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Home Routes Alberta Tour October 2007

I need to protect the contact information of the house concert hosts from internet predators but if you would like to come and see me play one of these concerts email me at info at iaincampbellsmith.com and identify which concert you would like to attend and I will email you the address and details. Or if you have friends in any of these places please let em know I'm coming! Here are the dates and locations:

Monday Oct 22 Cochrane

Tuesday Oct 23 Calgary

Wednesday Oct 24 Sundre

Thursday Oct 25 Pine Lake

Friday Oct 26 Lac Lannon, Barrhead

Saturday Oct 27 Sylvan Lake

Monday Oct 29 Cochrane

 

Recent Gigs:

Friday 5 October House Concert: Schoharie County, NY For info call 518 827 4953 or e-mail Sonny: sonnyo@midtel.net

Sunday October 7 House Concert- Park Slope, Brooklyn. All welcome. Call 718-631-9729 for info

Saturday 13 October 8pm Washington DC Full band gig with Zoe Mulford Sollys- Cnr of U and11th St tickets $12 available at door or by reservation: by emailing info @ IainCampbellsmith.com or 202-431-0753

Sunday, October 14 - 2 pm House Concert Swarthmore, PA For reservations and directions: 610-544-3604 or email Concert330 @ gmail.com

Friday 28 September Moorestown DeCafe Perkins Center for the Arts 395 Kings Highway Moorestown NJ 08057 Ph. 856 235 6488 http://www.moorestowndecafe.com

Sat 29 September House Concert, Annandale VA, 703 412 3228

Sunday 30 September 5pm Concerts at the Beach House Lansdowne, PA, 19050 email bob@bobbeach.net or call 610-626-0012

Monday 1 October Cantab lounge, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Thursday 6 September - Screening of Bougainville Sky and performance of some new songs --Electric Maid Community Living Room located at 268 Carroll Street,NW, Washington, DC 20012. It is less than one block from the Takoma Park Metro Station on the Red Line and is next to Seekers Church and Friedrich's Dry Cleaners and across from the 7-11 and is visible from the platform of the Metro Station. Doors will open at 730 and showing of "Bougainville Sky" will start at 8 PM, to be followed by an acoustic performance by Iain Campbell Smith. Non-alcoholic refreshments will be available. Suggested donation for admission is $10.

Sunday 9 September The SAW-West Market concert date is Sun Sept 9 7:30 pm. Split bill with Carol Gaylor-West Market Club 1901 Logan Manor Drive Reston, VA 20190

Friday 21 September Open Borders Concert Series Columbia MO

Saturday 22 September The Focal Point- Traditional & Original Music Concert Series & Arts Center 2720 Sutton - Maplewood, MO 63143 314-781-4200 nlighten4@yahoo.com

Wednesday 26th September Coffee and tea room Williamsport, PA Friday 28 September Moorestown DeCafe Perkins Center for the Arts 395 Kings Highway Moorestown NJ 08057 Ph. 856 235 6488 http://www.moorestowndecafe.com

Sunday 30 September 5pm Concerts at the Beach House Lansdowne, PA, 19050 email bob@bobbeach.net or call 610-626-0012

Monday 1 October Cantab lounge, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Saturday 17 March Purple Fiddle Thomas West Virginia

Wednesday March 21, 7 p.m. The Acoustic Cafe at Coffee Works 910 Berlin Rd., Voorhees, NJ (near Philly) www.coffee-works.com, 856 784-5282

Sat March 24 8pm - Philadelphia FOlksong Society House concert

Sunday 25 March- House concert New Jersey - opening the night will be the legendary Rich Deans. - at this terrific house concert series presented by Amy Blake at her home in New Jersey. The evening begins at 6:00 pm with a pot-luck dinner and the music follows at 7:00. Reservations are required and because Amy doesn't want her address blasted all over the internet, e-mail Amy at Jamask8@comcast.net or call her at 973-992-7491 to reserve a seat and get the location/directions. This is a SUNDAY evening show in a warm intimate space.

Friday 30 March - Steel City -Jonathan Byrd / Erik Balkey / Iain Campbell Smith / Carsie Blanton Steel City Coffeehouse [v] 203 Bridge Street Phoenixville, PA Plowshares Showcase Preview!

Saturday 31 March - Performance at Ploughshares Songwriting Competition 6:30pm Jonathan Byrd / Erik Balkey / Iain Campbell Smith Plowshares Coffee House Schuylkill Friends Meeting Phoenixville, PA Showcase of 10 finalists from singer-songwiter contest, plus feature sets by Byrd and Smith. Balkey hosts.

2 and 3 April -Borah Symposium, University of Idaho

6 April to 26 May - touring in Australia

Saturday 17 February - DC CD launch party, Solly's U Street Tavern Iain Campbell Smith CD Release of "Ballads & Barsongs": Saturday 17 February, 8:15 pm Corner of U and 11th Streets NW, Washington DC, 20001 Tickets: $12 at door or by reservation: 202 431 0753. With an opening set from Yukon songwriter Kim Beggs: www.kimbeggs.com

Sunday 18 February - SNAFU Baltimore 6:00 pm SNAFU (Sunday Night All Folked Up) Waterfront Hotel 1710 Thames Street Baltimore, MD 21231 410.537.5055 http://www.myspace.com/snafubaltimore

22- 25 February - North American Folk Alliance Conference Memphis

Saturday 3 February Vermilion Folk Club, Information Phone 780 853 5936, Tickets Phone 780 853 2979 during shopping hours, till 9 pm Thursday or Saturdays for tickets. Or visit Vermilion Stationery and Books. Legion Hall, 5018 49th Ave Vermilion, AB

Sunday 4 February Church Service - Unitarian Universalist Church of Edmonton 10:30 am 11804 119th Street in Edmonton (enter on the south side of the building about 50 meters in from the street)

Monday 5 February 7:30pm Alberta Premiere of "Bougainville Sky" with Q and A some music from Iain Campbell Smith Address: Stanley A Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, Edmonton Details: Phone: 434 9236 Tickets: by Donation Fundraiser for the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism, and the Edmonton Small Press Association Film Website: www.electricshadows.com.au/film/2410762213

Wednesday 7 February Blue Chair Café 9624 - 76 Ave Edmonton, Alberta, Canada reservations: 780.989.2861, pre sold tickets $10, door $12 http://www.bluechair.ca/. In the round with Kris Demeanor http://www.krisdemeanor.com/, and Chantal Vitalis http://www.chantalvitalis.com/

Friday 9 February - University of Calgary - Lecture on Bougainville- A Case Study in International Peace Building, 10:30am, Husky Oil Great Hall, Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary

Friday 9 February Calgary Folk Club http://www.calgaryfolkclub.com/ Tickets: $20.00 Credit Card phone orders (220-7202) can be picked up at the door on night of concert. U of C Campus Ticket Centre (Mon. - Fri. 9 am - 5 pm, Sat. 9:30 am - 3 pm). Advanced ticket purchase is advised. Bar Service, 18 and over welcome. Non-Smoking venue. Information: (403) 286-5651 Dalhousie Community Centre, 5432 Dalhart Road NW

Saturday10 February Lethbridge Folk Club the Wolf's Den Upstairs 325 - 5 St. South Lethbridge (just down from The Penny Coffee House) Concerts start at 8:00 pm, doors open at 7:30 pm. Ticket prices are $15.00 for members, $20.00 for non-members, unless otherwise noted. Tickets are available from the executive, at the Bowman Arts Centre or at the door the night of the concert (if not sold out. For information call Morris Soenenat 381-4449, days, or 381-2252 evenings. http://lfc.ab.ca/

Sunday 11 February The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Lethbridge 10 30 am Nord-Bridge Seniors Centre 1904 13th Avenue North, Lethbridge Phone: 403-328-7070 E-mail Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Lethbridge

Sunday 28 January Friendship House Concerts, Pittsburg PA, contact Jim and Llouise for details: email altes at potomacnetworks.com or call 412 361 6051

Tuesday 30 January Green Willow Folk Club Costa's Grill & Wine Bar, Brandywine Building, 1000 West Street Wilmington, DE at 7:30pm http://www.greenwillow.org/index.php

The February Alberta Tour!:

Saturday 20 January The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia, Maryland, Owen Brown Interfaith Center, 7246 Cradlerock Way, Columbia MD 21045, 7 to 9:30pm, $12 Suggested Donation http://www.uucolumbia.net/files/oneworld.pdf

Tuesday 26 December - Sidewalk Cafe, 94 Avenue A, New York City 10009, 7:30 to 8:30pm, no cover, there's a 2 drink minimum but it will be 2 for 1 happy hour until 8pm!

The January Minnesota Tour:

Wednesday January 10 Bo Diddley's St Cloud MN with Joe Price 129 25th Ave S St. Cloud MN 7:30 pm 320-252-9475

Thursday January 11 - Gingko Coffeehouse St Paul with Dave Stoddard and Charlie Roth 721 N. Snelling Avenue, St. Paul, MN (651) 645-2647 http://www.ginkgocoffee.com/

Friday January 12 - Fergus Arts Center - Film screening and performance - 124 W Lincoln Avenue Fergus Falls, Minnesota, www.fergusarts.org , bookings and info call 218 998 ARTS

Saturday January 13 Prairie Wind Bluegrass and Folk Music Association, 7:30 pm 1012 5th Av Windom http://www.mnriv.com/windfolk.html BARC Auditorium Windom, MN for info (507) 831-3560 bboldt@mindspring.com

Then back to the East Coast:

November 8-10 - NERFA at Kutchers

November 19, 7 p.m. The Acoustic Cafe at Coffee Works presents Eric Balkey with special guest Iain Campbell Smith! Coffee Works, 910 Berlin Rd., Voorhees, NJ(near Philly) www.coffee-works.com, 856 784-5282.

Friday 24 November. Fredericksburg Songwriters' Showcase presents Ann Rabson, Donal Leace, Roddy Barnes, and Iain Campbell Smith Friday, November 24, 2006 8pm Picker's Supply Concert Hall 902 Caroline St (downtown) Fredericksburg, VA Adults $10, Students $5. Directions & details at www.webliminal.com/songwrite 540-898-0611 "Original acoustic music in a relaxed coffeehouse atmosphere; attentive audiences, great acoustics and homemade cookies at intermission." www.iaincampbellsmith.com www.roddybarnes.com www.annrabson.com www.donalleace.com

Saturday, November 25, 8pm supporting Pat Wictor at The Songbox House concert Seaford, NY 11783 Advance reservations required Contact George songbox@optonline.net , or 516-579-5365

Saturday October 21 at the Songwriter's Roundtable: http://www.songwritersroundtable.com The Genesee Environmental Center 682 Ellisburg Road Genesee, PA 16923 Tel.- 1-800-445-0094 7pm with Arlon Bennett

Wednesday October 25- 8 p.m. Focus Presents Vic's Music Corner, opening for Chuck Pyle, at O'Brien's BBQ 387 East Gude Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850 For Focus info: 301-275-7459

Directions: >From the Beltway, Route 270 north to exit 8. Take the right-most lane onto Redland Blvd. Right at 5th traffic light onto south Route 355/North Frederick Road. Left at 3rd traffic light onto East Gude Drive. Right at 2nd traffic light into O'Brien's parking lot. Web site: www.focusmusic.org Venue coordinator/ticket info: David Spitzer, 301-275-7459. Ticket prices: $12 for Focus members/ $15 general.

Thursday October 26- Landsdowne Folk ClubTWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB, 84 S. LANSDOWNE AVENUE. Lansdowne, PA 19050 Phone: (610) 622-7250 Fax: (610) 591-8173 e-mail: info@folkclub.orgDOORS OPEN 7:00 P.M. SHOWS START AT 7:30 P.M.

Friday October 27- Westside Cafe, 8pm, 1A W. Second Street Frederick, MD 21701 Ph: 301.418.6886

3 Rivers Folklife Society 7:30pm Saturday 16 September Kennewick Highlands Grange Hall, 1500 Union Ave www.3rfs.org, ph 509 528 2215, $9 prebook, $7 students, $10 at door

Monday 18 September University Of Idaho Moscow Lecturing on the Bougainville Peace Process

Thursday 21 September 7:30pm Palouse Folklore Society 314 East 2nd Street Moscow Phone 202 882 0273 www.palousefolklore.org

Friday 22 September 7:30 pm Leavenworth Community Coffeehouse Chumstick Grange Hall 621 Front Street, Leavenworth, WA Info: 509 548 7374

Saturday 23 September 8pm Traditions Café and World Folk Art 300 5th Avenue SW, Olympia, WA 98501 www.traditionsfairtrade.com Ph 360-705-2819

October Colorado Tour with Joe Jencks

Saturday 30 September 2006 - 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. Joe Jencks, Si Kahn, Iain Campbell Smith, Ellen Klaver Sing-Along: Songs and Stories of Organizing and Struggle Lykins Gulch Farm Community Barn 3743 Nelson Road, Longmont CO (720) 494-9011 lykinsg@aol.com Potluck at 5:00 p.m., Songs at 6:00 p.m. Please RSVP to Kathy Partridge (720) 494-9011 or lykinsg@aol.com Space is limited. Instruments and children encouraged, but no pets please. Songbooks provided!

Sunday 1 October 2006 - 7:30 Joe Jencks, Iain Campbell Smith, and Steve Eulberg Avogadro’s Number 605 S. Mason, Ft. Collins, CO (970) 493-5555 www.avogadros.com $10.00 www.iaincampbellsmith.com www.joejencks.com www.steveeulberg.com

Monday, 2 October 2006 - 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Joe Jencks and Iain Campbell Smith KGNU live radio concert Greeley, CO Live streaming at www.kgnu.org Interviewer Ellen Klaver

Wednesday 4 October- Iain Campbell Smith, Ellen Klaver & Joe Jencks in Concert A House Concert Hosted by Steve Troy of Sustainable Villiage Inc., and Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, and by Global Response. Smith, Klaver & Jencks will sing songs of human liberation, social justice and the power of community. In addition, Iain Campbell Smith will screen exerpts from a film documentary about the civil war and Peace Process in the Solomon Islands which features his music and tells the story of his work there as a Peace Keeper and humanitatian. Concert/screening begins @ 7:30 PM 1080 Oakdale, Boulder, CO 80304 For More info please contact Betty Ball @ 303-444-6981 or by e-mail - betty@rmpjc.org

Thursday, October 5th - 7:00 p.m. Joe Jencks and Iain Campbell Smith Bongo Billy’s Salida Café 300 West Sackett Ave. Salida, CO 81201 (719) 539-4261 www.salidacafe.com

Friday, October 6th - all day UU Mountain Desert District Meeting Boulder, CO Diane Long - dlong@frii.com

Saturday, 7 October 2006 - Time: 8:00 p.m. Swallow Hill 71 East Yale, Denver, CO 80210 (303) 777-1003, (877) 214-7013 www.swallowhill.com Ticket price: $10 members, $12 non-members

Sunday 8 October 2006 - 7:00 p.m. Joe Jencks and Iain Campbell Smith A Place For Peace 1605 W. Mulberry, Ft. Collins, CO 80521 (970) 493-1495 www.aplaceforpeace.org $10 suggested donation Fundraiser for Not in Our Town - www.ftcollinsnotinourtown.org

Friday 18 August - Finals of the Rocky Mountains Folk Festival Songwriting Competition. Colorado

Monday 21 August- 7:30pm Dataw Island South Carolina- Folk at the Cannery- for info and reservations call: 843 838 5111

Sunday June 25, 2006, 6:00 pm SNAFU (Sunday Night All Folked Up) Waterfront Hotel 1710 Thames Street Baltimore, MD 21231 410.537.5055 http://www.myspace.com/snafubaltimore

Sunday July 30 Cool Dog House Concerts- opening for Kim Richey.....3pm....a House concert near Smyrna/Dover, Delaware, for more info or bookings go to: www.cooldogconcerts.com

Saturday 5 August- Opening for Amy Speace and the Tear Jerks at the Panzer House Concerts Series in Columbia Maryland

Friday 11 August- Dawson House Concerts - with Pat Wictor- Silver Spring Maryland...For Reservations and Directions, Call: (301) 949-1888, or E-mail: dawsonconcerts@aol.com

Sunday 4 June 4pm - Washington Folk Festival- Glen Echo Park http://ceimd.com/php/public.php?Org=fsgw&ProgramID=10&NoTitle=1&NoCats=1

Sunday June 4 at 7:30pm in concert (with Carol Gaylor) Songwriters Association of Washington-West Market Concert Series West Market Clubhouse 1901 Logan Manor Drive Reston, Va. 20190….703 435 3777

Directions from The Dulles Toll Road, route 267: Take The Fairfax County Parkway, route 7100 North. Soon turn right onto New Dominion Parkway. Turn right onto Crescent Park Dr. The clubhouse (the sign says The Club) is a few blocks ahead on the right, where Crescent Park Drive, Tryton Way, and Logan Manor Drive converge. It's a wonderful space where people may make an indoor picnic of it. BYOB

Saturday 10 June- Manhattan - 22 Below 155 East 22nd Street (nr. 3rd Ave), 9pm

Saturday June 24 Forksville Folk Festival- http://www.forksvillefolk.org/

Recent Gigs:

Sunday 4 June 4pm - Washington Folk Festival- Glen Echo Park http://ceimd.com/php/public.php?Org=fsgw&ProgramID=10&NoTitle=1&NoCats=1

Sunday June 4 at 7:30pm in concert (with Carol Gaylor) Songwriters Association of Washington-West Market Concert Series West Market Clubhouse 1901 Logan Manor Drive Reston, Va. 20190….703 435 3777

Directions from The Dulles Toll Road, route 267: Take The Fairfax County Parkway, route 7100 North. Soon turn right onto New Dominion Parkway. Turn right onto Crescent Park Dr. The clubhouse (the sign says The Club) is a few blocks ahead on the right, where Crescent Park Drive, Tryton Way, and Logan Manor Drive converge. It's a wonderful space where people may make an indoor picnic of it. BYOB

Saturday 10 June- Manhattan - 22 Below 155 East 22nd Street (nr. 3rd Ave), 9pm

Saturday June 24 Forksville Folk Festival- http://www.forksvillefolk.org/

DC Film Screening of Bougainville Sky

Australian Embassy US Premiere of "Bougainville Sky": Tuesday May 9 6:30pm, 1601 Massachusetts Ave Washington DC 20036 Phone: 202 357 3030 Tickets: Resident Members $17, Gen. Admission $27 Websites: http://residentassociates.org/perf-arts/gallipoli.asp,

Philadelphia/Maryland Area Activity:

Friday May 5- Westside Café, 8pm Bougainville Sky screening followed by a gig 1A W. Second Street Frederick, MD 21701 Ph: 301.418.6886

Friday May 12 - Pour House 8:30 - 10:30 pm 233 East Main St., Westminster, MD 21157, ph.410-751-9171

Sunday May 14- Susquehanna Folk Festival various workshop performances and a soloperformance at 4:30 pm

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/smaf2003/smaf.html at The Ramblewood Resort, 2564 Silver Road, Darlington, MD 21034

Illinois Tour

Friday 19 May Two Way Street Coffee House, 1047 Curtiss St, Downers Grove, IL, 60515, 8:15pm, www.twowaystreet.org phone 630 969 9720

Saturday 20 May Off the Square Music, Congregational unitarian Church, 221 Dean St, Woodstock, IL 60098. Show starts at 8pm. Phone 815 338 7909

Sunday 21 May Uncommon Ground, 3800 North Clark St., Chicago, IL, 60613, 8pm, www.uncommonground.com, bookings not necessary

June 26 Forksville Folk Festival

Saturday April 29 Turtle Dove Folk Club, Unionville PA Bougainville Sky Screening followed by a gig http://www.turtledove.org/ West Grove Friends Meetinghouse 153 E. Harmony Rd, West Grove PA 19390, phone 610-869-2143

Sunday April 30- Live to air with Gene Shay on WXPN Philadelahia

Friday 17 February, 8pm, supporting Tom Kimmel, Westside Cafe, 1A W. Second Street Frederick, MD 21701 Phone: 301.418.6886

20 February to 17 March touring and recording in Australia

Saturday 18 March -Finals of the Ploughshares Songwriting Context- Phoenixville PA

Sunday 19 March - Birchmere in Virginia supporting Rosanne Cash (Sold out)

Sunday 26 March- CD Launch Party for Bagarap Empires- 8pm Iota Restaurant & Bar 2832 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22201 (703) 522-8340, $10