Osprey Arts Centre
107 Water Street B0T1W0 Shelburne, NS, Canada

FYI - Our friend Matt Andersen has a wonderful Christmas streaming concert December 12th at 8pm.

Hey folks. The Improv sessions begin tomorrow afternoon. Did you know that you can take a single session for $30? Yup that's right. You don't have to book the entire 4 session series, you can book a single day. Check out the listing for more details.

Our friends at Home Routes/Chemin Chez Nous are sponsoring an online concert of Stan Rogers music. It's this Sunday if you're interested. Ticket information is in the post below.

The response to our upcoming IMPROV workshop has been great but there are some folks that aren't sure it's right for them. We want to help you decide so we've added a FREE session on Nov 3rd. Register today for that session. Spaces are limited so please register via the ticket links at http://www.ospreyartscentre.ca//improv-workshop-with-jane/ Masks will be required and social distancing will be the norm. You will NOT be admitted without pre-registering.

A big thanks to the cast and crew of the Osprey Radio Players for their presentation of Burns & Allen Income Tax Problems last night. Special thanks to our director Julie Stewart for her work bringing this all together.

Our friend Terra Spencer is preselling her new CD Chasing Rabbits. She played this beautiful song at the Ancient River Festival earlier this month. I think you all should go to terraspencer.ca and preorder your copy. https://youtu.be/qRuPUVb4yZY

Join us for a special LIVE show from the glory days of radio comedy featuring the Osprey Radio Players as we present the Burns and Allen classic comedy "Income Tax Problems". The show will be presented LIVE here on Facebook and is FREE to attend but a donation will be solicited to help us keep going during this pandemic. The cast is: Julie Stewart Gracie Allen Jay Pilzer George Burns... Georg McDonald Blanche Morton & Mona Knox Ed Trevors Harry Morton Rob Wallace Ralph Hanley Rob Stork Bill Goodwin Hal Brolund sound effects Donation link: paypal.me/OspreyArtsCentre or you can mail a cheque to Osprey Arts Centre Box 193 Shelburne, NS B0T1W0

We've begun scheming for the Ancient River Festival 2021 and wonder who your favourite east coast songwriters are? Who would YOU be interested in spending 3 days writing with. Share your picks in the comments below.

A huge thank you to everyone who made the 1st Ancient River Festival a great success. Thank you to Naming the Twins Kathleen Glauser, Terra Spencer, Kristen Martell, Pat Melanson, Bruce Reid and Rick Snow all for such a great day of music. Anthony Gosbee for the great sound. The Town of Shelburne for the use of the Guild Hall. All the volunteers and board of the Osprey Arts Center. And lastly thank you to everyone who attended. If you have pictures you took, please post them here for us all to see. (this pic is from Brenda Fitzgerald)

Janet Moore has a lovely online exhibition presented by the Brownstone Gallery in NY. Way to go Janet.

The Ancient River Festival is underway at the Guild Hall. We’re here until 4pm today. See you soon!

Just a reminder that when we are LIVE on Facebook you need to look for the LIVE indicator and press PLAY on that post. If you don't see the LIVE indicator when you connect to the our page you may need to REFRESH your page to see it.

The forecast for tomorrow is 19c and sunny. Come join us at the Guild Hall for the 1st annual Ancient River Festival. Terra Spencer Kristen Martell Music Naming the Twins Kathleen Glauser, Pat Melanson and Bruce Reid and Richard Snow. Starts at 12pm and finishes around 4pm. Admission by donation!

What do you think? Should we book this duo for the 2021 season? Their the hottest thing out there right now. lol

The walls are buzzing here at the Osprey as we get ready for the Ancient River Festival this weekend. 5 different songwriters performing LIVE for you from the Guild Hall in Shelburne. Show starts at 12pm and runs to 4pm. Bring your favourite lawn chair.

Here's a lovely new video from our friends Sahara Jane and Ken Shorely. Welcome to the day friends.

Dave Burbine getting all set for the Lawn Chair Festival today at 2pm at the Guild Hall. See you all soon.

Kathleen Glauser spent the past decade singing beside Robbie Smith. We're pleased to honour Robbie with the Ancient River Festival - A Lullaby For Robbie Smith this coming Sept 12th and Kathleen has agreed to MC and sing for us during the event. It's FREE at the Guild Hall starting at noon. See you there!

Hey folks. The last show of our Lawn Chair Festival is this Saturday at 2pm (that's tomorrow!) at the Guild Hall. It's the rain day for Dave Burbine and Traditional Country. Bring your chair, your folding money and your desire to have a good time. See you Saturday.