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Thank you to the musicians, composers, Pyramid Cabaret, Manitoba Arts Council and especially our audience for coming out to our concert on December 11. The sound was excellent and a good sized stage for our band. It was a fun night of good music. Thanks again to all. 

 Looking forward to a great concert tomorrow evening, Thursday December 11 at The Pyramid Cabaret. Lots of great music from Manitoba composers, Afro Cuban, blues, alternate time signatures, modern harmonies and more. Featuring Manitoba's finest jazz musicians, Niall Cade saxophones, Jon Challoner trumpet, Chris Walton drums, Rosemary Galloway Bass, Nolan Gottfried alto saxophone and others. 



October 20, 2025

Great concert last night, sold out at the Fort Garry Hotel with Jon Gordon as our special guest. We featured the compositions of 6 composers, Chris Walton, Garry Bannister, Ben Kidd, Greg Crowe, Brady Gill, and Rosemary Galloway. We appreciated the responsive audience and hope to see everyone again at our next concert on Thursday December 11 at The Pyramid Cabaret, 176 Fort St, 7.30pm. Tickets at Showpass.com, $15. Entitled 'Serious Ear Candy', this upcoming concert will contribute something special to the festive season!

from Jon Gordon about last night's concert:

"It was a pleasure to play with the Galloway/Cade big band at the Fort Garry Hotel!
There was great writing and playing from everyone, come check the band out!"











August 2025

Please join us on Sunday October 19, 2025, 7pm at The Fort Garry Hotel in collaboration with Jazz Winnipeg. The Galloway Cade Big Band will be presenting innovative new music for jazz big band composed by Manitoba composers. We will have Jon Gordon, alto saxophone, as our guest. We look forward to some amazing music!

We would like to acknowledge the support of the Manitoba Arts Council in making this concert possible. 




July 2025

Thanks to all the musicians and composers and audience members who were at the June 5 reading/ performance. It was an inspiring evening of new music for big band. 

We are looking forward to 2 concerts in the fall - details coming soon.