Music For The Gut
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Friday August 22, 2025 7:30 PM
Music for the Gut – presented by Saskatoon & District Lions Clubs - is excited to be back at TCU Place! Our concerts raise awareness and funds for 322,600 Canadians living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. We are thankful to have contributed $217,000 to Crohn’s and Colitis Canada since 2011! Featuring our 70-voice GUT ENSEMBLE! and GUT DANSEURS! we’ll perform powerful uplifting pop/rock hits and musical theatre standards, in large and small groups – accompanied by our fabulous 14-piece orchestra GUT BANDA!
JORDIE HUGHTON – Artistic Director
JORDIE HUGHTON & JUSTIN LA – Conductors
MATTHEW PRAKSAS – Pianist
KENNI CHOMYN – Choreographer
KAYLEIGH SENFT – Dance Captain
LORNA BATYCKI – Stage Manager
JAMEY HUGHTON – Master of Ceremonies
Featured Artists:
• JAY SEMKO & DANICA LORER – singer-songwriters
• GERARD WEBER – saxophonist
• GRAHAM TILSLEY – singer-songwriter
• BRETT GRAHAM – vibraphonist
• GRAHAM PRITCHARD – guitarist
• BSOFLO – hip hop (tbd)
Thanks to many… MUSIC FOR THE GUT is…A SPECTACULAR SUMMER EVENT!
Music for the Gut was founded by the Hughton family in 2011. Three members of the Hughton family live with IBD, as do many of our performers and crew.
We’re thankful for generous sponsors, donors and patrons, for supporting our concerts, and over 400 talented performers and dedicated crew, the past 15 years!
The Hughton family were honoured, in Toronto, to receive the 2019 National Finkelstein Award, from Crohn’s and Colitis Canada co-founder Marilyn Finkelstein, proudly received on behalf of our entire Music for the Gut family!
Jordie Hughton and his team, have auditioned and brought “Together” talented Music for the Gut singers, dancers and instrumentalists - from many groups: Fireside Singers, Summer Players, Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, Greystone Singers, UofS Music students and graduates, teachers and students from Saskatoon Academy of Music and Sask ExpressSaskatoon, Saskatoon Childrens Choir, Acoustic Theory and students from the Jordie Hughton Vocal Studio.
There will be a Mega Raffle, Art Raffle, 50/50 and Donations – Proceeds to Crohn’s and Colitis Canada!
Concert information and Performer list at: MusicfortheGut.com
Nicole Stevenson Photography
