Michael Charles

  • September 20, 2025 8:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
  • The Dream Café

    67 Front Street
    Penticton, British Columbia V2A 1H2
Ticket Price (CAD) $37.94 Buy Tickets
Description

The precision and level of energy will leave you astounded by the driving force, the contemporary blues, rock, and the soulful ballads of Michael Charles.

Michael Charles musical pilgrimage started over six decades ago in his birth place Melbourne, Australia. While enjoying a successful musical crusade of touring, recording, and numerous television and radio appearances in his homeland, Michael received an invitation from Buddy Guy’s management to appear at the infamous Legends in Chicago, Illinois USA. Graciously accepting the honor, Michael Charles traveled the twelve thousand five hundred miles and took the stage with Mr. Buddy Guy. After numerous trips back and forth, Michael Charles made the monumental and life changing decision to make America his home. Charles worked the whole Chicago blues circuit performing with Mr. Buddy Guy, Phil Guy, James Cotton, Eddy Clearwater, Junior Wells, George Baze, as well as touring with blues legend, Jimmy Dawkins. Through the next twenty years, and now a nine times Grammy elected artist, Michael Charles enjoyed being featured in numerous television and radio broadcasts and several music magazines, along with gracing countless stages and pages including Chicago Blues Fest, Philadelphia Jazz and Blues Fest, Windy City Live Television, WGN TV, JBTV, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times, and The College Music Journal. In In 2015 Michael Charles received the extreme honor of an induction into the Blues Hall of Fame. Michael has received endorsements from Vertex and LR Baggs and in Canada from Godin / Seagull Guitars. Michael Charles’ discography is comprised of thirty-eight releases including a double CD thirty year anthology released in 2014 and the live CD “Concert at the Nest”, released in the winter of 2015.  In 2016 Australian film producer started work on a documentary chronicling the musical career of Michael Charles.  The Documentary was released in March of 2018 and the DVD in 2019.  "Soundtracked", the CD soundtrack to the documentary was also released in 2019.  In 2020 Moonlight Label released “The Early Years" , a CD of the complete 45 r.p.m. singles released 1984-1988 by Michael Charles in Australia before he moved to the U.S.A. in 1990.  Also, in 2020 “19”, the downloadable album of all the Alone and Acoustic songs recorded during the pandemic became available.  In August of 2021, and partially sponsored by the Illinois Arts Council Association,  a 2 CD and 1 DVD Box set chronologizing the entire pandemic experience from the recording studio was released and 2022 saw the singles of “Key To The Highway” and Charles’ new original song “Silenced”.  At this time Michael Charles is traveling his sixteenth consecutive international tour “No Detours 2023, which will once again take him to the far corners of the USA, Canada, and Australia. The 2023 tour promises a multitude of concerts and publicity appearances as MC performs a whole new list of cities, festivals, and music venues and revisits some favorites from the last fifteen tours.

“The Guitars, Music and Miles 2025 tour drives the power trio of Michael Charles straight to you for a non-stop concert explosion of music and guitars, contemporary blues, high energy rock, and soulful ballads from the forty-release discography of multi-genre Chicago Blues Hall of Famer Michael Charles.”

“If you never heard this man on guitar…if you never heard his no boundaries songwriting…if you never heard his strong, raspy voice…now is the time to know Michael Charles.  With a wealth of songs in him and thousands of performances behind him, his concerts, astounding to hear and see, you will wonder why you haven't seen him before and will only long to hear him again.  Michael Charles is one of the hardest working musicians around, doing it all from his heart, and doing it all for you.”

www.michaelcharles.us

Date & Time

Sat, Sep 20, 2025 8:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Venue Details

The Dream Café

67 Front Street
Penticton, British Columbia V2A 1H2 The Dream Café
The Dream Café

We do have $10 minimum food charge at the venue as we are a food-primary establishment*

Founded in 2001, we've developed a reputation, among artists and audiences alike, as a premium live entertainment venue across Canada and further afield. 

Our room is a listening room, which is a rare gem to find. There is no greater gift to give performers than to simply listen. They bring with them years of dedication and we get to enjoy and absorb their creativity. As an audience member, the experience is without parallel, providing an incredibly intimate and unique opportunity to see top talent from Canada, and around the world.

A wide range of musical styles can be seen on the Dream stage. Though they differ in genre, they are united in their skills. Expect to see Jazz, blues, indie, R&B, folk, punk, spoken word, reggae, rock, country, comedy, and more.

A night at the Dream Café includes a warm welcome, great food and an outstanding music experience. Our regulars know that no matter who is gracing the stage that night - the calibre of music and entertainment will be excellent. Thank you for supporting live music, the arts and The Dream Cafê

There's no need to print your tickets, we will greet you at the door with our guest list for the show.

Doors open 6pm (unless otherwise stated). Show starts at 8pm. Kitchen is open from 6-9pm. We are an all-ages venue! 

No need for reservations for dinner - your tickets include your table for the evening. Please arrive by 7:15pm to have time to get settled before the music starts. 

The Dream Café

Reservations: reservations@thedreamcafe.ca

Manager: manager@thedreamcafe.ca

Phone: 250-490-9012


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