Michael Bernard Fitzgerald. (Submitted photo/EA Rawlinson Centre)

By Dawson Thompson

Live Music

Rawlinson Centre to host Canadian songwriter, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald

Oct 12, 2021 | 1:00 PM

Songwriter, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald will be coming to town and will be playing at the EA Rawlinson Centre for the Arts on Thursday night.

Michael is a Canadian artist who has collected an audience of fans across North America, drawn to simple honest words and a genuine smile. Having released four full-length albums, he has spent his career since 2006 creating music, touring, and connecting with audiences across the country.

“One thing that got me about his music is his lyrics,” Cara Stelmaschuk, events coordinator at the Rawlinson told paNOW. “He’s a really good addition. I think it will a good one for a younger demographic to come out and see.

“It’s really mellow to listen to his music, but your brain is still active while listening to it. He’s a modern poet.”

While traveling, Michael has shared the stage with some pretty big names including Bryan Adams, Sam Roberts, and Kings of Leon.

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“He’s got quite an extensive resume already,” Stelmaschuk said. “He is no stranger to pretty big stages.”

Guests will be required to provide proof of vaccination upon entry. Non-medical face masks will also be mandatory while indoors.

The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased ahead of time online, or at the door as well.

Stelmaschuk added that recently many guests have been quite pleasant about providing proof of vaccination, and some people were even waiting for this mandate before they came out.

“It actually brought some more people in the doors in our case,” Stelmaschuk said. “We had a lot of comments already from people saying they were waiting for us to do this.”

She added many of the guests are familiar faces that went to shows prior to the provincial mandate, making the situation even easier for them.

“We really were not worried about asking for the proof of vaccination,” Stelmaschuk said. “Many of the people have been itching for safety precautions to go in place. We had one show already where we had to check for vaccinations, and we had no problems.

“We figure that if there is a lot of communication ahead of time, then people are a lot less likely to be upset, and that is what we are aiming for. Nobody should be surprised here.”

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