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Small Town Artillery

  • May 14, 2026 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

  • FROG CITY CAFE

    315 Linden Avenue
    Kaleden, 0 V0H 1K0
Ticket Price (CAD) $38.15 Buy Tickets
Description

“Small Town Artillery Collective plays very earnest, almost orchestral rock music with big grins on their faces. 

 

Born out of the mountain paradise of Kaslo, BC, brothers Tom (Guitar, Vocals) & Derek van Deursen (Drums, Vocals) began learning side-by-side at a young age. Both cut their teeth deep into the flank of the indie band path, learning each required hat and chasing a sound that has evolved significantly since those basement jams in high school. 

Musically, dynamics abound. Horns bring the big yellable melodies and violin enters the mix now to gasp and evoke over charged guitars and expressive pounding rhythms - tied together by Tom’s offbeat rock and roll “we can make it” poetry and self-examination. Soft and nostalgic to bright and thunderous. The live show is a jumpy, heartwarming and earnest songfest, performed best in lightening storms during hometown festivals and under the last golden rays of a valley spring-turned-summer evening. 

The band has carved their own little corner of the Pacific Northwest towns and cities over the last 10 years, and between multiple handfuls of long-ranging BC tours and night time slots at some of the region’s best known festivals (Kaslo Jazz, Edge Of The World), they’ve played over 350 shows. Signed to JumpAttack! Records out of East Vancouver for their 2018 sophomore album, Don’t Talk Away The Magic, the band is currently nearing completion of their 3rd LP.”


 


 

Date & Time

Thu, May 14, 2026 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Venue Details

FROG CITY CAFE

315 Linden Avenue
Kaleden, 0 V0H 1K0 FROG CITY CAFE
Frog City Cafe

Like all good stories, this is a story rooted in love.

The seeds of this story were planted way back in the 1970's, when I, Lalita, moved to Kaleden and met the Hayter family. As a youth I would love, laugh, dance, sing, and play on these lands with the Hayter cousins Kris and Myron, eating Grandma Hayters cinnamon toast after school. This family would take over my heart.

Life would happen and we would lose the Hayter cousins at a young age. Grief would move my feet to travel, but eventually these feet would bring me back home to raise my own family.

To return a lifetime later to these lands and these beautiful people completes a circle in my life, full bloom.

It is my honor to be given the opportunity to operate Frog City Cafe with my husband and hold space for love, laughter, dancing, singing, and playing.

This is a love story. This is Frog City Cafe.


 


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