The Juke Joint in Acton at Glenfield Farms

02/25/2026

Costa Rica 2026 trip filled with natural wonder.

01/12/2026

Hey travelers on the February Costa Rica trip. Book your Wednesday afternoon Trimaran Boat tour now. Our artists play on board. Book for Wednesday the 11th and/or Wednesday the 18th. Includes open bar, full buffet, snorkeling gear. Pay now by etransfer $154CDN to [email protected].

10/16/2025

Combine your two loves: Travel & Music
Feb 9-16th 2026 in Costa Rica at Occidental Papagaya Resort
Mike Branton Blues Band, Kim Doolittle
Adults only, all inclusive $2499 from Toronto, and if it could get any better -
JUST ADDED Juno winner, Maple Blues Awards winner, and Memphis Blues Challenge Award winner, Steve Strongman
Contact Dawn Fairbanks for booking, [email protected] 1-226-3602

09/07/2025

Mike Branton Music will be performing with these renowned superstars at The Busholme Saturday 20 Sept 8-11PM.
For tickets: https://www.thebusholme.ca/what-s-up
Mike Branton Music is The Juke Joint's featured artist in Costa Rica
9-16 Feb 2026.

Cool Blues, Heavy duty grooves - Prakash John, Mike Branton, Roly Platt, Sahej Rai, Mick Maratta plus surprise Special Guest.

08/30/2025

Tomorrow 31 August in Guelph. 58 York Rd. on Dawn's porch. Dawn has been hosting Porch Concerts for some time and finds people enjoy the intimacy between the audience and the artist.

08/29/2025

07/22/2025

9-16 Feb 2026 The Juke Joint goes to Costa Rica featuring Mike Branton Blues Band.
Occidental Grand Papagaya. Adults only. All inclusive.
Packages include:
Nonstop air from Toronto w/AirTransat
Roundtrip shuttle transfers from airport
Taxes/Drinks/Meals/Entertainment at resort.
Accommodations as booked:
7 nights Deluxe room Main Bldg. $2499 per person double
7 nights Deluxe room Main Bldg. $2699 single
7 nights Deluxe Bayview Cliffside Bldg. $2599 per person double
7 nights Deluxe Bayview Cliffside Bldg. $2799 single

Please contact our tour operator, Dawn Fairbanks, for booking.
[email protected]
1-226-988-3602
10 day and 2 week options are also available. Talk to Dawn.

06/05/2025

Guitar virtuoso Garrett Mason delivered an outstanding performance for the inaugural edition of the Juke Joint season last Saturday night. He had the audience spellbound from the moment he took the stage until he left it to thunderous applause.
Opening for Garrett was traditionalist, Danny Boy Phelan, from St. Catharines. Danny Boy's set focused on pre-wartime blues standards, and originals in the same vein, deftly executed with great skill. The crowd enjoyed his story-telling style, looking and sounding like he had just stepped out of a history book of early blues in America.
The two artists couldn't be more different - one an exacting purist, the other a brilliant innovator - but the pairing worked well, presenting an excellent night of guitar-based music.
When Garrett plays a gig, the audience is stacked with guitar players, all glued to his hands as they rapidly flow and flutter across the frets with alarming speed and accuracy. He simultaneously plays a bass line behind the chords and melody, and even adds a drum beat with a steady stomp of his booted foot and a punctuating slap of the strings. He maintains a precisely consistent tempo while all this is going on, sometimes at breakneck speeds. His playing is unmatched. But with such rapt attention on his guitar skills, his rich vocal tone and distinctive vocal stylings sometimes get overlooked. Garrett is also a great singer. And much like the man himself, his songs are all original, with fresh combinations, and unusual, but interesting, lyrics. He breaks all kinds of basic song-writing rules and the results are utterly spell-binding.
On Saturday night, Garrett wowed the crowd with two full sets of his music. There was very little banter or chat, and no encore. But Garrett was electrifying, and the audience was left buzzing with the intensity of the performance. While he is a unique and gifted artist, Garrett is a reluctant star on the music scene and does not tour outside of Nova Scotia often. He doesn't seek publicity, is not on social media and rejects the industry objective. He simply lives and breathes music. If you were there Saturday night, you were lucky to witness a special performance.
Big thanks to the Juke Joint for presenting this fabulous double bill of top notch entertainment. Look for both artists on the upcoming festival and events calendars and see them whenever you can.
Text by Pam Beatson
Photos by Milton Young

05/05/2025

What a summer it will be! Important Blues musicians are touring. Important outdoor Canadian Blues Festivals are announcing their lineups. We hope to see you here and there. The Juke Joint is a proud sponsor to Stratford Live Music & Food June 20-22. https://www.facebook.com/stratfordlivemusicfood

Stratford Live Music & Food (formerly known as the Stratford Blues & Ribfest). Join us in June!