Paul Mercs Concerts is pleased to announce the following 2025 concert dates of the internationally renowned acoustic guitarist and 2024 Grammy Award winner, Tommy Emmanuel.
The real-time exuberance Tommy Emmanuel brings to every note of every song he plays is palpable and infectious. His fans are in love with his unbound talent as a guitarist of multitudes and his ability to play three parts at once, always with pure heart and real soul. He is a true virtuoso. But he seems as delighted always with the magic of the music as the audience, if not more, and his joy illuminates everything.
Tickets for Tommy Emmanuel go on sale Friday, May 31 at 10 a.m.
Just in time for director Brian De Palma’s cult musical Phantom of the Paradise’s 50th anniversary, see the award-winning documentary “Phantom of Winnipeg”, about Winnipeg’s love affair with the iconic film. Directed by acclaimed Canadian documentary filmmaker Malcolm Ingram, this prairie portrait is a loving examination of a town, a film and an obsession. The film features candid interviews with local Phans, original cast members like star/composer Paul Williams, and longtime Canada fan and director Kevin Smith (Clerks, Dogma, Red State).
Kevin Smith will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. Hosted by one of the stars of “Phantom of the Paradise (and “Phantom of Winnipeg”), actor Peter Elbling, join us for a night of thrills, chills and homegrown hilarity!
Beyond his prolific accomplishments as a beloved Nuevo Flamenco guitarist over the past 25 years, Jesse Cook has honed his skills as a composer, producer arranger, performer, and filmmaker.
By the numbers, Jesse Cook has ten platinum and gold studio albums with combined sales exceeding two million copies, 700 million streams online, five concert DVDs and live discs, five PBS specials, a library of over 300 YouTube videos, a JUNO Award win and 11 nominations, three Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards, a Gemini Award, and an Acoustic Guitar Magazine Player’s Choice Silver Award to his credit.
Tickets to see Jesse Cook go on sale Friday, June 14 at 10am.
In the lore of heavy metal, only a handful of artists can claim to have changed history, and even fewer can say they’ve done so twice. Enter Apocalyptica, and one of metal’s greatest, most unlikely success stories. By any account, it’s the stuff of legend, and it’s about to come full circle as Apocalyptica announces their “Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2 Tour.”
Formed in 1993 at the world-renowned Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, Apocalyptica began as a loving, lo-fi nod to Metallica from four classically trained musicians. Their debut album, Plays Metallica By Four Cellos, released in 1996, was a game-changer. As founding band leader Eicca Toppinen explains, “We just loved Metallica and we wanted to play it with the instruments we were able to play, which just happened to be cellos. We played a metal club in Helsinki, and then we were asked to do an album. Five months after it was released, we were opening for Metallica. It’s still unbelievable to me.”
Fast forward to today, and Apocalyptica has released eight rapturously received records, sold six million albums, and toured relentlessly. Now, they continue their unique homage to Metallica with Plays Metallica, Vol. 2, featuring powerful collaborations with Metallica members and using original tracks from the legendary Cliff Burton.
Tickets to see Apocalyptica at the Burt February 19, 2025 go on sale Friday, June 14, 2024.
