We have been advised that The Mill Courtland Community Center will be fully closed from March 16,  2020 until the end of June. The next Acoustic Open Stage is planned for September 18, 2020. We will confirm or update that schedule prior to September 18th. (Update there is still no schedule to restart as of September 2020.)

 (Event Cancelled) You are invited to the next Black Walnut Acoustic Open Stage Event Friday, March 20, 2020  starting at 7:30pm. Bring your guitars, accordions, voices, acoustic instruments of all sorts or just your eyes and ears and make yourself feel at home. Do not feel shy because you have not played for us before.
The doors will open and sign-up for the open stage will start at 7:15 pm. Remember when you sign up you get to play/sing two songs in a set of 10 minutes or less and you need to be ready to start playing when your turn starts so you won’t lose any of your 10 minutes.
The entrance and free parking are at the back of the Mill-Courtland Community Centre and admission is still $3 at the door. the facility is wheelchair accessible, alcohol, smoke and peanut free and every show is different. If you don’t come, you’ll miss it. The next open stage will be April17th.   If you are having any difficulty with viewing any content, please post a comment or send a private email to: wayne@blackwalnutfolkclub.com

What happened at the Open Stage February 21st:

Black Walnut on February 21 2020 started with a terrific feature set by Outside the Box: Peter F. Light, Gwen Potter and David Lum. I posted a photo of them that I took with my phone on our Performers Pictures page. Thanks to them and to our Open Stage performers. Special thanks to everyone who helped set up and move things along. We were short handed for production crew again but we enjoyed a great evening. Our Open Stage performers were:

1. Matthias Schonlau

2. Neil Light

3. Daniel Entz

4. Ron Hammar

5. Nikki Wynn – NEW

6. Jakki Annerino

7. Dan McQuade, Scott Chandler & Joshua Earl (NEW)

8. Gord Castle

9. Al

10. Wayne Cheater

11. Cam & Pat

Outside the Box is a folk music trio that is gonna dazzle our next Black Walnut evening on February 21, 2020 with a feature set to start the program at 7:30 pm. It might be a good idea to get there early especially if you wish to sign up for the open stage. We should have enough time for 10 or more open stage performers. Doors open at 7:15 pm.

Bring your guitars, accordions, voices, acoustic instruments of all sorts or just your eyes and ears and make yourself feel at home. Do not feel shy because you have not played for us before.
The doors will open and sign-up for the open stage will start at 7:15 pm. Remember when you sign up you get to play/sing two songs in a set of 10 minutes or less and you need to be ready to start playing when your turn starts so you won’t lose any of your 10 minutes.
The entrance and free parking are at the back of the Mill-Courtland Community Centre and admission is still $3 at the door. the facility is wheelchair accessible, alcohol, smoke and peanut free and every show is different. If you don’t come, you’ll miss it. The next open stage will be March 20th. 
If you are having any difficulty with viewing any content, please post a comment or send a private email to: wayne@blackwalnutfolkclub.com

What happened at the Open Stage January 17th:

Friday, January 17, 2020 Black Walnut started off with technical difficulties with our star sound guys both unavailable to set up our new system that nobody else knows how to use. We did come up with a simple system that we got ready just about on time for 7:30 pm start and mostly did a good job with the sound. We had a fine turnout of performers and listeners in spite of the storm warnings. On January 17th the Open Stage performers were:

You are invited to the next Black Walnut Acoustic Open Stage Event Friday, January 17, 2019 starting at 7:30pm. Bring your guitars, accordions, voices, acoustic instruments of all sorts or just your eyes and ears and make yourself feel at home. Do not feel shy because you have not played for us before.
The doors will open and sign-up for the open stage will start at 7:15 pm. Remember when you sign up you get to play/sing two songs in a set of 10 minutes or less and you need to be ready to start playing when your turn starts so you won’t lose any of your 10 minutes.
The entrance and free parking are at the back of the Mill-Courtland Community Centre and admission is still $3 at the door. the facility is wheelchair accessible, alcohol, smoke and peanut free and every show is different. If you don’t come, you’ll miss it. The next open stage will be February 21st. That evening will start with a 30 min. feature performance by Outside the Box .
If you are having any difficulty with viewing any content, please post a comment or send a private email to: wayne@blackwalnutfolkclub.com

What happened at the Open Stage December 20th:

Our December 20, 2019 Black Walnut night was a festive night of old friends, songs and prizes. Our Open Stage performers were:
1. Jack Cole
2. Ron Hammar
3. Gord Castle
4. Jakki Annerino
5. David Maranta
6. Wayne Cheater
7. Richard – NEW

You are invited to the next Black Walnut Acoustic Open Stage Event Friday, December 20, 2019 starting at 7:30pm. There will be some sweets and door prizes and there are sure to be some Christmas songs.
Bring your guitars, accordions, voices, acoustic instruments of all sorts or just your eyes and ears and make yourself feel at home. Do not feel shy because you have not played for us before.
The doors will open and sign-up for the open stage will start at 7:15 pm. Remember when you sign up you get to play/sing two songs in a set of 10 minutes or less and you need to be ready to start playing when your turn starts so you won’t lose any of your 10 minutes.
The entrance and free parking are at the back of the Mill-Courtland Community Centre and admission is still $3 at the door. the facility is wheelchair accessible, alcohol, smoke and peanut free and every show is different. If you don’t come, you’ll miss it. The next open stage will be January 17th.
If you are having any difficulty with viewing any content, please post a comment or send a private email to: wayne@blackwalnutfolkclub.com

What happened at the Open Stage November 15th:

We had a blast with 3 new performers including award winning Nashville singer/songwriter, Clair Lynch. The complete list of performers is:
1. Al – NEW
2. Scott Abrams
3. Daniel Entz – NEW
4. Matthias Schonlau
5. Gordon Castle
6. Jakki Annerino
7. Lawrence Cresswell
8. Ron Hammar
9. Dan Hergott
10. Arthur Wayne Cheater & David Maranta
11. Cam Kemp
12. Bob Cutler and Sue Cutler
13. Clair Lynch – NEW

On Friday December 15th, 2017, Markus Michelucci started off the evening with a feature performance of his original songs.  It has been a while since we have seen or heard from Markus who has been in Europe with his group, Sound Refuge” Markus Michelucci & Sound Refuge perform at festivals and events throughout the UK such as Barnival, Greenwich Tall Ships Festival. We are glad that he agreed to do a set for us during his visit back to Canada. After the feature set, we had a full open stage, including some collaborations, some seasonal songs and a “newbie”. We also took a short break from the music, cookies and sweets to hand out some door prizes.  After the Open Stage performers has all completed their songs Markus closed out the evening with a couple of seasonal numbers.  We’ll be back on Friday January 19th for the next Black Walnut Acoustic Open Stage which is planned to be all Open stage.

On December 15, 2017 the Open Stage performers were, in order of appearance:

David Maranta

Ron Hammar

Scott Abrams

Lawrence Cresswell

Jakki Annerino (with Wayne Cheater)

Neil Light

Doug Peterman (with Jakki Annerino & Wayne Cheater for 2nd song)

Wayne Cheater (with Dan Hergott and Jakki Annerino)

Barb Scott – NEW

Jack Cole

Cam Kemp