Open Stage
2025-04-11 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | McKillop United Church, 2329 15 Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K0X5, Canada
Lethbridge Folk Club OPEN STAGE

Always on the 2nd Friday of the month September to May.

Our next Open Stage of the Year at McKillop Church.

Join us to sing, play, hone your musical skills or just come and listen.

All are welcome to the Lethbridge Folk Club’s ‘Open Stage’ evenings, where we host local performing musicians and poets at McKillop United Church: 2329 15th Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta

Lethbridge Folk Club will provide you with a stage with sound facilities at no cost so that you can perform some of your own music, music you have borrowed, or poetry of your choice. You will also have an eager and appreciative audience to listen to and perhaps dance to your musical performance!

Enter at the main entrance, turn left, and go up the stairs to the hall. Donations are appreciated to help pay for the venue.

We are looking for a $5.00 contribution to support our Open Stage program. Please click here at “Support Us Financially” or click on the green button below.

Support Us Financially

Even though we are an Alberta Nonprofit and not supposed to make money, we can’t lose any either, we’d be honored if you you help us defray some of our hard costs of this free event with a donation. If you can afford it, please click the support button. Thanks so much!

Support the Folk Club by purchasing Our Cuppers Coffee, click here!

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Janzen Boys
2025-05-03 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Army Navy Air Force Club (ANAVETS), 517 - 5 Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 0T9, Canada
Tickets are available online (now), and after April 8th at ANALOG BOOKS, THEORETICALLY BREWING, D&N KITCHEN, CUPPER’S, CASA and at the door.

“This world is full of musicians like never before; but their combination of honesty and integrity in the way they shape a note within unique songwriting will stand out among the weeds.“

– Jim Norris (canadianmusicspotlight.com)

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*Valid Memberships must be shown at the door for membership tickets

The Lethbridge Folk Club presents the Janzen Boys from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Join our event on May 3rd, 2025, at the Army Navy Air Force Veterans Club as we close our season with the Janzen Boys, Openers Reid and Writes at what will prove to be a wonderful concert.

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. Their blood harmonies, traditional songs, and catchy originals have garnered a broad audience.

The Janzen Boys have been playing music together since the very beginning, but it started as “The Janzen Boys” shortly after they moved back to Canada from Japan in 2012. They’re a rootsy, harmony-singing folk trio from Winnipeg, Manitoba, consisting of brothers Simon and Mick, and father JJ. Whether they’re playing at music festivals, theatres, venues, or intimate house concerts, they’ll have you laughing, crying, and singing along to classics that you know and love, and catchy original tunes that’ll be stuck in your head for days!

Reid & Writes are a Lethbridge based group of seasoned musicians that plays original songs along with tasty covers. Music is heart-felt, melodic, rhythmic and dynamic. Various styles make each song unique. Lyrics drawn from personal experience and Alberta landscapes convey universal themes.

Join us on May 3rd for some great music.

Doors open at 6:30 PM

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Open Stage
2025-05-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | McKillop United Church, 2329 15 Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K0X5, Canada
This event has been cancelled

Lethbridge Folk Club OPEN STAGE

Always on the 2nd Friday of the month September to May.

Our last Open Stage of the Year at McKillop Church.

Join us to sing, play, hone your musical skills or just come and listen.

All are welcome to the Lethbridge Folk Club’s ‘Open Stage’ evenings, where we host local performing musicians and poets at McKillop United Church: 2329 15th Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta

Lethbridge Folk Club will provide you with a stage with sound facilities at no cost so that you can perform some of your own music, music you have borrowed, or poetry of your choice. You will also have an eager and appreciative audience to listen to and perhaps dance to your musical performance!

Enter at the main entrance, turn left, and go up the stairs to the hall. Donations are appreciated to help pay for the venue.

We are looking for a $5.00 contribution to support our Open Stage program. Please click here at “Support Us Financially” or click on the green button below.

Support Us Financially

Even though we are an Alberta Nonprofit and not supposed to make money, we can’t lose any either, we’d be honored if you you help us defray some of our hard costs of this free event with a donation. If you can afford it, please click the support button. Thanks so much!

Support the Folk Club by purchasing Our Cuppers Coffee, click here!

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Lethbridge Folk Club 45th Anniversary Round-Up
2025-05-31 19:00 - 23:00 UTC | German Canadian Club/D&N Kitchen, 902 6 street N, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1H 1Y2, Canada
45th Season Round-Up Dinner & Dance

Celebrating 45 Years of supporting Live Music in Lethbridge

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Tickets are available online, and after May 6th at ANALOG BOOKS, THEORETICALLY BREWING, D&N KITCHEN, CASA and at the door.

Celebrating 45 Years of supporting Live Music in Lethbridge

Our last event of 2024-2025

Join Coyote Creek Band as The Lethbridge Folk Club presents a fitting Round-up to close off our 45th Season.

As well as special guests and activities, befitting this event we have Coyote Creek Band playing for our dance.

Coyote Creek Band has been performing in Southern Alberta for the past 24 years, covering areas from Lacombe and Red Deer to Pincher Creek. They host the Jam in Longview, which runs for an impressive 14 hours, while also participating in various festivals and private events. This unique country dance band aims to ensure that everyone enjoys their music as much as they love performing. With toe-tapping tunes that are hard to resist, Coyote Creek Band is made up of five passionate members who truly enjoy what they do.

Join the Lethbridge Folk Club in an iconic event celebrating 45 Years of live music in Lethbridge

Join the party at our dinner and dance.

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.

Our special 45th Anniversary Concert Round-Up on May 31st, 2025, at the German Canadian Club where much of our early history was made Join The Coyote Creek Band and many other special guests as we celebrate the end of our 45th season.

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At the Lethbridge Folk Club, we are dedicated to fostering Community Well-Being. We achieve this through the Music we present, the Musical Artists we champion, and by contributing to the National Music Centre Music Therapy Initiative. By purchasing our Season Tickets, both from the Fall 2024 Season and the Spring 2025 Season, you are gaining access to exceptional music and directly supporting this worthwhile cause, with 10% of our sales dedicated to it. For more information on the NMC Music Therapy Initiative, go to our page describing the Lethbridge Folk Club’s involvement.

Thanks to our sponsors and supporters

Lethbridge Folk Club AGM
2025-06-03 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Casa, 230 8 Street South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1H 5H2, Canada
If you want a voice at the table, if you want to see how the Lethbridge Folk Club is doing as a Society, or if you’d like to help out by being on the Board, being part of a committee, or learning about volunteering at an event… you need to be at this meeting!

Mudlarker Pre-season Concert
2025-08-29 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | German Canadian Club/D&N Kitchen, 902 6 street N, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1H 1Y2, Canada
Mudlarker; a ‘pre-season’ concert at the German Canadian Club/D&N Kitchen

This Friday, August 29th at 7:30

“ Mudlarker, the folk-rock band, from the Crowsnest Pass, known for their storytelling and community-inspired songs, is set to release their first studio album, Making Good Time, on July 3. The album, a 12-track collection, is inspired by the people, places and history of the Crowsnest Pass and surrounding areas.“

–By Nicholas L. M. Allen

Crowsnest Pass Herald

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Join our event on August 29th, 2025, at the D&N Kitchen/German Canadian Club .

We are having a surprise concert featuring Mudlarker, from the Crowsnest Pass, performing at D&N Kitchen/German Canadian Club on August 29th.

Consider this as an End of Summer or Pre-Season Concert before our Fall 2025 lineup

The concert starts at 7:30 and goes until 9:30.

Check out D&N Kitchen prior to the concert if you want to order dinner before the show.

Mudlarker is a women’s folk/roots trio from the Crowsnest Pass, AB. Suzanne Scott, Becky Pichurski and Shelly Groves create and perform original music, influenced by the people and places of the Southern Alberta Rocky Mountains and foothills. Their combined rock, folk and classical backgrounds result in powerful vocals, enduring melodies, and soulful and poetic lyrics. The group is known for their killer harmonies, further elevated by the lush and skilled violin work of Shelly Groves.

They will be selling copies of their recent release, Making Good Time, at this concert, as well as other Mudlarker merchandise

If you’d like to check out our Fall 2025 concert, please click on the following link: https://lethbridgefolkclub.ca/events/

﻿If you would like information on sending payment by e-transfer, please click on the following link: https://lethbridgefolkclub.ca/paying-by-interac-e-transfer/

Doors open for dinner from 5:30 PM, concert at 7:30 PM

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Tim Hus
2025-09-13 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Army Navy Air Force Club (ANAVETS), 517 - 5 Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 0T9, Canada
Tim Hus

Tickets are available here online, or please visit our ticket partners, Analog Books, D&N Kitchen, Cuppers Coffee, and Casa.

“Tim Hus may well be the ultimate in Canadiana songwriters”

-Canadian Cowboy Country Magazine

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Join the Lethbridge Folk Club presents the quintessential Alberta Cowboy troubadour as our opening act for the 46th Fall Season.

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! For the past decade, Hus and his Travelin’ Band have toured to every corner of the land and beyond, performing their distinctive brand of Canadiana cowboy music.

The Alberta-based singer with the black hat and easygoing personality is a captivating and crowd-pleasing performer who easily draws listeners into the settings of his storytelling country and roots music. Tim’s distinctive songwriting and spirited performances by the members of his dynamic bandstand are a cornerstone of authentic Canadiana!

Lonni Robley was raised on 80s and 90s country, bluegrass and singer-songwriters like Ian Tyson, Gordon Lightfoot. You’ll likely hear flavours of folk, pop and country. Expect some covers and some originals. An acoustic style of folky pop singer songwriter, with influences of James Taylor, Patty Griffin, a splash of country and celtic thrown in the mix.

Doors open at 6:30 PM

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Open Stage
2025-10-10 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | McKillop United Church, 2329 15 Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K0X5, Canada
Join us for our open stage October 10th 2025

Lethbridge Folk Club OPEN STAGE

Always on the 2nd Friday of the month September to May.

Our Open Stage nights continue.

Join us to sing, play, hone your musical skills or just come and listen.

All are welcome to the Lethbridge Folk Club’s ‘Open Stage’ evenings, where we host local performing musicians and poets at McKillop United Church: 2329 15th Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta

The dates for 2025 and 2026 are: This Year’s Open Stage nights are on:

October 10th, 2025

November 14th, 2025

January 9, 2026

February 13, 2026

March 13, 2026,

April 10, 2026,

and May 8, 2026

Lethbridge Folk Club will provide you with a stage with sound facilities at no cost so that you can perform some of your own music, music you have borrowed, or poetry of your choice. You will also have an eager and appreciative audience to listen to and perhaps dance to your musical performance!

Enter at the main entrance, turn left, and go up the stairs to the hall. Donations are appreciated to help pay for the venue.

We are looking for a $5.00 contribution to support our Open Stage program. Please click here at “Support Us Financially” or click on the green button below.

Support Us Financially

Even though we are an Alberta Nonprofit and not supposed to make money, we can’t lose any either, we’d be honored if you you help us defray some of our hard costs of this free event with a donation. If you can afford it, please click the support button. Thanks so much!

Support the Folk Club by purchasing Our Cuppers Coffee, click here!

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Mallory Chipman
2025-10-18 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Army Navy Air Force Club (ANAVETS), 517 - 5 Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 0T9, Canada
Mallory Chipman

Tickets are available exclusively online until September 16th. After Sept 16th tickets are available here online, or please visit our ticket partners, Analog Books, D&N Kitchen, Cuppers Coffee, Theoretically Brewing and Casa.

“ Her vocals are stunning on Songs to a Wild God, which listeners have grown to expect from Chipman.“

–– Edmonton Journal

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The Lethbridge Folk Club presents award-winning and nominated singer-songwriter, music educator and artist in residence Mallory Chipman.

Join our event on October 18th, 2025, at the Army Navy Air Force Veterans Club as we continue our fall season with Mallory Chipman, with Veronica Raine opening.

With 5 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. Her genre-bending tendencies, powerful sound, and story-driven songwriting has been described as “some of the finest folk rock currently being made” (Amplify Music Magazine) and “a masterclass in musical innovation and creativity” (Certified Bop).

Her recently released LP, Songs to a Wild God, has been praised for the way her “powerful songwriting” and “multi-octave voice” explore thoughtful impressions on the environment we inhabit alongside personal reflections. Songs to a Wild God hit #1 on CKUA Radio, #5 on the Folk Alliance International Charts, and was one of the only independently released albums to debut in the Top 50 on the Canadian National Charts.

The official music video for “Old Man River” by Mallory Chipman ft. Kaeley Jade. Video filmed and edited by Dale Bailey of Shoulda Danished on Treaty 7 Territory along the Old Man River. “Old Man River” was co-written by Mallory Chipman and Kaeley Wiebe and released on Mallory Chipman’s 2024 album ‘Songs to a Wild God’..

Also known as one half of the rising alt-country duo The Goddamsels, Mallory Chipman is a true raconteuse, praised for her work as both a solo artist and collaborator, and for her skills as a songwriter, arranger, producer, and music scholar.

Veronica Raine is a singer/songwriter known for her heartfelt lyrics and captivating melodies. Veronica has cultivated a distinctive musical style that blends folk, pop, and indie elements. is an indie folk singer/songwriter from Southern Alberta, whose music is deeply rooted in personal storytelling and authentic connection. A self-taught musician, Veronica began performing publicly at thirteen, playing any open mic that would let her through the door.

Beyond the stage, Veronica is dedicated to the craft of music itself—constantly writing, performing, and expanding her skills in areas like production and arrangement. She views her artistry as a lifelong journey of growth and exploration and is passionate about sharing that journey with others. Through her music, Veronica aims to inspire people to embrace their own stories, to stay resilient, and to find beauty in both the light and the dark moments of life.

Doors open at 6:30 PM

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Adam Karch
2025-11-01 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Theoretically Brewing Company, 1263 2 Ave S, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 0E7, Canada
An evening with Adam Karch

Tickets are available exclusively online or at the door for this special event.

” Karch won the Memphis Cigar Box Guitar Award at the International Blues Challenge at the end of January 2023. For the veteran singer-guitarist, it was validation of all his hard work. They weren’t expecting the Bee Gees’:

–Montrealer wins Memphis blues guitar prize By T’Cha Dunlevy Montreal Gazette

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Join our event on November 1st, 2025 2025, at Theoretically Brewing as we continue our fall season with a special presentation of the music of Adam Karsh

Winner of the International Blues Challenge Memphis 2023

Best Guitarist solo/duo category, the Lethbridge Folk Club presents a special concert with Adam Karch at Theoretically Brewing

Although Adam Karch is from Montreal, his music embodies the spirit of Americana like a scenic ride across the Great Plains. He plays a hybrid acoustic blues that combines precise finger-picking, reminiscent of players such as RL Burnside, Mississippi John Hurt, and Kelly Joe Phelps, with an innovative percussive technique that is thoroughly modern, yet primal and anchored in tradition.

Doors open at 6:30 PM

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PLEASE NOTE TICKETS CAN BE PICKED UP AT THE DOOR FOR THIS CONCERT. NO TICKETS ARE MAILED OR EMAILED OUT. WE HAVE A DOOR LIST OF PURCHASES FOR ALL OUR CONCERTS.

If you would like information on sending payment by e-transfer, please click on the following link: https://lethbridgefolkclub.ca/paying-by-interac-e-transfer/

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Open Stage
2025-11-14 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | McKillop United Church, 2329 15 Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K0X5, Canada
Join us for our open stage November 14th 2025

Lethbridge Folk Club OPEN STAGE

Always on the 2nd Friday of the month September to May.

Our Open Stage Night continue.

Join us to sing, play, hone your musical skills or just come and listen.

All are welcome to the Lethbridge Folk Club’s ‘Open Stage’ evenings, where we host local performing musicians and poets at McKillop United Church: 2329 15th Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta

Lethbridge Folk Club will provide you with a stage with sound facilities at no cost so that you can perform some of your own music, music you have borrowed, or poetry of your choice. You will also have an eager and appreciative audience to listen to and perhaps dance to your musical performance!

The dates for 2025 and 2026 are: This Year’s Open Stage nights are on:

November 14th, 2025

January 9, 2026

February 13, 2026

March 13, 2026,

April 10, 2026,

and May 8, 2026

Enter at the main entrance, turn left, and go up the stairs to the hall. Donations are appreciated to help pay for the venue.

We are looking for a $5.00 contribution to support our Open Stage program. Please click here at “Support Us Financially” or click on the green button below.

Support Us Financially

Even though we are an Alberta Nonprofit and not supposed to make money, we can’t lose any either, we’d be honored if you you help us defray some of our hard costs of this free event with a donation. If you can afford it, please click the support button. Thanks so much!

Support the Folk Club by purchasing Our Cuppers Coffee, click here!

Fun and music from our Open Stage Nights

Magnolia Buckskin
2025-11-15 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Army Navy Air Force Club (ANAVETS), 517 - 5 Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 0T9, Canada
Magnolia Buckskin

Tickets are available online here or by visiting our ticket partners: Analog Books, D&N Kitchen, Cuppers Coffee, Theoretically Brewing, and Casa.

“ Magnolia Buckskin – which now consists of vocalists and multi-instrumentalists Natasha Sayer, Corry Ulan and Kathy Cook – is nothing if not democratic. It’s enshrined in their makeup.“

–By Eric Volmers Calgary Herald

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Join our event on November 15th, 2025, at the Army Navy Air Force Veterans Club as we continue our fall season with Magnolia Buckskin.

Featuring gorgeous and accordion. Magnolia Buckskin delivers a vibrant and humorous show with original arrangements that are refreshing and poignant.

As a band, they have worked with the Foothills Acoustic Music Institute (FAMI), overseeing harmony and vocal-improv workshops and teaching banjo, accordion and mandolin, have led workshops at Calgary’s Ukulele Festival, and taught at Wellspring Alberta, a charity that offers programming for people living with cancer.

“I kind of think of it as a pond,” says Sayer. “You put into the pond, you can’t just keep taking out of the pond. To be fresh you have to put back in and that keeps things fresh.

Fan favourite Charlie Ewing was born in Cutbank, Montana, in windswept Glacier County, just thirty miles south of the medicine line. When he was a long yearling, his parents moved to the Porcupine Hills of Alberta, about 130 miles to the north, and he has lived there pretty much the rest of his life, ranching and living the cowboy lifestyle that dominates his songwriting.

He spent his working life running the SN Ranch, a cow/calf operation near Claresholm where he still lives. Semi-retired now he finds more time for music activity and performs either solo or with a duo or in a bluegrass band. Hopefully there are a few more songs rattling around underneath his hat waiting to be born. It’s an arduous process like trying to rope the wind.

Doors open at 6:30 PM

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Friends & Folk
2025-12-12 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton) | McKillop United Church, 2329 15 Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K0X5, Canada
Friends & Folk Holiday Fundraiser

Online Tickets are available now.

Tickets are also available at our ticket partners: Analog Books, D&N Kitchen, Cuppers Coffee, Theoretically Brewing, and Casa.

“Leanne’s Still Knowing (Album), isn’t just a collection of songs. With its soulful storytelling, rich instrumentation and analog warmth, this album confirms Leanne Lightfoot as a vital voice in contemporary folk and roots music. It’s an album that doesn’t just ask to be heard; it asks to be felt.

Stevie Connor – The Sound Cafe”

We invite you to our event, a Special Fundraising event, on December 12th, 2025, at McKillop United Church. This event is designed to be a fun pre-Christmas celebration of the Lethbridge Folk Club’s successes this year, and to build sustainability for our future plans through your generosity.

Join our two headlining guests, Leanne Lightfoot and Reid & Writes, as they, and some surprise special guests, bring you some of their musical offerings to fill out an evening of pre-holiday spirit, food and fun.

Also, please consider bringing a nonperishable food donation for the Interfaith Food Bank to support those in need.

Channelled through her raw and honest vocals, Leanne Lightfoot’s songwriting reveals the joys and sorrows of life’s lessons, and the emotions she knows intimately: matters of the heart, the call of the land, and the bonds that bind one to another. Adeptly and gently she leads listeners on emotional journeys with her song-stories, some from her life, some from other’s lives

Lightfoot’s credits many influences in her music, Willy Nelson, Ian Tyson and Emmylou Harris, to name a few amongst many. But, It wasn’t until she first heard a recording of singer/songwriter Iris Dement that something really changed for her. “I had never heard anything like it. It was startling, I started writing.”

Living in the Millarville area, Alberta, ten years after releasing the ‘Redtail Flyer’ album, Leanne has released Still Knowing in February 2025. A collection of 10 songs. Bringing her smoke-laced vocals and timeless writing to the forefront, her new tracks harness the many influences of her early years and temper them with the life lessons that come with the profoundly joyous and sorrowful experiences of a life lived in the pursuit of personal truths, art, passion, and being human.

A Story Steeped in Sound, Reid & Writes is a group of seasoned musicians that plays original songs along with tasty covers.

Music is heartfelt, melodic, rhythmic and dynamic. Various styles make each song unique. Lyrics drawn from personal experience and Alberta landscapes convey universal themes.

Their current live lineup is anchored by our principal songwriter, lead vocals and guitar, Reid Seibert. On percussion and vocals, Jason Gibson. On fiddle and vocals, Kelsey Jespersen. On bass and vocals, Bud Haycock. We are also joined from time to time by our amigo Bill Lawson, who plays bass, guitar, vocals, and all manner of things!

Their live performance lineup can vary slightly from one performance to another, depending on the style of music being played and the venues where they are performing.

Doors open at 6:30 PM

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Open Stage
2026-01-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | McKillop United Church, 2329 15 Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K0X5, Canada
Join us for our open stage January 9th, 2026

Lethbridge Folk Club OPEN STAGE

Always on the 2nd Friday of the month September until May.

Our Open Stage Nights continue.

Join us to sing, play, hone your musical skills or just come and listen.

All are welcome to the Lethbridge Folk Club’s ‘Open Stage’ evenings, where we host local performing musicians and poets at McKillop United Church Hall: 2329 15th Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta

Lethbridge Folk Club will provide you with a stage with sound facilities at no cost so that you can perform some of your own music, music you have borrowed, or poetry of your choice. You will also have an eager and appreciative audience to listen to and perhaps dance to your musical performance!

The dates for 2026 are: This Year’s Open Stage nights are on:

January 9, 2026

February 13, 2026

March 13, 2026,

April 10, 2026,

and May 8, 2026

Enter at the main entrance, turn left, and go up the stairs to the hall. Donations are appreciated to help pay for the venue.

We are looking for a $5.00 contribution to support our Open Stage program. Please click here at “Support Us Financially” or click on the green button below.

Support Us Financially

Even though we are an Alberta Nonprofit and not supposed to make money, we can’t lose any either, we’d be honored if you you help us defray some of our hard costs of this free event with a donation. If you can afford it, please click the support button. Thanks so much!

Support the Folk Club by purchasing Our Cuppers Coffee, click here!

Fun and music from our Open Stage Nights

John Rutherford Trio
2026-01-10 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton) | Army Navy Air Force Club (ANAVETS), 517 - 5 Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 0T9, Canada
John Rutherford Trio with Papa King

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Online Tickets are available now.

After December 30th, tickets will be available at our ticket partners: Analog Books, D&N Kitchen, Cuppers Coffee, Theoretically Brewing, and Casa.

“This (Midnight Microphone) is an individual take on the blues, by an artist very much in tune with the music but unafraid to put his own spin on it. I liked this a lot.” – Norman Darwen

— Blues In The South Magazine, England, 2023.”

The Lethbridge Folk Club presents The John Ritherford Trio with Papa King opening.

Growing up in Toronto in the 60’s and 70’s John Rutherford first laid hands on a guitar at age 10, and at 16 told his guitar teacher he wanted to play some of the popular rock songs of the day. Rutherford was told “if you want to play rock ’n’ roll you’ll have to learn the blues”

Lessons were spent digging into classic blues guitar recordings, studying the rhythm, feel and form of the music. Rutherford took his homework seriously swinging by Sam the Record Man on Yonge Street each week to purchase whatever blues album they’d been working with. This process spawned both a passion for the sound of the blues but also a sprawling record collection. Rutherford’s blues library and his earliest influences began with works by John Mayall, Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal, Johnny Winter, Hubert Sumlin, T-Bone Walker, Otis Rush, Freddie, Albert and BB King. Rutherford never learned those rock songs of the day, he stuck with the blues.

Maintaining a long running residency at Calgary’s current home of the blues, The Blues Can, Rutherford performs solo shows and routinely rocks the house with his blues trio while honing his signature guitar sound and storytelling songwriting style.

Rutherford’s solo career began with the release of the 2010 LP Echo Broadcast which reached #1 on the Alberta public broadcaster CKUA top 30 chart and received glowing reviews internationally. The leap to branch out on his own blossomed into appearances at clubs, concert venues and major music festivals across Canada.

Adding to a long list of projects, accomplishments and career milestones Rutherford is pleased to announce the release of his latest EP in 2023 entitled Midnight Microphone.

Produced by legendary guitarist Tim Williams, and joined by Thom Moon on drums and Bill Price on bass the new songs express Rutherford’s will to push the blues form beyond traditions or expectations in a search of his own honest connection to the feel and power of the music.

“Papa” King Cole is a solid, hard-working Albertan who has supported his family as a class 1 truck driver by day and singer/songwriter musician by night.

His music and songs reflect the life he lives and observes.

Driven with love and passion, this is music for all ages.

His original songs all engage with his audiences, and they leave with a good taste in their soul.

Music is heartfelt, melodic, rhythmic and dynamic. Various styles make each song unique. Lyrics drawn from personal experience and Alberta landscapes convey universal themes.

Doors open at 6:30 PM

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Open Stage
2026-02-13 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | McKillop United Church, 2329 15 Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K0X5, Canada
Join us for our open stage February 13, 2026

Lethbridge Folk Club OPEN STAGE

Always on the 2nd Friday of the month September until May.

Our Open Stage Nights continue.

Join us to sing, play, hone your musical skills or just come and listen.

All are welcome to the Lethbridge Folk Club’s ‘Open Stage’ evenings, where we host local performing musicians and poets at McKillop United Church Hall: 2329 15th Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta

Lethbridge Folk Club will provide you with a stage with sound facilities at no cost so that you can perform some of your own music, music you have borrowed, or poetry of your choice. You will also have an eager and appreciative audience to listen to and perhaps dance to your musical performance!

The dates for 2026 are: This Year’s Open Stage nights are on:

February 13, 2026

March 13, 2026,

April 10, 2026,

and May 8, 2026

Enter at the main entrance, turn left, and go up the stairs to the hall. Donations are appreciated to help pay for the venue.

We are looking for a $5.00 contribution to support our Open Stage program. Please click here at “Support Us Financially” or click on the green button below.

Support Us Financially

Even though we are an Alberta Nonprofit and not supposed to make money, we can’t lose any either, we’d be honored if you you help us defray some of our hard costs of this free event with a donation. If you can afford it, please click the support button. Thanks so much!

Support the Folk Club by purchasing Our Cuppers Coffee, click here!

Fun and music from our Open Stage Nights

Lynne Hanson with Steve Pineo
2026-02-20 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton) | Army Navy Air Force Club (ANAVETS), 517 - 5 Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 0T9, Canada
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Lynne Hanson with Steve Pineo

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Saying of Lynne’s Album Ice Cream Dream “It’s a glorious mash-up of Americana, folk, and the occasional indie production and song structure and sounds, made even better by Hanson’s trademark lyrical depth… her best work to-date… It’s a strong contender for album of the year.” – Amplify Music Magazine

The Lethbridge Folk Club Presents Lynne Hanson, with Steve Pineo.

Local Singer/Songwriter, Karen Romanchuk will be opening.

Too tough for folk and too blues-influenced for country, Lynne Hanson’s brand of porch music with a little red dirt can turn on a dime from a sunshine, blue sky ballad to a full on thunderstorm of gritty Americana swamp from one song to the next. Her hard living music has garnered her the nickname “Canada’s Queen of Americana.” And while her deep, bluesy croon has drawn comparisons to Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch, it’s the poetry of her lyrics that really sets her apart.

Winner of two Canadian Folk Music Awards, Hanson is known for her high-energy, roots guitar-driven live performances, whether playing solo or with her band, the Good Intentions. She has an uncanny way of connecting with her audience with an authenticity that is as entertaining as it is disarming.

Lynne Hanson released her tenth studio album “Just A Poet” in Spring 2024. The album has been nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Album of the Year.

Steve Pineo is a 30 year musical veteran, a nationally recognized song writer who’s written songs recorded by Paul Brandt (Canadian Man) and Prairie Oyster (Too Bad For Me), and a tireless musical creator. His annual Christmas show plays for five sold out nights every year at Calgary’s premiere music venue, Ironwood. Steve is also celebrated for his loving nine-piece tribute to Elvis Presley.

Karen Romanchuk is a Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, folk, blues and country music singer and songwriter. Influenced by Steve Earle and Lucinda Williams, her songwriting has developed into her own unique sound. She travelled the road with a cover band. Now, she performs her own songs with passion, and her only hope is to touch someone with her music.

Karen has added some amazing credentials to her resume throughout her career, including opening slots for Willie P. Bennett, Gaye Delorme, Katherine Wheatley, Wendell Ferguson (7-time CCMA guitar player of the year, who also graces her cd “Dance”), Leeroy Stagger, The Good Lovelies (Juno award winners) and Jill Barber, just to name a few.

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Prairie Folk Sessions presents Abigayle Oakley and John Hewitt
2026-02-25 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | Analog Books, 322-6 street S, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J2C8, Canada
Abigayle Oakley with John Hewitt

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“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

Lethbridge Folk Clubs’ Prairie Folk Sessions presents Abigayle Oakley with John Hewitt on February 25th, 2026, at Analog Books.

From Las Vegas to Nashvegas, Abigayle Oakley blends the melodic richness of folk pioneers with the lyrical honesty of today’s confessional singer-songwriters.

Her songs explore the complexities of life and the existential questions that shape us, often with a sharp, tongue-in-cheek wit that adds layers of humour and insight. Abigayle is a recent winner of the Kerrville New Folk Competition and has played hundreds of shows in the US and Canada, opening for acts such as The War and Treaty, Jed and The Valentine, Forest Blakk and more. When not writing, practicing, or performing, you can find Abigayle hiking the beautiful hills of Tennessee

With artfully crafted songs, masterful musicianship and humbled authenticity, John Hewitt is the full package and the real deal. John’s natural ability to tell a story through song, combined with his down to earth welcoming of the audience into his world, are just two of the many noteworthy qualities that will ensure the continued success and longevity of his career. Well known for his Band John Hewitt and the Americans. John has produced and toured several ‘Lives and Times’ series including Gordon Lightfoot and Jim Croce.

The song craft of John Hewitt is spot on. He not only tells a story but also does so in an engaging way with complementary lyrics, melody, and arrangements. Basically John is a hardworking artist that pays attention to all the details of his presentation and audiences loved it!

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Open Stage
2026-03-13 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | McKillop United Church, 2329 15 Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K0X5, Canada
Join us for our open stage Friday March 13, 2026

Lethbridge Folk Club OPEN STAGE

Always on the 2nd Friday of the month September until May.

Our Open Stage Nights continue.

Join us to sing, play, hone your musical skills or just come and listen.

All are welcome to the Lethbridge Folk Club’s ‘Open Stage’ evenings, where we host local performing musicians and poets at McKillop United Church Hall: 2329 15th Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta

Lethbridge Folk Club will provide you with a stage with sound facilities at no cost so that you can perform some of your own music, music you have borrowed, or poetry of your choice. You will also have an eager and appreciative audience to listen to and perhaps dance to your musical performance!

The dates for 2026 are: This Year’s Open Stage nights are on:

March 13, 2026,

April 10, 2026,

and May 8, 2026

Enter at the main entrance, turn left, and go up the stairs to the hall. Donations are appreciated to help pay for the venue.

We are looking for a $5.00 contribution to support our Open Stage program. Please click here at “Support Us Financially” or click on the green button below.

Support Us Financially

Even though we are an Alberta Nonprofit and not supposed to make money, we can’t lose any either, we’d be honored if you you help us defray some of our hard costs of this free event with a donation. If you can afford it, please click the support button. Thanks so much!

Support the Folk Club by purchasing Our Cuppers Coffee, click here!

Fun and music from our Open Stage Nights

Horizon Ridge
2026-03-21 19:30 - 22:30 (America/Edmonton) | Army Navy Air Force Club (ANAVETS), 517 - 5 Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 0T9, Canada
Horizon Ridge

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General Admission $40. Members $35

Tickets for this event are available exclusively online until Feb 26th. After Feb 26th, tickets will be available online and at our ticket partners: Analog Books, Cuppers Coffee, Theoretically Brewing, and Casa.

“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”

Join our event on March 21st, 2026, at the Army Navy Air Force Veterans Club as we continue our fall season with Horizon Ridge.

Horizon Ridge is a group of fine multi-instrumentalists and seasoned vocalists known for their intuitive, tight harmonies and polished a cappella singing.

Based in Calgary, Alberta, the band has entertained audiences at festivals, music clubs, events, and concerts in Canada, the US and the UK.

Horizon Ridge is versatile and engaging with performances embracing traditional and contemporary folk, country, and roots.

Their albums Enough is all you need and Unison In Harmony feature a blend of original and favourite songs and showcase the band’s ability to move effortlessly through musical styles and genres. They teach instrumental and vocal harmony workshops and are currently working on new recordings, including a winter / seasonal album.

Ron Hiuser has long been a favourite on the Lethbridge Music Scene, playing at concerts, open stages and local events.

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Open Stage
2026-04-10 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | McKillop United Church, 2329 15 Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K0X5, Canada
Join us for our open stage Friday, April 10, 2026

Lethbridge Folk Club OPEN STAGE

Always on the 2nd Friday of the month September until May.

Our Open Stage Nights continue.

Join us to sing, play, hone your musical skills or just come and listen.

All are welcome to the Lethbridge Folk Club’s ‘Open Stage’ evenings, where we host local performing musicians and poets at McKillop United Church Hall: 2329 15th Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta

Lethbridge Folk Club will provide you with a stage with sound facilities at no cost so that you can perform some of your own music, music you have borrowed, or poetry of your choice. You will also have an eager and appreciative audience to listen to and perhaps dance to your musical performance!

The dates for 2026 are: This Year’s Open Stage nights are on:

April 10, 2026,

and May 8, 2026

Enter at the main entrance, turn left, and go up the stairs to the hall. Donations are appreciated to help pay for the venue.

We are looking for a $5.00 contribution to support our Open Stage program. Please click here at “Support Us Financially” or click on the green button below.

Support Us Financially

Even though we are an Alberta Nonprofit and not supposed to make money, we can’t lose any either, we’d be honored if you you help us defray some of our hard costs of this free event with a donation. If you can afford it, please click the support button. Thanks so much!

Support the Folk Club by purchasing Our Cuppers Coffee, click here!

Fun and music from our Open Stage Nights

Home Routes presents Kaeley jade
2026-04-11 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | Analog Books, 322-6 street S, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J2C8, Canada
Kaeley Jade

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Tickets are available online and at Analog Books and CASA.

“With an emotionally poignant indie pop sound and her penchant for crafting relatable and pointed lyrics, Kaeley Jade is an artist that seems capable of exciting things. Whether crafting bouncy anthems or more melancholic and thoughtful reflections, there is a real engaging edge to her writing and her sound.”

— CLOUT

Home Routes with Lethbridge Folk Clubs’ Prairie Folk Sessions presents Kaeley Jade on Saturday April 11, 2026, at Analog Books.

Alternative-folk singer/songwriter Kaeley Jade crafts full-hearted songs that dig deep. Growing up on the outskirts of North America’s most northern metropolis, the Edmonton-based Métis artist has been sculpted by icy winter winds, warm summer breezes, and sweeping prairie skies. Whether through gently textured acoustic ballads or rip-roaring full-band cuts, Kaeley’s powerful voice and vivid imagery capture the depths of life’s most challenging moments with sincerity and precision.

Kaeley will be drifting between her piano and acoustic guitar, and will be accompanied by the amazing multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Gagnon, so if you’re a fan of soaring vocals, rich lyricism, and heavenly harmonies, this will definitely be a show I think you should check out!

Kaeley Jade’s forthcoming album, The Great Unknown, finds her exploring an earthier sound, where expansive percussion mingles with soaring guitars to create the electric charge of an impending storm. At its core is Kaeley’s heartfelt vocal delivery, both commanding and vulnerable, and reminiscent of artists like Serena Ryder or Kacey Musgraves. Produced by JUNO Award-winner Hill Kourkoutis, The Great Unknown is a cinematic plunge into the dread, conflict, and uncertainty that arises when we reach a turning point. There is a catharsis in letting go of that which no longer serves us, and The Great Unknown invites listeners to embrace the unpredictability of life, confront the moments that challenge us, and celebrate the beauty found within the ever-shifting tides of experience.

A Renaissance woman at heart, Kaeley Jade’s creative practice extends far beyond her musical prowess. After attaining her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of Alberta in 2020, she has continued to dance between the worlds of music, theatre, film, and visual arts. Her work on Two-Headed/Half-Hearted—a prairie-gothic folk musical that premiered at Northern Light Theatre in 2022—showcased her talents as a composer, sound designer, and actor, and earned her a Music in the Arts award at the Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards. With over 150 performances across Canada since 2023, Kaeley’s deep love of storytelling and dynamic stage presence shine through whether she performs solo, duo, or with her five-piece band.

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Greg Herman Trio
2026-04-18 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton) | Army Navy Air Force Club (ANAVETS), 517 - 5 Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 0T9, Canada
Greg Herman Trio with Dusty Dee Litchfield

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Tickets are available at our ticket partners: Analog Books, Cuppers Coffee, Theoretically Brewing, and Casa.

“Entertaining and Thought Provoking”– Maple Creek News

“Raw simplicity that connects with audiences”– Maple Creek Advance Times

The Lethbridge Folk Club Presents the Greg Herman Trio.

Active as a musician since 1985, Greg writes about the land, family, history and any ideas he can catch. Home is the family ranch north of Medicine Hat, his style reflects the influences from community and many types of music.

Greg Herman is a songwriter of great talent and craft, his lyrics rising authentically from the southeastern Alberta plains. The place he lives in and works in. The place he was born in. When you’ve been too long away Greg’s songs beckon you home.

Local Singer/Songwriter, Dusty Dee Litchfield will be opening.

“Dusty Dee has a distinctive voice and a quirky sense of humor … as well as a knack for telling a good story” – Richard Amery, LABeat.ca.

Dusty comments that “It is the song, Lyric, Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm. They all combine to capture the imagination of the listener. It is the song.”

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Open Stage
2026-05-08 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | McKillop United Church, 2329 15 Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K0X5, Canada
Join us for our last open stage of the season Friday, May 8, 2026

Lethbridge Folk Club OPEN STAGE

Always on the 2nd Friday of the month September until May.

Our Open Stage Nights continue, but this is our last one until September, May 8th, 2026, 7 pm.

Join us to sing, play, hone your musical skills or just come and listen.

All are welcome to the Lethbridge Folk Club’s ‘Open Stage’ evenings, where we host local performing musicians and poets at McKillop United Church Hall: 2329 15th Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta

Lethbridge Folk Club will provide you with a stage with sound facilities at no cost so that you can perform some of your own music, music you have borrowed, or poetry of your choice. You will also have an eager and appreciative audience to listen to and perhaps dance to your musical performance!

The dates for 2026 are: This Year’s Open Stage nights are on:

May 8, 2026

and resume in September, watch for the announcement.

Enter at the main entrance, turn left, and go up the stairs to the hall. Donations are appreciated to help pay for the venue.

We are looking for a $5.00 contribution to support our Open Stage program. Please click here at “Support Us Financially” or click on the green button below.

Support Us Financially

Even though we are an Alberta Nonprofit and not supposed to make money, we can’t lose any either, we’d be honored if you you help us defray some of our hard costs of this free event with a donation. If you can afford it, please click the support button. Thanks so much!

Support the Folk Club by purchasing Our Cuppers Coffee, click here!

Fun and music from our Open Stage Nights

The Sadlier-Brown band
2026-05-23 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton) | Army Navy Air Force Club (ANAVETS), 517 - 5 Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 0T9, Canada
The Sadlier-Brown Band with Henk van Ginnegen

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“I’d say we’re a bit eccentric,” says Mark Sadlier-Brown. “I don’t want people to pigeon-hole us as a pure rockabilly band.” They play originals and their cover repertoire runs the gamut from Hendrix to Hank Williams, the Rolling Stones to Mississippi John Hurt and Elvis to jug-band music (the elder Sadlier-Brown also plays in the High Water Jug Band).

Calgary Arts All-Stars: The Sadlier-Brown Band– By Jon Roe • Swerve/The Calgary Herald

The Lethbridge Folk Club presents The Sadlier-Brown Band with Henk van Ginneken opening on May 23rd, 2026 at the Army Navy Air Force Club.

The Sadlier-Brown Band consists of three core members. Mark Sadlier-Brown (guitar and vocals), Eve Hell (upright bass and vocals) and Bev Bruce (percussion).

The Sadlier-Brown Band consists of three core members. Mark Sadlier-Brown (guitar and vocals), Dylan (upright bass and vocals) and Bev Bruce (percussion). Mark Sadlier-Brown is the frontman and has been playing his own kind of rootsy, rockabilly, folk, and proto-jazz music for years. He also wrote “spur of the moment” songs for the local CBC station in Calgary. Mark performed as a member of “The Highwater Jugband” and the “Alien Rebels”.

The Sadlier-Brown band likes to mix original songs with obscure vintage songs to give you a creative show. The band’s music mostly ranges from the era of the 50’s and into the 60’s. All of their music is played with an infectious solid rhythm that encourages dancing. The look and style of the band is vintage. This includes clothes and instruments dating from the early time of country and rockabilly jive music.

Acoustic Folk and Roots performer Henk van Ginneken (aka Leon Barr), backs up his vocals with guitars, harmonicas, mandolin and 6 string banjo. He has recorded two CDs. As well as his solo shows, he has opened for Bill Bourne, Tim Williams, Oscar Lopez, Jerusalem Ridge and Ken Ham to name a few. Along the way, he has also done a lot of busking for well over 40 years.

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A Great Evening of Music
2026-06-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | Casa Community Room, 230 8 Street South, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J5H2, Canada
A Great Evening of Music

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free concert

You’re warmly invited to attend the Lethbridge Folk Club’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday, June 9th @ 7pm, held at the Casa Community Room – and this year, we’re kicking things off with a special treat.

After the short meeting, enjoy a free one-hour concert featuring Reid & Writes and Sarah Lillian. It’s a great chance to connect with fellow music lovers and celebrate the incredible talent in our community.

Preceding the performance, we’ll move into our very short AGM, where we’ll share updates, reflect on the past year, and look ahead to what’s next for the club. We will also launch our Fall 2026 season!

All are welcome, but we especially encourage current members to attend and take part in the meeting. Your voice and input help shape the future of the Lethbridge Folk Club.

2026 memberships are available here: https://lethbridgefolkclub.ca/memberships/ and are valid until December 31st 2026.

Why come?

– Enjoy a free live concert

– Stay informed about the club’s activities and plans

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– Have a say in decisions and direction

– Connect with the local folk music community

We hope to see you there for an evening of music, community, and conversation.

Sarah Lillian has loved music since childhood. Born and raised in Edmonton, Sarah grew up surrounded by music, listening to her father sing and play a variety of interesting instruments. She finally began writing her own music a few years ago and has finally worked up the courage to share her songs with others.Her genuine lyrics make her songs relatable and easy to love.

Now living in the Cowsnest Pass, Sarah has been playing locally and has become a regular at our Open Stage Nights.

Reid & Writes are a group of seasoned musicians that plays original songs along with tasty covers. Tonight, we have two members of Reid & Writes with us. Their live lineup for this concert is anchored by their principal songwriter, lead vocals and guitar, Reid Seibert and on fiddle and vocals, Kelsey Jespersen.

“Music is heartfelt, melodic, rhythmic and dynamic. Various styles make each song unique. Lyrics drawn from personal experience and Alberta landscapes convey universal themes.“

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Christian Howse
2026-07-11 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | Theoretically Brewing Company, 1263 2 Ave S, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 0E7, Canada
Christian Howse

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“Christian’s raw talent and ability is staggering. His guitar work is very unique and when combined with the lyrics and vocal it is a killer package.”

— George Canyon

“ A great lyricist and perhaps a better poet.”

“musical prodigy….embarrassingly talented…” and “everything you want in an artist.”

— The Newfoundland Herald

The Lethbridge Folk Club Presents a Prairie Folk Sessions Concert with Christian Howse at Theoretically Brewing on July 11th at 7:30 pm

Christian Howse is a Canadian Folk Music Award-nominated singer-songwriter from Newfoundland, Canada, making waves in the East Coast music scene with his heartfelt storytelling and masterful musicianship. Renowned for his distinctive fingerstyle guitar work and evocative lyricism, Christian continues to evolve as both an artist and a social observer.

Christian brings a powerful performance to the stage. Drawing from the genres of punk, folk, and math-rock, he has developed a unique brand of percussive fingerstyle guitar which holds his audiences captive. With a passion for storytelling and a love for telling it how it is, Christian illustrates a very raw and real depiction of the greatest fears, darkest feelings, and most beautiful revelations that we all come to feel, to some extent, throughout our lives. His songs are sure to leave you looking inward, seeing a bit of your hidden self in every word.

Christian’s artistry has been recognized with numerous accolades, including a 2018 nomination for Canadian Folk Music Young Performer of the Year, three 2019 MusicNL nominations for Rising Star, Male Artist of the Year, and Folk/Roots Artist of the Year, and a 2025 MusicNL nomination for his sync placement on Hudson & Rex. With each release, Christian continues to captivate audiences and strengthen his place in Canada’s folk tradition.

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Marten Borch
2026-08-01 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | Analog Books, 322-6 street S, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J2C8, Canada
Marten Borch

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“Delightful, and heartwarming, Marten plays a harmonica to sound like a fiddle, breathtaking and bright with guitar & singing songs of love & hope. full house clapping along, great energy!“

“ Went to a house concert he performed at. Beautiful sound and such emotional storytelling. We had such a wonderful time!! Highly recommend seeing him if you have a chance!”

“Marten just did a wonderful house concert for us. Great music, very personal and engaging. Our listeners totally enjoyed his performance.”

The Lethbridge Folk Club Presents a Prairies Folk Session concert with Marten Borch at Analog Books on August 1st at 7:30 pm

Marten Borch is a singer-songwriter from Edmonton known for his raw authenticity, heartfelt lyrics, and a deep commitment to using music as a tool for connection and change. Influenced by folk, Celtic, swing, and even a touch of EDM, his sound weaves together old-world roots and modern energy. His songs tackle themes of social justice, environmentalism, and the human experience—music that’s meant to make you feel, think, and move.

On stage, Borch performs solo—but you’d never guess it. The sheer fullness of his sound, rhythm, and presence often leaves audiences convinced they’re hearing a full band. It’s a “three-in-one” experience that turns every set into something bigger than the sum of its parts. With the release of his latest album, “That Was Fun“, he’s carving out space as a powerful, purposeful voice in the indie scene.

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Lethbridge Porchfest
2026-08-29 12:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | London Road Neighbourhood & Kinsmen Playground, 1016 9 Ave S,, Lethbridge Alberta, alberta, T1J 1T9, Canada
Lethbridge Porchfest

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This is a free event for the whole family.

Join us for Porchfest Lethbridge, a family-friendly, walkable, free, one-day music festival featuring 6 artists presenting a one-hour show in the front yards of 6 homes in one central neighbourhood, London Road, at staggered times between 12 and 7 pm on August 29th, with a grand finale concert at Kinsmen Park in London Road at 7:30 PM

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The Lethbridge Folk Club presents Lethbridge Porchfest, a 1-day music festival with musicians performing on hosts’ front porches, or front lawns, turning the entire community into a free concert venue on Saturday August 29th, 2026

A grassroots, neighbourhood-based music festival where local musicians perform on residents’ front porches, front lawns, or driveways, turning the entire community into a walkable, free concert venue. This inaugural free event will take place in the historic London Road Neighbourhood and the Fleetwood areas of Lethbridge. There will be 6 concerts at 6 different homes over a staggered 7 1/2 -hour period. This will allow music patrons to move from concert to concert in a very leisurely, walkable manner or pick and choose which performances they’d like to stay for. There have already been 6 hosts who volunteered to host a concert on the front porches or in the yards. The event will culminate in a 1-hour wind-up concert at London Road’s Kinsmen Park.

Porchfest starts at 12:00 noon with our first Porch concert and continues until 8:30 pm, when our finale at Kinsmen Park winds up.

See the great Video that Strudelbrand did for Porchfest Here.

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