Our Calendar of Events
EHAC offers workshops and concerts each season, creating opportunities for artistic expression and skill development. Based on a curated mix of genres and popularity, and mindful of our superb acoustics, up and coming musicians are invited to perform in our extraordinary space. Workshops are offered whenever teaching professionals visit the Bight and express interest in sharing their craft. Or perhaps an artist in residence will offer a class. Every season is different. Have a look at this season's offerings.
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Events for August 2015
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Aug 01
POSTPONED Concert in the Harbour with Terry Penney
Concert in the Harbour with Terry Penney IS POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO ICE!
WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE SO PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR AN UPDATE
$20 8:00
Once again Terry Penney will fill the arts centre with songs and stories of long ago times in English Harbour.
Terry has close family connections to English Harbour: his Dad's family was from English Harbourand and our venue was actually the church his family attended. Terry's great Uncle Steve Penney ran a General Store in English Harbour. And Terry has received strong accolades for his song "Shells" which is on his latest album: the main character in the song, a World War I veteran, is from Trinity Bay. This song was chosen as a Folk Song finalist at last year's Kerrville Folk Songwriting Competition in Kerrville Texas.
Terry Penney is a Newfoundland singer/songwriter whose songs are so vivid and image-driven they have been likened to "3-minute movies". He is a world class storyteller and performer with the uncanny ability to "put you there" in his songs and for the past decade he has done just that. Penney is an old soul who has always had a penchant for the past. Consequently, his songs are often set in a by-gone era when little boys dreamed of helping the Lone Ranger and World War veterans still walked the streets as young men.
Not surprising, the first music Penney was drawn to as a child were records from his parents collection: Buddy Holly's Greatest Hits, Elvis, and The American Graffiti Sound Track. These discoveries started a lifelong appreciation for artists from that era. "There's just something about the rawness and honesty of those early recordings that I've always been drawn to and those are elements that I strive for in my own music." From there he gravitated towards artists like Steve Earle and John Prine, and it's with the afore-mentioned that Penney aligns himself stylistically. "All my favorite artists today are mavericks who don't neatly fit into one genre of music."
Terry Penney is a commanding artist with five full-length albums that have garnered numerous awards and honors, including 2012 Music NL Country Artist of the Year. His extensive touring experience includes major events like the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas, the Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival, the Stan Rogers Folk Festival in Nova Scotia, US tour of Maine and a UK tours in Ireland and England. Penney's fifth album, The Last Guitar, was released on February 14, 2012 to critical acclaim (4 Stars, Maverick Magazine, UK -
Aug 05
Drop in Art
Drop in for a creativity workout. Sketch, draw, paint, play with clay, learn about your favorite artist...the centre is open from 10 - 4 with materials and a coach. You are welcome to drop in. No fee but you can make a donation if you have fun.
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Aug 06
A Concert in the Harbour with Nuala Kennedy and Eamon O'Leary
8 pm $25
Long time friends and musical collaborators, Irish singers Nuala Kennedy and Eamon O'Leary have toured together in the United States both in duo and as part of "TheAlt", a new trio alongside guitarist John Doyle.
Both highly respected members of the traditional music community, they are noted for their instrumental skills as well as their diverse repertoire of traditional and contemporary songs. Known for their engaging stage presence and understated virtuosity, they present a timeless selection of songs and instrumental pieces featuring flute, whistles, bouzouki, guitar and vocal harmonies. -
Aug 07
Bernard Wedding
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Aug 08
Bernard Wedding
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Aug 09
Bernard Wedding
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Aug 12
Drop in Art
Drop in for a creativity workout. Sketch, draw, paint, play with clay, learn about your favorite artist...the centre is open from 10 - 4 with materials and a coach. You are welcome to drop in. No fee but you can make a donation if you have fun.
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Aug 14
A Concert in the Harbour with The Fortunate Ones
8 pm $25
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Fortunate Ones is a Canadian pop-folk duo made up of singer/guitarist Andrew James O'Brien and singer/pianist/accordion player Catherine Allan, endearing audiences with wide-eyed energy, pragmatic optimism, and an earnest mission for connection.
Andrew and Catherine grew up on opposite sides of the island of Newfoundland: Mount Pearl and Corner Brook respectively. It was in St. John's where the pair met and began to sing together. One night in 2010, Andrew heard Catherine sing harmony with her brother at a private gathering in downtown St John's. He had to sing with her. The next day he got up the nerve, left her a note, she acquiesced, and within 48 hours they were singing together on stage. While it was a road from that evening to the formation of Fortunate Ones in 2013, their beginnings are in keeping with one of the core messages they carry. That sometimes the most important decision you can make is to just say YES.
From a musical family, the Allan home was a constant eclectic flow of instruments, singing and the stereo. Catherine studied classical piano, taught herself guitar in secret, and discovered the accordion by chance when her brother brought one home over Christmas in 2011. Musical exploration was the norm. After moving to St. John's, Catherine's induction to the East Coast music scene was rapid, performing with Andrew, recording and touring extensively with JUNO award-winning songwriter Amelia Curran, and appearing at festivals with Curran and East Coast songwriter Don Brownrigg.
Andrew James O'Brien launched his music career with a well-received solo album Songs for Searchers (2011), nominated for Best Pop Recording at the 2012 East Coast Music Awards. He toured heavily in Canada and the UK, opening for artists such as Sharon Shannon and Paul Brady. Catherine accompanied him. It was on a UK tour that they realized the direction their collaboration was taking. The appreciation shown by UK audiences bolstered the pair's sense of purpose. Their music began to evolve to represent both of their sensibilities, skills and sounds.
Plain and simple, they consider themselves fortunate to pursue their dreams. Their name reflects shared experience with audiences. It is about connecting people of all kinds, to make strangers friends, to elicit feelings of joy, hope, sadness, and contemplation and the spirit that we are all in this together.
Produced by multi-ECMA winner Daniel Ledwell, THE BLISS was recorded at Lake Echo in Nova Scotia during the winter of 2014, and features guest appearances by East Coast favorites Jenn Grant, Don Brownrigg, and Kinley Dowling. The Bliss was released on JUNO award winning songwriter Rose Cousins' record label Old Farm Pony Records on February 10, 2015. -
Aug 19
Drop in Art
Drop in for a creativity workout. Sketch, draw, paint, play with clay, learn about your favorite artist...the centre is open from 10 - 4 with materials and a coach. You are welcome to drop in. No fee but you can make a donation if you have fun.
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Aug 22
Concert in the Harbour with The Blue Drop and Michael Crummey
$20
The Blue Drop
Allan Byrne and Holly Hogan are a singer/song-writer duo from St. John's Newfoundland. The Blue Drop combines their unique styles and beautiful harmonies with Allan's intricate guitar arrangements on original songs, and fresh takes on a wide range of folk country and jazz favourites.
Michael Crummey
Michael Crummey has published four books of poetry, a book of short stories, and three novels. His most recent novel, the bestselling Galore, won the Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Best Book. A new novel, Sweetland, was just released in 2014. He lives in St. Johns. Newfoundland. -
Aug 26
Drop in Art
Drop in for a creativity workout. Sketch, draw, paint, play with clay, learn about your favorite artist...the centre is open from 10 - 4 with materials and a coach. You are welcome to drop in. No fee but you can make a donation if you have fun.
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Aug 30
Concert in the Harbour with Fergus O'Byrne and Jim Payne
$20
8 pm.
Two of Newfoundland's most respected performers combine
instrumental prowess and humorous repartee, to cover a broad spectrum of Newfoundland folk culture, including songs, stories and dance tunes. Their repertoire includes rousing sea shanties and work songs, poignant ballads, comic ditties, folk tales and recitations, and toe-tapping jigs, reels and polkas on a variety of instruments.
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