Sunday, April 16, 2023 | 2:00pm | Admission - $15/person Andrea Beaton comes from a long line of Beaton and MacMaster musicians, which explains why her music is her own and deeply rooted in the Cape Breton tradition. Like her father and grandfather, she is a composer, adding fine new music to the island's repertoire.... Continue Reading →
Alexis MacIssac and Calum MacKenzie
Saturday, March 25, 2023 | 6:30pm | Admission - $15/person | Alexis MacIsaac and Calum MacKenzie are a wife and husband duo who have established a unique musical partnership that combines Cape Breton piano playing with a modern approach to Celtic fiddle. While Calum’s musical approach has been heavily influenced by his Hebridean roots and his... Continue Reading →
The Receivers
Sunday, March 12, 2023 | Concert - 2:00pm | Admission - $15/person The Receivers are a group of 3 amazing and talented teen musicians and friends who love to perform trad music and to compose their own tunes. They are nominees for the 2023 Canadian Folk Music Awards as Young Performer(s) of the Year. Individually... Continue Reading →
Young Tradition Vermont Youth Commission
Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023 | Concert - 6:00pm | Admission - $15/person The Youth Commission is an auditioned teen ensemble managed by Fiona Stowell the selected teen leader, with support from Mark Sustic, and Young Tradition Vermont at Vermont Folklife. They have been rehearsing and learning from master artists since September, and will continue through... Continue Reading →
Corner House
Sunday, November 6, 2022 Concert: 2:00pm | Admission: $15/person Abiding by a love for adventure, Corner House finds purpose and solace in the beauty of earth and music. Clinging wholeheartedly to studied traditions, they tend to write and arrange music liberally comprised of Irish, Scottish, Appalachian Stringband, and Bluegrass influences.
Dan Houghton & Rachel Clemente “If You Must Know”
Saturday, August 27, 2022 Concert: 7:00pm| Admission: $15/person Vermont based duo, Rachel Clemente (member of Two Shores and US National Scottish Harp champion, '16) and Dan Houghton (member of Cantrip, Pipers’ Den, Anxty, and formerly of Salsa Celtica) bring together an unlikely pairing of bagpipes and harp.
Alex Cumming
Sunday, July 17, 2022 Concert - 2:00pm | Admission - $15/person Alex Cumming is a traditional Singer, Accordionist, Pianist and dance caller hailing from Somerset, England, now living in Greater Boston, MA, USA. He performs songs and tunes from around the United Kingdom and America with a great depth of knowledge of the tradition. Alex has... Continue Reading →
“Out of My Own Light” Louise Bichan, Katie McNally, Ethan Setiawan – Sunday, March 22, 2020
Potluck: 12:30pm | Concert: 2:00pm| Admission: $15/person "Out of My Own Light" focuses on the story of Margaret Sarah Tait, Louise's grandmother, and her adventures traveling from Orkney to Canada as a young woman, taking six months to visit relatives and make a difficult life decision. Following in her grandmother's footsteps, some 60 years later, Louise Bichan returned... Continue Reading →
Elizabeth and Ben Anderson
Sunday, October 2, 2022 Concert - 2:00pm | Admission - $15/person "Elizabeth and Ben Anderson, a Boston-based Scottish fiddle and cello duo, has an enthusiastic following in the U.S. and internationally. Blending Scottish tunes with lively rhythms and innovative harmonies, they create a sound rooted in tradition, inspired by the contemporary, and completely original. On... Continue Reading →
Miller-MacDonald-Cormier – September 27, 2020
Potluck: 12:30pm | Concert: 2:00pm| Admission: $15/person Ben Miller & Anita MacDonald have become renowned across Canada and further afield, for their synergistic approach to traditional Scottish music. Blending Scottish Lowland pipes with Cape Breton fiddle, Gaelic song and step-dance, Ben and Anita join together the threads of Old and New World traditions, while constantly... Continue Reading →