David Newland

Denise Aspinall, Cathy Coates, Alister Thomson and Aran Silmeryn are four friends with a whimsical band name and a shared love for voyaging across the vast cosmos of traditional Celtic music.

Thursday Evening Main Stage, Sept. 27th, 7:30pm, Acadia University Hall Recently signed to Glassnote Records, William Prince is a JUNO Award-winning singer-songwriter whose music is full of emotionally charged experiences that linger in memories. Raised on the Peguis First Nation of Manitoba, Canada, William has been honing his craft since the age of nine when…

Prior to launching a solo career, British-born, Canadian-raised singer/songwriter Michelle Willis amassed an impressive résumé through a variety of collaborations and work as a session keyboardist and background singer. She graduated from Toronto’s Humber College jazz program, and began performing at weekly piano bars across the city. It wasn’t long before she expanded to become…

Sunday Afternoon Main Stage, Sept. 30th, 1pm, Festival Theatre A while back, world-travelling, multi-award-nominated touring and recording artist Kim Barlow got married and gave birth to twins, and joyously became a shadow of her former self. Since coming back to the Maritimes she has been musically re-ignited, with her band Ida Red and other collaborators.

Saturday Evening Main Stage, Sept. 29th, 7pm, Festival Theatre Sunday Afternoon Main Stage, Sept. 30th, 1pm, Festival Theatre Mike Kerr is a wild flat-picker and ambitious country songwriter of Canadian heritage and American citizenship. During his time at Berklee College of Music in Boston and in over 10 years of performing, he’s lived his life…

Scotty Marsters is a pillar of the Wolfville music scene. When he’s not playing lead guitar or bass, or singing background vocals in numerous other Nova Scotian bands, Scotty steps into the role of songwriter and lead vocalist in the Scotty Marsters Band. Backed by an eclectic mix of classical, bluegrass, and country musicians, the…