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!

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

Host or Publisher SSUC Gatherings