The Black Horse is running a full seven-day relay this week — the kind of lineup that turns your calendar into a coaster and your voice into a scratchy souvenir.
The Black Horse is doing what it does best this week: packing the calendar with the kind of no-fuss, all-flavour live music lineup that keeps the place feeling less like a bar and more like a local institution with a liquor licence. It starts Monday, April 6 with Crash & Burn Jam with Rick & Gailie, alongside JP Hovercraft, Brian Landry, and Clifford Maynes, carrying on a Monday-night tradition that’s somehow been rolling for 20 years and counting. Tuesday brings Open Mic with Johann Burkhardt, while Wednesday’s Music Bingo swaps numbers for songs and turns everyone into a part-time music nerd. Thursday slides into Jazz & Blues Night with Carling Stephen and Rob Phillips fronting the band, followed by Four Lanes Wide on Friday. Saturday pulls a neat double shift, with Victoria Yeh and Mike Graham launching the Dine With Jazz series from 5 to 8 p.m., before Between the Static takes over later with a crowd-pleasing set stacked with hits from the last four decades. Then on Sunday, Bluegrass Menagerie wraps the week with an afternoon of lively, traditional bluegrass. In other words: if you can’t find something worth hearing at The Black Horse this week, the problem may be spiritual.