We're pleased to welcome Colin Linden back to the OTH stage April 6th 2024 at 7PM.

Opening Act: Conor Gains

Linden’s latest solo album, bLOW, the first outside artist on longtime friend Lucinda Williams’ Highway 20 label distributed by Nashville-based Thirty Tigers, is his 14th in 40 years, but first electric blues release. The title song comes from being stuck inside a flimsy motel after a casino gig somewhere in Oklahoma or Texas as a tornado was about to hit, waiting for the walls to cave in, with his wife, the novelist Janice Powers, providing not only the opening verse quoted above, but the gurgling Hammond B3 organ left to him by his former bandmate, the late Richard Bell, played, in her own words, “like a deranged church lady.”

With a full schedule that includes fronting his other band, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Linden hasn’t missed a beat during Covid, recording tracks in his 1,000 square-foot, standalone home studio in his backyard, dubbed Pinhead Recorders. The new album features contributions from his lifelong Toronto collaborators, drummer Gary Craig and bassist John Dymond (the three refer to themselves as the Rotting Matadors), as well as Dave Jaques, a former member of John Prine’s band, on bass and Paul Griffiths on drums, who worked on the tracks originally for the movie. The album cover features a picture of Linden at age 22 onstage enraptured in the moment. (Linden says bLOW is the type of album he would have made if the era allowed).

The album’s title came from a drawing of an imaginary album cover done by his young nephew many years ago. Colin claimed, “I figured I’d wait until the right music came along to use the title... and this is it!”

https://www.ticketscene.ca/events/47301/

It’s Impossible to Perfectly Tune a Piano

“A memoir of minds gone out of tune.” – New York Times

The story of 4 brothers told through a theatrical escape into the art and science of piano tuning. James Smith and his brothers have had life-long journeys with OCD, autism, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

Through his piano tuning James discovered the perfect metaphor to process the mental complexities of his family. James shares their personal story – while tuning the Old Town Hall piano beautifully, and imperfectly.

Created and Performed by James Smith


Directed and Developed by Mitchell Cushman

Designed by Nick Blais

An Outside the March Production

Tickets: Here

It’s Impossible to Perfectly Tune a Piano

“A memoir of minds gone out of tune.” – New York Times

The story of 4 brothers told through a theatrical escape into the art and science of piano tuning. James Smith and his brothers have had life-long journeys with OCD, autism, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

Through his piano tuning James discovered the perfect metaphor to process the mental complexities of his family. James shares their personal story – while tuning the Old Town Hall piano beautifully, and imperfectly.

Created and Performed by James Smith


Directed and Developed by Mitchell Cushman

Designed by Nick Blais

An Outside the March Production

Tickets: Here

From Ben:

Hey folks excited to announce I’ll be playing my first home town show in years at the Waterford Old Town Hall December 7th! Going to have Rebekah Hawker opening up the night and a bunch of guests up with me.

Tickets are on sale now Here

Tickets: Here

We have a juicy li’l show announce for ya, Waterfolk! 🍊🍋 Born Ruffians are coming our way this fall! 🤩 November 23, y’all! 🥳🎉

MORE INFO 👇🏼🤓

Great Canadian indie band Born Ruffians formed in Midland, Ontario in 2006. Since then, they've released 8 full length albums and 3 EPs on a number of acclaimed record labels - Warp Records, XL Recordings, Yep Roc Records, Paper Bag Records, and Wavy Haze Records - and become one of our country’s biggest indie rock exports. The group have toured internationally, with Caribou, Franz Ferdinand, Hot Chip, The New Pornographers, and has headlined tours throughout North America, UK, Europe, and Australia, with sold out shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg (NYC), Teragram Ballroom (LA), Lincoln Hall (Chicago), Danforth Music Hall (Toronto) and Moth Club (London). Lead singer Luke Lalonde has seen dozens of Born Ruffians songs synched in TV, advertising, and film productions. Their latest trilogy of albums - 'JUICE' (2020), 'SQUEEZE' (2020), and 'PULP' (2021) - were lauded by NPR Music, Rolling Stone, and American Songwriter for the band's hooky left-of-centre pop sensibilities.

We are thrilled to announce AGIT-POP! is hitting the road to Waterford!👀🔥Music and theatre come together in Pearle Harbour’s fantastic performance artistry-Think Judy at Carnegie: songs, jokes, haunting stories, lots of makeup. Slightly wigged out. It’s gonna be a trip.

Save the date 🗓️ One night only- Nov 15, 8 PM 🎫 oldtownhall.org/tickets 🎫

Let’s pack the house, Norfolk friends! Spread the word throughout the ‘folk!

The Waterford Old Town Hall is delighted to present Sarah Harmer, solo, Friday, October 27.

SARAH HARMER is a multi-award-winning platinum-selling musician, and a beloved Canadian folk/ rock mainstay. She will be performing an intimate, solo concert in the Old Town Hall uppoer theatre. The concert will be seated, FCFS. The Hall is fully accessible, and this is an all ages, licensed event.

Are You Gone? – the first new album in a decade from Sarah Harmer – is a deeply personal and momentous collection of songs motivated by the beauty of life, the urgency of climate crisis, and the question of loss. The first song “New Low” is more than a return to music for the internationally celebrated singer-songwriter and activist: it is a definition of form, a call-for-uprising in the face of global disaster, at the most critical moment for Harmer to raise her voice – one of the most distinctive in Canadian music. The vitality of "New Low," its heedless pace, sharp guitars and exclamatory horns, bely the passage of time since Harmer’s last record, Oh Little Fire (2010). Nearly twenty years from the release of her debut, You Were Here (2000), Are You Gone brings a close to Harmer's period of musical quietude with a rousing artistic statement, rich in detail and emotion, from the heart and for the spirit.

Tickets: Here

Canadian indie rock & reggae royalty BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH to headline WATERFORD PUMPKINFEST, Oct 14

With extreme pleasure, Waterford Lions Pumpkinfest and Old Town Hall have announced that Bedouin Soundclash will perform on the popular festival’s main stage Saturday October 14. The musical evening also includes performing artists Logan Staats and Alysha Brilla. The unprecedented Pumpkinfest concert lineup is supported by Amplify Norfolk, Norfolk County’s latest music tourism initiative designed to drive overnight stays, extend the shoulder season, and build the County’s brand as a live entertainment destination.

Bedouin Soundclash became a household name after the genre-defying band climbed to the pinnacle of the Canadian music industry, finding themselves widely celebrated at home and abroad with Top 10 radio hits, and on international tours with No Doubt, Ben Harper, The Interrupters, and Thievery Corporation. The band’s acclaimed sophomore release, Sounding a Mosaic, featured the hit single “When the Night Feels My Song” produced by legendary punk-hardcore king Darryl Jenifer of Bad Brains.This earned Bedouin Soundclash their first JUNO Award for Canada’s Best New Group. Their follow-up album, Street Gospels, also produced by Jenifer, earned a Pop Album of the Year JUNO nomination as well as three Much Music Video Award Nominations for “Until We Burn in the Sun.”

Supporting act Alysha Brilla is one of the first self-produced female artists in history to receive a JUNO nomination for her debut album. An accomplished composer, music producer, and singer-songwriter, Brilla draws from her roots as the child of an Indo-Tanzanian musician and a European settler. Her original, soulful melodies weave a colourful tapestry, uplifting audiences, infusing them with a sense of renewal, connectedness and hope. Most recently, Brilla composed the score of Fawzia Mirza's 2023 Feature Film "The Queen Of My Dreams" which premiered at TIFF September 8.

Supporting act Logan Staats is a singer-songwriter and musician from Six Nations who skyrocketed to fame after being chosen from 10,000 hopeful contestants vying for a spot on season one of The Launch. Before an audience of 1.4 million viewers, Staats won, leading him to Nashville and Los Angeles, resulting in the recording of his single “The Lucky Ones” which went on to win the Indigenous Music Award for Best Radio Single, and occupy #1 on the charts in Canada.

The stage and concert grounds are located at 32 Church St. E. Waterford. Gates and VIP bar open at 4:30, with Black Creek Music providing intermittent DJ entertainment. The concert schedule is as follows:

5:30 PM Logan Staats

7:00 PM Alysha Brilla

8:30 PM Bedouin Soundclash

Tickets will be available for purchase Friday, September 22 at 10 AM, at pumpkinfest.com/tickets.

Standing room tickets are $30, seated tickets are $50.

This project is supported in part by the Ontario Arts Council.

For more information about Pumpkinfest, visit pumpkinfest.com or contact Matt Suckel at pumpkinfest@pumpkinfest.com

To learn more about Amplify Norfolk, visit norfolkcounty.ca/business/amplifynorfolk

For concert related inquiries, contact Claire Senko at claire@oldtownhall.org

We are back and bumpin’!! Get ready for the partying to return SEPT 29 🗓️ 🎉🎉

🎵Announcing a very special Pub Night band- AND (maybe!) YOU’RE in it🎤 😏

The Approximators are gonna hit the OTH stage Sept 29 from 7-10! But they are missing ONE THING! A lead singer! 🤩 Join us for a joyous night of live band karaoke, sign up to belt your best K song backed by Hamilton’s fave new band, or just come to hang, dance, and socialize with the best neighborhood peeps ever, while enjoying live music and local libations. 🍺🍷🕺🎶

Live Karaoke with The Approximators

Friday Sept 29, 7-10 PM

All ages, licensed

ADMISSION: Pay What You Can ✅

THE FRIENDS OF FIDDLER’S GREEN AT YOUR SERVICE FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY! - Four fine singers, three songwriters, a brilliant joke teller, the occasional fiery dragon, one Order of Canada, one Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal and one of the longest track records in Canadian Folk Music.

This totally uncategorizable collection has been together, with a few personnel changes, since their birth at Toronto’s Fiddler’s Green coffeehouse in 1971. Nobody, not even the Friends themselves, can predict what might happen during one of their concerts, but it always includes humour, powerful vocal harmony, great musicianship, social commentary and an irresistible urge to dance.

The Friends were recipients of the 2003 Estelle Klein Award, given by the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals for service to folk music in Ontario.

The Friends’ arsenal of instruments generally includes, various concertinas, guitars, mandolins, fiddles, accordions harmonicas, piano, occasional trombone and TWO species of bagpipes!

Alistair Brown

From Paisley, Scotland, for many years a resident of London, Ontario, and now back in the UK. Sings Scottish and English songs, is the man behind the booming bass harmonies, plays melodeon, concertina, mouth-organ and jaw harp, and tells incapacitating jokes.

Grit Laskin

Grit plays a bewildering assortment of instruments, and has some notoriety as a writer of wicked parodies and songs on subjects as diverse as dieting and apartheid. Grit has two solo recordings on the Fogarty's Cove label, one on Borealis, and has played on more records than he can remember, including those of the late, great Canadian songwriter, Stan Rogers. In recent years he has been a major player in the development of Borealis Records into Canada’s premier folk label, and in the emergence of the Canadian Folk Music Awards.

Jeff McClintock

Originally from SW Ontario, Jeff has recently returned to the band after a long globe-trotting absence, including a short spell in a Saudi Arabian jail (don’t ask). Now living a mostly respectable life in Ottawa, his piano playing adds a wonderfully playful character to The Friends tunes and songs. He also plays with Ottawa’s great D’Arcy McGee band.

Ian Robb

An Englishman, now living in Ottawa, Ian’s singing is well-known among afficionados of British music this side of the pond. His occasional spasms of songwriting have produced some gems which have far out-travelled their author. Of course, he doesn’t travel that much...Ian is a member of the much lauded harmony vocal trio Finest Kind, and has recorded about a dozen albums over the years with various band, and as a solo. He was awarded “Best Singer - Traditional” at the 2003 Canadian Folk Music Awards.

Ian Bell

Ian is the most recent addition to the band, having replaced Ian Clark in 2006. He lives in Paris, Ontario, and is celebrated in these parts as the writer of many wonderful songs about rural Ontario and its characters. An alumnus of such great bands as Muddy York and the Dawnbreakers, Ian plays mostly guitar with the Friends, but is also an honoured member of the Gary Larson band from hell, one of those masochistic enough to excel on both bagpipes and accordion.

James Stephens

For this year’s tour, The Friends will be joined by James Stephens on fiddle. Multi-instrumentalist James was the principal songwriter in critically acclaimed pop/roots band “Fat Man Waving”.   James can presently be found performing with traditionally influenced bands and singer-songwriters across Canada. He is also a busy record producer and engineer at his studio in Chelsea, Quebec.

The Friends have released two CDs as a band and many more as individuals

This Side Of The Ocean – 1981 Fogarty’s Cove Records

Old Inventions – 2015 FOFG Productions

Tickets: Here

C.R. Avery brings Victory on East Hastings to OTH

“One of the most original pieces I’ve ever seen.” - Doc Parker 

We are thrilled to welcome multi instrumentalist, genre-bending singer-songwriter, storyteller and performing artist C.R. Avery to the Old Town Hall for the first time!  Vancouver’s own C.R. Avery will hit the OTH theatre on Saturday, June 17th at 7 PM.

After the ghostly ushers from ancient Galway have lead you to your seat and the time-machine-lights of the Theatre have dimmed, you’ll know that you’re about to witness something special going down.

Get ready for a live performance/ film hybrid experience like you’ve never experienced before!

VICTORY ON EAST HASTINGS is a feature film and performance experience that transcends the ordinary ‘night out on the town’, with C.R. Avery narrating the entire tale while performing sections of the score live and direct. This is all showbiz and arresting entertainment with C.R. pulling out all the stops to bring the circus to town, like a traveling opera, or the vaudeville cabarets of yesteryear.

All bets are off, as cinema is about to blur into a live rock and roll revival show. Here comes the ultimate love letter to East Van, with its own embedded ghost story that must be witnessed live.

tickets: Here

What folks are saying about the show:

“Experience the film screening and concert hybrid that's one of the boldest, most off-the-wall and creative things to ever come out of East Van. “  - TJ Dawe 

“I had no idea of what a genius he is, absolutely wonderful; irreverent, funny, sexy, sarcastic, moving, nostalgic, political, and just, really, indescribable.”  - Cameron Hood 

“Go see this show... Seriously just the costume changes alone had me giggling like a schoolgirl. - Priscilla Costa 

“I saw it twice, and I’ll see it again.“ - Fiona Black 

Town Hall Kids Theatre Company presents an original play, first presented in the spring of 2014, and remounted as a fundraiser for Camp Trillium in October, later that year.

"Sidewalk's End is a place you've been, sometime, somewhere in your youth, a place you can only return to in your thoughts. Join Girl Sam, Boy Sam, Bea, Maureen, Katiebug, Jeffy, Stick and the whole gang, as they spend one final, bittersweet summer in their tree-house gathering place making music, memories, and a little bit of mischief."

Run time is just over an hour, including a brief intermission.

Tickets: Here

Town Hall Kids Theatre Company presents an original play, first presented in the spring of 2014, and remounted as a fundraiser for Camp Trillium in October, later that year.

"Sidewalk's End is a place you've been, sometime, somewhere in your youth, a place you can only return to in your thoughts. Join Girl Sam, Boy Sam, Bea, Maureen, Katiebug, Jeffy, Stick and the whole gang, as they spend one final, bittersweet summer in their tree-house gathering place making music, memories, and a little bit of mischief."

Run time is just over an hour, including a brief intermission.

Tickets:Here

Town Hall Kids Theatre Company presents an original play, first presented in the spring of 2014, and remounted as a fundraiser for Camp Trillium in October, later that year.

"Sidewalk's End is a place you've been, sometime, somewhere in your youth, a place you can only return to in your thoughts. Join Girl Sam, Boy Sam, Bea, Maureen, Katiebug, Jeffy, Stick and the whole gang, as they spend one final, bittersweet summer in their tree-house gathering place making music, memories, and a little bit of mischief."

Run time is just over an hour, including a brief intermission.

Tickets: Here

POSTPONED TO APRIL 8TH

JUNO nominated artist Angelique Francis, is a versatile and exceptionally gifted musician.

This multi-talented, multi-instrumentalist, multi-genre singer song writer and composer has wowed audiences across the globe with her electrifying performances, instrumental abilities and powerful textured vocals. She is known for her eclectic mix of various musical genres including Blues, Soul, Folk, Jazz, Gospel and Rock.

Angelique has shared the stage/opened for a large roster of well-known musicians such as Gary Clark Jr, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Gales, Keb’ Mo’, Jimmy Vivino, Beth Hart, Tom Cochran, Burton Cummings, Sugar Ray and the list goes on.

Her diversity, passion and love of music can be heard in all of her original compositions.

https://angeliquefrancis.net/home

TICKETS: HERE

Diogo Ramos is a Brazilian singer-songwriter living in Montreal. Ramos has been working professionally for 25 years as a music producer, releasing 20 albums between composition and production.

The title song, Raro Efeito, is a prayer of hope to the people of Brazil, where the artist denounces the ongoing genocide in his native country. In Gamela, the text transports us through dance and “baião de dois” (typical dish of northeastern Brazilian cuisine). The piece Samba do Boncy, written in collaboration with Bïa, Imposs and Boogát, is a musical political act and a well-deserved tribute to the music journalist Ralph Boncy, who greatly contributed to the influence of artistic multiculturalism in Montreal. Sua Mão Direita celebrates this encounter between Diogo Ramos’ samba and Boogát’s electro Hip-Hop, interweaving Portuguese and Spanish lyrics that make you want to dance and smell the essence of the beach.

Band Leader and sensitive producer, Diogo Ramos has surrounded himself with a magnificent team for Raro Efeito. The horns arrangements are by João Lenhari, the vocal arrangements by Bianca Rocha and Flavia Nascimento. The mix was done by Jean Massicotte in Montreal and Andrés Oddone in Mexico.

A recipient of the Council of Arts and Letters of Quebec (CALQ) Research and Creation Fellowship 2021 and 2017. In 2020, Ramos has also received the Montreal Arts Council’s Coup de Coeur award, and MAtv’s Coup de Coeur award at the 2022 and 2017 MUZ Festival (Vision Diversity) – a tribute to world music in Montreal. Diogo received the 2019 Cumplices award from MAI (Montréal Arts Interculturels). He was winner of the Vinicius de Moraes Prize, at 16 years as a performing guitarist.

https://www.diogoramosmusic.com/

TICKETS: HERE

MonkeyJunk is a multiple Maple Blues Award, and 2x JUNO Award winning band, with countless other awards and credits to their name. Continually pushing boundaries and blurring genre lines, the Ottawa-based trio has added an edge to their music by incorporating swampy blues & rock with thoughtful and intelligent lyrics. MonkeyJunk is Tony D on lead guitar, Steve Marriner on lead vocals/baritone guitar/harmonica and Matt Sobb on drums. The band has released 5 full-length albums, and is set to release a 6th album this year.

As with all Pub Nights, this show is Pay-What-You-Can at the door, but for superfans (we’ve found there are a lot of you!) worried about the show selling out, you may secure an advance ticket with a pricing option of your choice at:

https://www.ticketscene.ca/OTH

Sat, Feb 18 - The Old Town Hall - Waterford, ON

BLIND MULE performs a full night of music as part of pub night!

6:30pm doors | PWYC | 7pm-10pm show

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BLIND MULE

Blind Mule’s alt-country boogie sound also turns a corner into progressive pop and throws in a dash of reggae/ska. Their energetic stage performance is coming to the Hall, put on your dancing shoes, and come out to Pub Night this Saturday, February 18!

Alex Cuba is a Latin Grammy/Juno winner, singer-songwriter who is not tied to tradition; Alex has a vast musical vision. His sugarcane-sweet melodies, pop-soul hooks and powerful guitar riffs, relinquish a conventional stereotype that exemplifies much of the Latin music landscape. Born Alexis Puentes in Artemisa, Cuba, was immersed in music at a very young age, joining his father’s (respected guitarist and teacher Valentin Puentes) group of 24 guitarists. Alex then went on to study electric and upright bass and touring and recording nationally and internationally. In 1999, Alex moved to Victoria, B.C where he recorded an album titled Morumba Cubana alongside his twin brother Adonis, as The Puentes Brothers. Alex then went on to record his solo debut album Humo De Tobaco in which earned him a Juno award for World Music Album of the Year in 2006. In 2007, Alex released Agua Del Pozo which also earned him another Juno award for World Music Album of the Year in 2008. From there, Alex released his third album, a self-titled project Alex Cuba in 2009.

The album features his first ever English track titled “If You Give Me Love”. The album gained recognition on an international level. In 2010, Alex took home the award for Best New Artist at the 2010 Latin Grammy Awards, where it was also nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Album. It also followed a nominated for Best Latin Pop Album at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards and in 2011 Alex took home a BMI Latin Award for his songwriting on Nelly Furtado’s #1 Spanish hit “Manos Al Aire”. In 2012, Alex released his fourth album Ruido En El Sistema, which Alex received his second Socan Hagood Hardy Award for outstanding achievement in Jazz and World Music. He also won his second Latin Grammy Award – this time as a songwriter, alongside co-writer Yoel Henriquez received the award for Best Tropical Song for the Milly Quezada’s single, “Toma Mi Vida”. In 2013, he again brought home a Latin Grammy for the video “Eres Tu“ from Ruido En El Sistema, a video produced entirely in his hometown of Smithers.

Alex Cuba’s 5th studio album, Healer, was recorded in New York, USA and Victoria, Canada, using a live rhythm section, trading in horns for guitars and vocal harmonies. With five duets with singer songwriters, four being Canadian, Ron Sexsmith, David Myles, Alejandra Ribera and Kuba Oms as well as New Yorker Anya Marina, it is an upbeat, acoustic soul album full of optimism and reality as Alex always has a silver lining on melancholy of any form. The album won a Latin Grammy for best Singer-songwriter and nominated for a Grammy as best Latin Pop in 2016.

In 2017, Alex completed his 6th album Lo Unico Constante, beginning in Spain and passing through Montreal to record a single with Jean Massicotte. Then meeting up with the rhythm section from Healer in Baker Studios to record and mix 12 songs that delve deeper into Alex’s songwriting roots, focusing on nylon string guitar and upright bass. Looking at the “filin” movement in Cuba of the forties that fused jazz and trova together with emotional but not sad lyrical content. Music that influenced his writing style to this day. The album was nominated for both a Latin Grammy for Best Singer-Songwriter and Grammy for Best Latin Pop.

Tickets: ticketscene.ca/OTH

Or $40 at the door

WHEW! It’s getting crowded in here! ADDING to the excitement…As we promised- the pop up pub night band reveal is here!! NORFOLK COUNTY ARE YOU READY TO ROCK ‘N ROLL?!

Welcoming our very special guests Harm & Ease !!

Playing the Waterford Town Hall stage this Thursday’s pub night from 7-10PM !!

Admission: Pay what you can

Let’s go folks!!

Stars is appearing in concert at the OTH January 22, 2023!

With Polaris and JUNO nods, and a history and discography reaching back 20 years, Stars is easily one of Canada’s most beloved indie bands. Stars bandmates Amy Millan, Torquil Campbell, Evan Cranley, Chris Seligman, and Patty McGee recently released Capelton Hill, a piece of heartfelt art exploring sense of place, change, and the joy and life happening in spite of the unforgiving march of time. Equally a work of art is the band’s relationships, and the emotional spirit of their musical bond, and friendship.

Tickets go on sale Monday, October 3 at 10 AM sharp, and are available at ticketscene.ca/OTH.