The Paul Weber Band is taking their “200 Years of Ottawa/Bytown and the Valley” show on the road (featuring some songs about Carleton Place!). Join them on Thursday, March 5, when they will perform at the lovely Carleton Place Art Gallery. The Gallery is an independent, curated fine art institution located beside the breathtaking Mississippi River.
Doors open at 6:30pm with music from 7–9pm, and tasty snacks and beverages are available for purchase. Tickets are available from Tickets Please (Tickets-Please.ca, 495–6434).
The Paul Weber Band is an Ottawa-based, four-person, bilingual band that performs high-energy folk tunes. Their shows are a voyage into community stories — famous bouncers, drag queens, local tragedies, valley legends, ghost trains, and the struggles of the Francophone community (to name just a few of the topics they cover). Their most recent album, Ghost Beer Train, is full of stuff that doesn’t always make it into the history books.
Their music combines the emotional rawness of Bruce Springsteen with the locally-themed songs of Stompin’ Tom and the historic sagas of Gordon Lightfoot, all wrapped in lovely harmonies. Check them out at paulweber.ca or watch them on YouTube.