By E.A. Rawlinson Centre for the Arts

Jeffrey Straker at the E.A. Rawlinson Centre

Jeffrey Straker – A Very Prairie Christmas

Nov 15, 2019 | 10:56 AM

Bringing holiday cheer across Saskatchewan.

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From Dec 6-14(2019),award-winning singer-songwriter-pianist Jeffery Straker will be hitting the wintery roads across Saskatchewan taking his “A Very Prairie Christmas”show on its first multi-city tour.

The show has been performed for the past two years at the Casino Regina Show Lounge and has been a hot ticket with both years selling outthe 700+ seat theatre.

With fans in other Saskatchewan cities and other provinces asking for the conrt to travel closer to them, Straker decided to take that step this year, adding dates in Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, North Battleford and Prince Albert. The dates are below.

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“Growing up on the farm near Punnichy, a big part of Christmas was time spent together with friends and family making music and sharking stories. Whether it was neighbbours bringing instruments over to our farmhouse to play together into the wee hours of the night, singing aaround the piano or hearing the sacred Christmas sons in church – there was always a musical backdrop to the holiday season. Great story-telling strung it all together. Those songs and stories have stuck with me and I want to bring some of that to the stage with this concert,” he says.

Featuring classic and contemporary holiday songs, Straker will be accompanied by full band including his sister Jill Straker singing backing vocals.

Response to the tour has already seen a second night added in Saskatoon.Jeffery Straker:Often drawing comparisons to a young Billy Joel, Kris Kristofferson, Harry Chapin or Elton John –Straker released his last album “Dirt Road Confessional”in the Spring of 2017.

He has since toured over 200 shows across Canada as well as Europe and Latin America supporting the work. Recently he performed a tour of 18 rural communities across Saskatchewan, helping to celebrate 50 years of the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils.

At home, the singer-pianist has performed his songs multiple times with both the Regina and Saskatoon symphony orchestras and is known as a host and performer on the annual Telemiracle broadcast.

He’s just released the first single (‘One Foot on Main Street’) from his upcoming full-length release (Spring 2020).

JEFFERY STRAKER–A VERY PRAIRIE CHRISTMASTOUR DATES

Dec 6, Regina SK @ The Casino Regina Show Lounge

Dec 7, Moose Jaw SK@ The Mae Wilson Theatre-Moose Jaw Cultural Centre

Dec 11, Saskatoon SK @ The Bassment –2nd show added Dec 12, Saskatoon SK @ The Bassment

Dec 13, Prince Albert SK @ The Rawlinson Centre for the Arts

Dec 14, North Battleford SK @ The Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts