Join us at this special edition of Family Storytime to enjoy great music from a Saskatoon Blues Society performer. Come hear stories and music that are sure to leave you anything but feeling blue!
Guitarist Ross Neilsen will be joining us at this event. He has released 10 recordings, performed several thousand concerts, driven more than a million kilometers and has toured Canada dozens of times. Neilsen has been honoured with multiple nominations at The Maple Blues Awards, including Songwriter of the Year in 2017, two Rising Star nominations from CBC, back-to-back Blues Album of the Year nominations from the East Coast Music Association, and over half a dozen nominations for MusicNB awards, including wins for Best Blues Recording. You can find Neilsen performing throughout Canada in a variety of concert styles. Be it with his solo show or band, Neilsen is back to telling tall tales and melting faces with his signature finger-style guitar.
The Frances Morrison Central Library officially opened on May 28, 1966. This facility was named after Frances Morrison, who served as Saskatoon Public Library’s (SPL) chief librarian from 1961 to 1980. The Frances Morrison Central Library is the largest of SPL’s nine libraries and houses a dedicated Children’s Department, Fine Arts Department, Local History Room, Theatre, a computer lab, Innovation Lab, SPL's Writer in Residence, Accessibility Services and various administrative offices.