Jesse Cook: The Libre Tour

Thursday, April 20 // 8pm

Two million albums sold, five PBS specials filmed, more than 25 million views on YouTube, and over 400 million streams of his songs: Jesse Cook’s fruitful career spanning twenty-five years has brought this Canadian guitarist multiple accolades including a coveted Acoustic Guitar Magazine Player’s Choice Silver Award, 11 Juno Award nominations, a Gemini Award and, most impressively, ten platinum and gold studio albums . Along with being a global-guitar virtuoso, he has honed his skills as a composer, producer, arranger, performer and, more recently, filmmaker and cultural ambassador

As a child he was introduced to flamenco while spending summers at his father’s house in the Camargue region of southern France . John Cook’s neighbour happened to be Nico Reyes, guitarist for The Gypsy Kings Meanwhile his mother, Heather Cook, with whom he lived, enrolled him in Toronto’s prestigious Eli Kassner Guitar Academy Libre, his eleventh studio album, was chosen as the 2021 Album of the Year by JazzTrax . Jesse and his extraordinary band are looking forward to returning to the road, bringing The Libre Tour and their unique brand of rhythm and rhumba to audiences across North America and beyond .

In 2023, Jesse Cook was recognized as one of eleven of the greatest and most famous Flamenco Guitar Players by Hello Music Theory .

The annual Canadian tradition is back on the road! From their humble beginnings in 1983 at the Saint-Denis Theatre in Montreal to laughing their way to become the largest global player in the humour industry, Just For Laughs has made funny their business . Each year they make millions of Canadians laugh and this year is no different: Just For Laughs Road Show is getting back on stage with four hilarious featured comics for an evening of laugh-a-minute entertainment

This side-splitting performance will bring a night of pure comedic relief to Flato Markham Theatre Don’t miss some of the best acts from the world’s largest and most prestigious comedy festival when it rolls into town!

Friday, April 21 // 8pm