News & Brews 

News & Brews 

Happy New Year! We are in our 22nd year of business! We have had the pleasure of hosting local and international artists as well as letting up & coming artist try our stage. We are proud to support all artists. 

We have new hours for the restaurant we will be opening at 9 am and closing a bit earlier during the week.   

We have been composting our food scraps, coffee grinds and paper products for over 18 years with Inglis Environmental (local company - literally blocks away!). Inglis takes the compostable waste to Roseridge Waste Management just outside of Morinville.  https://www.roseridge.ab.ca/Compost

Opera Pub is January 21, Sold out! Feb 18th is next please book as soon as you can as they are usually sold out.

Sam's Jams is the 4th Thursday of the month, the next one is January 22nd and again on February 26th. Sam's Jam is from 6 - 9 pm and is by donation. Sign up to sing with the band or go solo. There will be drink and food specials all night and a reminder we are family friendly for all our shows. We thank Alley Kat for sponsoring this event.

January 23 is a CKUA Fundraiser organized by Marten Borch. All proceeds will go to CKUA.

January 24th brunch is JAH a duo of guitar and mandolin.  Playing a variety of music this duo is perfect to come have a bite and relax to the tunes. 

January 24th Evening is Ken Jans & The Kreaky Joints. They play a variety of Canadiana Rock and blues. 

January 25th the Jim Findlay Trio is on stage for brunch. Come down and enjoy a mamosa and listen to Jim Findlay, Cam Neufeld and Michael Williams. They have been playing together for over 20 years. They play a bit of folk, jazz, blues and indie.  

January 29th Closed for Private Function 

Flying Crawdads are on stage January 30th - Crawdad and his band play the blues and do it well!  Crawdad was inducted in the Edmonton Blues hall of fame las fall with Front Porch Roots Revue.  Come have a beer and tap your toes. 

January 31st the Misery Mountain Boys are back! They play classic and originals adding their own twist to jazz, swing, blues & love songs.

Jeremy Doody is a solo guitarist playing brunch the first Sunday of every month. He is one of the staff's favorites. 

 PJ Perry is on our stage  Feb 4th, 11th & 25th. An amazing Jazz show, hope to see you there. 

February 7th Jacob Do is back with his sax and a Trio. A great night of Jazz and food. 

February 8th Brett Hansen plays guitar for brunch come enjoy a mimosa and listen to a variey of tunes.  

Feb 12th is open mic hosted by Marten Borch and sponsored by Alley Kat ($6 pints).  There is a $5 cover unless your a musician then its free and so is a pint of Alley Kat beer! Fun starts at 6 for sign up and goes until 9 pm. 

February 13th Lionel Rault Trio is rock'n the stage with Don Marcott and Ron Ladouceur.

Valentines Day Brunch: Bonnie & Andreas will serenade you with your mimosa's for 2 and eggs benny

Audrey Ochoa and her band is on stage for Valentines!  We have a special menu with wine pairing (optional) for all the romantics.

Kim Gates is back for brunch February 15th. He has a great repertoire of music to enjoy with your coffee & bailey's. 

Our musician for brunch on February 21st is Jim Findlay.  He has been playing at the blue chair for over 21 years! He is a classical guitarist and one of my personal favorites. 

February 21st Cathy Kowalski Band is back on our stage. She plays original music consisting of country/folk and her band of veteran musicians makes for a great night of music. 

Lionel Rault is on stage February 22nd for brunch. He goes with everything on our menu. 

February 28th is the Yonghy Bonghy Bo's.  They are a fun bunch with a bit of banter and great originals. Playing a bit of funk, blues and rock you will enjoy this multi talented band. 

We appreciate your support over the last 22 years for both the restaurant and the musicians.