St. Mark's Place

09/27/2021

St. Mark's Place - 5142 Route 332, Middle LaHave, NS
Friday, October 1st – The Darren Arsenault Trio - "A large platter of smoky blues smothered in swingin country sauce, piled high on a bed of hot toasted bluegrass with gooey hot melted jazz inside" - 7:30-9:30pm - Tickets: $20.00

To reserve your seat - Email – [email protected]
Note: Masks are mandatory! Feel free to bring bottled water!

We want to thank all of our supporters. Our cabaret season will begin again in June, 2022.

09/21/2021

St. Mark's Place - 5142 Route 332, Middle LaHave, NS

Friday, September 24th – Jude Pelley - specializes in original instrumentals and old-fashioned songs. The music is atmospheric, rich and complex grounded in and inspired by their love for Celtic music - 7:30-9:30pm - Tickets: $20.00

Reserve your seat - Email – [email protected]
Note: Masks are mandatory! Feel free to bring bottled water!

09/10/2021

St. Mark’s Place – Friday, September 17, 2021
5142 Route 332, Middle LaHave, NS

Quintz Jam is a group of five or six local musicians who have set out to combine some interesting instrumental or woodwind chamber music with a 'jazzual' rhythm section consisting of a guitar and a bass. The wind instruments are flute, clarinet, saxophones and bass clarinet and the object is to play familiar jazz standards with a few light classics complete with ad lib solos!. They also perform selections that combine two or three familiar tunes as interesting counter melodies. You probably have never heard anything like this!

To reserve your seat email – [email protected]
Please feel free to bring bottled water.
Masks are mandatory.

08/24/2021

2 Desperados are (as the name suggests), two men who are desperate to bring their brand of music to the masses. Music that they describe as a blend of Blues, Jazz, Soul and Southern Rock.

Chris Weagle spent sixteen years as his alter-ego; Catahoula Brown. During that time he performed at many major festivals, opening for such legends as James Cotton and Bonnie Raitt.
He has recorded six albums - four of which have been recognized by Music Nova Scotia and the East Coast Music Association.

Tim Frauzel has been playing drums professionally since the age of 14. He has played in several well known bands, such as The Press, Sum 1, Usual Suspects, and Porthouse.
He studied at The Canadian Conservatory of Music, and currently owns his own recording studio.

Reserve your seat - Email – [email protected]
Please feel free to bring bottled water.
Masks are mandatory.

08/11/2021

Here's Zamani singing Lush Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOorC3qIPhA

Note: Capacity for St. Mark's Place is presently 34. Please make your reservations by emailing [email protected]
Masks are mandatory. Feel free to bring bottled water.

08/01/2021

Friday, August 6th @ St. Marks Place, 5142 Route 332, Middle LaHave, NS

BoHo Crow: Something old, something new, some songs borrowed and some sung blu: Re-imagined jazz and other classic songs with familiar faces Tom Myers (Globalcentrics, the Market Boys) Cynthia Myers (Jazzette, Cynthetics, Swingology).

To reserve your seat email - [email protected]
Note: Face masks are required. Feel free to bring water in a self-contained container.

07/26/2021

Singer/Songwriter Ian Sherwood, Friday, July 30th - 7:30-9:30pm - St. Mark's Place, 5142 Route 332, Middle LaHave, NS

To reserve your seats email [email protected]
Tickets are $20.00 - Note: Masks are mandatory.

Ian's fifth studio album “Bring The Light”, produced by Daniel Ledwell, is filled with the same hooky cleverness that has endeared Sherwood to his audiences. This time, the deft work of Ledwell’s production brings Sherwood’s songs a new dimension of beauty and depth.

Guitar, saxophone, huge songwriting and a voice that won him a 2013 Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Singer, Ian Sherwood Brings The Light to every stage he stands on. A born story teller and a constant creator, his music dances the line between folk and pop. His live performances thrive on intimacy. Whether it’s a theatre show or large festival stage, his persona is irresistible and completely destroys fourth walls.

When not touring the UK, US or all across Canada Sherwood produces for other artists as well as for theatre, film and television. He won a 2017 Robert Merritt for Outstanding Original Score for the play “Tompkinsville”. He was named Best Male Artist of the Year by the 2012 International Acoustic Music Awards and was the 2008 and 2010 Music Nova Scotia Musician Of The Year. Bob Mersereau of CBC Radio, Fredericton described him as “… a natural performer who entertains as much with his wit and stories as with his songs.”

07/10/2021

St. Mark's Place Summer Cabaret Series schedule. Our present capacity is 34 with social distancing. Our last two performances with Darren Arsenault and Shirley Jackson and her son Jef Wirchenko were incredible. Really great music!

Come out and enjoy an evening of LIVE music!!

07/05/2021

Shirley Jackson and Jeff Wirchenko - Face mask required~

07/05/2021

Darren Arsenault - song from July 2nd's performance~

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03/27/2021

On Friday March 26,2021 St. Marks Place was hit by lightning. Thanks to the very fast reporting of the fire by our neighbors, the Riverport Fire Department was able to respond very quickly along with response from the Lunenburg Fire Department. Most importantly no one was hurt. We are extremely grateful to the volunteer fire fighters and our neighbors. Due to their great work, the fire was contained to the bell tower. There was damage to the electrical system which explains why CHLU is currently off the air.

Our insurance broker Danny Carey Cooperators, our insurance broker for over 20 years, called me at 7AM to tell me that he already had things in motion. Incredible service. The fire restoration service has already been dispatched.

It will take some time to sort it all out but one of our high priorities will be to get CHLU back on the air as quickly as possible. And of course we fully intend to repair any damage to St Marks Place.

I would like to thank the community for its support for St Marks Place over the past years. It means allot.

09/14/2020

St. Mark’s Summer Cabaret Series
Red Church near the Ferry
5142 Route 332, Middle LaHave, NS B4V 3L9

Friday, September 18th - Singer, Songwriter, Producer - Zamani captured the 2020 ANSMA Rising Star Award at the 22nd Annual African Nova Scotia Music Awards (ANSMA). This brings Zamani’s ANSMA winnings to a total of three awards. In 2018 she received the ANSMA Portia White Youth Award; in 2019 she won the ANSMA Emerging Artist Award and now the 2020 Rising Star Award. This past year saw Zamani make a triple international debut performing in Europe, The US and Caribbean and opening for legendary acts such as Genuine, Maya, and UB40.

The physical distance seating limit for St Mark’s is 34. Face masks are mandatory and no beverages are allowed. Email [email protected] to reserve your seat. Keep in mind we are ONLY allowed to sell 34 tickets for each performance. All tickets are $20.00

Original composition written, produced, engineered by African Nova Scotian R&B Sensation, Zamani. For information check out Zamani at: Web: http://www.zamani...

08/21/2020

Hi everyone, so sorry to let you know that tonight's show has been cancelled! Please be sure to join us next week for "An Intimate Evening with Steve Keith." A banjo, fiddle and guitar player, Keith is inspired by the New Orleans blues but also plays jazz and classical music as well. For more information on next week's show, please visit our website stmarksplace.net/calendar!

St. Mark’s Place social distance seating arrangement is 34 people total. Keep in mind we are ONLY allowed to sell 34 tickets for each performance and tickets will be held up until 20 minutes before show time, then will be sold on a first come first serve basis.

08/04/2020

St. Mark’s Summer Cabaret Series
Red Church near the Ferry
5142 Route 332, Middle LaHave, NS B4V 3L9
The physical distance seating limit for St Mark’s is 34. Face masks are mandatory and no beverages are allowed. Email [email protected] to reserve your seat. Keep in mind we are ONLY allowed to sell 34 tickets for each performance. All tickets are $20.00
Friday, August 14th 7:30-9:30pm
Ocean Blue Jazz Quartet
Ted Blackbourn – Piano
Tobias Beale – Tenor Saxophone, Flute
Judy Johnston – Bass
Gerry Johnston – Drums
Guest Singer – Patricia Watson
The members of Ocean Blue Jazz Quartet met while playing in the Tuesday Night Big Band in Halifax. We play our own arrangements of standard jazz tunes with a few originals added to the mix. Our repertoire includes music from the 1940s through to today with tunes to suit a variety of tastes – swing, Latin, soul-jazz – all performed by musicians with a wealth of experience in the world of jazz.

07/27/2020

St. Mark's Place - 5142 Route 332, Middle LaHave, NS

Friday, July 31 – 7:30:9:30pm - Kristin Martell Band – Kristen is an acoustic pop artist from Mahone Bay, NS. Her songs explore the self and the way we walk through life. Her sun-dappled sound is equivalent to walking through a field on a warm, summer’s day in a state of contended reflection.

Born into a musical family, Kristen learned to love music from an early age. Her grandfather was her earliest influence as she learned piano, trombone and fiddle. She eventually found her way to the acoustic guitar, which held the key to finding her voice. She began writing songs as a form of meditation. "This form of connection is what I thrive for" she explains. "Music fills the spaces where words fall short".

Kristen has re-emerged on the music scene after having taken a 10 year break to focus on career and family. Calling it her comeback she has released her debut album ‘Coming Home’ in April 2020.

07/24/2020

St. Mark's Place - 5142 Route 332, Middle LaHave, NS

Friday, July 24th – Morgan Davis – Blues – Over the years, Davis has won 8 Maple Blues Awards and a JUNO in 2004 for Blues Album of the Year- 7:30-9:30pm

The physical distance seating arrangement for St. Mark's is 34. Face masks are mandatory and no beverages are allowed. Email [email protected] to reserve your seat. Keep in mind we are ONLY allowed to sell 34 tickets for each performance. All tickets are $20.00

07/12/2020

St. Mark’s Place – 5142 Highway 332, Middle LaHave, NS

St. Mark’s Place has been approved by the provincial government to open its doors for entertainment.

St. Mark’s Place social distance seating arrangement is 34 people total. Face masks are mandatory and no beverages are allowed. Email [email protected] to reserve your seat. Keep in mind we are ONLY allowed to sell 34 tickets for each performance. Tickets are $20.00

Friday, July 17th – 7:30pm-9:30pm - Jamie Unger - Jamie was given his first guitar at 9 and right away started to write songs. Skip ahead 10 years and he has quit the navy (after 3 years sailing the pacific) and moved to Vancouver becoming a part of that vibrant music scene playing in multiple bands including BOB'S YOUR UNCLE and sharing stages with the likes of JJ Cale, Tragically Hip, Los Lobos, Trooper and Blue Rodeo. During this time he toured Canada, the States and Europe.