Orcas Center Presents on Center Stage:

West My Friend

Sunday, September 15th at 7pm
Tiered Ticket Pricing: $63, $33, $18
Orcas Center charges a $2 per ticket fee

Orcas Center’s Tiered Ticket Pricing is based on the needs of your family. The variant in pricing is not based on seat location or dates of performances, rather, what you’re able to afford to help us to maintain our facilities and create quality programming.

Tier A is the true cost per patron of putting on show at the Orcas Center,
Tier B is our standard rate, also subsidized by our generous donors,
Tier C is a rate subsidized by our generous donors.

This programming is supported in part by Creative West and the National Endowment for the Arts.

West My Friend

In the modern musical landscape, it’s rare to hear something as put-together as Cascadian folk duo West My Friend – something so layered, deeply symphonic, baroque, and mysterious in its own winking way while still courting an edge of disaster. Simple is safe, but complex is fiery, intricate, and ultimately more rewarding.

Steeped in the visual styles of western Canada, West My Friend are veterans of the Victoria music scene and recently released their Independent Music Awards-nominated fourth album “In Constellation”. On this latest work, the band continues to refine the art of creating achingly poignant folk music, only this time, they’re backed by a full symphony orchestra, heavily layered while remaining lighthearted. Intricate yet accessible. Melancholic yet optimistic.

Mingling grassroots guitar, accordion, mandolin, orchestral instruments, and interweaving harmonies, In Constellation (produced by Joby Baker, co-produced and arranged by Adrian Dolan) features longtime members conceiving a new box, then thinking outside of it. Punctuated by musings on anxiety and belonging, song structures vary and dynamics change from moment to moment, painting powerful lyrical portraits over backgrounds of violins and trumpets that swell, collapse, and tumble between bold harmonies. With over 750 performances and countless tours under their belt, West My Friend is bringing forth a new sound you’ve never known you’ve wanted and new meaning to the things you’ve never known you needed.

West My Friend, is:

Guitar, Vocals / Eden Poynter
Accordion, Vocals / Jeff Poynter

Website: https://www.westmyfriend.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westmyfriend
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westmyfriend
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WestMyFriend