Past Concerts

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

  Myles Goodwyn put on a wonderful show for those lucky folks able to join us at The Mary Webb Centre for the Arts in Highgate. Accompanied by his long-time friend Jim Henman and another fellow Nova Scotian Paul Eisan on bass guitar (who never stopped smiling), Myles led us through his more than 40 year career. He started playing … Read More

 After quite an absence, on Saturday evening, May 28th 2022, singer-songwriter Danny Michel returned to The Mary Webb Centre for the Arts to put on a wonderful concert for the full house. Mixing his songs with great stories about his journey through life as a song writer, Danny entertained the audience with a wide variety of tunes. Switching back and … Read More

On Saturday, May 14th, 2022, a packed house enjoyed what many in the audience said was the best concert they had seen at The Mary Webb Centre for the Arts in Highgate.  From the first song, the band had everyone in the crowd fully engaged.  For those of my age, we had been listening to the Eagles for several decades, … Read More