Our SoulShine Garden Concert Series celebrates Canadian songwriters with heart and soul. Big Little Lions will make their debut in our garden for an evening of music and storytelling and Deanna Knight will open with a mini set of her originals.
Join us for a minimum $25 donation to secure your seat. This is a sliding scale with a suggested $25 though you can show your appreciation for this artist by paying more... if you are so inclined.
All performances RAIN OR SHINE Doors 6:30 /Show START 7-9pm Secret Beach B&B Suites (in the back garden) 995 Grandview Rd. @ Mahan Rd.
PLEASE BYO -chairs (we will have some chairs here but you may appreciate your own) -drinks (yes that includes libations of any kind) -sun umbrella (we do have some tables with umbrellas in various locations including our ocean view sun deck.) -blanket, sunscreen, snacks, mask etc.
Bring anything that will help with your comfort level for the duration of your time with us. This is a listening show, therefore children are allowed to join us if they are able to sit quietly for the duration. We appreciate your support in honouring the artists on stage and everyone together in community celebrating live music in our garden. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Big Little Lions are an award winning duo who were born out of a collaboration that won them a JUNO Award in 2014. Since then they have been cranking out infectious folk pop songs that are jam-packed with emotion and tight harmonies that sound like the product of two people working side-by-side instead of living in different countries.
They have released 6 albums to date, which have garnered them awards and nominations including the CFMA Ensemble of the Year, Independent Music Awards Americana Sing of the Year and John Lennon Songwriting Competition Song of the Year. Their critically acclaimed music has appeared on the CBC’s Top 20 and featured on shows like q and Vinyl Cafe. The duo consists of Paul Otten and Helen Austin, both hugely prolific songwriters - their music has been placed in hundreds of movie trailers, ads, network TV shows.
Their live show is quite the spectacle with Paul playing drums, bass and keyboard all while singing lead vocals. Helen, who is no slacker either, sings, plays guitar and foot percussion. They use every limb, and then some, to make two people sound like a full band.
Their music has been dubbed by Mariposa Folk Festival as ‘a blissful marriage of new folk and sophisticated pop’, and is packed with emotion and tight harmonies.
“What is truly amazing about Big Little Lions is that its two members, Helen Austin and Paul Otten, were born to make music together, their voices made to combine, but they are in different countries. It just goes to show you, destiny is a powerful force.” [east of 8th]
"We’ve covered BLL in the past, but this track is on another level. The chord progression feels really, really good. The vocal harmonies are some of the best I’ve heard in a while. The reflective lyricism and acoustic folk that transitions into folk rock is absolutely gorgeous. This is the kind of song that continues to impress me with each new listen. I would love to play this for David Crosby and Stephen Stills, just to see what they’d think. I bet they’d love it to. This is a really impressive track." Ear To The Ground