Greenstock Entertainment - No Stress Allowed

Greenstock's quote of the day..... " The key to success is to throw away the word if and replace it with the word when!!"

We believe in showing much love and support to up and coming musicians. We also understand that there are some amazingly talented performers who don't have a band behind them. If you would like the chance to perform on the Greenstock stage with some awesome backup, including Shelby Murray, please send us an email and let us know at least 3 days before any of our events. We'll see if we can get you up on stage to show everyone what you can do!

For complete concert listings, look at the Summer Events 2010 page. 

Concert Tickets $20 At The Gate, by advance purchase through our webstore.

       Campsites $5 (per tent)                                   VIP Campsites $10 (per tent)

            Regular Campsite                                           View from VIP Campsite

Trailer Sites $20

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To ensure availability on concert days, please reserve your sites in advance. 

If you would like to reserve a campsite please send your request to customerservice@greenstockentertainment.com

Stephen receiving the St. John Ambulance Priory Vote of Thanks from the Lieutenant-Governor of NB, Graydon Nicholas at the Christ Church Cathedral in Fredericton on June 5th 2010. 

Stephen and his mom,"The Mother of Greenstock", June 5th at the Christ Church Cathedral in Fredericton after Stephen received the Priory Vote of Thanks from the amazing folks of the St. John Ambulance.

 A big thanks to all who worked on, helped, attended and performed at all of our events in 2009. It was a blast and after meeting all the guys and gals who performed, I just gotta say......You all rock!! It was three great evenings full of great entertainment and great people. To any who missed out...sorry to hear it, you missed three spectacular shows...who knows? Maybe you'll catch one this season!! 

It all began in 2004 at a place called the Green Road, with tremendous friends of mine Dwayne Rice, Mark Arsenault and many others. We decided  that it would be a good idea to have a gathering back at my camp on the Green Road outside Petitcodiac, hence the partial reason  it was named Greenstock. We'll leave the rest to your imagination. Since there was no stage... no veranda... nothing, we figured that we would take the platform on my log truck and use great big cement blocks for the foundation, which were donated by Dwayne.

We then started to build the stage around 9 o'clock on a Saturday morning with the help of Phillip Bannister and many  of my good friends.  By 4 o'clock   that afternoon we had generators, barbecues, schnitzels and sausages on the go.  Our drummer, Paul Leger  came from up North to play with us.  As the night progressed, we had approximately 300 or more people show up that evening.  Later in the evening, my wife Candace and a friend of mine Lubin,  decided to refuel the generator with the help of Rye-Whisky. One of them made the mistake of lighting a lighter which made a very spectacular fire on the generator that was very quickly extinguished by many of the people there, not a blade of grass was burnt and the party continued.  I remember looking off the stage as I was playing guitar with the boys and seeing my wife Candace and son Charles out there cooking some grub on the barbecues with the people. It was at that  moment I thought this was the way it should be and I should carry on with it and I did with the help of Jimmy Green standing on the side in case he was needed (which he was and it was greatly appreciated).

 Since I myself do not drink and blew my throat out trying to sing "Turn the Page" at 2 in the morning, my friends Dwayne and Dale Stiles (the one who taught me how to play guitar when I was 13), went on the stage and took over vocals for me along with Greg & Brian Tingley as well as Paul Leger. Then,  Leo Arsenault and Paul Leger went into singing acapella at 4 in the morning.  The night slowly wound down and since I was not able to sleep, I decided to pick things up.  A friend, Stephen Ryder started the barbecue and we all started singing acapella... it sounded awesome with just our voices! Afterwards we finished cleaning the place up and all got packed up. By 11:30 Sunday morning it didn't look like anyone had even been there, though not much earlier there were over 300 people watching Mike Ritchie and his helper Brian Stein put on a  spectacular light show on a 30 by 40 foot screen which made the night's visuals. 
     As the night crept into daylight, Mark Johnson came to realize as he awoke that there was not a sole in sight.  It looked like the party had never existed, which gave him that twilight feeling as he jumped into his pick-up and drove off.  Time went on and the party went down in the books as "PARTY OF THE YEAR!" and the Grand Prize Door Prize "A 66'er of RUM" went to Cheyenne Irving, who is actually one of my managers for THE 2009 GREENSTOCK CONCERTS!

       In the days that followed my wife passed away and I jumped into a big bag of Cocaine, where I hid for 2 years until some very good friends came along and helped me walk away from the crack.  So then I figured that I needed something to do, that's when I got involved with Scotia Windfield and we passed out about $90,000 in signing bonuses to the wind farm. Unfortunately, due to government policies it did not end up going much further than the Leaman Brothers Bank and Barrett Stern, which were backing wind generation and never got bailed out like other banks that dealt with oil. Then Dwayne Rice, a friend ( I mentioned Dwayne earlier)  came along and asked when was I going to have another Greenstock because he had posted Greenstock on facebook and people were asking about it.  We thought this would bring me out of my spin and I said "Let's Do It".  We proceeded to mill the wood into 2x6's and 1x6's for boards and structural contents, as well as 8x8 poles for the foundation. With the help of people like Jenny Mueller and Amanda O'Blenis on my 4-wheeler skidding wood,  having friends cut trees off the property and getting them hauled to a portable mill which was brought up by Ray Jorgason. With the help of my son, Charles, and others.  Then my brother Kevin came along and jumped in with his crew donating $10,000 worth of his time to help me through this time of depression and joy. Then we needed food, so I went to Degenhart's in Petitcodiac,  Doug's Meats in Petitcodiac,  Randy Howatt of  Valu Foods as well as Gerald Robison who owns the local liquor store.  I also received support from Debbie and Kevin Bannister which all helped to put it together. So with the cook shack and stage built Greenstock became a reality again in the year 2008. We had a band that was supposed to show that didn't.  Moe Doiron showed up with his sound system and he also helped build the stage and supplied sound for a very low price just to help keep it going to which I am tremendously indebted and I tremendously thank him for.And a special thanks goes to my best friend Larry Leblanc, I could have never got through the hell without you and your support and friendship. Thanks buddy.

       So the night progressed, and again my good friends who had a band together  called "Route 905" (including Dwayne Rice, Mark Arsenault, Phil Bannister, Brian
& Greg Tingley), went on the stage.  They got up and they got the crowd going.

       With the full heart & soul of the people that were there feeling the spiritual sound which mother earth was allowing us to hear through the filters of the trees, I hope and wish that we can see more of you as we put on our next Greenstock shows and I invite all to check out our website http://www.greenstockentertainment.com/  but MOST OF ALL.... I ask ANY and ALL who come to enjoy the land I have been blessed with, please, we must remember the one rule that my beloved wife Candace Murray had  "No stress allowed" Thank You all and See you Soon. - Steve-O

 WRITTEN BY: JENNY MUELLER, CHEYENNE IRVING AND STEPHEN MURRAY

 Why GREEN STOCK? 

“It all began in Petitcodiac, NB where a man was bored one day and was not sure what to do. So he decided to have the biggest party ever…”

What’s that? You might ask…Greenstock that is.  Mr. Stephen Murray of Petitcodiac took it upon himself to host the biggest party one could imagine in his very own backyard.   A kind-spoken fellow, Stephen gladly answers a few questions for the press.  

The first Greenstock event was held in 2004 on Green Road near Stephen’ camp, hence the name.  What initially started out as a party one-day turned into a revolutionary inspiration to the town of Petitcodiac.  Stephen held the event the same weekend as the Eagles concert as an alternative for those who weren’t able to attend such an event due to high-ticket prices.  With bands playing till the sun came up and then again early the next morning.  Attendees enjoyed a place where the could pitch their tent, take advantage of concession stands, along with free overnight parking with no need to drive home all for only a few dollars.  

For those who may be disappointed as they missed last years 2008's performances, Stephen has full intentions on hosting future events.   “I built it and they did come.” He jokes.  Referring to his new stage that he plans on taking full advantage of, weather permitting. Stephen plans on advertising for such events on this and on his Facebook account and through word of mouth.  This isn’t such bad idea considering a good eighty percent of attendees will more than likely are friends and neighbors. 

All are welcome and a motto, though not official states, Leave you worries at home.  So pack your tent, your beer and your bug dope, remember now, this is in the woods. And come have some fun.  Find a friend who knows a friend who knows Stephen Murray and add his group to your Facebook account.  Things are just getting started and as they grow, Stephen has no intentions on holding back.

(Taken from an article in The Community Digest writer Rob Hachey)