Past Concerts

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

A full house at the Mary Webb Centre for the Arts enjoyed close to 3 hours of Paul Anthony’s Cash Tribute on Saturday, April 30, 2022.  As one audience member said at intermission, if you closed your eyes and listened, you were sure that Johnny Cash was in the building singing. The evening started with the father-daughter duo Alison and … Read More

On Saturday, Apr. 9, 2022, the comedian Steve Patterson put on a hilarious show at The Mary Webb Centre for the Arts. Steve was “The best comedian ever” at TMWC! Actually he was the first comedian ever at TMWC, so this was an easy but well deserved title!  Steve is the host of the popular CBC program “The Debaters” and … Read More

On Saturday, Mar. 19, 2022, The Mudmen got the Mary Webb Centre back into the concert business with a bang.  The band’s name comes from the “founding members” Campbell Brothers’ occupation prior to forming the band.  They were mixing mortar and carrying bricks for bricklayers.  The kilt wearing, bagpipe-playing, amazing musicians raised the roof at The Mary Webb Centre. The … Read More