Bozzini's Restaurant

C.R. AVERY & The East Van Abbey
2026-06-20 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Vancouver) | Cultus Lake Pub, 3696 Columbia Valley Hwy,, Cultus Lake, BC, V2R 5A5, Canada
C.R. AVERY & The East Van Abbey Cultus lake PubSat June 20Doors 6:30 Show 7:30
Tickets $ 25 + on eventbrite =

C.R. AVERY & The East Van Abbey Shake the Lake for the first time. This rock & roll, gut bucket blues folk, hip hop, and rock’n’roll boogie in a wam banging’ hoedown of awesome. Get ready, midnight trains a comin’
Poets, musicians, dancers , comedians, sword swallowers from Gibsons, to Hope to Whistler to east Van to Chilliwack ya never know what yer gonna get!

The Ranters Featuring Rock Moran
2026-06-27 19:00 - 21:30 | Cultus Lake Pub, 3696 Columbia Valley Hwy,, Cultus Lake, BC, V2R 5A5, Canada
The Ranters
Saturday June 27
The Ranters are coming to Cultus Lake PubJoin Chilliwack legend Rockland Moran, Gillian Wale, and Fred Webber on the upright bassAdvance Tickets on Eventbrite. Tickets will also available at the door for $ 25
Tickets $ 25 at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ranters-featuring-rock-moran-tickets-1989330505092?aff=erellivmlt

Join Rocky Moran, Gillian Wale, and Fred Webber on the upright bass
At the beginning of 2020, Gillian and Rockland were preparing for their annual trip south, with our band “The Ranters” through the states of Washington, Oregon, California, and this year Louisiana.
Then fell the ides of March, and with it the global pandemic.
All bets were off! Being locked down, like the rest of the world and music industry, they took advantage of the downtime to write and record nine songs of a ten song album.
Taking inventory of the world around them, they wanted to bring the current events to attention in our music, as did the songwriters during the 1960’s.
Rant on, Children
In these recordings, The Ranters review subject matter of localized racism, destruction of environment, and increasing homelessness. Throughout these songs, there lies a thread of healthy contempt for religious authority, as well as a touch of humor and optimism.
“The Ranters” hope that you enjoy this musical offering of contemporary roots/blues titled “Rant on, Children”.

Nigel Mack (solo)
2026-07-27 19:30 - 21:30 | Bozzini’s Restaurant (Upstairs), 4-45739 Hocking Ave, Chilliwack, British Columbia, V2P 6Z6, Canada
Nigel Mack (solo)Monday July 27 Doors 6:00 Show 7:30Tickets $ 25.00 at Bozzini’s or call 604 792 0744 to reserve by phone
Blistering Slide, Killer HarpOur good friend Nigel Mack returns! Always a great show. Nigel gives it his all!

Chicago blues ‘triple threat’ (slide guitar, harmonica and vocals) Nigel Mack delivers a high-energy show that fuses blues classics with the punch of contemporary original blues. Seamlessly switching between instruments, Nigel Mack is equally proficient at them all. These are talents honed by years of relentless touring in support of his four critically-acclaimed releases; Back In Style, Devil’s Secrets, Road Rage and High Price to Play. Nigel’s new all-original album, Back In Style is receiving glowing reviews and attained #1 on the RMR Contemporary Blues Charts! His previous release, Devil’s Secrets, reached #1 on the Canadian blues charts and won ‘Best Self-Produced CD’ from the Windy City Blues Society, in Chicago.
Mack’s original compositions have been featured on television sound-tracks ‘Dawson’s Creek’, ‘The Street’ and ‘Time of Your Life’.
Nigel Mack has been living in Chicago, IL since 2003 and performing in the ‘the home of the blues’, since 1992. Over the years ‘Nigel Mack Blues Attack’ have logged over a million miles across North America and Europe and headlined top blues venues throughout. They have appeared at the world famous ‘Chicago Blues Festival’ six times and toured virtually every one of the United States and most of Canada. Mack’s dynamic stage show is a favorite at clubs and festivals everywhere.
Nigel grew up in Saskatoon, Canada, listening to the music of the ‘60’s, Bebop jazz and Big Bands emanating from his Dad’s stereo. Saskatoon’s university and location guaranteed that everybody touring western Canada played there. The types of artists were varied and eclectic: Muddy Waters, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Stevie Ray Vaughan, just to name a few.
The ‘blues explosion’ in the mid-eighties led to a weekly gig at ‘Buds on Broadway’, which featured touring blues artists from all over. As Saturday jam session host, Nigel met and performed with blues legends such as Eddy Shaw, Phil Guy, Amos Garrett, Brent Parkin and Big Dave Mclean.
In the spring of 1988 Nigel and his band relocated to the musical hotbed, Vancouver, BC. From this west coast base Mack built a strong local following and toured around western Canada.
In 1992, Nigel received a call from Chicago blues band leader Eddie Lusk inviting him to perform during the Chicago Blues Festival with ‘The Professor’s Blues Revue’. Nigel seized the opportunity and began touring the US with a vengeance, racking up seventeen American/Canadian coast to coast tours over the next ten years.
1996 saw the release of Mack’s first full length all-original CD High Price to Play. It garnered critical acclaim, a nomination for ‘Best Blues/R&B Album’ at the 1997 ‘West Coast Music Awards’ and three songs on major TV sound tracks!
Nigel Mack followed High Price to Play with Road Rage, released in 2001. Essentially a live album, Road Rage blends blues classics with original songs and three studio tracks. It continues to be a favorite among fans.
When not touring, Nigel spends the majority of time recording and performing in and around Chicago. A decade earlier, the seeds of this move had been planted. On that first trip, Eddie Lusk had said, “This is where you should be!” With the release of ‘Back In Style’, his chart-topping, all-original album, Nigel Mack is building on past successes and bringing his own brand of Chicago blues to a new generation of blues fans.

JW Jones Trio (2 Nights)
2026-10-19 19:30 - 2026-10-20 19:30 | Bozzini’s Restaurant (Upstairs), 4-45739 Hocking Ave, Chilliwack, British Columbia, V2P 6Z6, Canada
JW Jones Trio (2 Nights)
Monday Oct 19 & Tuesday Oct 20 Doors 6:00 Show 7:30Tickets $ 38.95 at Bozzini’s or call 604 792 0744 to book by phonePresented by ManoFest Music
(no refunds – exchanges for other shows allowed up to 48 hours prior to event)

The electrifying JW Jones returns along with his trio for 2 nights.The band sells out every year so don’t delay getting your tickets

Billboard Top 10 Blues Artist, 2020 IBC Winner, and JUNO Nominee, Canadian singer/guitarist JW-Jones is known for his high-energy shows!
After winning “Best Guitarist” at the 2020 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Jones started working on his 12th release ‘Everything Now’, an all-original project with special guestJimmie Vaughan, and production by Gordie Johnson (Big Sugar).
“Songs! It’s all about the songs!” said the JUNO-nominated Jones, whose searing axemanship has been praised in recent years by legendary blues artists Buddy Guy and Chuck Leavell (The Rolling Stones). “While there are plenty of burning lead guitar solos, I wanted to open up and get more personal than ever with the lyrics. From the true story ‘Papa’s in the Pen’ to ‘When You Left’ that I sang with tears rolling down my cheeks about my mother’s passing, these are stories that I feel like I can finally share through my music.” JW penned the entire album with Dick Cooper and Gordie.

This album features some heavyweight instrumental support; The Texas Horns, Stanton Moore, Aaron Sterling, Rob McNelly, and includes unchartered sonic territory for Jones with real stringson the exceptional ‘To Tell You The Truth (I Lied)”.The recordings were produced in Austin, Texas with multi-platinum-selling artist and producerGordie Johnson of Big Sugar, as well as in Ottawa with long-time collaborator Eric Eggleston. The frequent resident of Billboard’s Top 10 Blues charts and roots radio favourite continues toaccelerate his career momentum to new heights, whether it’s as a personally requested sit-in with the likes of 8-time Grammy winner Buddy Guy, opening for blues-rock icon George Thorogood, or entertaining thrilled audiences in 23 countries and four continents.

www.jw-jones.com / @jwjonesblues
Guitar World Magazine featured a CD called ‘Guitar Masters Vol. 2’ that put Jones alongside guitar stars B.B. King, Jimmy Page, and Carlos Santana among others, which led him to an endorsement deal with Gibson guitars.
“This is an amazing blues band” – Dan Aykroyd [Elwood Blues]
“Highly regarded in blues circles” – Blues Revue Magazine [USA]
“This young man is one of the people who will keep blues alive” – Buddy Guy 8X Grammy Award Winner
“JW is the Real Deal” – Chuck Leavell, The Rolling Stones, Allman Brothers

Simon Kempston
2026-10-25 19:30 - 21:30 | British Columbia
Simon Kempston
Sunday Oct 25Doors 6:00 Show 7:30Tickets $ 29.50 at Bozzini’s or call 604 792 0744 to book by phone
https://simonkempston.co.uk/Presented by ManoFest Music
(no refunds – exchanges for other shows allowed up to 48 hours prior to event)

Making his Chilliwack debut
Simon Kempston is ‘one of Scotland’s very best songwriters’ (The Herald on Sunday), a composer and ‘a master of fingerstyle guitar’ (The Scotsman) based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
There are very few artists who manage to create a sound on an acoustic guitar which is distinctive, instantly recognisable. Simon’s complex finger-picking style, which draws from the disparate genres of classical, celtic and blues (amongst others) confirms he is certainly one such artist, his subtle style providing the perfect accompaniment for his rich, powerful and compelling tenor vocals.
His outstanding songs showcase thought-provoking, inspiring poetic lyrics which often sidestep the usual themes of love and attraction, in favour of offering crucial, important political and social commentary. Fascinations with architecture, travel and English literature have all informed his impressive lyrical style, words which can stand alone as poetry in their own right apart from the music.
Live performances are well-known for their intensity, Simon’s true passion for music and songs shine through in his critically acclaimed shows. With more than a decade of international touring behind him in 32 European countries, Siberian Russia, Uzbekistan (the first Scottish artist to do so), Canada (10 tours), New Zealand, Argentina and Brazil he has performed at a countless number of esteemed venues, festivals, and on a plethora of international radio and television stations.
Simon’s latest album sees him reignite his relationship with Ian McCalman as producer and it is his most honest, direct and heartfelt collection of songs yet, the perfect companion piece for these troubled times. ‘My Dreams Are Theirs’, released in late 2024, showcases his sheer talent for songwriting of the highest order.
Never one to follow expectations, only his prolific, creative muse, in Summer 2023 Simon released his first album of classical guitar pieces, entitled ‘Moonrise Over Mostar’, following on from four previous instrumental acoustic guitar albums. Immerse yourself in the soundscape of this incredibly talented performer and allow his beautifully crafted music to transport you on a uniquely Scottish journey.
