Irish accordionist Sharon Shannon has achieved legendary status throughout the world and has made the much-maligned accordion ‘cool’ in her home country.

Returning to Canmore after an appearance at the 2022 Canmore Folk Music Festival, Newfoundland’s Quote the Raven marry smooth vocal harmonies with an, at times, haunting aesthetic that both bewitches and allures the listener.

The ‘Anchor’s Up Tour’ features individual sets of music from three of Atlantic Canada’s most celebrated folk acts – Fortunate Ones, Old Man Luedecke, and The Once - as they bring their songs and stories across the country.

Returning to artsPlace Madison Violet’s Lisa MacIsaac and Brenley MacEachern are widely recognized as exceptional storytellers and skilled multi-instrumentalists

Four ferocious players, masterful composition, and a genre-bending sound — Juno award-winning The Fretless is a Canadian quartet that has firmly taken its place on the map to a progressive form of “trad”.

Folk at its core and endowed with a great affection for detail, the Montreal-based band evolves gracefully without following the prescribed recipe of its era.

When virtuoso Irish playing jumps the pond running naked through the wide open fields of bluegrass/Americana JigJam is born. Bluegrass and American Folk music originated from their homes and now JigJam are here to take it back!

Two of Canada’s greatest roots singer-songwriters have finally done what everybody’s wanted — heck, what they’ve wanted — for years. Dave Gunning and J.P. Cormier are releasing their first album together, called Two.

Returning to Canmore after performances at the Canmore Folk Music Festival, roots powerhouse duo The Small Glories are Cara Luft & JD Edwards, a musical tour-de-force partnership planted on the Canadian Prairies.

Join multi-award-winning artists, Canadians Suzie Vinnick and Charlie A’Court, and Australian Lloyd Spiegel, for a dynamic evening filled with songs, stories and laughs as they take their roots ‘n’ blues kitchen party from coast-to-coast

Singalong with “the shantyman” as he sails us back in time through hilarious stories and foot stomping traditional favourites to the brighter bays of his native newfoundland. This is the only “tribute show” you need to see this decade and a nostalgic tip of the hat to the shared history of a truly iconic Canadian band

Grammy Award-winning musician John Reischman has been a foundational mandolinist, composer, bandleader, and musical educator in bluegrass and North American roots and folk music since emerging from the vibrant “new acoustic” bluegrass music scene of the Bay Area in the 1980s.