Five Alarm Funk

Here’s how much fun you could be having backstage with Five Alarm Funk!Thanks to Amy Stewart who sent this in from last year’s Salmon Arm Roots & Blues festival

You ain’t rocking the sky with your feet on the ground!Thanks to Linus Wong who snapped this pic at last year’s Vancouver Jazz Festival

We’re getting in the van on Thursday and driving to Montreal. Along the way we’re going to play some shows! Here’s the dates:

May 17th — Canmore — The Canmore Hotel
May 19th — Winnipeg — Pyramid Cabaret
May 22nd — Windsor — Phog Lounge
May 24th — Hamilton — The Casbah
May 25th — Sarnia — Paddy Flaherty’s
May 26th — Toronto — Lee’s Palace
May 29th — Peterborough — Red Dog Tavern
May 30th — Kingston — Merchant Tap House
May 31st — Montreal — Le Divan Orange - http://www.facebook.com/events/272037289558121/
June 1st — Ottawa — Cafe Dekcuf
June 2nd — London — APK Live
June 3rd — Sudbury — Townehouse
June 6th — Thunder Bay — Crocks/The Office
June 9th — Lethbridge — The Slice
June 10th — Edmonton — Open Sky Festival
June 11th — Banff — Wild Bill’s
June 21st — Kelowna — The Habitat
June 22nd — Kamloops — Kamloops Convention Centre
June 23rd — Nelson — Spirit Bar
June 26-28th — Saskatoon — Saskatchewan Jazz Festival

Here’s the details:

Friday, May 11
Rickshaw Theatre
254 East Hastings
(Don’t be fooled by the name. There’s a huge dance floor!!)
with guests Redeye Empire
Doors 9:00 PM
Advance tickets available at Zulu, Highlife, Red Cat record stores
Online at http://fivealarmfunkrelease.eventbrite.ca/

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/395919127098223/

Here’s the latest:

April 27th – Seattle – Tractor Tavern
April 28th – Tacoma – Jazz Bones Nightclub
April 29th – Portland – The Doug Fir Lounge
May 5th – Bellingham – Wild Buffalo House of Music
May 11th – Vancouver – Rickshaw
May 17th – Canmore – The Canmore Hotel
May 19th – Winnipeg – Pyramid Cabaret
May 24th – Hamilton – The Casbah
May 25th – Sarnia – Paddy Flaherty’s
May 26th – Toronto – Lee’s Palace
May 29th – Peterborough – Red Dog Tavern
May 31st – Montreal – Le Divan Orange
June 6th – Thunder Bay – The Office
June 10th – Edmonton – Open Sky Festival
June 11th – Banff – Wild Bill’s
June 22nd – Kamloops – Kamloops Convention Centre
June 23rd – Nelson – Spirit Bar

We have our new album! Available at all shows and online soon!

Thanks to Chelsea Brooke Roisum for a great photoshoot

Head on over to www.myspace.com/fivealarmfunkmusic for a sneak preview of two tracks from the new album!

Just dropped of the Master for manufacturing at Precision Disc in Surrey… The new album will be our hands sometime next week…

We’ll be celebrating the release of our new album Rock the Sky on Friday May 11 at the Rickshaw in Vancouver. Ticket details will be announced shortly.