The Wildest Town in Canada: Donnelly Songs and Stories by Jeff Culbert

The Port Stanley Festival Theatre kicks off its 2019 summer season with The Wildest Town in Canada: Donnelly Songs and Stories.

The show's creator and star is Jeff Culbert, the great-great-grandson of our ancestors, John Culbert and Mary Ward. Jeff, who grew up in Lucan, Ontario is a talented storyteller, playwright, and musician.

Jeff Culbert

This new show about the Donnelly murders of 1880 presents the story in a unique way: It’s a concert featuring some of the best songs that have been written about the Donnellys over the years.

Songs by Stompin' Tom Connors, Earl Heywood, Maria Dunn, James Boyle and Jeff Culbert, played by a four-piece band featuring fiddle, accordion, guitar and banjo.

The show runs for a week from 21 May - 25 May 2019. Ticket information here.

And if you haven't already read my post about the Culbert family's connection to the Donnellys, click here.

Cousins Jeff Culbert (left) and Terry Culbert at Poplar Farm, the Culbert homestead near Lucan, Ontario. The Culbert homestead on the Coursey Line is located almost directly straight across and a couple of miles west of the Donnelly homestead on the Roman Line.