Free Live Music in Calgary
This is one of Calgary’s most popular free concert series, featuring local Alberta artists. Come enjoy an evening enjoying live music in the Heritage Plaza – enjoy dinner at the Selkirk, shop the Mercantile Block, or grab a coffee at the Railway Cafe.
Discover one of Calgary’s most popular free concert series all summer long at Music in the Plaza! Each week, one of the best emerging live bands in Calgary will take the stage! Watch from the Selkirk patio as you enjoy dinner, or explore the shops of the Haskayne Mercantile Block before you setup your lawn chair and enjoy the show with popcorn in hand! Come experience one of the best free things to do in Calgary!
Meet the Artist
Bluesfest, in conjunction with CJSW, Presents: Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne
With a career spanning more than 60 years, Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne is one of the finest pianists on the scene today. Though boogie-woogie is central to his work, Kenny is a master of many styles. Over the years Kenny has performed with and shared the stage with many of the world’s most influential blues and rock pioneers, including Jimmy Reed, Pinetop Perkins, Johnnie Johnson, Big Joe Duskin, Joe Louis Walker and Floyd Dixon, and as a guest performer with well-known rock and soul artists that have included Ike Turner, Sly and the Family Stone, Delaney and Bonnie and members of Santana and the Doobie Brothers. As a touring performer, he has played to knowledgeable and appreciative blues audiences on four continents and has been profiled by music journalists in Europe and North America.
Organization Bio: Calgary International Bluesfest enters their third decade of bringing the best in Blues to the Calgary Bluesfest stages. Bluesfest knows that you, the blues fans, are the glue that binds us.
Organization Bio: CJSW Radio is Calgary’s only campus and community radio station, broadcasting at 90.9 FM. It is a non-profit student-run radio station located at the University of Calgary on Treaty 7 land. CJSW operates with a small staff and a large volunteer base, offering diverse programming including music, spoken word, and multicultural shows in multiple languages
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