Tom Jackson kickstarts the holiday season this Sunday, November 21 at Key City Theatre with the grace, style, and quirky festivity that many have enjoyed for decades.

Expect an evening of original music, sing-along tunes, and signature Christmas music from this master storyteller.

Tom has travelled coast to coast to coast with The Huron Carole for many years, raising funds and awareness for local food banks and family service agencies, and this year, Cranbrook audiences will get to enjoy more of his in-person charm.

As a Companion of the Order of Canada, Juno and Gemini Humanitarian Award winner, eleven-time honorary degree recipient, and a proud bearer of the 2014 Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement, Tom is noted for his ability to mobilize others into action – often leading with a hug.

There are entertainment legends, and then there is Tom Jackson, a triple-threat actor, musician, and activist whose achievements in each discipline are downright head-spinning.  His career is unparalleled, not to mention wildly acclaimed, abundantly decorated, and almost ridiculously interesting. Heck, he could be a pub night trivia category all by himself.

It’s impossible to regard Tom’s music separately from the other aspects of his remarkable career which include (but are not limited to) countless marquee TV roles on hit shows like North of 60, Shining Time Station, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Law & Order and Red Earth Uncovered.  Most recent guest roles in Season 4 and 6 of Outlander, and Season 3 of Cardinal keep the phone ringing.

Notably, many small- and big-screen parts have leveraged Tom’s Indigenous heritage for their dynamic characters; still others have employed his mellifluous tones for voiceovers.

Tom is understandably proud of all that.  Yet it is his extensive charitable work — in particular, helming the long-running Huron Carole Christmas concert tours for Canadian food banks plus multiple other initiatives — that is arguably his crowning achievement.  The act of giving comes naturally and spreads easily with his indefatigable energy to be on the look-out for those in need.

The Huron Carole toured virtually by Zoom in 2020 for various agencies as they searched for creative ways to connect and remedy a dramatic loss of donors.  With over $230 million in combined cash/in-kind value for food banks and disaster relief raised to date, it’s no wonder Tom, currently an Ambassador for the Red Cross, was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2000, and in November 2020 promoted to Companion – the highest designation within the Order.

Stories, Songs and Santa Causes also features award-winning musician and producer, Tom McKillip. Tom and Tom can’t promise “no Dad jokes,” but the performance will bring some much-welcome levity and humanity with a date-night – or family-day – vibe.

Tickets on sale now at www.keycitytheatre.com or call (250) 426-7006.

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