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Country to hear around town
Submitted by Alberta Bertha on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 15:38EVERY MONDAY!! The Wheel Club, 3373 Cavendish (below Sherbrooke), in NDG. Free admission, begins at 9PM.
Fall in love with the low celings and the sea of plaid. Monday nights are a kind of professional country karaoke night, where only music from before 1960 is spontaneously played by local country heartthrobs.
"Hillbilly Night is an internationally-known event that welcomes all who are in favor of or at least open to authentic country music. It is attended by the young and the old, the French and the English, the ladies and the gentlemen, the hip and the square. Singers, whether amateur or professional, take turns backed by a pool of able players. Styles include hillbilly, bluegrass, fiddle tunes, honky tonk, western swing, country boogie, rockabilly, folk, and skiffle. This event has built a real and expanding community, and is a jewel in the cultural world of the city".
*Make sure to buy a $.25 raffle ticket and win a coveted mix tape at the end of the night!
Grumpy's Bar, 1242 Bishop (below St. Catherine) Downtown by Concordia.
Country music to hear around town
Submitted by Alberta Bertha on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 15:32EVERY MONDAY!! The Wheel Club, 3373 Cavendish (below Sherbrooke), in NDG. Free admission, begins at 9PM.
Fall in love with the low celings and the sea of plaid. Monday nights are a kind of professional country karaoke night, where only music from before 1960 is spontaneously played by local country heartthrobs.
"Hillbilly Night is an internationally-known event that welcomes all who are in favor of or at least open to authentic country music. It is attended by the young and the old, the French and the English, the ladies and the gentlemen, the hip and the square. Singers, whether amateur or professional, take turns backed by a pool of able players. Styles include hillbilly, bluegrass, fiddle tunes, honky tonk, western swing, country boogie, rockabilly, folk, and skiffle. This event has built a real and expanding community, and is a jewel in the cultural world of the city".
*Make sure to buy a $.25 raffle ticket and win a coveted mix tape at the end of the night!
Grumpy's Bar, 1242 Bishop (below St. Catherine) Downtown by Concordia.
