Lotus Wight - LIVE in Concert!
Vernonville Community Centre
Vernonville, ON K0K 2G0, Canada
Ontario
44.045352
-77.9877939
The September Shelter Valley Concert Series 2023 Season concert features the award winning 'banjo jedi' - Lotus Wight.
Lotus Wight was born to working class parents who ran a community opera company. His first records were those of Elizabeth Cotton, Josh Thomas, and the marches of John Philip Sousa.
After his release from Toronto’s Hinck’s Treatment Centre in 1988, Wight developed an obsession with John Lee Hooker which aided in his dismissal from high school. It was at this time that Lotus Took up with a square dance band and traveled America behind a dance caller and a banjo. While he travelled his home-base was a rented room at Washboard Hank's in Peterborough, Ontario and he played bass with Hank's band.
Wight has produced Juno-nominated albums for Jenny Whiteley and Canadian Folk Music Award-nominated albums for Sheesham, Lotus and Son. Most recently, he serves as the first banjo chair of The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Proctor, who are enjoying much success in Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Check out Lotus Live at Knox Farms.
PLEASE NOTE: Advance Tickets are available online only until midnight Tuesday, October 24. Advance Tickets are not available on the day of the show. At-the-door Tickets are $20 (cash only).
