Marilyn Manzer

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, and has been music director for Women of Wolfville and school musicals. Many young people…

HUSH

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 from the hits of years past, to current indie and radio favourites as well as…

Kaia Kater

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 on influences rooted in Quebec, the Caribbean, and Appalachia, all of which reflect the diversity…

Sandy-Lynn Fisher

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 at 11:30 am. Sandy-Lynn and two of her children will share their experience as artists,…

Wee Giant Theatre

Wee Giant Theatre

Sponsored by Friend’s of the Festival Saturday 10:30am, Festival Theatre; Saturday noon, Parade (Just Us! Festival Tent) Wee Giant Theatre performances and workshops are a unique blend of storytelling, clowning, dance, music, mask, colourful costumes, and puppets. Monika Wildemann, Artistic Director, creates the puppets, props & costumes, all made from recycled materials.  Moni’s larger-than-life Wee…

Valley Arts Award 2022

Valley Arts Award 2022

Valley Arts Award 2022 The Deep Roots Music Cooperative is happy to announce Roger Taylor is the 2022 Valley Arts Award recipient. The Valley Arts Award stands in recognition of a person who has made a significant long-term contribution to the arts in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley. Photos from the presentation of the award on September…