The Cowichan Folk Guild is presenting Danny Schmidt for their final dinner and Chapel concert of the season. The concert is Friday, May 7th, 2010 at Providence Farm near Duncan.

For those that missed Danny Schmidt at the Islands Folk Festival last year and his concert at the Duncan Garage Showroom with Romney Getty this is another opportunity to see an amazing performer once again. Part poet, part visionary, his lyrics touch the hearts of all who hear them. I was very impressed. His web site is at Danny Schmidt and additional information is also

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Want some incentive to go? Kevin at Cowichan Valley Photos photographs the festival seriously every year. Visit the photo galleries below to see what a great festival this is!

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Are you Vancouver Islands next great songwriter?

The Cowichan Folk Guild, the folks who produce the Islands Folk Festival, proudly present the very first “Islands Singer Songwriter Contest.” Nine contest finalists will perform in front of a panel of music professionals and the entire audience on the opening Friday night of the 2010 Islands Folk Festival’s main stage.

Artists from a wide variety of genres are encouraged to submit their best song. The grand prize winner will receive $1,000 worth of studio recording time at Woodshop Studios, radio airplay of their song and television

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Longevity John, owner of the Duncan Garage Showroom and the Not So General Store in (you guessed it) downtown Duncan, BC is a tireless promoter of musicians young and old, the well-known and those just starting out and hoping for the Big Break.  

The Duncan Garage Showroom with its intimate and funky atmosphere is a favourite venue for performers and audience.   And, every so often, Longevity John treats his faithful supporters to a night with an icon of Canadian music.  On October 12th – that’s right, Thanksgiving Monday

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It’s almost Fall again and the Cowichan Folk Guild is gearing up for another great season of music and food. The first Friday of every month between September and June, at the Providence Farm Chapel in Duncan, British Columbia, the Cowichan Folk Guild offers a gourmet dinner and an evening of music for a mere pittance, usually in the $15.00-$20.00 range. Members’s price is discounted by $5.00 and at an annual individual fee of $30.00 or family membership of $40.00, you can’t go wrong. (The membership gets you a lower Islands Folk Festival price, too.)

The first concert, on

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The Timebenders played a fantastic concert Friday night at the Cobble Hill Fall Fairs 100th anniversary weekend. If you haven’t seen The Timebenders and love music from the 50’s through the 80’s then you owe it to yourself to check them out if they play anywhere near your local. They talk about over 20 amazing costume changes on their web site and while I can’t vouch for the exact number I have a selection below.

Ready for the test? Who are The Timebenders portraying in the following photographs? I don’t expect there will

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My hats off to all the volunteers that make this possible and check out the lighting; a little difficult to shoot with but sure looks great!

Kinobe

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Preparing the Chapel at Providence Farm, Duncan, BC

The Islands Folk Festival takes place at Providence Farm in the Cowichan Valley this coming weekend of July 24th-26th. 2009 celebrates the 25th anniversary of this wonderful music event and an army of volunteers are working behind the scenes to make sure that the folk festival is as good an event as possible. I spent some time down at Providence Farm helping the Cowichan Folk Guild with a photography project and took some time to photograph the pre-festival action. If you are going to

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The Duncan Garage Showroom is located upstairs in the historic Duncan Garage in Duncan, Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island. The Duncan Garage offers a huge range of music from well known recording artists to local musicians looking for the big break. All of this in the funkiest club you will likely find in all of Canada.

The Duncan Garage Showroom didn’t quite make CBC Radios latest “top ten music clubs” list but came close in the top twenty I believe. Longevity John, the clubs passionate owner should be proud and everyone in the Cowichan

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