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BIG MACHINE opening act Ann Vriend Duo

Fri. September 12th 2025 Hermann's Jazz Club Victoria BC $30

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BIG MACHINE opening act Ann Vriend Duo

An almost extraterrestrial genre-bending experience! Two-Time Western Canada ...
Event is live streamed / online.Event can be attended in person In-Person + Livestream
Music Folk / Celtic / Latin / World Pop / Rock / Indie Tribute / Cover
Fri. September 12th 2025 + Add to Calendar Hermann's Jazz Club (All Ages)
7:00pm - 9:00pm  Doors at: 5:30pm $30 plus fees/tax, walk-ins welcome

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Arts On View Society
The Arts On View Society continues to operate Hermann's Jazz...
753 View Street Victoria BC
Open / Operational

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An almost extraterrestrial genre-bending experience!

Two-Time Western Canada Music Award Winner and Juno Nominee Oliver Swain leads BIG MACHINE, an all-star lineup of artists featuring elements of Bluegrass, Psych-Rock, Old-Time, Jazz and modern Songwriting. From his early days travelling the Appalachian Mountains and Mississippi Delta to touring the world with some of North America's most loved roots bands, The Bills, The Duhks and Outlaw Social(Pharis Romero), Swain has explored the depths of Americana music and written songs that experiment with the palette in surprising ways.

BIG MACHINE has toured across North America with performances at Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Winnipeg Folk Festivals and was twice selected as an Official Showcase artist for Folk Alliance International. Known for his astonishing vocal and instrumental abilities, Swain has assembled a group of some of the greatest musicians and singers in Victoria including Glenna Garramone(Guitar, Piano, Vocals), Ashley Wey(Organ, Keys, Vocals), Tyler Lieb(Pedal Steel, Guitars) and Alex Campbell(Drums) with Swain rounding out the ensemble on String Bass and a hundred-and-fifty year old goat skin Banjo.
https://oliverswain.com/

"This is genre-defying at its best...beautifully played and performed, each song a mini masterpiece" Paul Jackson, Fatea magazine UK

"Since I first discovered him, Oliver Swain has been one of my very Favorite artists, especially in a live setting" Tamara Kater, Director at Folk Music Canada

"My award for the very best session from a fine set of musical encounters [in Canmore]has to go to Big Machine...a rolling beast of a sound which seems to surprise and delight it's creators just as much as their audience." Peter Wrench, Eden on the Line, Tom Thumb Theatre

Ann Vriend Duo

Canadian AV (Ann Vriend) is a two-time Maple Blues Award songwriting recipient; an Edmonton Music Award and Alberta Centennial Award recipient; winner of the “RnB Single Of the Year” Award at the Edmonton Music Awards; a "Keyboardist of the Year" nominee at at Maple Blues Awards; and has sold more than 30,000 albums off-the-stage in her critically acclaimed international career.

AV has been hailed by NOW Magazine as a musician who "turns soul on its head, belting out delicate introspection in the form of fire”. Known primarily for her incredibly powerful and dynamic vocals she is actually first and foremost a songwriter, and her many awards spanning her career are almost exclusively in that category. Writes The Sound Café: AV is “someone who taps into emotional truths long before the rest of us find the words.”

AV is also one of the only independent artists in recent history to break into the Top 100 Pop Charts of commercial radio in Germany, the world’s 4th largest music market; even taking the #1 spot on one of their largest stations, Bayern 1.

To quote the Toronto Star: "Don't miss her."

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K08Sbqe5XTI

https://annvriend.com/

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Hermann's Jazz Club
753 View Street
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Capacity150
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BIG MACHINE opening act Ann Vriend Duo - Sep 23rd @ Hermann's Jazz Club

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