Seating starts at 7pm, Concert starts at 7:30pm SHARP!   $25/ person – CASH ONLY       

Joanne & Dave Yard  –  46 Wakeford Road (Little Britain/Kawartha Lakes)

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We are big fans of a local singer/songwriter named Jeffery Straker. We’ve seen him play at the Cameron House, the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts and even in our Thornhill backyard in 2019.   He is extremely talented and we would like to share his music with you at a backyard house concert.  It’s a great chance to meet a real talent, hear some great music and learn more about where his songs come from.

                          At our “old place” in July 2019                               

A house convert is NOT a party, but a real concert with two 45-60 minute sets, for a small group of friends and neighbours. As a result, you are asked to have a seat and listen (no chatting). Bring along your own lawn chair (we’ll have lots too), a cooler and your favourite beverages.  There is always time to chat before the show, during the break and afterwards.  The cost is $25 per person. 

Please RSVP if you’re able to attend as space is limited. Send an e-mail: dave@theps.ca

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JefferyStraker – Bio

Singer-songwriter pianist Jeffery Straker serves up a rootsy-storytelling brand of song that has been said to transport listeners – out onto a northern Canadian Lake or to the main street of a prairie town.  With critical comparisons to the likes of Kris Kristofferson, Jackson Browne and Murray McLauchlan, he was awarded the 2025 Canadian Folk Music Award for ‘Contemporary Canadian Folk Singer of the Year’.  Back at home in Saskatchewan he’s twice been named ‘Roots-Folk Artist of the Year’.  Straker released his ninth recording “Great Big Sky” in 2024 – steeped with themes of the Canadian prairies.  AmericanaUK praised it saying “With emotional and sonic depth, this is an album we’d thoroughly recommend”. Some additional unexpected praise came in the form of royal recognition from His Majesty King Charles III who was moved by a song on the album after it made its way into Buckingham Palace. The King’s message to Straker made the national news.

Performances of the new recording have taken Jeffery to listeners across Canada (including shows inside prairie grain elevators!) and he was also chosen to represent the nation in a week-long residency performing in Osaka Japan at Expo 2025.  Wherever he performs his audience connections are stand-out and CBC Radio has said: “He has a way of drawing us into his world and making us feel like we’re an old friend he’s ready to catch up with”.                                              

THE BACKYARD CONCERT EVENT OF THE SEASON !