Cowboy Junkies And Friends' Fundraising Gig

Cowboy Junkies will assemble some of their friends for a night of music and fundraising for War Child Canada at Toronto's Dakota Tavern on April 7 at 8 p.m.

Cowboy Junkies will be joined on stage by the Skydiggers' Josh Finlayson and Andy Maize, Lee Harvey Osmond, Jeff Bird, Ivy Mairi and Barbara Lynch.

Tickets are $30 and can be purchased online from MapleMusic or at the door on the night of the show. All proceeds will go to War Child Canada to further its humanitarian work with war-affected children around the world.

The night will also be used by Cowboy Junkies' Latent Recordings label to launch its online version, Latentrecordings.com.

The quiet Toronto group formed in 1985 and have released 14 albums. The most recent was last year's Trinity Revisited DVD/CD that celebrated the 20th anniversary of their The Trinity Session breakthrough and featured contributions from Ryan Adams, Vic Chesnutt and Natalie Merchant.

Cowboy Junkies also have these dates scheduled:

March 31 Annapolis, MD @ Rams Head Tavern w/Lee Harvey Osmond
April 1 Collingswood, NJ @ Scottish Rite Auditorium w/Lee Harvey Osmond
April 2 New York, NY @ City Winery w/Lee Harvey Osmond
April 3 Newburyport, MA @ Nock Auditorium w/Lee Harvey Osmond
April 4 Skowhegan, ME @ Skowhegan Opera House
May 2 Hamilton, ON @ The Studio at Hamilton Place
May 3 Thunder Bay, ON @ Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
May 5 Cobourg, ON @ Park Playhouse
May 6 Ottawa, ON @ Centrepointe Theatre
May 7 Belleville, ON @ Empire Theatre
Oct. 3 Lexington, MI @ Lexington Music Theatre
Oct. 16 Black Mountain, NC @ Lake Eden Arts Festival