December 2018
Don Griffith
PIANO FRIDAYS - Sponsored by Genesis Saskatoon
Fri Dec 21 - 4:30 pm
Description
Piano Fridays is the perfect way to start your weekend – live piano with great food and drink. SJS Artistic Director Don Griffith sits down…
Nigel Mack Big Blues Attack
A Blues Triple Threat!
Fri Dec 21 - 9:00 pm
Description
One of Saskatchewan’s great ambassadors of the blues, Nigel Mack is back to play his regular December Bassment gig spreading Christmas cheer to all our…
Jazzy Christmas SOLD OUT!
Sat Dec 22 - 8:00 pm
Description
Back by popular demand, Saskatoon's Maurice Drouin has spent his life playing some very swinging piano and telling some very funny stories. One of our…
The Barrelmen
Thu Dec 27 - 8:00 pm
Description
Back to play their annual December gig at The Bassment, The Barrelmen - Berkeley Buchko, Jody Giesbrecht, Tyler MacKenzie, and Craig Wilson - consistently deliver…
Maurice Drouin
PIANO FRIDAYS - Sponsored by Genesis Saskatoon
Fri Dec 28 - 4:30 pm
Description
Piano Fridays is the perfect way to start your weekend - live piano with great food and drink. One of Saskatoon's living jazz legends, Maurice…
The Barrelmen
Fri Dec 28 - 9:00 pm
Description
Back to play their annual December gig at The Bassment, The Barrelmen - Berkeley Buchko, Jody Giesbrecht, Tyler MacKenzie, and Craig Wilson - consistently deliver…
Vesti & the Vexations
Saskatoon's authoritative voice of Rock, R&B, and Soul
Sat Dec 29 - 8:00 pm
Description
For more than a quarter of a century, Vesti Hanson and Cam McConnell have been the local champions of classic soul and R&B. With a…
New Year’s in New Orleans
Mon Dec 31 - 9:00 pm
Description
Bring in the New Year in Big Easy style with live music, dancing, food, and drink. New Year’s in New Orleans features three of Bassment…
January 2019
Rich Miller
PIANO FRIDAYS - Sponsored by Genesis Saskatoon
January 4, 2019 - 4:30 pm
Description
Piano Fridays is the perfect way to start your weekend - live piano with great food and drink. Well-known as the keyboard player of legendary…
The Karpinka Brothers
Album of the Year in Planet S Readers' Poll
January 4, 2019 - 9:00 pm
Description
With a sound that bridges a curious gap between Van Morrison, Joel Plaskett, and outsider artists such as Daniel Johnston, the Karpinka Brothers may very…
Gerard Weber Group
The Music of Pat Metheny
January 5, 2019 - 8:00 pm
Description
Returning for its third performance in as many years, the Gerard Weber Group will play an evening of music focused around the music of jazz…
Ray Stephanson
PIANO FRIDAYS - Sponsored by Genesis Saskatoon
January 11, 2019 - 4:30 pm
Description
Piano Fridays is the perfect way to start your weekend – live piano with great food and drink. Ray Stephanson plays his refreshing arrangement of…
Megan Nash
Gifted Singer, Songwriter, and Producer
January 11, 2019 - 9:00 pm
Description
Two time WCMA nominee Megan Nash has been described by CBC Radio One’s Tom Allen as having “a powerful voice and an authoritative style.” On…
Martin Janovsky Orchestra
Saskatoon's Man of Music & Mirth
January 12, 2019 - 8:00 pm
Description
With a first rate set list, an orchestra made up of the finest players in the province, and a bag full of priceless jokes, Martin…
John Wort Hannam
Canadian Folk Music Award Winner
January 15, 2019 - 8:00 pm
Description
In 2001, John Wort Hannam quit his teaching job and spent 10 months depleting his savings while sat at his kitchen table, wearing a lucky…
Madeleine Roger
January 16, 2019 - 8:00 pm
Description
Winnipeg former thespian, life-long traveller, singer-songwriter Madeleine Rogers has performed her songs on CBC Radio and at the Winnipeg and Calgary Folk Festivals. Combining her…
Canadian Fiddle Revue
The Best in Canadian Fiddle
January 17, 2019 - 8:00 pm
Description
Although our January fiddle show has a new name – Canadian Fiddle Revue – you can still expect to hear a highly entertaining show featuring…
Martin Janovsky
PIANO FRIDAYS - Sponsored by Genesis Saskatoon
January 18, 2019 - 4:30 pm
Description
Piano Fridays is the perfect way to start your weekend - live piano with great food and drink. Famous for his vast repertoire of jazz…
Dirty Catfish Brass Band
Let The Good Times Roll!
January 18, 2019 - 9:00 pm
Description
Back to The Basment for their third visit, the Dirty Catfish Brass Band has become a constant at local festivals and venues within Winnipeg and…
Way North
ACCESSIBLE WORLD BEAT JAZZ
January 19, 2019 - 8:00 pm
Description
Formed in Brooklyn in 2014, Way North is the best kind of musical collaboration - one born out of the joy of playing together. Consisting…
Del Barber
CD Release : Easy Keeper
January 23, 2019 - 8:00 pm
Description
Del Barber grew up in the Canadian Prairies, and the landscape is as much a part of him as the people he has met along…
Gabriele Valenti
PIANO FRIDAYS - Sponsored by Genesis Saskatoon
January 25, 2019 - 4:30 pm
Description
Piano Fridays is the perfect way to start your weekend – live piano with great food and drink. Gabriele Valenti is a relative newcomer to…
February 2019
Fintan Quinn
PIANO FRIDAYS - Sponsored by Genesis Saskatoon
February 1, 2019 - 4:30 pm
Description
Piano Fridays is the perfect way to start your weekend – live piano with great food and drink. Back from jazz studies at Humber College…
The Garrys
with special guest Taylor Jade
February 1, 2019 - 9:00 pm
Description
A trio of sisters from Saskatoon, the Garrys play garage surf-pop doom-wop. The influence of early Beatles and Dick Dale creates a heavy and hypnotic…
The BMC Organ Trio
Classic Jazz Sounds of the Guitar Organ Trio
February 2, 2019 - 8:00 pm
Description
The BMC Organ Trio is a soul-jazz trio from Toronto focused on original interpretations of 1960s Hammond organ "Chitlin Circuit" soul jazz. Inspired by organist…
Don Griffith
PIANO FRIDAYS - Sponsored by Genesis Saskatoon
February 8, 2019 - 4:30 pm
Description
Piano Fridays is the perfect way to start your weekend – live piano with great food and drink. SJS Artistic Director Don Griffith sits down…
The U of S Jazz Ensemble
With Special Guest Michelle Grégoire
February 8, 2019 - 9:00 pm
Description
Directed by Dean McNeill, the U of S Jazz Ensemble has released six CDs in its Bumper Crop series and has performed throughout Western Canada.…
BC Read Big Band
Saskatoon's Father of the Blues
February 9, 2019 - 8:00 pm
Description
The high priest of Saskatoon blues musicians, B.C. Read has been preaching the gospel of Robert, Howlin', B.B. and Muddy to audiences in Western Canada…
Samantha Crain & Scott Nolan
Two Gifted Singer Songwriters
February 12, 2019 - 8:00 pm
Description
A Choctaw-American songwriter, musician, producer, and singer from Shawnee, Oklahoma, Samantha Crain has recorded for Ramseur Records (North America) and Full Time Hobby Records (UK/Europe).…
Neil Currie
PIANO FRIDAYS - Sponsored by Genesis Saskatoon
February 15, 2019 - 4:30 pm
Description
Piano Fridays is the perfect way to start your weekend – live piano with great food and drink. Neil Currie sings and plays a vast…