The Mansion to Host Joe’s MILL Fundraising Concert

Published on: 2011/10/17 - in Entertainment

Joe’s M.I.L.L. and K-Rock 105.7 have announced a musical event to support the Joe Chithalen Musical Instrument Lending Library.

“A Joe Show” will be held at the Mansion – 506 Princess Street – on Thursday, November 17, to celebrate Joe Chithalen’s birthday. The event will be headlined by Bloom and Rueben DeGroot and His Whole Band.

In the 1990s, it was hard to go to any club in Kingston and not find  Bloom playing. Fronted by bass player Joe Chithalen and keyboardist Spencer Evans, Bloom was a solid funk band playing both originals and covers by Sly & The Family Stone, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, The Meters and more.

Although Joe Chithalen has passed on, his friends and band mates have carried on the dream with Zak Colbert on bass, Bunny Stewart on sax, Benji Perosin on trumpet, Cristos Smyrnios on drums, and guitarist Jay Euringer.

The Joe Chithalen Musical Instrument Lending Library is a registered charity operating in Kingston at 559 Bagot Street. It currently has over 300 items available to borrow and enjoy, including guitars, keyboards, drums, horns, violins, percussion, exotic instruments, and much more – and just like a regular library, it’s all free. Its lending and teaching programs sustain music appreciation, knowledge, community enrichment and provide opportunities for youth and adults to meet their full potential.

Doors will open at “A Joe Show” at 9 PM on November 17 and the show starts at 9:30 pm.

Advance tickets are $10 – $15 at the door – with sales beginning Wednesday, October 19 at Brian’s Record Option (381 Princess St) and Joe’s M.I.L.L. (559 Bagot Street, entrance of Corrigan Street).