The bands Red Haven and Flannel Roots will be on stage at the Central Cariboo Arts Centre this Friday evening, March 13, for the second installment in the Safety Meeting concert series.
Given the sold out evening for the first concert in the series last week, people who wish to attend this event are advised to get their tickets in advance at Red Shred’s.
Event organizer Brandon Hoffman says the fire code only allows for 90 people in the venue and while they hold a few tickets at the door, he said people had to be turned away last week.
“While we were able to sneak a few people in as others left throughout the night, some people understandably didn’t want to hang out and wait,” Hoffman says.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m.
When musicians Brendan Steele and Jennifer Charters of Red Haven visited New Orleans in February 2014, they were struck by the spontaneity and simplicity expressed by the roving swing bands of Frenchman Street, stopping traffic every night of the week, states their biography provided by Hoffman.
The band returned with a notebook full of songs, and a concept for a band that would encompass the vitality of the city streets and the west-coast Canadian folk and indie music they were raised on.
Long-time collaborator, songwriter Nathan Turner, picked up an upright bass, and the three began to hone their sound.
One year later, Red Haven’s raucous, spirited brand of folk music received funding from FACTOR, and was featured on stages at folk music festivals such as Arts Wells, Quadrapalooza, Tiny Lights Festival, and Hootstock.
Jesse Thom (Dirty Grace) accompanied the band on drums for a tour, and has since joined in the songwriting process. 2015 promises to bring the band to new shores, with a cross-Canada tour, a full length LP, and participation in the Folk Music Ontario Conference.
Flannel Roots is a three-man band from Williams Lake comprised of Rowan Dolighan (vocals, guitar, bass), Dylan Pritchard (vocals, guitar, bass), and Connor Dolighan (percussion). Dylan and Rowan started the band in the spring of 2014 with a pursuit to play some local events.
They have all known each other since elementary school and have had music in their lives since they were born.
The music they play is all original tracks with the odd cover for fun.
With roots tied to music such as The Beatles, Neil Young, and The Traveling Wilbury’s the best way to describe the music is folk-rock with sometimes a tucked in bluesy jazz.
Rowan and Dylan are currently finishing an album of their own songs.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m.