Foot-stompin’ Tiger Moon Concert June 9th 7:30pm Vernon Lodge

The Vernon Folk-Roots Music Society proudly presents the home-grown folk duo Tiger Moon June 9th! http://www.tigermoonmusic.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vGTpdjH3qQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i5HpeMTo00 Wednesday, June 9, 2018 Vernon Lodge, 3914 32 Street, Vernon V1T 5P1 Doors open at 6:30pm, concert at 7:30pm Food and beverages will be available at the show so please arrive early and hungry! Tickets $25, VFRMS members $20 Tickets are on sale now at http://www.ticketseller.ca, and 2 weeks before the show at The Bean Scene or at the door (cash CONTEST: Enter to win a pair of tickets to the show (see below), and cash and prize giveaways at the show. Plan to attend, get your seats now and bring friends…It’s going to be a great show! Tiger Moon Duo Tiger Moon is a West Canadian folk duo. Boasting harmonious sounds, heartfelt melodies, and foot-stomping rhythms, this is a pair to be reckoned with. They perform with a guitar, mandolin, two sets of boots and two big, rich voices. Drawing their sound from traditional folk, Canadiana, soul and rock, they are a minimalist barn-burning band with syrup-soaked harmonies. Tiger Moon came to be in 2012 when Kasey Graff and Dan Tait, each forging their own music careers, found one another in downtown Kelowna. They discovered a beautiful chemistry together and began performing as a duo at jam nights and coffeehouses. Shortly thereafter, the couple became serious about their music together, and about their relationship and began wowing crowds with their rich, harmony-driven sound. In September 2013 the pair ultimately put their money where their mouth was and sold all their possessions to undertake a massive tour across North America; learning about the land and the people; and sharing their music with the people in every town they visited. Tiger Moon travelled for seven months – over 22,000 Kms – in a 1981 Volkswagen Westfalia, across Canada, from BC to Quebec, down the American eastern seaboard, along the southern states and up the western American coast. They met and jammed with the locals, expanded their musical vision and compiled these new experiences into a lyrical voice. Kelowna welcomed their return and Tiger Moon started performing at many different venues; pubs, golf courses, wineries, yacht clubs, street corners, coffee shops, parties, wedding & funeral ceremonies, theatres, radio shows, and even an early morning set at a local BC Transit bus stop. They spent the winter of 2014-2015 hosting a jam night and honing their craft at Snowshoe Sam’s at Big White Ski Resort – arguably one of Canada’s most popular ski bars. With their second EP entitled Mama Nature’s Finest released in June 2015, the couple packed up again to tour across Canada, this time by train with VIA Rail’s Artists on Board program. From Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS they shared their stories and music with people on and off the train, enriching their music and developing a library of experiences for songwriting. Tiger Moon packed in two ‘off the rails’ tours as well during this time. One in south-east Ontario in several venues from Toronto to Montreal; and one two-week gig in bars and other venues from Halifax, Nova Scotia through Moncton, NB to St John’s, Newfoundland. When Tiger Moon returned home to Kelowna, they initiated a radical expansion of their quarterly touring network in BC & Alberta. They also returned to Snowshoe Sam’s in 2016, and were welcomed back to the VIA Rail Artists on Board program for another tour across Canada in the summer of 2016, with another strong stretch of performances through Ontario. Tiger Moon Quad Tiger Moon is a name that is quickly becoming synonymous with blue-collar touring schedules and hard work in Canada’s music industry. Led by Dan Tait and Kasey Graff, the group’s founding members, Tiger Moon now boasts a full-bore boot-stomping folk & country sound with the addition of rhythm, bass and vocal team, Joshua Smith & Dylan Ranney. The new members fill out Tiger Moon’s sound with four-part harmonies, cocktail percussion and warm bass lines. “Just imagine Earl Scruggs was dreaming that Dolly Parton and Led Zeppelin had a baby band. Then they let Steve Earle and the Dukes co-parent with Jim Beam and that is just a hint at what you can expect from Tiger Moon.” -House Concert Host Craig M. in Summerland, BC Both these lineups have been added to a number of West Canadian festival bills in thanks to their upbeat, folky melodies and diligent and devout musicianship Releasing their first full-length album this summer, entitled, Cariboo & Whiskey, out last June, the team is working hard to secure their spot as an integral part of the musical fabric of Canada. The album was produced with Mike Pedersen, of Music City Studio in Kelowna, BC, and recorded in beautiful Wells, BC with the Island Mountain Arts Artist in Residence program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5TyQB3WBB0 To find the complete Vernon Folk-Roots concert line-up visit: http://www.vernonfolkroots.com And follow us on Facebook for all the latest news @vernonfolkroots. CONTEST ALERT! Like our page on or before June 2 to be entered in a draw for two tickets to the upcoming Tiger Moon concert! Details on our website.