The Janzen Boys
   Please Note New Date!! Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.
   Souris Avalon Theatre

"Far and away the revelation of this session was the Janzen Boys, a family trio from Winnipeg consisting of 17-year-old Simon on bass, 13-year-old Mick on mandolin, and their dad, John, on guitar. Their songs were strong, and their harmonies were out of this world. Couple all that with the sheer joy of watching a dad and his sons having so much fun on stage together and you've got an act that could be playing big festival stages in no time."
- Roots Music Canada (rootsmusic.ca)

Father-and-sons trio, The Janzen Boys, got their start busking as a rootsy, harmony-singing family playing in various places around Winnipeg, Manitoba. It wasn't long, however, before there was a demand for more.

They were chosen for a finalists showcase in the University of Winnipeg’s Uniter Fiver contest for emerging artists.

In the summer of 2015, the Boys wrote the story and music for a kids play, Blink's Garden, which they performed to sellout audiences at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, resulting in a 4-star review from the CBC. In 2016 an 2017 they took this play on the road, to the Edmonton and Toronto Fringe Festivals, performing to sellout audiences again.

In addition to the Fringe Festivals the band has kept busy on the festival circuit performing at Festival du Voyageur, Dauphin CountryFest, The Fire and Water Festival in Lac du Bonnet, and The Trout Forest Music Festival.

They currently have an 4-song EP called 'Roads' that features The Janzen Boys’ family harmonies along with the musical talents of Ariel Posen and Ryan Voth of The Bros. Landreth. They will head back into the studio in September 2019 to begin recording of a Janzen Boys full-length recording.