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Sat June 11, 1-4pm Commercial Drive’s Notorious Yarn Bombing Event at Napier Breezeway.

Sat Jun 18, 1-2:30pm Gathering of Poets at Moberly Arts & Cultural Centre.

June 19-July 2, Master Blues Study Intensive in Calgary with Howard Chapman and busking in Calgary. Katheryn is grateful to be supported by BC Arts for this study trip.

July 1, 1-2pm, Canada Day Celebration, River Walk, Calgary

July 17-22, Facilitator at Jam Camp North in Quesnel, BC.

July 27, 9-11pm, Luv Shmuv 3, Something About Reptiles, Cottage Bistro.

Sunday August 4, 2:30-5:00pm the Closing set of Artful Sunday at Napier Breezeway. Katheryn plays solo and then sits in with her good friends from the Squeezebox Circle Orchestra for a grand finale. Yes it’s true, an accordion orchestra on Commercial Drive and Lady Gaga is on the set list.

Various dates through the summer Katheryn brings “Fresh Squeezed Tunes” to Vancouver Farmer’s Markets. Here are some of her upcoming dates: May 14th Trout Lake, June 4 West End, July 9 West End, August 27 West End, she will be sharing her Sept 8 Downtown & Sept 10 Trout Lake spots with amazing visiting artists from the Accordion Noir Festival.

March 15th, 10am “Honouring our Elders” at the Native Education Centre, Katheryn teams up with Russell Wallace and Ronin Wong to deliver some entertainment with a set of 70’s cover tunes.

April 1st, 8pm, “Fool’s After Dark” the first edition of the Vancouver International Puppet Fest at the Arts Club Revue stage, Salmon (Katheryn) teams up with Wryly Andherson to offer up a new piece of Penguin business that you won’t want to miss.

April 2nd, evening, 7th Annual Cultch Fundraising Gala “Embrace Argentina”, Los Portenos Duo (Michelle Cormier and Katheryn) will be playing for the dinner portion of the evening.

May 28th, Time TBA, European Festival 2016 is featuring Something About Reptiles

June 20-30, Intensive Study with Master Blues Player Howard “Schmenge” Champman in Calgary. Katheryn is grateful to be supported by BC Arts for this upcoming study trip.

Nov 20 and 21, Strings and Squeeze at the Culture Crawl, Moth Orbit Object Studio 1701 Powell Street, Shows: Fri Nov 20 6:00, 7:30, 9:00 and 10:00pm and Sat Nov 21 at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00pm.

Dec 4, 7pm NEW TRIO The Hot Toddies, with Vox/Guitar/Mandolin/Violin by Doug Thordarson and Vox by Lynn Wittenberg, the Toddies trot out their favorite bluesy Xmas repertoire at a private function.

Dec 4, 11pm, Something About Reptiles busts out a closing set for Orkestar Slivovica’s Kafana night at Seven Lounge, 53 W. Broadway.

Dec 21st, 6-10pm Wandering Solo Character Accordion for the 22nd Annual Winter Solstice Lantern Lighting Celebration by the Secret Lantern Society.

Jan 23, 8 pm Babe Gurr Band at First Impressions Theatre Fundraiser, Deep Cove Theatre, 4360 Gallant Ave. N. Van

November 13th Lara Kroeker and Friends at Skinny Fat Jacks, Katheryn and Lara team up on a few tunes. Twill be fun.

October 28th Inclusion Art Show at Heritage Hall, Solo Accordion

October 25th Green Party Open House for Pete Fry, Solo Accordion

October 14th Georgia Residence Penthouse Gala, Solo Accordion

October 1st Evening in Tuscany Fundraiser at La Perla Ballroom, Solo Accordion

Crying little baby accordions into existence.

Katheryn’s yoga classes resume at Mount Pleasant Community Centre with a new 12 week session starting on Sept 24th. Drawing upon a life long yoga and physical arts practice, five consecutive years of yoga teaching, and a deep love of music and nature, Katheryn is offering this affordable weekly flow yoga series, designed to nurture the physical and intuitive well-being of those who come to share their practice with her. You can sign up for this class online here.

Now that the Accordion Noir Festival has passed for another year, Katheryn is currently scheduling students for the fall and has a few spots open for new students. Feel free to contact her via the contact form at this website for more information.

Three tracks from Vaudeville Vagabonds are now available at our bandcamp page. Our full album is slated to be released this fall. Stay tuned for more previews….

Jan 16 and 23  Vaudeville Vagabonds Fanclub Spectacle with opening set by Strings and Squeeze Duo of Salmon Avalanche and Wryly Andherson of Moth Orbit Object Theatre

Jan 24 Folk Off Winter! at the Matador Strings and Squeeze Duo of Salmon Avalanche and Wryly Andherson of Moth Orbit Object Theatre

Feb 13 Eat My Puppet Shorts at Studio 16, Strings and Squeeze Duo of Salmon Avalanche and Wryly Andherson

Feb 14 Luv Shmuv Fundraiser for Burcu’s Angels new performance Gallery space, featuring Something About Reptiles and the Strings and Squeeze Duo of Salmon Avalanche and Wryly Andherson

Feb 15 Vaudeville Vagabonds at the Valentine’s Massacre at the Hindenburg in Blood Alley, cover 10$

March 5 Lindy and the Crow’s Nest at Skinny Fat Jack’s