The McGowan Family Band

The McGowan Family Band

The McGowan Family Band, Jammin since 1999. Edmonton's #1 source for psychedelic rock and jam music.

The McGowan Family Band is an Edmonton based musical ensemble dedicated to producing innovative music and high energy shows that are accessible to a wide audience of all musical tastes and ages. With musical influences that include rock, folk, reggae and blues, The McGowan Family Band is looking to take their music on a career path by playing to new audiences on a regular basis. Between their orig

Photos from The McGowan Family Band's post 17/12/2023

We had a rockin' time at Keithmas! So many great players and folks supporting a good cause 👏 👏👏 Thanks to Scott Putnam and The Starlite Room

03/12/2023

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to Newcastle Pub & Grill last night! We had fun jammin with our old pal Jer T. on bass. We look forward to finishing off 2023 with a couple more performances. DEC 16 Keithmas at Starlite Room and DEC 29 at Blues on Whyte 🎶

📸 by Angela McKenzie

Photos from Newcastle Pub & Grill's post 02/12/2023
The McGowan Family Band 01/12/2023

Since many of you are using Spotify we would be grateful if you could drop us a follow ✌🎶

The McGowan Family Band Artist · 18 monthly listeners.

Photos from The Starlite Room's post 29/11/2023

Let's get stoned! Rolling Stoned 🤣🤘
Helping out some hungry folks for the holidays with a food bank rager! Come support the cause and shake your tail feather to the sounds of Keithmas 🎶

21/11/2023

Happy to announce we will be performing 3 sets of music Saturday December 2nd at Newcastle Pub & Grill $5 at door 18+

18/11/2023

We had an incredible time at River City Revival House ❤ Thank you all for your support and such positive energy ✌🎶

16/11/2023

Our friends at 2 Doors Down Studio are raising funds for breast cancer research and awareness! Enter to win a guitar package 🎸 🎶

15/11/2023
07/11/2023

The McGowan Family Band will be performing 2 sets of music Friday November 17th at River City Revival House
No cover charge 18+
9pm to Midnight 🎶✌

08/10/2023

Tune in to CJSR FM 88.5 today 4pm to 6pm to hear tracks from our show in Canmore featuring members of BrassTactics 🎶🎷

Happy Thanksgiving ✌

The McGowan Family Band Live at Canmore Hotel on 2023-08-26 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive 15/09/2023

You can now listen to our show from the Canmore Hotel August 26, 2023 🎶
We had some very special guests join us from BrassTactics Track 22>>> 🎺🎷🎶

The McGowan Family Band Live at Canmore Hotel on 2023-08-26 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive The McGowan Family Band Saturday August 26, 2023Canmore HotelCanmore, ABSet 1 (Pati ho)01 Franklin's Tower 02 Microphone Dinner 03 Bird Song 04 Broken...

28/08/2023

We had a blast performing 4 sets in Canmore on Saturday! We had a special visit from members of the BrassTactics during our final set, those jams will go down in history ✌🎶

24/08/2023

We had a blast at Blues on Whyte / Commercial Hotel with our new friends Road Waves 🤘 Next up we are at the Canmore Hotel this Saturday Aug 26

23/08/2023

Tomorrow night Wednesday August 23!

Do not miss Road Waves first visit to Edmonton. Let's make it a memorable night for these jammers 🎶 🐸🎶

Blues on Whyte / Commercial Hotel 8:00pm

Event: THE ROAD WAVES WITH THE MCGOWAN FAMILY BAND - Tickets | Blues on Whyte 18/08/2023

https://www.showpass.com/the-road-waves-with-the-mcgowan-family-band/

Event: THE ROAD WAVES WITH THE MCGOWAN FAMILY BAND - Tickets | Blues on Whyte The Road Waves' electrifying North American tour presents an explosive live music experience with their soulful blend of blues, funk, jazz, and rock, that always leaves audiences begging for more! The McGowan Family Band has been amplifying their unique brand of near-genre-less, guitar driven sounds...

28/06/2023

North Country Fair ❤ We would like to express our gratitude for the opportunity to once again share our music with such a loving audience. This year was quite incredible all around and provided an abundance of inspiration to keep writing and performing. We would like to wish everyone a happy summer and please stay safe festival goers ✌ See ya at the after bender 🎶 https://facebook.com/events/s/north-country-fair-afterbender/588285166624066/

📷 Thea Kachuk

22/06/2023

Happy Solstice! Enjoy the Summer ☀️ ✌

10/06/2023

45th Anniversary of North Country Fair ! Wow look at this line up 🤯 Please join us for what will surely be a special year, it's our 25th year attending and we are honored to be included among such a talented list of performers 🎶❤

27/05/2023

We had a blast last night at Newcastle Pub & Grill

🤘 Next up we will be at North Country Fair
Have a great summer everyone! 🌞

19/05/2023

Less than a week away until we take the stage at Newcastle Pub & Grill 🤘Thursday May 25th

We will be showcasing 3 full sets that will feature selections from our original catalog and familiar cover tunes as well as some brand new material. 🎶

https://facebook.com/events/s/the-mcgowan-family-band-live/1647643772342154/

Event: PREPARE FOR THE NORTH COUNTRY FAIR - Tickets | Blues on Whyte 06/04/2023

https://www.showpass.com/prepare-for-the-north-country-fair/

Event: PREPARE FOR THE NORTH COUNTRY FAIR - Tickets | Blues on Whyte The Commercial proudly presents Prepare for the Fair, a showcase of bands performing at this year's 45th annual North Country Fair. Your ticket entitles you to an entry into a draw to win tickets to the North Country Fair being held on June 23, 2023 to June 25, 2023. Our exceptional lineup will not....

Photos from The McGowan Family Band's post 18/03/2023

Thank you Dead Ends Live for an incredible night of music!

We were extremely grateful to perform a large selection of the Grateful Dead catalogue:

Bertha
Scarlet Begonias>
Fire on the Mountain
Shakedown Street
Eyes of the World
China Cat Sunflower>
I know you Rider
Mr. Charlie
Easy Wind
Bird Song
Friend of the Devil
Catfish John
West LA Fade-away
Dear Mr. Fantasy

Day two starts soon and we look forward to hearing more music fill the air ✌️🎶

Photos by Brian Zahorodniuk

Dead Ends Live Dead Ends Live Edmonton

Dead Ends Live celebrates the jam-band culture of the Grateful Dead 16/03/2023

Great article by Tom Murray in today's Edmonton Journal ✌

Dead Ends Live celebrates the jam-band culture of the Grateful Dead On the two-day, two-venue bill is John Kadlecik from the post-Dead band Further and the Dead-obsessed McGowan Family Band

Photos from The Shoebox on CJSR's post 15/03/2023
The weekend of March 17TH and 18TH, 2023, marks the return of Edmonton’s newest winter music festival, Dead Ends Live 08/03/2023

https://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/weekend-march-17th-and-18th-2023-marks-return-edmontons-newest-winter-music-festival-dead

The weekend of March 17TH and 18TH, 2023, marks the return of Edmonton’s newest winter music festival, Dead Ends Live Born out of a love for the Grateful Dead songbook and the jam band culture, the inaugural Dead Ends Live thrilled fans of this broad musical canvas last spring, just as things were shifting to some sort of normalcy.

03/07/2017

Buy e-tickets for The McGowan Family Band presents JAMTRON 3 with The McGowan Family Band and Space Picnic and more! at Metis Crossing (Smoky Lake) on July 22, 2017 at 3:00 pm

JAMTRON 3 line up is complete! The performers are set to Jam the night away at the beautiful Metis Crossing location near Smoky Lake. We all look forward to this event as being a very special all nighter that will certainly be memorable for years to come. We hope you are able to share this moment with us on Saturday July 22, 2017. Advance ticket sales are extremely important in producing this gathering and we truly appreciate every purchase, we are firmly committed to keeping the patron cost as low as possible for accessibility to all and we also allow pets on leash and children can attend free! Thank you in advance for your support and we hope to be dancing with you soon at JAMTRON 3!!! Love - The McGowan Family Band https://yeglive.ca/events/jamtron-3/jul-22-2017/metis-crossing

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29/06/2017

The McGowan Family Band

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28/06/2017

The McGowan Family Band would like to send a big thank you out to the North Country Fair! We all had a lot of fun individually over the spectacular weekend and had an extra special Sunday afternoon performing on the Firefly stage (minus a couple members). Also sending a huge shout out to all the passionate volunteers with a special thanks to our Lock Up crew aka the Schleppers. "Schleppin' Here!" Next year will be the McGowan brothers 20th consecutive NCF and we look forward to it already :)

21/06/2017

JAMTRON 3

Saturday July 22, 2017
Metis Crossing 17339-Victoria Trail, Smoky Lake Alberta.
Approx 80 mins from Edmonton

Featuring:

The McGowan Family Band
WEIGHT
Prairie Rock
The High Powers
Mandaku
The Van Dangos
Space Picnic
Drumz etc.

Gate opens at 3:00pm
Performers start at 4:00pm

$25 Advance Tix*
$35 at Gate (Cash Only)
Ticket includes camping and facilities
All Ages Event (Kids 12 and under Free)
Rain or Shine - No Refunds
BYOB and Food

*Tix avail at https://yeglive.ca/events/jamtron-3/jul-22-2017/metis-crossing
& Blackbyrd Myoozik 10442-82 Ave NW Edmonton

17/06/2017

Show at The Tavern on Whyte

reverbnation.com See The McGowan Family Band at The Tavern on Whyte on June 30th

17/06/2017

Tavern on Whyte

Let's get groovy June 30th!

12/06/2017

The McGowan Family Band at Naked Cyber Cafe 6/10/17 Photo by Denis Frigon

The McGowan Family Band rockin hard at @ Naked Cyber Cafe

11/06/2017

Naked Cyber Cafe

Ain't afraid of no ghosts!

31/05/2017

The McGowan Family Band at Newcastle Pub "Prepare for the Fair" 05/27/17 Photo by Al Rempel

28/05/2017

TONIGHT!!! Prepare for the Fair :)

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