Daniel Champagne
📅 Saturday, May 30 · 7:30 PM
📍 Knox-Metropolitan United Church
2340 Victoria Avenue, Regina, SK S4P 0S6, Regina, SK
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The story goes that the young Australian singer, songwriter and one-of-a-kind guitar virtuoso, Daniel Champagne, first picked up his instrument of choice as a five-year-old following in the footsteps of a musical father. He began writing songs at 12, training classically throughout his teens and performing solo wherever he could, honing his craft and developing what would become the dynamite live show that he is renowned for today. At 18 he left school, turned professional and hit the road. The next five years saw him traversing North America, the U.K., Europe, New Zealand, and of course, his homeland Australia, playing such festivals as Vancouver and Mariposa Folk (Canada), Belgium's Labadoux Festival and Australia's Woodford Falls Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival, and the legendary Byron Bay Bluesfest. As well as touring and sharing stages with the likes of Lucinda Williams, Judy Collins, INXS, John Butler, KT Tunstall and Ani DiFranco - all of this while writing, producing and independently releasing two EPs, My Own Design (2009) and Wide Eyed and Open (2010), his first LP Pint of Mystery (2011) and the Real Live offering in 2012. This globetrotting lifestyle would become the