Supporting Live Music for more than 45 Years 1979-2025
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“The first time I heard her I was captured…unable to walk away. There was such a haunting quality to her voice, it was like some mystic rare bird singing in the wilderness.”
Bruce D. Miller –
Leanne Lightfoot, grew up in a house filled with music, on a little farm outside of Salmon Arm, British Columbia.
Mi’kmaq fiddler and singer Morgan Toney brings together the fiery fiddling of Cape Breton Island with the old songs of the Mi’kmaq with brilliance and heart. First Flight, Toney’s award-nominated debut album, celebrates language and heritage in Toney’s transformation of traditional songs like the Ko’jua and the Mi’kmaq Honour Song alongside highly original songcraft..
“folk-roots gumbo… a languid Mississippi Delta groove, seasoned with smooth, weathered vocals and a propulsive harmonica wheeze.” Whether performing solo or fronting a band, playing electric or acoustic guitar, Ray Bonneville allows space between notes that adds potency to every chord, lick and lyric.”
Join us May 3rd. “The Janzen Boys are a rootsy, harmony-singing family trio from Winnipeg who got their start busking around Winnipeg. Soon they were performing at festivals around the country. “
Be a part of our grand celebration. Let’s mark this milestone together as a community that has been united by the love for folk music for 45 years. Join our last event of the year.
“Mudlarker, the folk-rock band, from the Crowsnest Pass, known for their storytelling and community-inspired songs.”
“Tim Hus has a voice sweeter than a Husqvarna chainsaw, a wit sharper than rusty barbed wire, and a list of songs longer than a Saskatchewan fence line!”
“With five records to her name and successful tours across Canada, Europe, and Japan, Canadian singer-songwriter Mallory Chipman is forging new paths on the music scene. “
“Karch’s observation of the world’s big changes since 2020 and its themes, Karch sings about hurt, love, redemption and letting go all anchored in a country/folk spirit and flavour.”
“Magnolia Buckskin delivers a vibrant and humorous show with original arrangements that are refreshing and poignant.”
With a long history of bringing live music to Lethbridge, we are moving to bring more music, to more people, in more communities. We hope you can help us reach that goal.
John Rutherford’s “Midnight, (Midnight Microphone 2023) because the music seems threaded through the keyhole of that lovely, lonely, magical hour, and Microphone, because it sounds like the tunes tumbled through a condenser microphone into a place where smooth, rich vintage tones are cradled within the space between the notes.” — Mary-Lynn Wardle— The Scene Magazine, Calgary, 2023
Lynne Hanson is an Ottawa-based, Americana songwriter known for her high energy roots guitar driven live performances with an authenticity that’s as entertaining as it is disarming.
“Authentic, gifted, engaging and unapologetically quirky.” – Rhea March, CJSR Radio, School of Song (Edmonton Folk Festival)
“A talented indie-folk songwriter! Watch for her” – Tony King, CKUA Radio
“Have you ever gone from “Who is this musician?” To “WHO is the musician?!!?” This was my experience in first seeing John Hewitt at the Canmore Folk Festival.”
– Stuart Muir, New Moon Folk Club
“With a repertoire reflecting their diverse musical backgrounds – from Canadiana, east-coast kitchen parties, country & blues to contemporary and traditional British folk – a Horizon Ridge concert brings you on a musical journey through tight, four-part a cappella harmonies to intricate multi-instrumental arrangements – and always with an invitation to sing along.”
Tom Coxworth
Host of CKUA “Folk Routes”
Thank you so much for supporting the Lethbridge Folk Club.