Music

My #westernramble is a fluid and wild organism that has grown some new foliage (dates):

Gimli, MB was rescheduled to Tues September 4th from Mon July 16th — Galiano venue change: Galiano Farmer’s Market Sat August 18 at 2pm! TWO more Ontario shows while I’m heading back east, at the end of the summer: Friday Sep 7 at Woody’s Pub in Wawa, ON and a return to Sault Ste-Marie, ON the Water Tower Pub with Rusty Mccarthy Band on Saturday September 8th! Here’s an updated tour poster you are welcome to print or share online. Love, Bobby

Love, Bobby

***** UPDATE two more Montreal shows have been added to my calendar! Sunday June 10th at Fringe Folk (6pm) outside at Parc des Ameriques on St. Laurent and Rachel – Also featuring Li’l Andy and Caribou Stew – here’s the fb event 🙂 AND Tuesday June 19th a house concert in Hochelaga- Maisonneuve w/ Abigail Lapell, Julia Kater and Mixylodian starting at 9pm! Please use the contact form to E-mail for details on location.*****

Here’s what I’ve got lined up for the rest of spring 2018!!! I’ll be playing sets in Orillia, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Maynooth and Ste. Anne de Bellevue. Plus an added gig in Norwood, Ontario where I am returning to play the legion Saturdays from 3-6 pm on May 12th.

I’m really excited to be reunited with my friend Richard Inman (Manitoba), a true artist who has been relentlessly touring Canada with his acoustic guitar and his incredible, heartfelt songs. We play the Brasserie Beaubien (73 Beaubien) in Montreal on Tuesday May 22nd. Click HERE to attend the fb event!

I’m excited to announce that I’ve been invited to showcase at Mariposa Folk Festival‘s emerging artist auditions! The festival runs July 6-8 2018. Showcases are open to the public and the event takes place Sunday April 22 1-4 pm at the Best Western Plus in Orillia, On! If you’re in town, please feel free to come and support me and seven other fabulous acts!!! More news on this real soon!

I’m back in Toronto this week, shakin it up in the front room of the Cameron House on the soirée of St.Valentines, as well as Terri O’s + Globe Bistro on Friday and Saturday for Winterfolk 2018! Sweet and fabulous players are joining me on these upcoming gigs. Wednesday night full band at the Cameron House with David Baxter (guitar), Burke Carroll (pedal-steel), Derek Downham (drums) and Kurt Nielsen (bass)! And for the Winterfolk lineup I will be presenting in duos accompanied by Burke and Bax respectively!!! More info at http://bobbydove.com/shows See you there friends! Love, BD

I Can’t wait to get on the road again for this next run of dates in January 2018! I’m excited and grateful to be sharing the stage with some of Canada’s finest musicians, like Bazil Donovan (Blue Rodeo) and David Baxter (Corin Raymond), Dan Henshall , Chris Altmann, Terry Savage, Nathan Gray, David Newberry and the Rotted Roots Ramblers!!! See you at the shows! Love, Bobby

I’m thrilled to be touring this fall with Carolyn Mark, the legendary alt-country Queen of Vancouver Island and Allison Brown, another fabulous singer-songwriter from Windsor, Ontario. I’ll be backing up Carolyn Mark on mandolin, as well as opening many of the shows listed on the show section of the website as well as the October dates listed on carolynmark.com !!! We’re hitting up Waterloo, Hamilton, London, Toronto, Peterborough, Wakefield, Montreal and more. Here’s the poster for the All Star Hootenanny Sunday October 8th  at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto!  Love, Bobby

 #summerthunderchildtour is taking me on the road July and August 2017 in Western Canada!!! It starts at Grumpy’s my favorite live-music watering hole in Montreal at Chick Pickin Mondays. A few days later I’ll be driving and playing my way through Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and BC. I’m doing many of these shows solo, and also collaborating with some very fine folks and musicians on the way, Bobby Watson, Joey Only, Carolyn Mark, Terry Morrison, Lance Loree and many others!!! Shows are listed in more detail at bobbydove.com/shows
and the fb event: https://www.facebook.com/events/480450888971840/

See you Canada LOVE Bobby