
The Basement Café Concert Series is a coffeehouse-style music event, sponsored by the Minto Arts Council twice per year.
The concert series provides a platform for a diverse selection of musical genres including blues, jazz, folk, country and rock.
Held in the basement of the Harriston Public Library, these concerts offer an opportunity for the audience to experience an up close and personal performance from top-notch Canadian and local up-and-coming musicians, and likewise, gives performers a venue to really communicate with an enthusiastic and attentive crowd.
Over the past 10 years, this concert event has featured wonderful Canadian performers. Such as TANTRiX, Cara Smith, The MacQueens, Juanita Wilkins, Stan the Pianoman, and Wendell Ferguson – to name just a few.
Upcoming Concert

Like an Old Friend
Like an old Friend features the words and music of old friends Richard Knechtel and John Gardiner … John will read from his memoir about growing up & coming ofage in the small town of Hanover, Ontario during the 1950’s & 1960’s … Richard will perform a...
Save the Date!
May 13, 2022 • Boreal goes Botanical
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Past Basement Café Performance
2019
2018
February 23, 2018
- Stan the Piano Man
October 12, 2018
- TANTRiX
- Hayley Goreski
2017
February 18, 2017
- Dave Hawkins
- Madison Galloway
May 13, 2017
- Lyndon John X
- Kae McTaggert
2016
- Stan Chang (That Piano Guy) with Erick Bruck
- Sara Godfrey
May 30, 2016
- Katherine Wheatley
- The MacQueens
2015
- Kyle Boyne
May 30, 2015
- The Bombadils
- Nick Gush
September 26, 2015
- The Dubious Brothers (Ron Siebert, Wesley Bates, David Magee, Jim Shuffield, Lee Hickling and Michael Park)
- Flora Knight & Sean Donald
- The Hazy Maidens (Amy Welsman McCann and Julie McCann)
2014
- Terry Gillespie
2013
- John Stewart
May 11, 2013
- Darrin and Alison Schott
2012
- Robin Rich Trio
2011
- Peter Judd & Nicole Scott