Received from Allison Brown
THE ROOTS RAMBLE CONCERT SERIES
Presented by String Bone Presents! in association with Onrush Music Festival
October ~ December 2025 in Stratford, Ontario
Stratford’s String Bone Presents! and Onrush Music Festival are thrilled to announce their collaboration on THE ROOTS RAMBLE, bringing FIVE premiere concerts to Stratford audiences this fall. Barry James Payne (String Bone Presents!) and Tim Harrison (Onrush Music Festival) have invited several premier Canadian musicians to participate in the series running from October 11th to December 5th at Revival House and The Bunker Performance Lounge, and Cafe.
(Pictured: Barry James Payne String Bone Presents! with Tim Harrison OnRush Festival)
The Roots Ramble series format, musically, is a nod to hometown legend Richard Manuel, who embodied roots music with his soulful and passionate voice and musicianship with The Band, the iconic pioneers of folk-rock Americana in the late 1960s through to The Band’s final concert in 1976 and his tragic death in 1986. The name ‘Ramble’ is a nod to Manuel’s bandmate Levon Helm, whose barn concert series ‘The Midnight Ramble’ continues in Woodstock, New York, presented by the Helm family.
The Roots Ramble covers a wide variety of genres under the roots umbrella, folk, blues, country, R&B, soul, rock, jazz, and more, through five concerts.
Tickets On Sale Now at https://www.stringbone.ca/the-roots-ramble
Saturday, October 11th: The Roots Ramble Triple Bill Premiere Show at Revival House
The Stevie T Band, Barry James Payne & String Bone and Ginger St. James
Doors open at 7:00pm, show starts at 8:00pm
Tickets: $30.00 in advance, $40.00 at the door
Call the restaurant to book dinner reservations at 519-273-3424
https://stringbone.ticketspice.com/the-roots-ramble
https://www.facebook.com/MsGingerStJames/
Friday, October 17th: The Grapes of Wrath (Acoustic Duo with original members Kevin Kane & Tom Hooper) at Revival House
Doors open at 7:00pm, show starts at 8:00pm
Dinner Reservations at 519-273-3424
Tickets: $45.00 in advance, $60.00 at the door
https://stringbone.ticketspice.com/grapes-of-wrath-acoustic-duo
Friday, October 24th: Suzie Ungerleider (formerly Oh Susanna) at The Bunker Performance Lounge & Cafe
Record Release & Birthday Concert!
Doors open at 8:30pm, and the show starts at 9:00pm
Tickets: $35.00 in advance, $45.00 at the door
https://stringbone.ticketspice.com/suzie-ungerleider
(Pictured: Suzie Ungerleider,
Friday, November 21st: Michelle Willis and Lori Cullen at Revival House
Doors open at 7:00pm, show starts at 8:00pm
Call the restaurant to book dinner reservations at 519-273-3424
Tickets are sold by the table for 2, 4 and 6, plus single seats at the bar
Tickets: https://stringbone.ticketspice.com/michelle-willis-lori-cullen
https://www.michellewillis.ca/ https://www.loricullen.com/
Friday, December 5th: Zachary Lucky with Barry James Payne at The Bunker Performance Lounge and Cafe
Doors at 6:00pm, show starts at 8:00pm
Tickets: $25.00 in advance
https://www.simpletix.com/e/the-bunker-friday-night-show-zachary-lucky-tickets-230890
http://zacharylucky.com/https://stringbone.ca/
String Bone Presents! and the Onrush Music Festival are excited to share their passion for bringing great Canadian musicians to the Stratford community this fall for the first Roots Ramble series.
Tickets for all concerts at: https://www.stringbone.ca/the-roots-ramble
For more information, visit https://stringbone.ca/home
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