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The Coffee House runs 7-9:30 pm, 3rd Saturday of the month this Fall 2023 and Spring of 2024 Welcome back! Performers wanting to play please sign up at the door.
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Coldstream/Halina Coffee House
The Coldstream Live Music Society is excited to be up and running again! We are partnering with the Halina Centre Club and we’ll be hosting the Coldstream/Halina Coffee House starting Saturday, September 16th at the Halina Centre for the Fall/Spring of 2023/2024 Season. The Halina Centre is located behind the Vernon Recreation Centre, 3310, 37th Ave, Vernon, BC. Hali

na Centre Volunteers will be running their concession and a 50/50 draw during the Event. The next Coffee House dates are the third Saturday of the month: October 21st, November 18th, January 20th, 2024, February 17th, March 16th, April 20th. Musicians will be able to sign up at the door for a playing slot just like the format we had before. Please come out an enjoy live music - We look forward to welcoming you back! Doors 6:30 pm, Show 7:00 pm
Admission $5 cash
Halina Centre 3310, 37th Avenue (Behind the Vernon Recreation Centre)
Please Park at the rear of the Halina Centre between Priest Valley Gym and the Rec Centre. Concession will be available

Coldstream Live Music Society Purpose and Mission
The Coldstream Live Music Society is a non-profit Society registered in BC, To Promote Live Music and Music Education in the North Okanagan. About Us
We do this by presenting the Coldstream Coffee House. The Coffee House is not itself a venue, but rather a show format that we have developed over time. We have presented the show at different venues in the area over the years. The format combines an open-mic section with a feature act following, with a modest merchandise table and a coffee, tea and snacks concession on the side. As most of us are musicians and artists ourselves, we want to present a quality show that is enjoyable for our audiences and for the musicians and spoken-word artists who participate. We generally host local performers, but we have also featured travelling groups. We provide professional-grade sound equipment, and we set up the room to encourage a listening and appreciative audience. We promote music education in our area by donating a portion of our year-end profits to compatible causes. Over the years we have sponsored individual students through the Vernon Community Music School and other instructors, we funded a music therapy program, and we have purchased sets of rhythm instruments for local elementary schools. The program and the concession are presented by a group of enthusiastic volunteers. We welcome like-minded new faces to join our ranks to help us continue to put on the Coffee House and further our goals. If you’re interested in volunteering and learning more about the Coldstream Live Music Society, please feel free to message us. So please join us for a family friendly, low cost evening of acoustic music, story telling, and poetry by local performers. Maybe you'll be enticed to taste one of the sweet treats from the canteen along with a mug of coffee or tea. Every evening is different but the cozy atmosphere is always the same. Standard open mic format. Space is limited, but we will make every effort to get everyone on. Doors open at 6:30. Performers will be reimbursed their admission fee. For more detailed information, see, "Tips for Performers," in the photo albums or 'pinned' at the top of the news feed. Check out the EVENTS tab for detail on all the upcoming shows.

06/25/2024

Well, folks and friends, we'd like to pass along some very good news.
And as soon as we can, we will.
Support Live Music!

04/28/2024

Wow - what a great way to end our 2023-24 Coldstream Halina Coffee House season with all our performers last night! Thank you to Fraser’s Edge, Kaila Sinclair, Kerry Parks, Betty Johnson & Ray Koop, Steve Gosse (Enigma), Keith Hustler, Jane Eamon and Howard Brown. Our feature, Mr. & Mrs. Strauss capped off our night with a great performance that got the audience singing and wanting more. Well done everyone! Huge gratitude extended to all our volunteers and our faithful audience for coming out and supporting live music. As well a big thank you to our Board of Directors: Mike Fraser, Alice Brown, Carolyn Anele Dickson, Kerry Parks, Kim Sinclair & Howard Brown. Please stay tuned to this page for further updates.

03/18/2024

It was great fun last night at the coffee house with an eclectic mix of music and prose! Kicking off the open mic was the five piece modern bluegrass band from the Shuswap, ‘Recipe for Dirt’. Followed by Carolyn Anele & Keith Hustler, Dave Montgomery & Diane Stanford, Howard Brown, Laurie Atkinson, Logan Mortimer and Kerry Parks. Huge thanks to all these performers and to our Feature act Marsha Thompson who, with Ellie Young and Tyler Thompson, provided beautiful songs, harmony and rhythm! Much gratitude to all the volunteers who help out each month and of course to the audience who come out and support live music! Next show is April 20th – more info to follow.
Thank you to Photographer Dianne Hustler for capturing these moments!

02/18/2024

The Coldstream Halina Coffeehouse gives a huge Thank You to all those who came out last night from near and far, to support live music. The full house crowd was treated to music and prose from Randy Savoie, Laurie Atkinson, Alice Brown, Betty Hunter, Kim Sinclair, Keith Hustler, Kerry Parks and our fantastic feature Hugh Spinney, accompanied by Andrew Smith. Many thanks to all the musicians and volunteers who make this show happen! We look forward to next month’s Coffeehouse – more information to follow.

Thank you to Dianne Hustler for her time in taking these photos and for publishing them.

01/21/2024

The snow didn't stop folks from coming out to the Halina Centre last night. We had a warm and wonderful crowd who enjoyed music from Don Smith, Keith Hustler, Mitch & Tom Duo, Jeff & Nadine and our feature act, Blu & Kelly Hopkins. Huge thank you to the musicians, most of whom travelled from out of town. We're grateful for all our volunteers who make these musical nights happen! See you February 17th.

Photo credit Dianne Hustler - thank you Dianne!

11/20/2023

Well folks, that’s a wrap for 2023! But we’ll be back again in January 2024 at the Halina Centre with more live music. Sincere thanks and gratitude to the volunteers, performers and our attentive audience who come out and support the Coffee House. We had a full and fantastic slate of performers last night who shared their songs and poetry – big thanks to performers Kerry Parks, Paul Mortimer, Alice Price, Fraser’s Edge, Glen Knorr, Brian Bell, Norm Enns, Steve Gosse, Betty Johnson, Sugarlump and Carolyn Anele. We look forward to seeing everyone in the New Year!

10/23/2023

A big thank you to all who came out Saturday evening to enjoy live music! The audience listened to: Poet Howard Brown, Katie Sky, The Whiskey Dogs (Dave Ramey, Patrick Simpson, Rod MacDonald & Myles Kentel), Keith Hustler, Gerd Krause, Kim Sinclair, Mike Fraser and our Feature – Margit Sky Project, who got people up dancing! Huge thank you to the Performers! Much gratitude to the volunteers and the folks who help out by un-stacking or stacking chairs or do wherever’s needed to help make this Coffee House happen for the community! Thank you Dianne Hustler for the great photos! See you next month, more information to follow.

09/17/2023

A few more shots of our September feature, the phenomenal Andrew Smith and his sister Sheila MacGregor. They put on a great performance for our appreciative audience.

09/17/2023

A big thank you to the performers, audience members and volunteers who came out and made last night's show a great one! Thank you for sharing your music: Andrew Smith, Sheila MacGregor, Jane Eamon, Hugh Spinney, Steve Gosse, Ray Koop and Betty Hunter. Thank you to Kerry Parks & Gerd Krause for managing the sound and to the Halina volunteers in the concession and behind the scenes! See you next month, October 21st. More info on that show to follow.

09/06/2023

Hello friends! Letting you know that our first Coffee House of our 20th/21st Season will be held Saturday, September 16th, 2023 at the Halina Centre in Vernon (3310, 37th Avenue). We are thrilled and proud to call the Halina Centre our new home and we look forward to partnering again and working with the Halina Centre Volunteers.
Come on out and enjoy live music! We look forward to welcoming you back! Here is the information you need to know:

Saturday, September 16th, 2023
Doors 6:30 pm, Show 7:00 pm
Admission $5 cash
Halina Centre 3310, 37th Avenue
(Behind the Vernon Recreation Centre) Please Park at the rear of the Halina Centre between Priest Valley Gym and the Rec Centre.
Concession will be available

We’re excited to have Andrew Smith from Kelowna as our feature act to kick off the season! https://andrewsmithmusic.com/home
Andrew Smith is a KERRVILLE NEW FOLK WINNER for his songwriting and a WORLD CLASS tap style instrumentalist - And the Winner of the Okanagan Arts Award in the category of Music.
"Plays like Don Ross" (finger-style guitar champion) and "Sounds like James Taylor"
Stay tuned for more information on Andrew and his accompaniment, coming up.

Andrew Smith, Zachari Smith, Kerreville NewFolk, Songwriting, Kelowna, Tap-Style Guitar, instrumental guitar, holes in the night sky

05/27/2023

Our friends in Steel Wound are introducing their new drummer, Charlie Fisher, at a show at Record City BBDB, June 3. Tickets $20 at the door. Use the back door entrance.
On June 7 they will do a more laid back show on the outside stage at Cambium Cider Co. Tickets are $12 through the Cambium site.

04/09/2023

Well that's a wrap folks for the Coldstream Halina Coffeehouse Spring season! Thank you to the performers last night who came out to share their music & poetry: Dave Main, Ellie Young, Sid Tozer, Marsha Thompson, Jim & Vicki DeCoffe, Mike & Theresa Fraser, Gerd Krause, Howard Brown, Kim Sinclair and our Feature Act - Kilt 45 (Ron Light, Neil Morrison, Ann Dorval and Kerry Parks). A huge thank you to the audience who filled the room last night and for supporting live music. Also, many thanks to the Halina Volunteers and Coldstream Volunteers who put it all together. We look forward to our next season starting up in September. Please stay tuned for any updates.

03/13/2023

Thank you to all the folks who came out last night to support live music. A huge thank you to all the musicians: Betty Hunter, Gordon Nuyens, Carol Abernathy & Carl Goige, Andrew Smith, Laurie Atkinson, Keith Hustler, Don Smith and our Feature act, Betty Johnson and Neil Fraser for your wonderful musical contributions. It was a great night of music! Thank you to all the Halina and Coldstream volunteers who made this evening happen!

Stay tuned for our next coffee house Saturday, April 8th (Easter weekend) which will be our last one for this season. We're excited to be hosting Vernon's Kilt 45 as our feature act! Kilt 45 is an acoustic vocal-based group that plays traditional Scottish, Irish and Canadian Celtic music. Come prepared to clap your hands and stomp your feet!
https://www.facebook.com/Kilt.45/

02/13/2023

The Coldstream Halina Coffee House would like to thank all the people who came out last night to support live music. A big thank you to all the musicians who contributed their talent including our Feature Act, Carolyn Anele, Hugh Spinney and Deborah Lee. Also thank you to all the volunteers whose hard work, made this evening possible. See you next month on March 11th for another round of open mic and our Feature Act will be jazz/folk singer-songwriter Betty Johnson performing with jazz/folk/rhythm and blues guitarist, Neil Fraser, both from Vernon - a fantastic show it will be!

01/22/2023

Performer Guidelines

01/18/2023

The Coldstream Halina Coffee House gives a huge thank you to all the people, musicians and volunteers who came out Saturday night to celebrate our first coffee house in almost three years! Thank you to our Feature, Steel Wound and to our new partners the Halina Centre volunteers. We look forward to next month's show, February 11th!

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3310 37th Avenue, Vernon
Vernon, BC
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https://www.halinacentre.com/

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This is the fifteenth season of the Coldstream Coffee House. Join us for a family friendly, low cost evening of acoustic music, story telling, and poetry by local performers. Maybe you'll be enticed to taste one of the sweet treats from the canteen along with a mug of coffee or tea. Every evening is different but the cozy atmosphere is always the same. Performers wanting to play please sign up at the door. Standard open mic format. Space is limited, but we will make every effort to get everyone on. Doors open at 6:30. Performers will be reimbursed their admission fee. For more detailed information, see, "Tips for Performers," in the photo albums. Check out the EVENTS tab for detail on all the upcoming shows.