The Woodshed Orchestra exists to uplift people. The Woodshed Orchestra mashes up classic dance styles from all over the world into a soulful celebration. Iconoclastic Toronto drummer Dave Clark (Rheostatics, Charles Spearin, Dinner is Ruined, Gord Downie…) created The Woodshed Orchestra with passionate, courageous and joyful friends to play the music from his original songbook. Clark leads the band “Levon Helm-style” from the drumkit, singing and sharing the lead vocal duties with members of the band. The band is a powerhouse that can improvise and turn tunes around on a dime to create unique frenzied moments that leave audiences awestruck and excited. The Woodshed Orchestra can play out as an electric band with drums, guitars, horns, keyboards and vocals and just as easily break out into a New Orleans-type 2nd Line brass band on parade. They plays with all the love that they have in their hearts every time they take the stage. It’s a beautiful thing.