Music

Jenn Grant To Headline Cultural Olympiad Tour

by Ciaran Thompson

Halifax based singer-songwriter Jenn Grant will be headlining the Cultural Olympiad Tour.  Starting on January 28 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, the coast to coast tour will conclude on February 15. in Vancouver for the Olympic celebration. All dates and venues for the tour are listed below.  She will also be playing a show with Hawksley Workman on February 16. in Whistler. February will mark the one year anniversary of Grant’s sophomore effort Echoes, which has been nominated for three East Coast Music Awards.  After her performances out west, Grant will return home to play a show with the Halifax Symphony Orchestra at Rebecca Cohn Auditorium. Fellow musician and friend Buck 65 will be performing with Grant as he is featured on her song “Paper Airplanes.” Check out the song and others at Grant’s myspace page.

CANADIAN TOUR DATES

01.28.10 – WOLFVILLE ON – Al Whittle Theatre
01.29.10 – ST. JOHN’S NL – Cochrane St. United Church
01.30.10 – CHARLOTTETOWN PEI – The Guild ; 8 pm; Tix $20
01.31.10 – FREDERICTON NB – Charlotte St. Arts Centre
02.03.10 – QUEBEC CITY QC – Le Cercle; 9 pm; Tix $10
02.04.10 – WAKEFIELD QC – The Black Sheep Inn; 8:30 pm (In the Dead of Winter Festival)
02.05.10 – SUDBURY ON – The Townhouse Tavern
02.09.10 – WINNIPEG MB – The Park Theatre; 8 pm; Tix $12
02.10.10 – REGINA SK – The Exchange; 8 pm; Tix $10
02.11.10 – SASKATOON SK – Amigos Cantina; 8 pm; Tix $10
02.13.10 – EDMONTON AB – Convocation Hall Uni. Of Alberta; 8 pm; Tix $15
02.14.10 – CALGARY AB – The Uptown Stage; 8 pm; Tix $15
02.19.10 – HALIFAX NS – Rebecca Cohn w/ Halifax Symphony; Doors @ 7 pm; Tix $29-49 (HST included), available through www.symphonynovascotia.ca