It is easy for the audience to have a good time at a concert when it is so obvious that the musicians are having fun on stage, both with each other and the audience. That was certainly the case when the Steel City Rovers returned to the Mary Webb Centre for the Arts in Highgate on Saturday, Mar. 18 for … Read More

On Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023 a packed house at the Mary Webb Centre for the Arts was treated to a truly wonderful concert by John Stinson and his Lightfoot Tribute band. They took the audience back to the 60s and 70s with Lightfoot songs that many in the audience may have not heard for a long time, or wouldn’t have … Read More

Three of a Kind    It is seldom that a performer at the Mary Webb Centre for the Arts gets a standing ovation after a song, in the middle of the show. That’s exactly what the sellout crowd did after Three of a Kind’s fiddler Jesse Grandmont played “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”. If you closed your eyes, it … Read More

The Sultans of String On Dec. 2, 2022, the Mary Webb Centre for the Arts ended its fall 2022 concert season when the Sultans of String returned to put on a truly wonderful concert. This band consists of 4 very talented musicians who during the evening each demonstrated their special skills. As well, guest vocalist Rebecca Campbell and Nyckelharpa player … Read More

The Mary Webb Centre for the Arts had a full house on Saturday evening, Nov. 21, 2022, to hear Bywater Call, nominated for “Entertainer of the Year” for the Maple Blues Awards. The audience was into the music right from the beginning of the show. They played their versions of several classics such as “Take a Load of Fanny”, as … Read More

The sold out crowd at the Mary Webb Centre for the Arts was treated to one of the best concerts to grace the Centre’s stage. Tickets were gone by late July and there was certainly a buzz in the concert hall up to the beginning of the concert.   Jim’s son, Sam Polley accompanied on guitar by Tzevi Sherman opened … Read More

Friday evenings’ performance did not disappoint!! With nine critically acclaimed releases, a #1 single, a JUNO Award, and a devoted fanbase blanketing the globe, roots-pop combo The Good Lovelies are among Canada’s brightest musical lights. The hardworking trio of Caroline Brooks, Kerri Ough, and Susan Passmore — guitar-wielding songwriters all, and queens of the goose bump–raising three-part harmony — enter … Read More