricate slide and acoustic guitar completes the mix.

FDAC Member tickets: $20/adult; $12/youth. Non-member tickets: $25/adult; $15/youth.
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Canada Premier Coal Miners Choir

Friday, August 8 at 7pm

An Arts Station & Historical Society program

Coming to Fernie – one performance only - at the Fernie Centennial Community Centre

The Men of the Deeps is a renowned choir of working and retired coal miners from the island of Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, Canada. Organized in 1966 as part of Cape Breton’s contribution to Canada’s Centennial Year (1967), the group’s inception was an effort by the people of Cape Breton to preserve in song some of the rich folklore of that island’s coal mining communities.

You won’t want to miss this show! This was a ‘Sold-Out’ performance on their last visit. Get your tickets NOW!

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Tickets are $20/adult; $15/youth

A Classical Concert of Slavic Music

Saturday, July 19 at 8pm

Enjoy a special evening of music performed with passion by the Vera Chamber Music Ensemble with violin, cello, flute, guitar, piano and vocal arrangements.

In a remarkable opportunity of talent, outstanding musicians and singers from Canada and France have coalesced for a very special performance of music heralding from Slavic traditions.

Enjoy a ‘summer’s evening’ concert where you can catch the ‘essence’ of the east with informative introductions to the music. Blending strings, flute and piano, together with two sopranos, this ensemble brings forward the ‘soul’ of the music in true Eastern traditions.

The program includes such greats as Dvorák, Tchaikovsky, Deunov, Alabieff and others. Performed by the stellar talents of French Phillipe Lucotte and Nadia Navarro at the violin, Alain Courmont on the Cello, Yolaine Hames on the flute and Gilles Hainault at the piano. In addition, singing beautifully, Sophie Gamache and Lubka Amigues, are two wonderful sopranos that add to this rich evening.

With over 15 years of shepherding talent, for concerts at the UN and across the US and Europe, Hainault brings together expertise for this event from France and Canada. These musicians and singers will bring a wealth of talent to the Arts Station stage. Fernie and area audiences may remember the outstanding concerts of the Vera Choir that include Christmas Concerts, Canada Day celebrations and musical contributing for the ‘Relay for Life.’

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Keith Greeninger paints intricate portraits of the human condition with powerful melodic images, deep engaging guitar rhythms and warm heart wrenching vocals. He is a multi award winning singer songwriter and this year’s winner of the prestigious Telluride Troubadour National Song Writing Competition. His deep, textured voice, rich, engaging songwriting, comes with nothing more than a guitar in hand and a song with a story to tell, Keith can completely captivate an audience. His husky heart-felt vocals and aggressive acoustic guitar style offer more than the standard bill-of-fare for most folk singers and more musicality and sensitivity than today’s average rock band.

FDAC Member tickets: $18/adult; $10/youth. Non-member tickets: $20/adult; $12/youth.

Tickets are available at the Blue Toque, Carosella's, Freshies, the Good Earth and The Arts Station.

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Zeellia is the remedy for reality

Unleash the mystical power of Eastern Europe with Zeellia. This world-class six-piece band will both exalt you and haunt you with its fusion of folk music from Ukraine, the Balkan and Baltic States and the Canadian prairie.

With three vocalists, an accordionist, bass player and violinist, Zeellia - the Ukrainian word for the power of herbs to alter reality - entreat you to embrace your supernatural Slavic soul. The group’s collection of old-world songs takes you on a journey to a land steeped in farming history, while its new-world songs reminds you of Canada’s own agricultural history.

“The belief was that the ancestors lived in the fields and orchards helping them to grow,” group founder Beverly Dobrinsky explains. “The ancestors live in the songs as well, helping those who sing and hear them to grow.”

Zeellia take these traditional songs and breathe contemporary life into them, arranging the music and lyrics in ways that both respects the past and looks to the future. Whether performing a cappella or with musicians, the vocalists take centre stage with songs that are sometimes sombre and other times jovial. The music can celebrate the bounty of nature or denounce the oppression of man, but the songs all weave magic

FDAC Member tickets: $18/adult; $10/youth. Non-member tickets: $20/adult; $12/youth.

Tickets are available at the Blue Toque, Carosella's, Freshies, the Good Earth and The Arts Station.

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An Arts Station Program

All hail the King of Silly!

Bring out your spare funny bones! Lorne Elliott is set to send your giggles madly off in all directions at the Arts Station.

With his barely tamed afro, his rubbery face and his miniature guitar, the Canadian musical comedian is the master of all that is silly, side-splitting and strange.

Combining dry humour with musical parodies and skits Elliott is a shrewd observer of the behaviour of the Canadian human animal. Often self-deprecating, always silly and never profane, Elliott’s funny is family friendly.

“I did [use profanity] when I was younger,” Elliott says. “It doesn’t really work for me. And also, I never really felt great about it. I always say, ‘people laugh, but they don’t respect you in the morning.’”

Host of CBC Radio’s Madly off in All Directions and a regular performer at Montreal’s Just for Laughs festival, Elliott has been performing professionally on stage for more than two decades. His ability to entertain is a keen as his wit. When not touring with his one-man musical comedy show, Elliott finds time to write and perform in plays, as well as produce them.

“A genuine and talented nut-case… quick-witted and relevant” —Tom Reagan - Halifax DAILY NEWS

“His show runs the gamut from the sublime to the ridiculous, but all of it literally sucks laughter out of your face.” —Lance Callahan - The Newfoundland HERALD

FDAC Member tickets: $20/adult; $12/youth. Non-member tickets: $25/adult; $15/youth.

Tickets are available at the Blue Toque, Carosella's, Freshies, the Good Earth and The Arts Station.

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