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Named after the Chosen Bean Coffeehouse once located on Main Street in Chatfield, the Chosen Bean Concerts Series has garnered a reputation for presenting the best in live original acoustic music performed by regional and national musicians who stretch the gamut from legendary icons to emerging talents. The Series 16th run welcomes the Toronto, Ontario-based folk and blues musician Suzie Vinnick on Saturday, April 13, to the Legion Room at Chatfield Center for the Arts.
Chosen Bean Concerts are presented in Southeast Minnesota’s premier listening room, the American Legion Room at Chatfield Center for the Arts. This listening room is a comfortable 100-person capacity space that feels more like a large living room than a large venue, and one where the audience has an intimate, music-up-close kind of experience.
The night of the show, patrons choose from sitting around the stage within a few feet of the artist, or at tables cabaret-style. Doors open at 6:45, providing time for folks to socialize and visit with fellow concert-goers and enjoy beer, wine, soft drinks, and snacks sold by CCA. Complimentary coffee is provided through the generous sponsorship of Chatfield’s Cabin Coffee Company. The concert is set to start at 7:30 and will include two robust 45 minute sets with an intermission in between.
About Suzie Vinnick
A Saskatoon native transplanted to the Niagara Region of Ontario, Suzie Vinnick is the proud owner of a gorgeous voice, prodigious guitar and bass chops, and an engagingly candid performance style.
Her career has seen triumph after triumph. Among her most recent successes: being nominated for a 2018 Canadian Folk Music Award for Producer of the Year with her co-producer, Mark Lalama. Suzie achieved finalist status in the Solo/Duo Category at the 2013 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tenn.; received the 2012 CBC Saturday Night Blues Great Canadian Blues Award and the 2012 Sirius XM Canada Blues Artist of the Year. Suzie has won 10 Maple Blues Awards (she has been nominated for 22 so far!), won the 2011 Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Vocalist of the Year, and is a 3X Juno Nominee.
Suzie has toured nationally with Stuart McLean’s The Vinyl Café and the John McDermott Band, and performed for Canadian Peacekeepers in Bosnia and the Persian Gulf. She was also the voice of Tim Horton’s for five years.
Suzie has just released her latest album, a full-band roots and blues extravaganza entitled Shake The Love Around.
For more on Suzie Vinnick, visit www.suzievinnick.com
Chosen Bean Concert
Series Tickets
Tickets are $20 in advance or at the door. Seating is limited and general admission; advance ticket purchase is encouraged. Tickets are available online at www.chatfieldarts.org or by calling 507-884-7676.
About Chatfield
Center for the Arts
Chatfield Center for the Arts is non-profit, regional arts center that enhances the quality of life and ignites regional vibrancy in Southeast Minnesota through accessible cultural programs and arts education while preserving the integrity of the most historically significant building in downtown Chatfield. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund. Learn more at www.chatfieldarts.org, or call us at 507-884-7676.