Upcoming: Western Red Cedar at Tyrant Studios

On Friday, November 14, 2025, my band called Western Red Cedar will play at Tyrant Studios, 1019 Seymour Street above the historic Penthouse nightclub, downtown Vancouver. The band for this show is me on electric bass and acoustic guitar, John Nicholson on saxophone, Jancis Bautista on piano, Madeleine Elkins on electric guitar, and Jamison Ko on drums.

Western Red Cedar plays Celtic-based music in an improvising ensemble. That includes Irish, Scottish, Franco-Canadian, and more traditions. I hope this project can be a voice for the genre-bending west coast, joining a new wave of "avant-folk" that has emerged from Glasgow to Québec.

Start time: 9:30 PM. Doors open: 9:00 PM.

Scroll on Tyrant Studios' website to "Will Chernoff's Western Red Cedar", add the tickets to your cart, and checkout on their website.

Daniel Deorksen booked us for this show. Here's a video from the one time I presented this band before, with a slightly different lineup: