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Showman and Coole

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Sunday April 13th, 2025

Sunday April 13th, 2025

8:00 PM

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10:30 PM EDT

Starts: 8:00 PM EDT

Ends: 10:30 PM EDT

Doors Open: 7:00 PM

Doors Open: 7:00 PM EDT

Red Bird

1165 Bank St, Ottawa

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Showman and Coole

Super-Deluxe Fiddle, Banjo, and Song

Through twenty years and a couple of thousand shows together in bands such as The Foggy Hogtown Boys and The Lonesome Ace Stringband, John Showman and Chris Coole have developed a deep and instinctual musical bond.  Their music lurks in a truly unique space that is somewhere on the outskirts of old-time, bluegrass, and folk. The songs of John Hartford, Hank Williams, Dock Boggs, and The Band share space with the fiddle tunes of Eck Robertson and Ed Haley. The duo’s original songs and tunes take in all these vistas and paint something both personal and timely.

They have performed across North America and Europe at festivals such as Merlefest, Rockygrass, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Mariposa, Wintergrass, Gooikroots, and The John Hartford Memorial Festival. In 2022, the duo released two albums; “ Afield” a collection of old-time fiddle tunes, and  “Much Further Out than Inevitable – A Tribute to Some Music of John Hartford.”

“John Showman has made his mark as “one of the very best and most influential fiddle players in Canada”  (Steve Pritchard, CIUT 89.5 FM).

“Renowned for his clawhammer banjo picking, Coole now establishes himself as a gripping songwriter.”
(Roddy Campbell, Penguin Eggs Magazine)

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Red Bird is an 80 capacity soft seat venue located in Old Ottawa South. We've designed and programmed the space to give the best experience in live music for Canadian and International musicians and concert goers.

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Tickets are non-refundable, except when the event is cancelled by the venue or artist.