KATHERYN PETERSEN

Four more days till the end of this epic year! In August I rehearsed, premiered and recorded a multimedia album “Alley Flowers” in Cumberland. This fall Balkan Shmalkan finished recording and mixing a new album (release date TBA spring 2022) and played a stack of great shows this fall/winter. Teapot in the Tuba became the darlings of the Burnaby Financial report and we wrapped our last gig for 2021 as New York Deer. Everybody felt it when Covid struck hard in the last two weeks of December when holiday gigs and events got cancelled for a second year running and the snappy cold hit. I guess it’s time to update the gig list:

Alley Flowers is a Balkan/Jazz influenced song cycle that is paired with an original folk tale told through live music, clowning, and theatrical imagery and text.
 
Katheryn will be in Cumberland rehearsing her ensemble in the church from Aug 23-26, performing a live concert on the 27th and recording the work on Sunday the 29th.  

It has been a scant year for music but thanks to the City of Vancouver and Burnaby there have been a handful of carefully curated opportunities to play. Now with vaccines rolling out and Covid case numbers starting to flatten, the return of person gatherings and real music events is on the horizon.

Here are some of the Covid safe events that I played over the past winter.

2020 isn’t what we expected but some really exciting ideas and innovations have come out of it all. Here are some of the fun, safe (and mostly outdoor) musical adventures that I have been having since Covid.

April 25, 2020, 1pm Garage Sale and Creation Project Kick Off Livestream Event with Teapot in the Tuba and Hinge Visuals…and you? https://www.facebook.com/teapotinthetuba/posts/866157050549806

Feb 14th, 7-9pm Katheryn Solo at Young Ideas Community Activation, Jim Deva Plaza

Feb 17th, 12-1pm Katheryn Solo at Trout Lake Community Centre Family Day

ALL DATES MARCH 1ST ONWARD CANCELLED UNTIL FUTHER NOTICE

Mar 17th, 8pm onward, Balkan Shmalkan at St Paddy’s Day Celebration, Greedy Pig in Gastown

Mar 18th, 8:30-11pm, Katheryn Solo (with effects) at Mixtophonics #22, Lanalou’s Restaurant/Venue

April 3rd, 9-Midnight, Balkan Shmalkan at Red Gate Brass Band Show, Red Gate on Main St.

April 23rd, 12-2pm, Teapot in the Tuba at Rivermarket, New Westminster

May 2nd, 10:30am -12:30pm, Teapot in the Tuba, Burnaby Blooms

May 30th, 12-3pm (exact time TBA), Balkan Shmalkan at Collingwood Days, Gaston Park

July 1st, Canada Day, Teapot in the Tuba, Location

July 31-Aug 3rd, Artswells, Balkan Shmalkan

Aug 3-Aug 7, Jam Camp North, Teapot in the Tuba

Aug 17-28, Pipe Organ Activation Project, Teapot in the Tuba, Cumberland, BC

Sept 10th, 12-2pm, Teapot in the Tuba at Rivermarket, New Westminster

Dec 10th, 12-2pm, Teapot in the Tuba at Rivermarket, New Westminster

Sat Nov 30, Balkan Shmalkan at Greenhorn Fundraiser, Grandview Legion Commercial Drive

Sun Dec 1, Teapot in the Tuba with special guest David Brown at the Hastings Park Winter Market

Sat Dec 14, Balkan Shmalkan opening for Dreadnoughts Album Release at Astoria

Sun Dec 15, Teapot in the Tuba at the 7th Annual Winter Solstice Coffee House, Britannia CommunityCentre 55+ Centre

Sat Dec 21, 7-7:45pm Teapot in the Tuba at the 26th Secret Lantern Solstice Celebration, False Creek Community Centre Games Room

Sat Dec 21, 8:30-9:15pm Zlatna Mountain at the 26th Secret Lantern Solstice Celebration, False Creek Community Centre Lind Hall

Sun Dec 22, 10am-Noon Teapot in the Tuba at the Hastings Park Winter Farmer’s Market

Tue Dec 24, 4-6pm Teapot in the Tuba plays the closing set of the Vancouver Christmas Market at Jack Poole Plaza

Thu Jan 9, Balkan Shmalkan at Nanaimo Students Union event…details TBA

Sept 6-8, Koksilah festival, Balkan Shmalkan, Providence Farm, Quw’utsun territory (Duncan, BC)

Sept 14th, Chuck Chuck Festival, Balkan Shmalkan, Skye’s Full Moon Festival North of Squamish, Cancelled. 8 (

Sept 21, 9am-11:30am, Katheryn Solo, West End Farmer’s Market

Oct 5, 9am-11:30am, Teapot in the Tuba, West End Farmer’s Market

Oct 12, 9am-11:30am, Teapot in the Tuba, Trout Lake Farmer’s Market

Oct 25, 9-10pm, Balkan Shmalkan, Private Wedding, Westwood Plaza, Coquitlam

Oct 27, 5-7:30pm, Teapot in the Tuba, Celebrate the Night, Maple Ridge

Oct 31, 5-8:00pm, Balkan Shmalkan, Halloween Parade, Granville Street Georgia to Emery Barnes Park

Nov 1-3, Woodstove festival,  Balkan Shmalkan, Cumberland, BC

Nov 9, 11am-1pm, Teapot in the Tuba, Circle Craft Christmas Market, Vancouver Convention Centre

Nov 9 & 10, 1-3pm, Balkan Shmalkan, Street Performers, Heart of the City Festival

Nov 10, 10am-12pm, Teapot in the Tuba, Hastings Farmer’s Market

Nov 30, 9pm, Balkan Shmalkan at Greenhorn Fundraiser, Grandview Legion

Dec 1, 10am-12pm, Katheryn Solo, Hastings Farmer’s Market

Dec 15, 7-9pm, Teapot in the Tuba, Britannia Solstice Coffee House

Dec 22, 10am-12pm, Teapot in the Tuba, Hastings Farmer’s Market

June 1st, 9am-11:30am West End Farmer’s Market, Katheryn Solo

June 5th, 9pm Balkan Shmalkan at Staggers n Jags/Zombie cookout US tour kick off show. Greedy Pig 

June 8, 12-4pm Katheryn solo at Yarn Bombing Day, Napier Greenway

June 27th, 5:30-8:00pm Vancouver Biennale, Zlatna Mountain, Vanier Park

June 29th, 9am-11:30am West End Farmer’s Market, Teapot in the Tuba

July 6th, 8-11:30 Zlatna Mountain and Blisk, produced by Caravan Rhythms at the Polish Friendship Centre

July 13, 9am-11:30am Trout Lake Farmer’s Market, Teapot in the Tuba

July 18th, 8-11:30 Balkan Shmalkan & Orkestar Kriminal (Montreal), Lanalous

July 20th, Balkan Shmalkan opens the evening at the Rocket from Russia Festival at the Wise Hall. 8pm

July 27th, West End Farmer’s Market, Teapot in the Tuba

Aug 7th, 7:15 – 10pm, Vancouver Folk Song Society, Zlatna Mountain, Meeting House, 1090 West 70th, near Oak

Aug 9-11th, Honk BC Festival, Balkan Shmalkan, Friday night Red Gate on Main Street, Saturday 1pm Grandview Park, Saturday evening Commercial Drive Legion

Aug 11th, 2:30-5pm, Artful Sundays, Teapot in the Tuba, Napier Greenway

Aug 15 & 16, 11-1 & 2-4pm, Teapot in the Tuba and Special Guests at Parksville Beach Festival/Sandcastle Competition

Aug 24th, 9am-11:30am, Trout Lake Farmer’s Market, Teapot in the Tuba

Aug 30-Sept 1st, Quadrapalooza, Balkan Shmalkan, details to come…

March 10th, Teapot in the Tuba, Hastings Farmer’s Market, 10am-12pm

Mar 16th,  Quell, Album Release by A Raven Called Crow with the End Tree and Ben Brown. Katheryn will be performing on accordion and toy piano. The Cultch.

April 21st, Teapot in the Tuba, Hasting Farmer’s Market, 10am-12pm

April 26th, Katheryn sits in as guest accordionist for the Graceland Tribute Show as part of the Vancouver World Music Festival. Imperial Vancouver at 9pm.

May 11th, Katheryn shares the story of Stone Soup at the 24th Annual Stone Soup Festival, Napier Breezeway, Commercial Drive

May 12th, Teapot in the Tuba, Crofton Manor Mother’s Day Concerts, 2-3pm and 3:30-4:30PM