Culture Factory  and St. Clair College are pleased to present The Joel Plaskett Emergency Saturday August 25^th at the Capitol Theatre in Chatham.  Joel Plaskett Emergency is part of Culture Factory’s Indie Weekend, a two-day event that will feature multiple music showcases throughout downtown Chatham. Musicians from both Chatham and the surrounding areas of Windsor, London, Detroit and Toronto will be performing at the event. Additional artists who will be performing at Indie Weekend will be  released over the next couple of days.

Tickets to the Joel Plaskett show will be available for $30 (including fees). An Indie Weekend festival wristband that give its holder access to all shows including Joel Plaskett Emergency will be available for $40 (including fees). Tickets will be on sale May 16^th and will be available at the Box Office or online.

Culture Factory presents Canadian singer songwriter and blues guitarist Matt Andersen, Wednesday August 15^that the Kiwanis Theatre. Tickets will be on sale for $25 and available for purchase at the box office and online starting May 16th.

Matt began to build his name on the Canadian circuit, when he debuted in 2002 with One Size Never Fits, and followed with the likewise-warmly received Solo at Session (2004). After playing the prestigious 2004 East Coast Music Awards, Matt continued cultivating crowds, appearing with Randy Bachman, Bo Diddley, Little Feat, America, Loverboy, April Wine, and others.

In 2010 he became the first Canadian to win Memphis’s famed International Blues Challenge, which led to festival dates in France, Italy, and the US. Matt performs over 200 shows a year and in 2011 won the Maple Blues Awards for Entertainer of the Year and Acoustic Act of the Year and was nominated for four East Coast Music Association awards.