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.
Events for August 2022
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Aug 06
Sherry Ryan and Lucas Rose
8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Fee: $20.00For over 10 years Sherry Ryan has been winning hearts across the country as one of Newfoundlands finest singer-songwriters. Drifting between country, blues, and folk, Sherrys songs can lead you down a path of heartbreak, hope, and even humour in the space of a single chorus. Her highly anticipated fourth album, Wreckhouse, takes its name from the song Stop The Trains a gem of a tune written by Sherry and her father, Jim. Her instantly recognizable voice radiates on this Newfoundland classic in the making, and the rest of Wreckhouse is no exception.
Couple 10 heartfelt songs, with rich vocals, and phenomenal live off the floor performances from her band, and you have Sherry Ryans best work yet. Shes earned nation-wide attention, extensive radio play, and multiple music awards and nominations. A talent in the truest sense of the word, Sherry Ryan continues to ring out true and clear with her newest release.
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Aug 13
Ian Foster and Nancy Hynes
8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Fee: $20.00Ian Foster and Nancy Hynes are a Newfoundland-based acoustic/roots duo who have been touring internationally since 2007. They combine elements of the traditional singer-songwriter genre with new approaches through live effects, and have been described as "a fine example of what a 21st century folk performer should be doing." (CBC). Their album "A Week in December" won both a MusicNL and East Coast Music (ECMA) Award in 2020. www.ianfoster.ca. For this special show in English Harbour, they'll be performing songs from Ian's soon to be released album Close to the Bone and screening a short film by the same name, written and directed by Ian.
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Aug 16
The Sizzle Sisters
8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Fee: $20.00
Carole Bestvater and Chantelle Jubenville make up The Sizzle Sisters, an energetic fiddling duo bound to leave you smiling with your toes tapping! Chantelle and Carole met in St. Johns, Newfoundland, and bonded over a mutual love for Folk Music and their seemingly endless energy.
They will be joined by Jason Whelan, a multi-instrumentalist and recording engineer based in St. Johns, who has helped shape the Sizzle Sisters sound and style.
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Aug 21
Sherman Downey
8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Fee: $20.00With his unique brand of radio-friendly and folky foot stompers, Sherman Downey has not only solidified himself as one of Newfoundland & Labradors most treasured artists, but as a nationally revered and much sought after songwriter. His songs have won over listeners from his homeland to the mainland and beyond - all the while collecting a multitude of impressive accolades.
Shermans debut "Honey For Bees received wide critical acclaim, earning him MusicNLs Male Artist of the Year and garnering international attention. His highly anticipated second release "The Sun In Your Eyes" was awarded MusicNL's Pop/Rock Recording of the Year', 'SOCAN Songwriter of the Year' distinction, and a prestigious ECMA nomination for Group Recording of the Year alongside his band The Ambiguous Case. The album's first single Thick as Thieves went on to win Sherman Downey the CBC Searchlight Prize as Canada's Best New Artist, bolstering his profile as a touring act with a flourishing fan base.
His latest release New Beautiful offers a sincere storied glimpse at wandering far from home while longing to return. Fans of his first two albums will be happy to hear the familiar character-driven songs that embrace his folk and country roots, but will no doubt notice a new musical exploration. Transitions from the beautiful to the gritty, from simple instrumentation to straight-up keys-pop, and lush with strings and horns that sweep in to accompany the listener through the albums journey. When he sings of letting loose in the local dance hall, people-watching from the front porch, or playing with love in out-of-the-way gas stations, Sherman speaks to those of us who yearn for a change in their day to day lives. New Beautiful is exactly as its title suggests, and is available everywhere now.
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Aug 26
NICO PAULO & BAND
8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Fee: $20.00Nico Paulo is a Portuguese multidisciplinary artist, singer-songwriter and performer. After graduating from Design School in Lisbon she lived in Toronto for seven years and is currently living in St. Johns, NL.
Amongst the visual arts Nico has been a singer since she can remember, she sang for multiple musical projects growing up in Portugal and it wasn't until she moved to Canada in 2014 at age 21 that she picked up the guitar and started paying close attention to English folk music. Four yers later she gave up her full time Design job at IKEA and began writing down original music, experimenting with her singing layered with light strumming.
Her music is eclectic and mostly derivative from alternative influences weaved into her Portuguese roots and the melancholy of the ocean. A tender and dreamy Indie folk, distinct by her singing melodies and harmonies that pierce through the heart.
She performs her solo project and is the back-up singer and percussionist for Tim Baker's and All Hands band that tours across Canada, USA and Europe since 2019.
Nico released a single Please Dont Forget in 2019 as well as her debut EP, 'Wave Call in 2020 with accompanying music videos. The EP featured Toronto musicians Brava Kilo, Evan J Cartwright, Kwame Appiah-Kubi and St. John's Musician Tim Baker, produced and engineered by David Gavan Baxter. She presented the EP to Europe, starting in Portugal followed by UK, Ireland, France & Germany.
The latest releases, the EP "Live at First Light" recorded for Lawnya Vawnya Artist Residency and the Portuguese cover of the folk song "O Cavaleiro e o Anjo" by Jos Afonso, were both recorded in Newfoundland.
Nico is currently preparing a new release, this time an LP Produced by Josh Van Tassel and Tim Baker. To be announced soon.
Nico's debut EP, moves with steady gestures...movements are hypnotic and soothing. by Exclaim.ca
Nico Paulos gently forceful folk...a newfound Fleet Foxesian lushness by Nowtoronto.ca
Nico Paulo is an artist of dreamy and comforting vision, both as a musician and a visual artist. by theeastmag.com
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