Season of Performing Arts: Jeffery Straker

The Harrison Festival Society presents prairie-rooted singer-songwriter Jeffery Straker, live at the Harrison Hot Springs Memorial Hall on Friday, October 3.

Jeffery Straker grew up taking piano lessons in small-town Saskatchewan and has gone on to perform over 100 shows per year across Canada, Europe and Latin America. He was raised by a church-organist mother and an auctioneer father, and swears he was born under the piano on the family grain farm.

The rootsy-storytelling of his songs has the power to transport a listener out onto a lake in Canada’s North or to the main street of a prairie town, and he is a personable performer with a warm stage presence. A clever lyricist with an energetic piano style, his songwriting has drawn critical comparisons to the likes of Harry Chapin, Kris Kristofferson , Murray McLauchlan & Billy Joel, while maintaining a style distinctly his own.

With 10 albums out to date, he has seen his songs used in film, TV and theatrical productions, and has twice been awarded “Roots/Folk Artist of the Year” at the Saskatchewan Music Awards. The Saskatchewan Country Music Awards have named him ‘Keyboard Player of the Year’ for 3 years running.

Event Details
Date: Friday, October 3
Time: Doors open at 6:30 pm | Show starts at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $28.50 + GST

Tickets are available online at harrisonfestival.com, by phone at 604.796.3664, or in person at the Ranger Station Art Gallery in Harrison Hot Springs.

About the Harrison Festival Society
Known worldwide for its professional artistry and small town hospitality, the Harrison Festival Society has long been a beacon for growing acceptance of diversity and purpose fueled programming. Each July for more than 45 years, the Society has produced the internationally acclaimed Harrison Festival of the Arts, a nine-day, cross-disciplinary, multicultural art event set amidst the small town atmosphere and breathtaking scenery of Harrison Hot Springs, BC. A non-profit, grass-roots organization, the Society also presents an annual Season of the Performing Arts from September to May and works closely with a number of Fraser Valley partners in continuing to bring high-quality, inclusive and accessible performing arts into the area.