Shawn McCullough is a Master guitar player/singer/alternative lyricist/showman/songwriter. He has played and toured with Canadian Country star Jason McCoy (The Roadhammers) and has been a part of Telecaster supergroup The Telebastards featuring Steve Piticco, Country Pickin’ Mayhem Band with 2 x 7 time CCMA Guitarists of the Year, Wendell Ferguson and Steve Piticco, as well as a member of DoubleBack with Wade Foster and John Wilberforce. He is highly in demand as a session musician and sideman for his incredible skill, wit and stage presence. He has a solo record to his name “This is Me” and is currently performing with rising CMAO and CCMA nominated Country star Brea Lawrenson!  His latest accomplishments are a series of singles released on Apple Music and Spotify getting lots of airplay on Country Music Radio. Check out “Change”, “Canadian Soldier”, “Sidewalk”, “Never Drinking Again”…more to come.

Hear the next best thing in the local music scene at the Open Mic! You can win a Gift Certificate to The Cove nightly with crowd response AND/OR get your name in the draw for a guitar at the end of each season of Wings ‘n Tunes.

Have a NIGHT out on the town with MUSIC and some mouth watering wings!

Thanks to Nate and everyone at Long and McQuade Music in Kingston, you can win an acoustic electric guitar if you get up and perform a song! Sign a ballot and you are good to go!

Please tip your musicians generously.

Date : November 13, 2024 from 5 to 8pm

Event location : 2 Bedford Street
Westport, Ontario K0G 1X0

Contact : Please 613.273.3636 or Email thecoveinnwestport@gmail.com

This event is running from 4 January 2024 until 19 December 2024. It is next occurring on October 31, 2024 7:00 pm.

Thursday: 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Cost: $5 at the door towards hall maintenance

Play and sing along with fellow musicians.

All musicians and all genres of music (country, jazz, blues, folk, easy listening, blue grass) are welcome.

A fun learning and networking venue.

Date : Nov.7,14,21,28,2024

Event location : ABC Town Hall – 3166 Bolingbroke Road, County Road 36, Maberly, ON K0H 2B0

Contact : Contact Dave Pollard at (613) 273-2464 or dpollard@kingston.net

This event is running from 10 September 2024 until 26 November 2024. It is next occurring on October 29, 2024 9:00 am. 

Fall 2024 classes with Deborah Nordstrom commence on Tuesday, September 10, for 12 weeks, until November 26.

Date : Nov.5,12,19,26,2024

Event location : 3166 Bolingbroke Road, County Road 36, Maberly, ON K0H 2B0

Contact : (613) 273-5717 or e-mail info@abchall.ca

This event is running from 3 November 2024 until 6 April 2025. It is next occurring on November 3, 2024 2:00 pm.

If you love dancing, or if you want to learn, Dance Club is for you. Local residents Tom Ellis and MJ Barrett enjoyed belonging to a dance club in Saskatoon before moving back east. They are excited to continue this fun activity at the Althorpe Bolingbroke Community this fall. The first class of this 6-week session will be Sunday November 3, 2024.

Dance Club provides a monthly venue for learning and practicing partner dances. Sessions will normally include a basic one-hour lesson (with a video) followed by an hour of dancing to a variety of dance music. Examples of partner dance styles include Jive, Rumba, Cha Cha, Foxtrot and Waltz. Occasionally they’ll switch things up with demonstrations of other types of dancing.

No experience needed. Pairs and singles are all welcome.

The Dance Club is held on the first Sunday of the month at the ABC Hall from 2 to 4 pm – starting November 3, with the last session on April 6, 2025.

What to Bring:

* A clean pair of indoor shoes
* A water bottle

Register here. Cost is $30/person or $60/couple (non-refundable). Drop-in is also an option ($7/person)

Date : Nov.3,10,17,24,2024 from 2 to 3pm

Event location : 3166 Bolingbroke Road, County Road 36, Maberly, ON K0H 2B0

Contact : Please e-mail Tom at tom.ellis2@gmail.com

Meghan Balogh spent years studying classical piano and violin before delving into the world of Irish fiddle music. She grew up immersed in folk music, and currently plays fiddle and sings as a member of bands in Kingston and Prince Edward County including Seventh Town, The Gertrudes and No Great Mischief. She can be found playing for Irish ceili dances around eastern Ontario with the Seventh Town Ceili Band (https://seventhtown.ca/ceili-band), and as a fixture with Kingston’s Irish session.

Eric Uren has been performing in clubs and pubs across Canada and Europe for over 25 years. His straightforward, honest delivery of well-known songs by artists like Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Johnny Cash and Steve Earle connect with audiences of all ages. He is a warm and personable performer who excels at creating a friendly, social atmosphere wherever he takes the stage. Eric and Meghan have also recently been collaborating with Hollywood comedian Tom Green in his band as they back him on select dates.

Date : November 3, 2024 from 5 to 8pm

Event location : 2 Bedford Street
Westport, Ontario K0G 1X0

Contact : Please call 613.273.3636 or Email thecoveinnwestport@gmail.com

This event is running from 13 September 2024 until 20 December 2024. It is next occurring on November 1, 2024 10:00 am.

This is a great way to get a fun workout! Beginners are welcome.

Here are a few benefits of line dancing:

• a social activity that doesn’t require a partner
• brain stimulation
• improves focus and concentration
• improves balance
• burns calories
• tones muscles
• relieves stress
• improves coordination
• total body and cardio workout
• strengthens neural pathways and improves cognitive health
• lifts the spirit and soothes the soul

Date : November 1,8,15,22,29, 2024 from 10 to 11am

Event location : 3166 Bolingbroke Road, County Road 36, Maberly, ON K0H 2B0

Contact : Please call (613) 273-5717 or e-mail info@abchall.ca

Friday Spaghetti Night at the Royal Canadian Legion Upper Rideau Branch 542 is on the third Friday of every month from 5:30 to 7 PM. All you can eat for $12.00 incl. HST.

Date : October 18, 2024

Event location : 10099 County Road 10
Westport, Ontario K0G 1X0 Canada

Contact : (613) 273-3615

Visit The Cove Inn on Thursday, October 10th, 2024 to hear Zachary Lucky play live from 5-8pm.

Zachary Lucky is unapologetically old-school country, armed with a husky, baritone voice – He carries himself like a younger Richard Buckner or a heartier Doug Paisley and receives comparisons to songwriters such as Gordon Lightfoot and Kris Kristofferson. He sings of Canadian places and people as knowingly as he might Townes Van Zandt or the Rio Grande. It’s a relatable show on many levels, and conjures universal feelings that have passed through our collective timelines. Already hailed as a master storyteller by outlets ranging from No Depression to The Globe and Mail! Lucky’s “Everywhere A Man Can Be” is his most powerful statement to date.

The road is no stranger to Canadian country singer Zachary Lucky. He’s used to rolling through hundreds of tour dates a year, sleeping in the back of his car, and playing his heart out in every town he moves through. He’s learned to trust the road, and to trust the gifts it brings. It’s a lesson he learned first from his grandfather, famed Canadian western singer Smilin’ Johnnie Lucky, who was known for relentlessly touring the Arctic regions of the country. In his youth, Zachary Lucky felt free on the road, driving from one town to the next and never staying long. “I never felt the need to come home” he says, “because there was never anything waiting for me there.” Ten years later, he’s got a new outlook on his life and a family waiting for him at home in Ontario. The songs on his latest album Midwestern, grapple with fatherhood, the passage of time, and whether his daughters will grow up knowing the Canadian prairies he still loves.

Born and raised in Saskatoon, Lucky finds himself in the company of other Saskatchewan artists like Colter Wall, Deep Dark Woods, and Kacy & Clayton. Why has this rugged Canadian province produced such great roots music? Lucky thinks some of it must come down to the prairie landscape and its people. “There’s something about the Canadian Midwestern people,” he says in explanation. “There’s a strong work ethic, and a kindness to them that you don’t find anywhere else. There’s also something about being in the middle of nowhere, beneath that vast prairie sky, watching it come alive with colour as the sun dips below the horizon.”

Date : October 10, 2024 from 5pm to 8pm

Event location : 2 Bedford Street
Westport, Ontario K0G 1X0

Contact : Call 613.273.3636 or Email thecoveinnwestport@gmail.com

Fall 2024 classes with Deborah Nordstrom commence on Wednesday, September 11 for 12 weeks, until November 27.. It is next occurring on October 9, 2024 9:00 am. 

Date : October 9,16,23,30, 2024

Event location : ABC Hall, Westport, ON

Contact : Please call (613) 273-5717, or e-mail: info@abchall.ca

Held on the last Saturday in September, the Delta Harvest Festival is a village-wide celebration of the fall harvest.

Vendors line the main street and craft vendors can be found at the Fairgrounds along with live music and a car show. The Old Stone Mill is open for tours with a milling demonstration in the afternoon.  Blacksmithing demonstrations are a favourite for visitors in the blacksmith shop beside the Mill. The Old Town Hall is home to the Ginormous Book Sale and the Friends of the Mill table featuring a variety of home baking, preserves, vegetable produce, crafts, plants, dried flowers, all donated by friends of the mill.  Lots of food, fresh-baked goodies, and cool stuff for sale.

Visitors arrive from Ottawa, Kingston, Brockville and many other centres to enjoy the country atmosphere of this lovely village.

Date : Sept.28, 2024 from 9:00am – 4:00pm

Event location : Old Stone Mill, 44 King Street, Delta

Contact : Tel: 613-928-2584 (office) or Email: info@deltamill.org