We are back and oh, how we've missed you!

After two years of making due with virtual gatherings, the Haida Gwaii Coffeehouse is ready to resume in-person events! 

This coming season, we will gather in the Community Hall, in Daajing Giids. It is a spacious venue which will allow social distancing as needed.

​As in years past, the Coffeehouse will take place on the last Friday of every month, starting on September 30, 2022 and going until March 2023. There will be an Open Mic followed by a featured local performer or band. 

In addition to live music, we will also host a monthly community dinner preceeding each Coffeehouse. Dinner and music, food for body and soul!

Everything by donation, in cash or in kind!

March 2023 Feature: The Minstrel Cramps

In defiance of a single genre, the Minstrel Cramps take listeners on a ripping ride from sombre reflection to danceable calls to action all while celebrating the silly and weird in us all.
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Honour the witch
Eat the rich
Bang your head
Make new friends
Be gay, do crimes
Hurl your body through space and time
Take a stand
Return the land

February 2023 Feature: Wayne & Noel

Wayne Harris local guitarist and singer will team up with Noel Wotten, local Sitka Studio artist and harmonica player to perform as the feature entertainers at the Feb. 24th, coffee house.

 January 2023 Feature: The Alkemist

​The Alkemist is a one-man-band playing a variety of instruments along with kick drum, and a bone-rattle boot. He will be sharing a collection of sad (yet hopeful) songs to sooth the seasonal discontent and existential crisis many of us face in these dark times. 

November 2022 Feature: Alanah M.

Singer, Songwriter, Mom, Friend - has been singing songs all her life and has been “making stuff up” since she was a little girl. Alanah has fronted a few local bands and collaborated with several local musicians, but her passion is writing and performing her own music.
Her style is unique, and people have said her songs get stuck in their heads with her unusual hooks and well-developed lyrics. She describes herself as “a bit of a hack” because she doesn’t read music and has no formal training on her instrument – her acoustic guitar. She is mostly self-taught and composes by ear. She says, “songs come when they want to be heard, so I listen for the music and lyrics, and then write them”.

October 2022 Feature: ​Sgaalanglaay Gaamdamaay


​Sgaalanglaay Gaamdamaay (Vern Williams) is a member of the Haida Raven Clan from Gaaw Tlagee (Old Massett). He is a song carrier, drum and rattle maker. He shares stories that help heal and move forward with strength.

September 2022 Feature: The Pseudos


​​The Pseudos are an instrumental spaghetti-surf band inspired by the sounds of 60's surf rock and spaghetti western film scores.