A Night with Jeffery Straker: SSUC Refugee Fundraiser Concert

Join us on Thursday, September 5th, 2024, at 7 pm for a concert with a cause! SSUC Edmonton has stood by international refugee families and marginalized individuals for decades. This September, we’re rallying together for a fundraiser to uphold those seeking safety in our community. Don’t miss the captivating performance by prairie-grown talent, Jeffrey Straker, as he shares his music and stories. Your support means the world to us and goes directly towards a fantastic cause. Let’s keep storying safe landing spaces together!

Get your tickets at www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-night-with-jeffery-straker-ssuc-refugee-fundraiser-concert-tickets-914707072477?aff=oddtdtcreator.

About Jeffery Straker:

Singer-songwriter pianist Jeffery Straker grew up taking piano lessons in a small Saskatchewan farming town, raised by a church organist mother and an auctioneer father. He’s gone on to perform over 100 shows per year across Canada, Europe and Latin America. Serving up a rootsy-storytelling brand of song, his song-writing has the ability to transport a listener – out onto a northern lake or to the main street of a prairie town. Across 8 albums to date critical comparisons have been drawn to the likes of Harry Chapin, Kris Kristofferson & Murray McLauchlan while performances have seen him live on BBC radio in the UK, on theatre stages and performing to festival crowds. Named Roots-Folk Artist of the Year in consecutive Saskatchewan Music Awards, Jeffery has also been honoured with a Western Canadian Music Award. The Saskatchewan Country Music Awards have named him keyboard player of the year, 3 years running. Recently he’s toured across the UK (including a performance at the Canadian High Commission in London), performed in Kugluktuk Nunavut above the Arctic Circle, and co-headlined a Western Canada tour with Royal Wood. He’ll debut his new album “Great Big Sky” with a series of unique shows performed in grain elevators in Saskatchewan. Wherever he performs he connects with audiences and to that end CBC Radio recently said: “Straker has a way of drawing us into his world and making us feel like we’re a welcome guest; an old friend he’s ready to catch up with”. www.jeffstraker.com