Check out the 2023 performers!
Barlow and Bergen’s Music Box Theatre
Sponsored by Friend’s of the Festival Saturday 12:15 Just Us! Festival Tent Teresa Bergen and Kim Barlow present a rolling puppet theatre, with a red velvet curtain and fanciful characters including a flying girl goblin, a crash-bashy fox, and a…
Barncat
Sponsored by Rewind 89.3 Saturday 12:20pm, Farmers’ Market; Saturday 11:55pm, Paddy’s Pub Barncat is a four-piece folk inspired string-band based in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. The group officially formed in early 2023, and have been touring for years, supporting Nova Scotia…
Coconut Gaudet
Sponsored by Friend’s of the Festival Saturday 10am, Just Us! Festival Tent Coco “Coconut”…
David Celia & Zuffalo
Sponsored by Herbin Jewellers Friday 7pm, Festival Theatre; Saturday 10:30pm, Paddy’s Pub; Sunday 10am, Festival TheatreZuffalo: Saturday 9:45am, Farmers MarketDavid Celia: Saturday 1pm, Festival Theatre David Celia is an innovative lyricist/ singer-songwriter and astonishing guitar player, known for his spontaneously driven live performances. He tours…
David Myles Trio
Sponsored by Devour! Studios Friday 9:25pm, Festival Theatre Our most fundamental questions—about how to exist in this world we share, and how best to love the people we love—so often keep us awake at the end of the day,…
Dayna Manning
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…
Djugdjug Ensemble
Sponsored by Friend’s of the Festival Saturday 10:30am, Clock Park; Saturday Noon, Parade (Just Us! Festival Tent) This group combines traditional West African songs, rhythms, arrangements, and at times dance, with other musical and theatrical ideas to provide energetic…
Dylan Jewers
Sponsored by Friend’s of the Festival Thursday 1pm, Festival Theatre (Artist@Acadia) Dylan Jewers is an arts administrator, label runner, and folklorist from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He has worked in the arts and culture community for over a decade now…
Factory Girls
Sponsored by The Grapevine Thursday 7pm, The Annex; Friday 3:00pm, Festival Tent; Saturday 1pm, Festival Theatre; Sunday 2:45pm, Festival Theatre Factory Girls is an Appalachian folk duo that brings the warmth of a vocal firelight with songs to soothe and…
Freya Milliken
Sponsored by Friend’s of the Festival Friday 12pm, Wolfville Library; Friday 7pm, Festival Theatre; Saturday 1:30pm, Al Whittle Freya Milliken is a multitalented Canadian singer-songwriter and a recent graduate of the School of Music at Acadia University. Since 2021, Freya…
Garrett Mason
Sponsored by Old Orchard Inn & Spa Friday 3:45pm Just Us! Festival Tent; Sunday 3:20pm, Festival Theatre Garrett Mason is a true bluesman at heart. He was raised in Truro, Nova Scotia by his mother Pam, and father, veteran…
Graham Nicholas
Sponsored by Friend’s of the Festival Saturday 1:30pm, Al Whittle; Sunday 10am, Festival Theatre With the release of his 4th full length album Black Creek (2023), Graham Nicholas has created an emotionally resonant world inhabited by troubled and love-hungry characters…
Halifax Newcomer Choir
Sponsored by Friends of the Festival Thursday 7pm, Valley Community Learning Association (VCLA) Halifax Newcomer Choir offers free choral singing for children and adults. The Halifax Newcomer Choir was started by Rachel Lutz in the fall of 2021 in Halifax,…
Height Requirement
Sponsored by Schoolhouse Brewery Saturday 11:55pm, Devour Studios Two decades on from the end of the 1980s, Height Requirement was formed to replicate live on stage, the iconic tunes of that magical decade that you may still hear on the…
HUSH
Sponsored by Friend’s of the Festival Saturday 2pm, Just Us! Festival Tent, Deep Roots open mic hosts Hannah Clausen and Scott Marsters come together to make up HUSH! HUSH is an acoustic duo, covering a wide variety of cover songs…
Jacques Surette
Sponsored by Long & McQuade Friday 1:40pm, Just Us! Festival Tent; Saturday 9:00am, Farmers’ Market; Saturday 1:30pm, Al Whittle; Sunday 1pm, Festival Theatre Jacques Surette est un jeune auteur/compositeur qui vient de la région Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle-Écosse. Il passe la…
Jamie Junger & The Jungernauts
Sponsored by the Acadia Performing Arts Series Friday 10:30pm, Paddy’s Pub; Saturday 11:30am, Farmers’ Market; Sunday 1:35pm, Festival Theatre Jamie left his home in Nova Scotia at the age of 17 after a less than stellar record of academic achievement…
Jenn Grant
Sponsored by Jane’s Saturday 2:30pm, Festival Theatre; 7:50pm, Festival Theatre Jenn Grant was born on Prince Edward Island, the smallest province of Canada’s Maritimes. She’s an award-winning songwriter and performer, a painter and a producer. The three-time Juno nominee’s music…
Jim Cuddy, Devin Cuddy, Sam Polley
Sponsored by Paddy’s Brewpub & Rosie’s Restaurant Saturday 2:30pm, Festival Theatre; 9:25pm, Festival Theatre Jim Cuddy has received some of Canada’s highest honours, both as an esteemed solo artist and as a member of the legendary band Blue Rodeo. He is…
Kaia Kater
Sponsored by Bruce Dienes, Community Consultant Friday 12:30pm, Wolfville Memorial Library; Friday 7:50pm, Festival Theatre Montreal-born Grenadian-Canadian Kaia Kater’s jazz-fueled voice and deft songcraft have garnered acclaim from NPR’s Tiny Desk, The Guardian, Rolling Stone and No Depression. Kaia draws…
Marilyn Manzer
Sponsored by Friend’s of the Festival Saturday 10am, Baptist Church Marilyn Manzer has taught and performed music in Wolfville for 31 years and taught Kindermusik® for over 16 years. The 2011 Valley Arts Award winner sings, plays piano and recorder,…
Matt The Music Man
Sponsored by the Town of Wolfville Saturday 1pm, Just Us! Festival Tent Matt the Music Man (Matthew McFarlane) is an award-winning children’s musical entertainer! He’s also possibly the only musician around with a pirate hat and a platypus for a…
Rebecca Fairless
Sponsored by The Stella Rose B&B Thursday 7pm, VCLA; Friday 2:20pm, Just Us! Festival Tent; Saturday 10am, Al Whittle; Saturday 1:30pm, Al Whittle Born on the prairies and raised in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Rebecca Fairless writes songs…
Sandy-Lynn Fisher
Friday 11:30am, Just Us! Festival Tent; Friday 2pm, KC Irving Garden Room (Artist@Acadia) Sandy-Lynn Fisher is a Community Services Officer with the Glooscap First Nation. She will lead the Sacred Smudge Ceremony for the Deep Roots community on Friday…
Sarah McInnis
Sponsored by Cumin Kitchen & Drink Saturday 10am, Al Whittle; Saturday 3pm, Al Whittle (The Legacy Song Project) Featuring the profound stories of 8 Atlantic Canadians, The Legacy Song Project: Atlantic Chapter is an exploration of death, dying, grief, loss, and love,…
Scott Cook with Pamela Mae
Sponsored by Kimball Law Saturday 1pm, Festival Theatre; Saturday 7pm, Festival Theatre; Sunday 10am, Festival Theatre Alberta’s Scott Cook has been living out of a van or a backpack for a dozen years now, touring almost incessantly across Canada, the…
The Chimney Swifts
Sponsored by Friend’s of the Festival Friday 11:55pm, Paddy’s Pub; Saturday 10:35am, Farmers’ Market Born and raised in the Annapolis Valley, The Chimney Swifts have been captivating audiences throughout Nova Scotia for over a decade with their newfangled musical compositions…
The Sundries
Sponsored by Holland Home Leisure Saturday 10:30pm, Devour Studios; (Sarah Pound only) Sunday 10 am, Festival Theatre Sundries (noun) – various items not important enough to be mentioned individually The Sundries are a country music band from the Annapolis Valley…
Valley Arts Award 2023
Valley Arts Award 2023 The Deep Roots Music Cooperative is happy to announce Michael Bawtree is the 2023 Valley Arts Award recipient. The Valley Arts Award stands in recognition of a person who has made a significant long-term contribution to…
Valmy
Sponsored by Saltbox Brewing CompanyFriday 1pm, Just Us! Festival Tent; Saturday 3pm, Al Whittle; Saturday 9pm, Festival Theatre Valmy is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Ontario who’s been following the ocean and finding home on the East Coast. She explores humanhood, navigates…