Willie John's Big Easy

04/06/2021

The Global Pandemic has changed the way we lived to a level of ,fear and loathing as we are lead into Lock Downs by our Political and Health Canada representatives.

A team of entertainment associates approached me last December with an idea of a on line Concert ,we call it "Love 2 the World" from Niagara. Manuel and Magda whom I worked with bringing in Cuban Musicians to Toronto years ago asked me to help as they wanted to do this in Niagara Falls ,after all as Manuel pointed out ,we are the Love Capitol of the World.
So off we went ,the calls to City Hall were well received and Mayor Jim Diodati opened up his arms and gave us not only all access to shoot the film needed in Niagara but also an amazing greeting and shout outs for our intro to the show.
Now as per the picture the LOVE sign down by the Falls was our next target as how cool is that as a back drop...call number 2 to the Federal Parks department and a cautious Ms.Sarah ,as we were in a Lock Down.. She agreed and gave us our Film Permits and there we are ,thank you Sarah.
Our Hostess the lovely Ashley Monroe ,came in a stunning red glitter dress and just to let you know it was a - 20 by the water but we got the shots we needed to launch the campaign.
In the picture some of you will recognize Niagara's own rocker Paige Kopp, we couldn't do a show in Niagara without a representative of Niagara and she was my first choice... After all she supported Willie John's ,me and Christie and has been rocking Niagara for years. we have since added Revive the Rose and soon we will be launching the L2TW television and the date for the Pay per view concert..
Thank you to everyone ,that keeps visiting this site and it encourages me to have this website active,not only to share the memories but now as a portal for me to use for concert and event announcements that I will be involved in as an Independent producer.

Be Well and Be Safe...

Bill Delingat

07/08/2020

We had a lot of good times and food ,the attached flyer was our first attempt to get everyone in to try Brads taste of the Bayou at Willie Johns.
Then there was Music ... we had a great kick off party with an All Star band ,(scroll down to band pics) ,Juno Award winner Cathy Young rocked the stage and shared a pose with our resident greeter Big Al...(he is retired now) ......

With the current pandemic in place Live Entertainment is suffering searching for new ideas like Drive ins for bands to play.. support your favourite Artists , buy their tunes on whatever platform you like,support their websites ..the goal for us in Niagara was to "Keep Live Music Alive" how could we have known how important that has become today !! Right now it will be another decision of Health and Government to announce their next Stage of Opening.. hopefully Sports and Entertainment will be on that list. We have to wait and see.
In the meantime if we missed posting your band or solo event at the bar ,feel free to add it on, we all have memories ,but sometimes a visual helps it become a little clearer and current.

Be Well, Be Safe and Keep on Rockin ....... I like to thank everyone on behalf of myself , Christie , Associates and Staff to everyone who came by and watched all the talent that gave it their all and graced our stage.

Until the next time..

Bill D.

07/02/2020

https://www.cp24.com/video?clipId=1987520

The CN Tower celebrated Canada's 153rd birthday with a 15-minute light show set to the music of diverse Canadian artists.

07/01/2020

Happy Canada Day to all our friends in The Golden Horseshoe...we may not have any fireworks this year at the Falls but we have it in our hearts..

06/26/2020

Bonds of Mara , Christie picked a great band to wind up our concert series..these guys are going to come back and tear up stages everywhere once this friggin bug will let us rock again..