Sponsored by Friend’s of the Festival

Saturday 2:30pm, Festival Theatre; Sunday 10:00am, Festival Theatre


JUNO Award-nominated, award-winning, and internationally renowned contemporary folk artist Dayna Manning has been recording and touring for over 25 years. She released her first album with EMI Canada and Nettwerk Music Group in 1997 and has written and recorded four solo albums and three with the acclaimed folk trio Trent Severn.

Dayna recently received the 2023 Forest City London Music Award for Ontario Independent Recording Artist of the Year, and was nominated for Producer of the Year at the 2021 Canadian Folk Music Awards for her latest album, Morning Light. The video for her song, “You You You” won the 2021 London Forest City Music Award for video of the year. 

Dayna’s first book Many Moons: A Songwriter’s Memoir includes a foreword by Col. Chris Hadfield, and was listed as one of the best books of the season by Canadian Living Magazine. The accompanying soundtrack is a ‘greatest hits’ of Dayna’s songs.

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Dayna Manning – Anytown

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