Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

"Blackie, originally formed in 1996, when Colin Linden, Stephen Fearing, and Tom Wilson came together to record what was supposed to be a one-off tribute album to the great Canadian songwriter Willie P. Bennett. At the time, all three members were deeply committed to burgeoning solo careers that they had no intentions of putting on hold, and had no plans to turn Blackie into an ongoing concern.

Now 25 years later, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings have organically evolved into one of the finest roots-oriented band in North America. Blackie and the Rodeo Kings remains one of Canada’s greatest musical treasures."

Doors 7:00 Show 8:00 PM
Presale: Nov 3 10 AM PST On Sale: Nov 5 10 AM PST
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Blackie, originally formed in 1996, when Colin Linden, Stephen Fearing, and Tom Wilson came together to record what was supposed to be a one-off tribute album to the great Canadian songwriter Willie P. Bennett. At the time, all three members were deeply committed to burgeoning solo careers that they had no intentions of putting on hold, and had no plans to turn Blackie into an ongoing concern. Now 25 years later, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings have organically evolved into one of the finest roots-oriented band in North America. Blackie and the Rodeo Kings remains one of Canada&rsquo;s greatest musical treasures.
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Royal Theatre

MRG Live Presents: Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

Dan Mangan - All Together Now Tour

Dan Mangan has partnered with TreeEra to plant one tree for every ticket purchased.&nbsp;For more information about TreeEra, please visit:&nbsp;<a title="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/HYwyCPNJQptZ9YEyfz1MZ5?domain=treeera.com" href="http://www.treeera.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.treeera.com</a>
Doors 7:00 Show 8:00 PM
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Dan has released 3 LPs under his own name, Postcards And Daydreaming, Nice, Nice, Very Nice, and Oh Fortune, as well as 2015's collaborative Club Meds under the moniker Dan Mangan + Blacksmith. His fifth album, More Or Less is came out in late 2018, supported by the lead singles Fool For Waiting and Troubled Mind. In Dan's words, &quot;More or Less is about witnessing birth, and in some ways rebirth. It&rsquo;s about feeling disconnected from a popular identity and becoming acclimated to a new one. It&rsquo;s about raising kids in a turbulent world. It&rsquo;s about unanswerable questions and kindness and friendship and fear.
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Artist Presale: Dec 7 10 AM PST MRG Presale: Dec 8 10 AM PST On Sale: Dec 10 10 AM PST
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MRG Live Presents: Dan Mangan - All Together Now Tour

Shane Koyczan

Doors 7:00 Show 8:00 PM 
Presale: March 9 @ 10 AM PST On Sale: March 11 @ 10 AM PST
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There seems no shortage of adjectives to describe a Shane Koyczan show. Moving, hilarious, challenging, provocative, or inspirational. Take your pick. Here is a writer that takes you on a tour of your own feelings in a way that leaves you grasping for your own heart just to make sure it&rsquo;s still in your chest. His work has become a staple in schools for both its impact and reach. Shane curates a kind of art gallery that displays sculptures of the human experience each time he speaks. Lauded for his sold out live performances Koyczan has carved out his own artistic path and taken his work beyond the conventional.

MRG Live Presents An Evening With: Shane Koyczan

Tash Sultana - Terra Firma 2022

W/ Special Guest: Josh Cashman
Doors 7:00 Show 8:00 PM
Artist Presale: February 10am PST Spotify Presale: February 2 10am PST MRG Presale: February 2 10am PST Venue Presale: February 2 10am PST On sale: February 4 10am PST 
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Global live sensation Tash Sultana has today announced a massive tour of North American in June and July 2022. After being grounded thanks to the global pandemic, this will be Tash&rsquo;s first North American tour in three years.&nbsp;
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&ldquo;Finally, after 3 years I get to come back to North America. Just wait to see what I have in store. I've been working on this new show since 2020 and I&rsquo;ve been patiently waiting to bring it to the world. Now it&rsquo;s my time,&rdquo; says Tash Sultana.
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Performing their sophomore album &lsquo;Terra Firma&rsquo; on stage for the first time as well as hits from &lsquo;Notion EP&rsquo; and &lsquo;Flow State&rsquo;, this run will also see Tash Sultana expand the groove into new territories of which we are yet to see. Sultana has remained tight-lipped about what the new show may include but has promised it&rsquo;s an extension of &lsquo;what already is&rsquo; and what we best know them for. The run includes a performance at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre which sold out in just 5 minutes.
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These North American dates join Tash&rsquo;s 2022 global &lsquo;Terra Firma&rsquo; tour which includes two runs in the United Kingdom and Europe this March/April and September.
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The tour kicks off on June 10 in Las Vegas at The Chelsea. Tickets go on sale 10am local time this Friday February 4.
 Tash Sultana, the gender fluid multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, producer and engineer, has been dubbed one of the hardest working music exports in Australia. Selling over 500&rsquo;000 tickets globally in 2019 alone they are back to make their mark on the world. Their #1 ARIA charting sophomore album Terra Firma arrives three years after ARIA-winning debut album Flow State &ndash; which spawned the 2x Platinum single &lsquo;Jungle&rsquo; and the Platinum-selling single &lsquo;Mystik&rsquo; as well as accumulating over 1billion worldwide streams.
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MRG Live Presents: TASH SULTANA - Terra Firma 2022

Pink Martini featuring China Forbes

Doors 7:00 Show 8:00 PM
 
In 1994 in his hometown of Portland, Oregon, Thomas Lauderdale was working in politics, thinking that one day he would run for mayor. Like other eager politicians-in-training, he went to every political fundraiser under the sun&amp;hellip; but was dismayed to find the music at these events underwhelming, lackluster, loud and un-neighborly. Drawing inspiration from music from all over the world – crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop – and hoping to appeal to conservatives and liberals alike, he founded the “little orchestra” Pink Martini in 1994 to provide more beautiful and inclusive musical soundtracks for political fundraisers for causes such as civil rights, affordable housing, the environment, libraries, public broadcasting, education and parks.
 
One year later, Lauderdale called China Forbes, a Harvard classmate who was living in New York City, and asked her to join Pink Martini. They began to write songs together. Their first song “Sympathique (Je ne veux pas travailler)” became an overnight sensation in France, was nominated for “Song of the Year” at France’s Victoires de la Musique Awards, and to this day remains a mantra (“Je ne veux pas travailler” or “I don’t want to work”) for striking French workers.  Says Lauderdale, “We’re very much an American band, but we spend a lot of time abroad and therefore have the incredible diplomatic opportunity to represent a broader, more inclusive America&amp;hellip; the America which remains the most heterogeneously populated country in the world&amp;hellip; composed of people of every country, every language, every religion.”
 
Featuring a dozen musicians, with songs in 25 languages, Pink Martini performs its multilingual repertoire on concert stages on six continents. After making it’s European debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 and its orchestral debut with the Oregon Symphony in 1998, the band has gone on to play with more than 50 orchestras around the world, including multiple engagements with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the Boston Pops, the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center, the San Francisco Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the BBC Concert Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall in London. In 2014, Pink Martini was inducted into both the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame and the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. 
 
Pink Martini has released 11 studio albums on its own independent label Heinz Records (named after Lauderdale’s dog), selling over 3 million albums worldwide. In 2019, the band released two EPs featuring the vocals of Pink Martini’s newest members Jimmie Herrod and Edna Vazquez. Both vocalist have toured with the band for the past year and are officially part of the group with the release of Herrod’s EP Tomorrow and Vaquez’s Besame Mucho, both of which were co-produced by Thomas Lauderdale and China Forbes.

MRG Live Presents:  Pink Martini featuring China Forbes

The Sheepdogs

Doors 7:00 Show 8:00 PM 
Spotify Presale: March 30 @ 10 AM PST MRG Presale: March 31 @ 10 AM PST Venue Presale: March 31 @ 10 AM PST On Sale: April 1 @ 10 AM PST

All Ages

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