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06/09/2026

THIS JUST IN: The Burning Hell are coming on tour with Carsie Blanton! Check them out at The WECC!

Carsie Blanton w/ The Burning Hell
Sunday Sept 13th
West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave
Doors 7pm Music 8pm

The Burning Hell is the ongoing musical project of songwriter Mathias Kom and multi-instrumentalist Ariel Sharratt, often including additional comrades and collaborators. Their densely populated genre-shifting songs are packed with an abundance of literary, historical, and pop-cultural forebears, heroes and villains, subjects and objects, stories and hooks. They move with heavy rhyme and a light step, incorporating a frequent fixation on apocalypse and ruin into work that celebrates participation in a mutually created, ever surprising, and even occasionally beautiful world. Which is to say they’re good dance partners and they want to dance with you.

Carsie Blanton is a songwriter with hooks, chutzpah, and revolutionary optimism. A radical folk artist in the tradition of Woody Guthrie, her infectious melodies and lyrical wit keep listeners rapt while she conjures spirits of vaudeville, campfire singalongs, and punk rock. Blanton and her road-tested band deploy humor, camaraderie, and considerable musical muscle to enroll each audience in a rare vision of hope and solidarity.

In addition to writing and performing music, Carsie works as a political organizer and activist. In fall of 2025, she participated in the Global Sumud Flotilla, a direct action to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza by sailboat. In early October, after a month at sea, she was imprisoned in Israel for five days along with hundreds of her comrades.

Thank you to This was another Red dress moment. Incase you missed this show, it consisted of all the songs Oyindee has...
06/09/2026

Thank you to
This was another Red dress moment. Incase you missed this show, it consisted of all the songs Oyindee has written and composed over the years. Both released and unreleased. This was almost like a VIP moment for attendees. Thank you to for organizing such a wonderful festival. Thank you to all attendees for your support.

Once again thank you to for the amazing photos! You just never miss!

06/03/2026

The WECC is nominated for the Western Canadian Music Awards Community Excellence Award! We are honoured to receive this recognition. Congratulations to all nominees.

Community is deeply important to The WECC! The WECC is a non-profit and registered charity. We have a mandate to support art and creativity in our communities, and we do that with a free summer concert series, Ellice Street Festival (this weekend June 5-6!), our annual Christmas dinner, and our weekly free music lessons via the Tune In program (made possible by ). 🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉

WECC Merch for Sale! LAST DAY TODAY MAY 29!When you buy WECC merch you're supporting an arts non-profit and registered c...
05/29/2026

WECC Merch for Sale! LAST DAY TODAY MAY 29!

When you buy WECC merch you're supporting an arts non-profit and registered charity. We are so thankful for your support!

We’re doing an order-ahead model because it results in less waste and is more sustainable. We completed a merch run in December, with great success! Now we're back with many of those same items, plus some spring time specials featuring the WECC Spring Season 2026 mascot Sunny.

The order deadline is May 29th. Items will be available for pickup at The WECC starting June 22nd. The WECC will be open for pickups Monday-Friday 10:30am-5:00pm.

WECC Merch for Sale!When you buy WECC merch you're supporting an arts non-profit and registered charity. We are so thank...
05/26/2026

WECC Merch for Sale!
When you buy WECC merch you're supporting an arts non-profit and registered charity. We are so thankful for your support!

We’re doing an order-ahead model because it results in less waste and is more sustainable. We completed a merch run in December, with great success! Now we're back with many of those same items, plus some spring time specials featuring the WECC Spring Season 2026 mascot Sunny.

The order deadline is May 29th. Items will be available for pickup at The WECC starting June 22nd. The WECC will be open for pickups Monday-Friday 10:30am-5:00pm.

Parking During RoadworkPlease plan a little extra time to park and get to The WECC for the next while. The City of Winni...
05/25/2026

Parking During Roadwork

Please plan a little extra time to park and get to The WECC for the next while. The City of Winnipeg is adding a bicycle lane to Sherbrooke Ave. (Yay!). The downside is that Sherbrooke will not be available for parking during this roadwork, which is scheduled to last from now until the fall, exact end date TBD. Ellice, Furby, Maryland and other side streets remain good parking options.

If you want someone to walk you safely to your car after a performance, ask one of our volunteers, and we will arrange an escorted walk.

See you soon!

05/21/2026

Valerie Lacombe w/
Friday May 22nd
Centre Culturel Franco Manitobain (moved from The WECC to CCFM), 340 Provencher, 2nd floor where Mardi Jazz is held
Doors 7pm Music 8pm

Valerie Lacombe’s State of Garden and Shadow :
Album Launch Canada Tour
“State of Garden and Shadow”, a quote taken from the Clarice
Lispector novel “Água Viva”, evokes a world rich in symbols and emotions. The garden is a place that embodies life, growth, transformation, a symbol of beauty and fulfillment. It is also a placeof work and care, of patience and dedication.
This process of cultivation and growth is metaphorical in the case of this project, symbolizing personal development, creativity, and artistic evolution, as it represents a new milestone in Lacombe’s career and holds special significance, showcasing original compositions, the result of her artistic growth during her master’s studies at McGill University under the attentive guidance of Kevin Dean and Darrell Green. The work focuses on music for a jazz quartet of two horns, bass and drums. This format offers a lot of creative freedom for spontaneous interaction between the members of the ensemble due to the absence of a chordal instrument such as a piano or guitar.
Throughout the music’s history, there have been various different approaches to the chord-less quartet, from Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker, to Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry and more. The particular approach associated most with Elvin Jones, which Lacombe has been heavily inspired by during the compositional process, consists of a strong swing feeling and melodic freedom in the drums, along with harmonically dense and assertive saxophone playing.
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This concert has been relocated from The WECC to Centre Culturel Franco Manitobain, 340 Provencher.

05/21/2026

Valerie Lacombe
Friday May 22nd
Centre Culturel Franco Manitobain (moved from The WECC to CCFM), 340 Provencher, 2nd floor where Mardi Jazz is held
Doors 7pm Music 8pm

Valerie Lacombe's State of Garden and Shadow : Album Launch Canada Tour
"State of Garden and Shadow", a quote taken from the Clarice Lispector novel "Água Viva", evokes a world rich in symbols and emotions. The garden is a place that embodies life, growth, transformation, a symbol of beauty and fulfillment. It is also a placeof work and care, of patience and dedication.

This process of cultivation and growth is metaphorical in the case of this project, symbolizing personal development, creativity, and artistic evolution, as it represents a new milestone in Lacombe’s career and holds special significance, showcasing original compositions, the result of her artistic growth during her master's studies at McGill University under the attentive guidance of Kevin Dean and Darrell Green. The work focuses on music for a jazz quartet of two horns, bass and drums. This format offers a lot of creative freedom for spontaneous interaction between the members of the ensemble due to the absence of a chordal instrument such as a piano or guitar.

Throughout the music’s history, there have been various different approaches to the chord-less quartet, from Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker, to Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry and more. The particular approach associated most with Elvin Jones, which Lacombe has been heavily inspired by during the compositional process, consists of a strong swing feeling and melodic freedom in the drums, along with harmonically dense and assertive saxophone playing.
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This concert has been relocated from The WECC to Centre Culturel Franco Manitobain, 340 Provencher.

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