Join us for a winter concert at Oxeye Cafe!
Featuring Russell Wellner from Toronto and XIMENA from Galiano!
Thursday Nov 6
7pm
PWYC - Suggested Sliding scale $15 - $30
Purchase tickets via following the ticket link or pay at door.
Snacks and drinks by Oxeye!
Russell Wellner is a dynamic, rousing performer writing acoustic barnburners, campfire folk songs and environmental protest anthems. With voice, acoustic guitar, harmonica and a stomping boot, Russell has grown from the kid busking on Toronto streets to a performer who has toured internationally and across Canada. He has a collection of music released online and is set to release his first full length live album this fall. While living on Vancouver Island from 2021-2024, Russell volunteered at the Fairy Creek Old-Growth Forest Blockades. Incredibly inspired, he decided to use his voice as a songwriter to help the cause. He wrote “When the Forest Calls for Help” which became an anthem for the movement and received widespread acclaim. Russell went on to write a whole concept album/musical about the protest, which premiered at the Belfry Theatre in Victoria in June 2024. A few months later, Russell made his international debut on his “troubadour tour” of Ireland. Playing in 31 pubs and busking around the country. Russell is set to release his live album in November 2025 and will celebrate the occasion with a 2 week tour of Coastal BC!
This performance is being hosted on the unceded, asserted & shared traditional territories of Penelakut, Lamalcha, Hwlitsum and other Hul’qumi’num and SENĆOŦEN speaking peoples, Coast Salish Peoples of Galiano, as well as the ceded territories of Tsawwassen First Nation, on what is now known as Galiano Island.
Presented by Yellowhouse Art Centre Society in collaboration with Oxeye Cafe. Supported by the Canada Arts Council, Creative BC, CRD Arts & Culture, BC Arts Council and the Province of British Columbia
You may also like the following events from Yellowhouse Art Centre:
- This Thursday, 9th October, 11:00 am, TIMELESS | Works in 2,3 & 4D Exhibition by Stan Phelps and Kenneth Pattison in Galiano Island
- This Thursday, 9th October, 05:00 pm, Arte En Español - Arts & Crafts in Spanish in Galiano Island
- Next Friday, 17th October, 07:30 pm, Alick Mac | Performance in Galiano Island
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