Calendar (2004, 2005, 2006)

2006
Jan 18 Backstage Lounge with Mike Weterings
Jan 24 Picadilly Pub 10pm (Pender St.,Vancouver)
Feb 08 SugarSuite Cafe N. Vancouver
Feb 10 Lamplighter Pub
Feb 24 Picadilly Pub 10pm (Pender St.,Vancouver)
Feb 15 Backstage Lounge with Mike Weterings Wednesdays
Feb 18 PICKERS & STRUMMERS SHOW - Fairview Pub 10pm
Don Alder, Gumption,Blind God, Blue Island Trio
Mar 01 Backstage Lounge with Mike Weterings Wednesdays
Mar 05 Coppertank open mic w/Michael Chapdeleine
Mar 02 Backstage Lounge with Michael Chapedeleine
Mar 07 Just Singin Around Showcase (Rowing Club) w/Michael Chapdeleine
Mar 08 Cottage Bistro open mic with Michael Chapdeleine
Mar 15 Backstage Lounge with Mike Weterings
Mar Japan Tour with Masa Sumide
Mar 17: Osaka. Live at "5th Street"
Mar 18: Nagoya. Live at "Paradise Cafe 21"
Mar 19: Kobe. Live at "Stardust Cafe"
Mar 20: Tokyo. Live at "Back In Town"
Mar 21: Tochigi. Live at "Kaze-no-iori"
Mar 23: Fukuoka. live at "Dreamboat"
Mar 24: Nagasaki. Live at "Den-en"
Mar 25: Oita. Live at "Brick Block"
Apr 19 Backstage Lounge with Mike Weterings Wednesdays
Apr 21 Fraser Valley Guitar Festival Workshops 11:15 and 1:00pm (private)
Apr 26 Backstage Lounge - MUSIC WEST various artists Don plays a 20 min set at 10:30-10:50
May17 Backstage Lounge Westcoast Wednesdays
May30 Pic Pub
Jun 06 Just Singin Around - Don Alder, Coco Alcorn, Mark Fortin Yvonne McSkimming
Jun 14 Fairview Pub Acoustic Series - Don Alder, Blue Island Trio, Duane Andrews, Blind God
July 01 Loco Locals, Powell River
July 06 Whitehorse Longest Day Street Fair
July 07,8,9 Atlin Music Festival
July 10, 11, 12 Whitehorse
July 21-24 Canadian Fingerstyle Championships
July 25 Acoustic Star Competion (finals) come on out and show your support Pic Pub
July 26 Backstage Lounge with Mike Weterings
July 28 Richards on Richards opening for Five Alarm Funk 10pm
July 29 Yale Pub Feature 4:30 pm
Aug 02 Backstage Lounge with Mike Weterings
Aug 04 Vancouver Rowing Club Dinner Series 7pm
Aug 05 Fountain Stage North Vancouver 4 pm
Aug 06 Music in the Park - Port Coquitlam 2-4 pm 2 45 min sets.
Aug 12 Fountain Stage North Vancouver 1 PM
Aug 17 East meets West Concert - Naoki Jo (Japan) Don Alder at the Van East Cultral Centre
Aug 20 Bonfire Music Festival
Sept - China - Filming of the "Heart of the Dragon" Movie
Sept 14-18 Winfield, Kansas
Oct 29 Vancouver Guitar Show performance and will be showing small guitar collection.
Nov 3 Trees Coffee House is at 450 Granville St 8PM
Nov 8 West Coast Wed at the Backstage Lounge - Granville Island, 10pm

2005 (most sundays - the Coppertank Sunday Open Mic)
Jan 28th The Mellow Side
Jan 29th The Dancing Bean
Feb 28th The Media Club (the beat openmic)
Mar 1 Just Singing Around
Mar 19 Van East Cultural Centre (open for Sugarshane)
Apr 03 Vancouver Guitar Show (30min concert)
Apr 18 Ducan Garage Showroom
Apr 28-May 9 Taiwan Tour
May 18 Sugar Suite Cafe (3050 Mountain Hwy NVan)
May 25-25 Beans Cafe (Lonsdale N.Van)
Jun 11, 12 Pemberton Folk Festival
June 29-30 Beans Cafe (Lonsdale N.Van)
Jul 4 - Media Club open mic
Jul 21, 22 Canadian Guitar Festival
Aug 3 Backstage Lounge
Aug 6 Harmony Arts Festival 3pm
Aug 7 the Rune (guest 2 songs)
Aug 8 Media Club - Best of Mondays
Aug 10 Backstage Lounge
Aug 13 Sunset Grill, Kitsilano
Aug 19,-22 Healdsburg Guitar Festival (free concerts)
Aug 20 Russian River Brewery Santa Rosa
(with Bill Hammond, Teja Gerken, Doug Young) free
Aug 24,25 Penticton Barebones Theatre
Aug 31 Backstage Lounge
Sep 3 PNE Star Search Semi Finals
Sep 7 Backstage Lounge w/ Mike Wetterings
Sep 14-18 Winfield, Kansas
Sep 21 Montemarte Cafe, Songwriters nite with Kate Polsky
Sep 24 Equinox Festival www.rubylakeresort.com
Sep 28 - Beans Cafe on Lonsdale
Sep 30 - Cap. College, 2 songs/ opener/ Pierre Bensusan
Oct 1 - Sailor Hagars - 235 West First St., North Van
Oct 11- Picadilly Pub Opening Mic Night
Oct 12 - Backstage Lounge w/ Mike Wetterings
Oct 31 - Halloween Hootenany at the Fairview Pub includes
THE CAMERON LATIMER BAND (featuring special guest Brian Fowler of Ridley Bent)
Nov 8 Pic Pub on Pender 9pm
Nov 12 Sailor Hagars North Van.
Dec 14 Backstage Lounge starting at midnight for a 1 hour set
Dec 28 Backstage Lounge with Dino on percussion

2004
Jan Tue 20 - Greenroom
Jan Wed 21 Bakerview Bar with Alex
Jan Sun 25 video shoot
Jan Mon 26 Cafe De Soleil
Jan Wed 28 Mickeys with FFM
Jan Sat 31 Nelson Cafe with Harvard
Feb 03 - Just Singing Around
Feb 15 - The Crush 8:30
Feb 22 - The Crush 8:30
Mar 02 - Wrap party with Duvateens
Mar 04 - Zestys restaurant
Mar 06 - Wise Hall with Scott Reese
Mar 23 - Green Room (Media Room)
Apr 6 - Just Singing Around
Apr 14 - Donato's
May 29-31 - Seattle NW Folkfest
June 16 Media Club
June 24 Zestys w/Dale Rammusan
June 28 Cafe De Soleil
July 07 - SugarSweetCafeN.Van 7:30
July 10 - GAL convention Tacoma
Aug 6&7 Penticton Concert
Aug 8 - Harmony Arts Festival
Aug 9 - Media Club 10:45pm
Aug 13- Harbour Sunset Dinner Cruise
Aug 14 - MUSART N.Van 6pm
Aug 21 - Langley Festival
Aug 27-29 Canadian Guitar Festival
Sept 2 - Media Club 10pm
Sept 4 PNE Semi-finals
Sept 12 - Capers Fair (1 pm)
Sept 15-18 -International Fingerstyle Kansas
Sept 25 Harvest Project 12:30-1:15pm N.Van
Sept 26 The Crush 9pm 45 min set
Sept 27 - Media Club Open Mic 9:45
Oct 9 - Williams Lake Concert
Oct 14-18 Openstrings Festival - Germany
Nov 28 - Pemberton Trail Steakhous 45 min 2pm
Dec 3-12 Taiwan Tour with Peter Finger (WindStrings.com.tw)
Dec 16 - LMNH coffe house (Vancouver - Main st.)