The Grad Club, 162 Barrie St, Kingston, Ontario
Cabbage is back at the Grad Club! Prepare yourself for a night full of funky horns and beats that'll make you want to become a farmer. Kingston-Toronto dream team Cabbage will perform their favourite arrangements of today's best funk-adjacent bangers. Forget your cozy-hygge-afternoon daylist, come out and dance to your very own funk-forward-Friday-night, performed live by a brand-new bona fide supergroup of Kingston & Toronto's heaviest musicians. Featuring members of Big Smoke Brass, the Wilderness, Lotus Shaker, the Codas, the Abrams, Placeholders, and Fakejazz Orchestra performing music by Cory Wong, Lettuce, Couch, Lake Street Dive, and more, Cabbage will warm you up with a spicy sonic kimchi fermented finely in the yearning souls of it's constituents. Cabbage is: Greg Ivens - Bass Jake Lewis - Drums Matthew Greco - Guitar Ryan Stilwell - Percussion Russel Matthews - Alto Sax Nicholas Lennox - Tenor & Bari Sax Nic Pacheco - Trombone Mike Henley-Dunbar - Vocals, Keys, Trumpet Mike McKitrick - Keys Brass Over Tea Kettle: Formed in the summer of 2023, Brass Over Tea Kettle began with four swing band musicians from Kingston, Ontario, who shared a vision: create a high-energy brass band that could bring joyful, foot-stomping, music to venues of all sizes, from cozy pubs to large festivals. Inspired by the iconic brass bands of New Orleans, they searched far and wide for pop and dance music charts to build their repertoire and eventually started creating their own arrangements and mashups. Whether it’s a chart-topping anthem or a dance floor classic, audiences will immediately recognize their favourite songs, but with a fresh, brass-infused twist. From Billie Eilish to Abba, you’ll be humming along before you know it, as the band transforms familiar hits into a high-energy celebration that’s impossible to resist. Kingston’s music scene has never sounded this fun!
Pre-sale (ends Nov.1) $15 / General Admission $20