Blues at The Cove – Kenny Blues Boss Wayne
March 26 2027 @ 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
$95 + HST & Gratuity (Dinner, Show + Charity)
“…Francis has serious star power. She played the audience like a revivalist preacher, telling stories, singing uplifting lyrics… Angelique’s vocals evoking shades of Bessie Smith or Muddy Waters. Also playing both double bass and electric bass as well as blues harmonica…” – Alayne McGregor, Ottawa Jazz Scene
“….there’s no denying powerhouse blues singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Angelique Francis has ‘it,’ and she’s letting it flow for the immense pleasure of listeners everywhere…” – Roots Music Canada
A Legendary Barrelhouse Blues Pianist! In the flesh! See the classic Kenny Blues Boss Wayne and enjoy a Blues at The Cove Series show with delicious dinner, world class music and support for local charity (Better Together Circle + Social Change) from 7-11pm on Friday, March 26th, 2027!
Blues at The Cove Series 2026/27
For 17 incredible years of music, laughter, community and overall great times, Blues on the Rideau was one of the longest running Blues music series in Canada! Thanks to the team of James Doran and his wife Diane Leduc-Doran and their Choose the Blues Productions, thousands of ecstatic Blues and live music fans have flocked to The Cove Inn to enjoy evenings of all-out dancing to Canada’s greatest JUNO and Maple Blues Award winning Blues acts. We thank them for all of those years of partnership!
We continue to produce shows featuring greatest in Blues artists as we transition to Blues at The Cove, highlighting some of the best of the series of the years!
Imagine a warm, intimate venue setting in a historic waterside inn on the Rideau Canal featuring a tasty buffet dinner and a donation to a local charity and you have Blues at The Cove! Join us for the new season!
Call us 613.273.3636 or email thecoveinnwestport@gmail.com for reservations!
20th Season of Live Blues at The Cove Inn!
Dinner, Show + Charity $95 +HST
Includes delicious full course buffet style dinner with served dessert, amazing door prizes from sponsors, dancing and a donation to local charity.
Doors 6pm
Dinner 7pm
Show Sets 8:30-9:30pm + 10-11pm
ADVANCE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Call 613-273-3636 or email thecoveinnwestport@gmail.com
BOOK EARLY! – ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANT TO STAY OVERNIGHT
(Well priced accommodation at The Cove, nearby B&B, AirBnb and Westport Station Motel)
MOST SHOWS SELL OUT WELL AHEAD OF SHOW DATES. The earlier you reserve the better the choice of seating location.
We look forward to seeing everyone again soon for another GREAT season Blues at The Cove
Co-Sponsored by:
Black Dog Inn, Westport www.whatsonwestport.ca/profile/the-black-dog-inn/
Gristmill Place, Westport www.thegristmillplace.com
Upper Rideau B&B, Westport www.urbb.ca
The Victorian Luxury Suites, Westport www.thevictoriansuites.com
Lake + Main Skin Health, Westport www.lakeandmain.ca
Pinecone Westport, Westport www.instagram.com/pineconewestport
Burns Jewellers, Perth www.burnsjewellers.com
Amethyst Holistic Spa, Perth www.amethystholisticspa.com
Top Shelf Distillers, Perth www.topshelfdistillers.com
Perth Brewery, Perth www.perthbrewery.ca
Kingston Sound Works, Kingston www.kingstonsoundworks.com
To keep up to date on everything at the Cove, including Blues at The Cove, please join our Mailing List www.coveinn.com/mailinglist. Thanks and we look forward to seeing you again soon and keeping in touch!
Friday, March 26, 2027
Kenny Blues Boss Wayne (Calgary)
Legendary Blues Pianist
Kenny Blues Boss Wayne
Wayne was born in Spokane, Washington, and raised in New Orleans, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. He started playing piano at 13 and has been performing for over 50 years.
Over the years he has performed with and shared the stage with a great many of the world’s most influential blues and rock pioneers, including Jimmy Reed, Pinetop Perkins, Johnnie Johnson, Big Joe Duskin, Joe Louis Walker, and Floyd Dixon, and as a guest performer with well- known rock and soul artists that have included Ike Turner, Sly and the Family Stone, Delaney and Bonnie and members of Santana and the Doobie Brothers. As a touring performer, he has played to knowledgeable and appreciative blues audiences on four continents and has been profiled by music journalists in Europe and North America.
Award winning international piano blues artist on Stony Plain/True North records. His many awards include seven Maple Blues Awards for ‘piano player of the year’ and three outstanding keyboard awards from Living Blues magazine, in which he was hailed as “an artist bringing the piano back to the front ranks of contemporary Blues.” In 2006 he won a Juno Award (Canadian Grammy) for Best Blues Album and was nominated four times afterwards. In 2017 he was inducted into the Boogie-Woogie Piano Hall of Fame while performing at the Cincy Blues Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio. 2021 Blues Artist of the year from Western Canadian Music Award and the Washington State Virtual Showdown in 2021. 2023 nominated for Pinetop Perkins ‘Piano Player of the Year’ from the Blues Music Award and won the award in 2024! Last year, Kenny recently received the prestigious ‘Bobby Blue Bland’ Lifetime Achievement Award from the Jus Blues Foundation in Atlanta, Georgia. And he also won the 2023 & 2024 Keyboard player of the year award from the Blues Blast Magazine. Now, nominated for Best Traditional Blues band and best recording from the Independent Blues Awards. Most recently was awarded ‘Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard) 2024 & 25 Living Blues Awards Critics’ Poll! This year 2026, he won ‘Canadian Blues Keyboard of the Year’ award’. Kenny now resides in Calgary, Alberta.
As Kenny’s career seems to soar, the history of piano blues had been put aside until now. But thanks to musicians like Kenny Blues Boss Wayne, it is now back in the forefront of Blues. For more information about Kenny and his career, contact him personally or check out his music.
Proceeds from the show go to support Better Together Circle + Social Change.
