Tommy John Ehman is a Saskatchewan Country Music Association award winner and recently preformed at Country at the Creek Music Festival. (Facebook/Tommy John Ehman)
Benefit Concert

Tommy John Ehman Band performs in Loon Lake to raise money for Wounded Warriors Canada

Jul 11, 2019 | 5:00 PM

Loon Lake residents are getting a preview of the Dog Patch Music Festival as one of the performers is set to play a concert at the Loon Lake Legion on Saturday.

The legion and festival partnered to bring the Tommy John Ehman Band to Loon Lake. The concert raises awareness for PTSD and any money raised will go toward Wounded Warriors Canada.

Festival owner Marc Butler said this concert is a personal project as his father, Steven Craig Butler, was a veteran.

“My dad was in the Vietnam War so I had first hand experience with witnessing PTSD for years,” Butler said. “I’m also a legion member in Loon Lake and I wanted to do something with the festival for that group because the money goes directly to wounded soldiers.”

Butler met Tommy John Ehman last year after booking him for the festival and the two have talked about this project a few times over the past year. Butler said a performance by the Saskatchewan Country Music Association award winner will be something special.

“He performed for me last year at the festival and both of us we’re talking and he really supports our troops and the military,” Butler said. “It’s personal for him as well and they’re really incredible performers. It’ll be a treat to have somebody of that caliber in a small town.”

Butler hopes for 40 to 60 people to come and enjoy the music, dance or take part in their silent auction. The door prize for the event is two weekend passes to the Dog Patch Music Festival which is set for the weekend of July 26 to 28 in Whelan.

The event starts at 7 p.m. on July 13. Tickets cost $20 at the door and the event is free for those 12 and under when accompanied by a parent.

Ticket sales and silent auction proceeds go towards Wounded Warriors Canada and alcohol sales will go toward the legion.

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