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Valdy has sold almost half a million copies of his 13 albums, has two Juno Awards (Folk Singer of the Year and Folk Entertainer of the Year), seven Juno nominations, and four Gold albums to his credit. Of Canadian folk artists in the mid-1970s, only Gordon Lightfoot was more popular.

Playing an eclectic mix of songs about love, heartache, prison, and the odd gospel number, this hard-hitting quartet would be equally at home in the barroom on Saturday night or the church house on Sunday morning, comfortable treading that fine line between perdition and salvation.

Élise LeBlanc is an alt-country singer-songwriter based in Cumberland, BC. Her music is inspired by classic country, Appalachian folk, and western swing. Élise's lyrics are full of heart, anchored in honesty, resilience, and the beauty of the simple life.

Re-imagining both rare and classic works of Leonard Cohen, this duo have crafted a sound that resonates with both longtime Cohen fans and a younger audience. Together they have arranged some of Cohen's timeless songs beautifully, for two voices, banjo, string bass, piano and guitar.

Big Little Lions are an award winning duo who were born out of a collaboration that won them a JUNO Award in 2014. Since then they have been cranking out infectious folk pop songs that are jam-packed with emotion and tight harmonies that sound like the product of two people working side-by-side instead of living in different countries.

Like the powerful mandolinist, composer and Grammy winner at its helm, John Reischman and the Jaybirds fashion a stylish take on bluegrass that seamlessly blends original songs and instrumentals with Appalachian old-time music for a truly unique band sound.

Members of JUNO nominated, Canadian Folk Music Award winning neo-folk quintet Aerialists, Elise & Adam have each spent years touring as collaborators with diverse projects, and all along they were playing fiddle tunes at sessions, folk dances, and afterparties. With this duo project, you’re invited into these social music afterhours, as they dig into their favourite tunes on hardingfele, guitar, and raging twin fiddles.

There are celebrated musical troubadours. And then there is Stephen Fearing, whose vivid, lyrical songs are exalted by his masterful guitar playing and melodic, cobalt voice. Over a long and varied career highlighted by critically acclaimed albums and two JUNO Awards, Fearing has shared studios and stages with an eclectic assortment of marquee artists, from Merle Haggard to Richard Thompson to Cassandra Wilson.