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 US, Europe, Asia, Australia and elsewhere, and distilling his experiences into straight-talking, keenly observant verse. …
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 has been described by Australia’s The Age as “dreamy, harp-and woodwinds folk, and the work…
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 Canadian Bluesman Dutch Mason. His father stopped playing guitar before Garrett was born, and although…
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 disturb. Their blood harmonies will chill your bones, with lyrics that dance you into darkness. …
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 majorité de son temps à écrire des chansons qui parlent de sa culture et de…
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 sidekick! Growing up, Matt was very shy and was bullied at school. He spent much…
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 that encompass both the warmth and the austerity of a bright Alberta sun in a…
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 and eclectic performances. Booming with the sound of djembes, dununs, horns, bells, shakers, and voice,…
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, and has been music director for Women of Wolfville and school musicals. Many young people…
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 haunted house with chicken feet. They are at the beginning of their adventures – a…
