2023 – Festival Performers

Burnstick plays folk music that’s brimming with the kind of chemistry that could only come from a husband and wife. Nadia, a Francophone-Métis singer-songwriter, and Jason, a Plains-Cree guitarist, make ...

Frieden, Reuben, and Maisie are The Gilberts, an Annapolis Valley-based trio that delivers emotionally powerful songs infused with influences spanning folk, choral, Celtic, 1970s rock, pop, and country. They have ...

Kennedy Road is a Toronto-based Americana duo comprised of Sheila Carabine and Brian MacMillan. Their seamless blend of vocals and often hilarious on-stage chemistry is perfectly matched by their intense ...

Jessica Pearson’s love for storytelling – drawing on folk, outlaw country, and Celtic traditions – is evident in her songwriting. The stories she tells are like lovingly-sewn patchwork quilts, stitched ...

Hauler is a group that seamlessly blends and bends roots, rock, and traditional Cape Breton Celtic music into a sound like no other. Made up of members of Atlantic Canada’s ...

Drawn together by the flickering light of a Winnipeg Folk Festival campground jam, Claire Morrison and Daniel Péloquin-Hopfner discovered the potential for a bilingual folk-roots partnership. With her dark, rich ...

Crys Matthews was nothing short of a sensation when she performed at the 2022 Folk Harbour Festival, and she was immediately invited for a return engagement, this year appearing with ...

A charismatic charmer and a smasher of pianos. A madman and an earnest poet. Ben Caplan released his first studio album in 2011 and has spent the last ten years ...

After 50 years of bold work, Holly Near remains a consistent, well-informed, and powerful voice for change. Her diverse career includes guest spots on TV shows like The Partridge Family, Room 222, All ...

Funeral director-turned-songwriter Terra Spencer has won over audiences since her 2018 solo debut with onstage wit, butterscotch voice, deft fingerstyle guitar, gospel piano, and ‘70s wood-paneled warmth. Her startling musical ...

Coco Love Alcorn combines diverse musical influences including jazz, R&B, pop, folk, and gospel. Coco’s career has spanned more than 30 years, and includes nine solo albums, cross-Canada tours, collaborations, ...

Sierra Noble is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer from Winnipeg, MB. They released their first album of traditional Métis fiddle music as a teenager, followed by Possibilities (2008), and City ...

A Montreal-born Grenadian-Canadian, Kaia Kater grew up between two worlds: the Canadian folk music scene, where her family has deep ties, and the years she spent soaking up Appalachian music ...

Measha Brueggergosman-Lee is a Canadian soprano who performs both as an opera singer and concert artist. She has performed internationally on some of the world’s most prestigious stages. Her 2020 ...

Jane Siberry is a Canadian singer-songwriter, known for such hits as “Mimi on the Beach”, “I Muse Aloud”, “One More Colour”, and “Calling All Angels”. Her studio recordings span from ...

Le Winston Band is a zydeco group from Montreal that fuses the rich musical traditions of Louisiana with its own French-Canadian roots. The result is music that is exhilarating and ...

Peter Youngtree and Carole Bestvater (“Carole Bee”) have been playing music together since 2015. Developing a close musical and creative partnership through their band Youngtree & The Blooms, the two ...

Catherine MacLellan is one of Canadian folk music’s true gems. A gifted singer-songwriter, she has seven recordings to her name, from her debut, Dark Dream Midnight (2004) to her most ...

Madison Violet is a duo made up of Lisa MacIsaac and Brenley MacEachern. They both grew up on rural Cape Breton Island and came together musically in the late 1990s, ...

Sussex is the brainchild of Michael Emenau and Rob Lutes, two renowned musicians with diverse backgrounds. Michael is a world-class jazz percussionist and composer while Rob is masterful fingerstyle guitarist ...

Red Moon Road is a Winnipeg-based trio consisting of Sheena Rattai (vocals, percussion), Daniel Jordan (vocals, guitar, bass, drums), and Daniel Péloquin-Hopfner (vocals, mandolin, banjo, lap steel, keys, and synthesizers). ...

A native of Rustico, PEI, Lennie Gallant has released fourteen albums (11 in English and three in French), has performed with symphonies and for troops in Afghanistan, has participated in ...

David Myles is a singer-songwriter, host, interviewer, podcaster, author, collaborator, and a superb entertainer. With music that spans a range of genres including folk, pop, rap, soul, and Latin, and ...

David Francey is a Scottish-born Canadian carpenter-turned-songwriter, who has become known as “one of Canada’s most revered folk poets and singers” (Toronto Star). Born in Ayrshire, Scotland to parents who ...