Event Description
This Dockside Patio performance is part of the Wolfe Island Garden Party, September 17-27, 2026. Enjoy concerts, food trucks, buskers, night markets, sidewalk sales, and more!
Singer-songwriter Stephen Stanley may most immediately be known as a founding member, lead guitarist and vocalist with Toronto’s Lowest of the Low. The groups “genuinely timeless album” (Exclaim!), Shakespeare My Butt…, earned gold record status and saw the band share stages with the likes of Billy Bragg, The Violent Femmes, amongst many others. Stephen ultimately, had his own mark and music to make and The Stephen StanleyBand became his focus. He’s logged monumental shows with the likes of, 54•40, Bob Mould, Cracker, Lee Ann Womak, Jake Clemons, Willie Nile, The Jayhawks, and Lloyd Cole. He’s played festival stages in Germany, and toured across the UK and Ireland. The band’s latest album, Before The Collapse Of The Hive (Wolfe Island Records) is an album brimming with raw, unflinching urgency, steadfast observation and soul-searching storytelling that highlights Stephen’s immediate world: those he loves, and those he’s lost.
For this year’s edition of the Wolfe Island Garden Party, Stephen will assemble a band to perform the 2018 album “Jimmy & the Moon” from front to back. The band will include long time collaborator Chris Bennett on guitar, Chris Brown on Keys, Jason Mercer on Bass, Pete Bowers on drums and Sarah McDermott and Hadley McCall Parsons on vocals. Jimmy & the Moon was recorded on Wolfe Island at The Post Office studio and features contributions from everyone listed in this band.
Opening the show is our own local hero — Craig “Rocky” Roberts, touring guitar technician for the likes of Neil Young, Wilco, Patti Smith, CSNY, Paul Simon, Lucinda Williams, Nils Lofgren, and My Morning Jacket, brings his own rootsy sound to the stage with the help of his Wolfe Island musical family. Rocky’s most recent EP, Pieces of Time, was released to enthusiastic critical acclaim. The first single, Buck Moon, features Norah Jones & Carl Broemel (of My Morning Jacket).
In-Person Event
Sat. September 26th + Add to Calendar
Hotel Wolfe Island
2:00pm - 4:00pm
$25 or PWYC Pay What You Can
