The Kerplunks at Salmon Arm
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Mag: jan/feb 2013, issue 96, list of venues. Please be advised that Serious Coffee, willow point, Campbell river is the place to be, Monday, Thursday and Friday, for acoustic open mic, and Wednesday for song circle jam, every week. Also in Campbell River, at the Quinsam Hotel, Saturday afternoon, an electric jam with live band. Then on Thursday, a blues jam at the Elks hall. Sadly to say, nesbitt coffee is infrequent at best, and in three years, my band, PETEROUT, has yet to play that place. A new venue in CR is the river city grill.
Hope this will help expand your knowledge of the fine and extraordinary music scene here in Campbell River.
Thanks Gerald, We sent out facebook, web and magazine requests for feedback about live music venues and didn’t get a reply about those spots in CR . We’ll add both venues to the online BC venue Guide that is going live in the next 2 weeks. Thanks for filling us in!
The Venue Listing for Crescent Moon Coffee House is out of date, we have moved from Camp Alexandra, which was a temporary home while the building we used for more than 20 years was renovated, and the property became a City of Surrey Park. The location should be amended to Ocean Park. The address is 1371 128 Street Surrey . Every Thursday Night 8 to 11 September thru June. Everyone is welcome, format varies depending on who shows up for the evening.
Crescent Moon has been in existence in South Surrey for 35 years….
I read with interest your descriptions of various halls in the Venues section of Issue 96. I want to let you know that the Hornby Community Hall has a 1923 Bechstein D grand piano and a Hammond B3 organ. This information might be of interest to your musician readers.