Join the Board of Directors of CLAAS for Merry CLAASmas, an outdoor market behind the Welcome Centre. This is our pre-Christmas event with music, art sales, chainsaw carving, games, performances and fun for everyone. This should bring us all into the spirit of the festivities to come!

This event is free of charge, but we encourage all who can to bring a non-perishable food item for the food bank.

Gordie Tentrees performed 750 concerts in 11 countries during the past 4 years armed with 10 instruments brotherly harmonies and masterful storytelling. His latest album and 8th release “Mean Old World” explores his path from foster child to foster parent. Gordie spent time in the social service system before growing up to be a school teacher and youth worker, then coming back full circle as a foster parent to an Indigenous child. An authentic road poet, he has booked 400 tour dates for 2022 - 23 in North America, Europe, UK, Scandinavia, New Zealand and Australia.

Gordie is joined by Bob Hamilton, a member of the Undertakin’ Daddies, who rock and roll through music ranging from country standards to their own originals - a blend of folk, country and bluegrass - telling stories of Northern Canada.

We would like to thank Tara and Jason, owners of the Lakeview Motel, for hosting the musicians free of charge.

Eamon MacGrath, live at the CL Welcome Centre Oct 16. With over 300 songs written and recorded, album of the year credits, and multiple continent-spanning tours, Eamon McGrath has developed a body of work that could rival that of any artist 15 years his senior. Only 49 tickets available, buy early to avoid disappointment.

MADDIE STORVOLD - AUGUST 28, 2021 AT THE CHRISTINA LAKE WELCOME CENTRE - 7:00

“Maddie’s songs are political and deeply empathetic – they could well be heard drifting out of a Greenwich Village Folk Club in the 1960’s” – Edmonton Folk Fest

With the goal of “uniting the hippies and the cowboys” as Willie Nelson once did decades ago, Storvold is quickly finding her sure-footing in the whiskey-soaked badlands at the intersection of Outlaw Country and Alt-Folk. In 2019, she won CTV’s The Launch, receiving the opportunity to record and release a ballad, “Don’t Say You Love Me”, written and produced by Bryan Adams. The single shot to #1 on the country charts in less than 3 hours, and peaked at #3 on the overall charts, surpassing Lady Gaga and Pink. This successful single only supplemented her already-acclaimed catalogue of mature songs and dedicated fanbase in Western Canada. She has showcased her songcraft at the Edmonton Folk Fest, Canmore Folk Fest, Tiny Lights, Bear Creek Folk Fest, North Country Fair, and Wild Mountain.

Maddie Storvold is the black-sheep lovechild of protest folksinger Joan Baez and comedian Steven Wright. She offers a catalogue of songs saturated with candour and depth, a lighthearted vulnerability, and a splash of piss and vinegar at the forefront of a new generation of storytellers.

$15 advance, $20 door (Door price comes into effect 3:00 p.m August 28). Family $40, $45 door.

Get your tickets for the August 28, 2021 performance here: