It’s Weakerthans week in Winnipeg, as our greatest band is set to kick off 4 shows at different venues across town. While they are somewhat famous and maybe don’t need our help any more, there is no greater songwriter in our city (past or present), so it’s our duty to play a bunch of the greatest songs ever written in and about our town. But, that’s not the only exciting time of year approaching, it’s also Christmas, and we’ve got a batch of Christmas tunes that won’t make you nauseous. Also, some new songs, some winter songs, and some all-around good songs.

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim Bryson – Impaler – The Occasionals – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Snowing in Nashville – Everything Is Real – CDN
Ruth Moody – Cold Outside – The Garden – CDN – WPG
The Head and the Heart – Winter Song – The Head and the Heart
Tanya Davis – Tra-la-la – Clocks and Hearts Keep Going – CDN
Shuyler Jansen – Wedding Band – Voice from the Lake – CDN
Steve Earle and Allison Moorer – After the Fire Is Gone – Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Matt Andersen – O Holy Night – The Spirit of Christmas – CDN
Matt Andersen – Hobo Christmas Train – The Spirit of Christmas – CDN
Oliver Schroer – Beneath the Ice, They Heard Bells… – Stuck on a Cold Steel Pole – CDN
Skydiggers – Good King Wenceslas – The Truth About Us – CDN
Good Lovelies – Maybe this Time – Under the Mistletoe – CDN
Ox – It’s Christmas Time Again – Silent Night and other Cowboy Songs

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jim Bryson and the Weakerthans – Freeways in the Front Yard – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
The Weakerthans – Fallow – Fallow – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – None of the Above – Fallow – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – Confessions of a Futon Revolutionist (country style) – Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 3 – CDN – WPG
The Wakerthans – Ringing of Revolution – Return of the Read Menace – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Weakerthans – Everything Must Go! – Left & Leaving – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – Pamphleteer – Left & Leaving – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – Watermark – Left & Leaving – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – Plea from a Cat Named Virtute – Reconstruction Site – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – A New Name for Everything – Reconstruction Site – CDN – WPG
John K Samson – Reconstruction Site – live recording – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – Night Windows – Reunion Tour – CDN –WPG