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					1	2 Daniel Champagne @ Silence Daniel Champagne @ Silence October 2, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Description: The young Australian virtuoso recently described as ‘the finest guitar player of this generation’ returns to Canada for the first time in three years and brings his tour to Guelph for an intimate evening at Silence! This is the 3pm show Tickets from just $25 but VERY limited here WHAT THE PRESS SAY.. “The word Prodigy seems to entirely fall short of this soft-spoken young man’s skills, he coaxes sounds and melodies out of his instrument that literally drop jaws.” The Calgary Herald, CANADA “Today I saw the future of Folk – Festival goers flocking in the thousands towards the main stage to witness a young musical phenomenon from Australia dish out an absolute show-stopper.” The Firefly Column, USA “Daniel Champagne is a crossroads. Fusing the strong traditions of Blues, Folk and other roots art with pop showmanship and admirable lyrical ability. I firmly believe that he will become an ambassador for roots music in a time where it desperately needs representation.” The Indie Blender, CANADA “reinventing roots guitar” Rhythms Magazine, AUSTRALIA “Watching Daniel Champagne perform is a once in a lifetime experience. He is a true prodigy that plays like no one else could possibly play unless they spent at least two lifetimes studying the art.” BW Review, NEW ZEALAND ‘Daniel Champagne exudes a natural ease on stage, as he sings poignant lyrics and beautifully crafted melodies that invariably whisk the heart up with grand romanticism. Coupled with an exhilarating guitar talent that transcends mere acoustic playing to replicate a whole band, Champagne is just magical’ Themusic.com.au, AUSTRALIA More details... Daniel Champagne @ Silence Daniel Champagne @ Silence October 2, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Description: The young Australian virtuoso recently described as ‘the finest guitar player of this generation’ returns to Canada for the first time in three years and brings his tour to Guelph for an intimate evening at Silence! This is the 7PM Show Tickets from just $25 but VERY limited here WHAT THE PRESS SAY.. “The word Prodigy seems to entirely fall short of this soft-spoken young man’s skills, he coaxes sounds and melodies out of his instrument that literally drop jaws.” The Calgary Herald, CANADA “Today I saw the future of Folk – Festival goers flocking in the thousands towards the main stage to witness a young musical phenomenon from Australia dish out an absolute show-stopper.” The Firefly Column, USA “Daniel Champagne is a crossroads. Fusing the strong traditions of Blues, Folk and other roots art with pop showmanship and admirable lyrical ability. I firmly believe that he will become an ambassador for roots music in a time where it desperately needs representation.” The Indie Blender, CANADA “reinventing roots guitar” Rhythms Magazine, AUSTRALIA “Watching Daniel Champagne perform is a once in a lifetime experience. He is a true prodigy that plays like no one else could possibly play unless they spent at least two lifetimes studying the art.” BW Review, NEW ZEALAND ‘Daniel Champagne exudes a natural ease on stage, as he sings poignant lyrics and beautifully crafted melodies that invariably whisk the heart up with grand romanticism. Coupled with an exhilarating guitar talent that transcends mere acoustic playing to replicate a whole band, Champagne is just magical’ Themusic.com.au, AUSTRALIA More details... • •
3 Funga Funga October 3, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm More details... •	4	5	6 Eleanor Eleanor October 6, 2022 More details... Audiopollination Guelph Audiopollination Guelph October 6, 2022 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm Description: Audiopollination Guelph is a monthly music and arts event featuring ad hoc trios performing freely improvised creative music. All ages, skill levels, backgrounds, and artistic disciplines are welcome, including visual artists and dancers. This is a space to experiment and discover new sound-making and artistic methods. Audiopollination Guelph is also devoted to being identity-affirming space for all people, please come as you are and/or as you desire to be! Feel free to sign up on whichever day and time works best for you and we’ll see you there! Sets will be approximately 20-30 minutes. Please only sign up for one spot to give as many artists a chance to perform as possible. Venue: Silence, 46 Essex St., Guelph There will be no cost to perform and all money collected at the door will be split between performers! We have access to microphones, a piano, a drum-set, and bass/guitar amps in the venue, but otherwise please try to bring all of your own equipment to the event. If you do need additional equipment for your performance please contact Emjay at the email address below and we will attempt to accommodate using Silence’s equipment. When you sign up for a slot please send an email to audiopollinationguelph@gmail.com to confirm! Audiopollination Guelph is presented in collaboration with the Guelph Jazz Festival! Sign up here! More details... • •	7	8 PIPEDOWN x GAIN Present: Animal Boy, Excuses Excuses, Lost in Japan PIPEDOWN x GAIN Present: Animal Boy, Excuses Excuses, Lost in Japan October 8, 2022 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm Description: GAIN Media & Pipedown! presents Excuses Excuses, Lost in Japan & Animal Boy live at Silence! TICKETS: www.gainmedia.ca/event/excuses-excuses-lost-in-japan-animal-boy-silence More details... •	9
10	11	12	13 Silence Presents: Pierre Bensusan Silence Presents: Pierre Bensusan October 13, 2022 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm Description: Doors: 7:30 PM Show: 8:00 PM Tickets $30 LIVE FROM FRANCE, AN EVENING WITH PIERRE BENSUSAN “It’s Like The Guitar Has Been Given Free Reign To Play It’s Self!” After releasing ‘Azwan’, an album about our oneness and interconnectivity in the midst of a unifying global crisis, French-Algerian guitarist, vocalist and composer, Pierre Bensusan, returns to the USA & Canada for completing the second leg of his nationwide 2022 Tour When Michael Hedges titiles one of his compositions “Bensusan”, you know the inspiration behind must be special and Pierre Bensusan certainly is. Guitarists from Leo Kottke to Larry Corryel, to Tuck Andres, Tommy Emmanuel, Mark Knopfler, Andrew York, Andy Timmons, to Steve Lukather… have sung his praises, and Steve Vai released three Bensusan albums on his label Favored Nations. And it's not just guitarists who are so inspired by Pierre's music, as a recent studio collaboration on Donny Osmond’s latest album “Start Again” goes to show. If World Music means the fusion of traditional, contemporary, jazz, classical and pop music, then Bensusan is one of the most eloquent World Music musicians of our time. Pianist in his beginnings then self-taught on the guitar, the originality of his style makes him one of today’s greatest guitarist and composer for the instrument. Also called “The Prince of DADGAD”, his story is far from trivial and it is on stage that the artist has earned his stripes! Among others, the Rose d'Or of the Montreux Festival, elected Best Guitarist of World Music by the readers of Guitar Player Magazine. His triple album "Encore" won the Grand Prix of the Independent Music Awards in the category Best Live Album... Since his first performances in 1974 in France, the guitarist has sold half a million albums and given thousands of concerts around the globe, both solo and through numerous collaborations. Born in French Algeria, Pierre Bensusan an adventurer of unusual lands. His almost “sacred” music is an intimate and orchestral hymn, a solo crossing on a multi-shell Lowden guitar subjected to the natural elements: sound molecules and finger pulp on an ebony fingerboard for open tuning, an unique and transparent technique, under the fingers of an adventurous pilgrim. Big emotion guaranteed! “For me, Pierre can only justly be compared to someone of the stature of Keith Jarrett, so total is his mastery of the solo instrument, his dazzling harmony, his many innovations, and his deft command of counterpoint, the jazz idiom, folk expression, and all genres between and beyond. An entire history unfolds as he plays. But really, like Jarrett, the emotional depth – and this is where true artistry often likes to live – of many of his songs and compositions is all, well, breathtaking. With only his steel-string-acoustic guitar – and sometimes his rich, affecting voice – Mr Bensusan can disassemble your heart and hand it back to you restored and renewed. As he did to mine tonight. A true giant.” James Volpe Rotondi (editor at Guitar Player Magazine) « I've seen Alfred Brendel, Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim, Lynn Harrell, Nureyev, Placido Domingo, etc., etc., perform magnificently. Tonight, in Atlanta, in the last half of the second set, Pierre Bensusan went a quantum beyond the warm, compelling, appealing, extremely accomplished guitarist whose recordings and performances I've eagerly sought for over 30 years. He's achieved the sublime -- decades of technique, creativity, intuition, passion, and intensity crashed together -- a man transformed, singular, stunning. I have so seldom had the privilege and pure animal joy of experiencing this caliber of artistry. » Rain Crow (a fan) More details... •	14	15 Pipedown! Presents: Sing Leaf wsg TBA Pipedown! Presents: Sing Leaf wsg TBA October 15, 2022 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm Description: Featuring an experimental blend of folk-rock and psychedelic pop that incorporates electronics, Sing Leaf is the project of the instrospective, innovative songwriter David Como. Signed to forward-thinking UK label Tin Angel Records, Sing Leaf has released 3 full-length albums and a handful of EPs. The latest record, Not Earth, was described by Exclaim as “an interstellar vehicle that takes your mind to other worlds.” Sing Leaf has performed internationally, opening for artists such as Sandro Perri, Beach House & Timber Timbre. Sing Leaf will be performing live as a five-piece employing guitars, bass, synthesizer, accordion & drums. More details... •	16
17 Funga Funga October 17, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm More details... •	18 Hold for Jane and Joni Hold for Jane and Joni October 18, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm More details... •	19 Silence Presents: George Crotty Trio wsg Silence Presents: George Crotty Trio wsg October 19, 2022 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm Description: Doors: 7:30 PM Show: 8:00 PM $20/PWYC - Buy tickets! The George Crotty Trio roams wild realms beyond the pale of the cello’s classical roots. Known for an expressive fluidity and modal orientation, their second album, 'Chrontope' engages in cross-cultural interplay between post-bop, South American grooves, Indian Raga, and Arabic Maqam. George Crotty has forged his own vocabulary on the cello. Following his graduation from the Berklee College of Music, he immersed himself in New York’s jazz and world music scenes, joining several ensembles such as the Brooklyn Raga Massive and the Detroit-based National Arab Orchestra, in addition to collaborating with Paquito D’Rivera, Anat Cohen, and Darol Anger. Powered by drummer Matias Recharte (Kuné, Jesse Cook) and bassist Jonathan Chapman (Travis Knights, Laura Anglade) their collaborative sound deviates from a trio's typical hierarchy. The three players intertwine on their own spontaneous terms in an exploration of groove and colour, lending Crotty's tunes an exciting three-dimensional quality. George Crotty, cello Jonathan Chapman, bass Matias Recharte, drums www.georegcrotty.com/trio www.facebook.com/georgecrottycello www.instagram.com/georgecrottycello Cellist Matt Brubeck and musician/producer L-CON will begin the night with a collaborative improvised set. Matt Brubeck is a JUNO award -winning performer/composer specializing in improvisation on the cello. Raised on jazz and classically trained at Yale, Matt is at ease in multiple genres and has taken his cello improvisation skills into diverse musical territories. Matt has collaborated with more artists than he can remember and has had many eclectic musical adventures. L CON is the solo project of BC-born, Swiss-Canadian songwriter and sonic adventurer Lisa Conway. Her recordings have been described as "ethereal, minimalist, experimental, unnerving…and downright elegant" (AUX). Lisa has collaborated with filmmakers, dancers, theatre directors, and performance artists, been nominated for a SOCAN Songwriting Prize (as part of Del Bel), and completed creative residencies from New Brunswick, Canada, to Aubagne, France. An alumni of the Canadian Film Centre’s Slaight Music Residency, and one of two Canadians selected to be part of the renowned Red Bull Music Academy 2018 in Berlin, her work both in live performance and in the studio has garnered critical acclaim. More details... •	20 Pipedown Presents: Joni Void wsg Hymns57 Pipedown Presents: Joni Void wsg Hymns57 October 20, 2022 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm Description: Everyday Ago & Silence Present: Wendy Eisenberg (Brooklyn) Joni Void (Montreal) Hymns57 🚪8:00 🎵 8:30 PM 15$-PWYC More details... •	21 Silence Presents: Tatsuya Silence Presents: Tatsuya October 21, 2022 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm More details... •	22	23
24	25	26	27 Friendly Rich and the Lollipop People wsg TBA Friendly Rich and the Lollipop People wsg TBA October 27, 2022 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm More details... •	28 Hold for Deinstall Hold for Deinstall October 28, 2022 More details... •	29 Pipedown Presents: Hollow Core // Plaintree // Bodice // @ Silence Pipedown Presents: Hollow Core // Plaintree // Bodice // @ Silence October 29, 2022 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm Description: Hollow Core // Plaintree // Bodice // @ Silence Get ready to rock at the Guelph stop of Hollow Core's upcoming Hollow-ween tour! ------------------------------------------------------- DATE: Saturday, Oct. 29 DOORS: 8pm TICKETS: $10 LOCATION: Silence - 46 Essex St, Guelph ------------------------------------------------------- Hollow Core - Hamilton Rock/Metal https://linktr.ee/hollowcore Plaintree - Guelph Alt Rock https://www.facebook.com/Plaintreemusic Bodice - Guelph Sad Girl Rock https://www.facebook.com/bodiceband ------------------------------------------------------- More details... •	30
31 Funga Funga October 31, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm More details... •