Get your skis ready, because Willie Kuklis and the Disappointments will be appearing in Whistler, at Garfinkels Nightclub on Wednesday January 10th. Tickets are $5.00 at the door, and you MUST make reservations with Garfinkel to ensure you get in. It is peak season in Whistler and Garfinkels books up fast so...MAKE RESERVATIONS if you want to see us play. This will also be your first chance to buy our brand new disc The Hand That Pays. We'll see you there.
Cold, cold, cold!!! The day of the show, the weather tookl a turn for the terrible...-18 degrees in the sun, to too surprising for a mountain but a little cold for the city boys. All that aside we had a great show, and a ridiculous time in Whistler full of beer and good food. Thanks to everyone that came out to see us at Garfs...we will see you agin soon.
Wow the double header. Willie Kuklis and the Disappointments will be playing at the Roxy on Monday, September 11 2006. The doors open at 7:00pm and the show starts at 8:30pm. Tickets are available through the band and cost $5.00. Email Willie if you need tickets to the show, and he will tell you how to get them. We hope to see you there!!
The Roxy always rocks!! We always have such an awesome show when we play there, the sound is probably the best in Vancouver (thanks Randy). If you weren't there you missed a hell of a show full of wonder and delight. And one of my favorite things when playing at the Roxy, is the Falafel house...two doors down on Granville street. My little tradition is to go and get a chicken shawarma right after the show, and this is some of the best in Vancouver. The sound was great...and the shawarma was too, hope you didn't miss it.
Willie Kuklis and the Disappointments will be playing at the Backstage Lounge on Granville Island on Sunday, September 10th. The Backstage Lounge is located at 1585 Johnson street. Tickets are $8.00 at the door and the show will run from 8:00pm to 11:00pm. We will be playing with an awesome singer/songwriter from Vancouver Jess Hill. Come down and join us for an ice cold beer, and perhaps a foot rub from Chris...and dont forget the music. See y'all there.
Wow what a gong show!! Unfortunetly we needed to push the time of the show back because of the Fringe Festival that was going on during our show. So needless to say, all the people that did come out to see us play had to spend a few hours drinking...which would usually be a good thing, but on a Sunday night, not so much. Jess Hill was amazing as usual, and we will have her play with us again soon. Anyway thanks to all of you that did get out, we had fun and we hope that you did too.
Willie Kuklis and the Disappointments will be playing there first show at Cafe Deux Soleil in Vancouver on Saturday July 15th. Cafe Deux Soleil is a great little vegan Resturant, with great food and great atmosphere located at 2096 Commercial drive. Tickets are $5.00 and the show will run from 9:30pm to 12:00am. We hope you can all make it out to hear some of the new tracks, and say hi. We'll see you then.
Aside from all of the technical difficulties that we experienced...ALL NIGHT LONG, the show was a great time. Not only did we have some instrument malfunctions, we also managed to put the wrong address on all of our advertising, so we appologies to all of you who went to the wrong place. Who knoew there were two places with the same name...on the same street??? Well I guess we all do now. C'est la vie (thats french, and hopefully spelled correctly). Well we hope to see you all at our next show, this time we'll get the address right.
Willie Kuklis and the Disappointments will be playing their first show in Victoria B.C. at one of Victoria's newest venues Belle'e Bar. This is going to be a great show, so be there. Belle's bar is located at 759 Yates street in Victoria. The doors open at 8:00pm and the show is slated to start at 9:30 or 10:00. More details will follow.
Our first show in Victoria was a smashing success, we all had such an awesome time at Belle's Bar, a really cool venue in downtown Vic. There was a great turn out including a large group of fans coming out from Vancouver. Thanks to everyone that came out, and to Belle's Bar for showing us a great time.
Come out to the Media Club for another solo performance by Willie on Thursday February 23rd. Willie will be opening for the fantastic Craig Cardiff , a must see show. Jack Connolly is also slated to play that night. Ticket and show time info will be posted soon.
I had a really great show at the media club opening for the amazing Craig Cardiff. Unfortunetly Jack Connolly couldn't make it out, but Craig and I rocked the house, for an awesome crowd. If you've never been to the Media Club, you should really check it out. It's such a cool venue and the room has a realy great sound for live music.
Willie will be playing solo at the Railway Club on Monday, February 13th with Rodney Decroo. For more info on this show go to www.therailwayclub.com.
I always love playing at the Railway club, there's just something about the room and audiences that makes it just awesome every time. And this time was no different, I had so much fun, and as per usual Rodney Decroo blows my mind. Rodney and I may be doing a solo tour together sometime soon, so keep an eye out for that.
Willie Kuklis and the Disappointments will be playing their first public show on Monday January 16th at The Roxy in downtown Vancouver. We will be opening for The Roxy's house band Joes Garage. The doors open at 7:00pm and the show starts at 8:30pm, tickets are available at the door. For more info visit www.roxyvan.com.
All those of you who saw the show know that Willie Kuklis and the Disappointments rocked the Roxy. We had a great time with a great crowd. We look forward to having y'all out again for yet another mind blowing "disappointmnent". Thanks to the Roxy for a good time had by all.
Willie will be playing his first live show with his new band The Disappointments. The show is for the 2005 Grey Cup and is taking place in Vancouver on November 27th. Willie Kuklis and the Disappointments are playing at the Vancouver International Airport on Wednesday Novemer 23rd in the domestic arrivals area from 8pm to 9pm. We'd love to see you so come on down.
Willie Kuklis and the Disappointments rocked the arrivals area of the airport. It was a very interesting show, as I'm sure you can all imagine. I would say that the airport is not the idea location for a show. There were a lot of strange looks, and a few people dancing dancing in baggage claims. Needless to say we had a great time.
Willie will be playing at the White Hart Pub on Gabriola Island on Friday, November 4th. The show starts at 9:00pm and goes until 1:00am. Willie will be playing with Rodney Decroo.
Other than the show being billed as "Country Night" Rodney and I had a great time on Gabriola. Of course our audience was expecting the opportunity to put their cowboy boots on and two step to the "Boot-Scootin' Boogie", unfortunetly nor Rodney or I play the "Boot-Scootin' Boogie". We won them over...eventually.
Willie will be performing for the first time at The Rime in Vancouver. The show starts at 9:00pm and tickets are $10.00 at the door. Kevin House from Vancouver will also be playing that night.
I had a great time at the Rime. The food was fantastic...as was the beer, and the audience was fun. This is a really great new venue in Vancouver if you haven't checked it out yet, I highly recommend it. Get out and support the new music venues in town!
Willie will be performing at The Backstage Lounge on Granville Island on Sunday August 14th. The doors are at 8:00pm and the tickets are $6.00 at the door. Willie will be performing with Tiffany Poirier, and Benjamin Keith.
I had a good time playing the Backstage lounge, I always do. It was on the other hand aparticularly hot night in Vancouver, and I think I lost about 50 pounds in sweat alone. Some new pictures of this show, and other stuff will be posted on the Photos page shortly.
Willie will be performing at In The Round at the Lighthouse Pub in Nanaimo B.C.. The show consists of three writers playing original songs. The show starts at 8:00pm.
Willie will be performing at the ArtsWELLS Music Festival in Wells, British Columbia. Willie is slotted to play on Monday.
AH WELLLS, my second home. I had so much fun last weekend, a ton of great music and great people. I played two shows over the weekend to very receptive audiences. I did catch a few performances of musicians that were just brilliant. Rodney Decroo, Linda McRae and Rae Spoon played a show together in Barkerville, and I count myself so lucky to have seen...at least part of it. These three blew my mind, check them out. While I was in Wells, I also met the fantastic Sheryl MacKay from the CBC, so stayed tuned to North by Northwest to hear my interview.
Willie is pleased to announce that he will be a part of the Edge of the World Music Festival in the Queen Charlotte Islands. Willie is slotted for a 12:30pm start on Saturday July 9th. He is looking forward to having a great time and meeting new musicians from across the province and the world. We'll let you know how it goes.
We had a lot of fun during the Edge of the World Festival. A lot of awesome music and great people, and food. The weather, on the other hand was interesting. We had to deal with torretial downpours, but it was fun to watch the grounds become a giant puddle within minutes, while playing on stage (Check out the picture on the photos page). Needless to say we all had a good time, and I look forward to going back next year. I did have a great conversation with Christa Couture about being a "neo-folk" artist and I think I may change my genre to "Folk Noire".
Willie will be performing live in Victoria on The New VI's (CHUM TV) breakfast show... New Day. The show begins at 6:30am and runs until 9:00am.
Willie will be performing at Lucky Bar on July 5th with Victoria bands Heart Carried Heavy and Victoria Victoria. The show starts at 8pm and tickets ar $5.00 (at the door).
July 5th was great!! I had a lot of fun on New Day and the Lucky Bar show went well...time to get ready for the Edge of the World Festival.