Gigs
Date Details More Info There are no scheduled schedule at this time.
Selected Past Performances 2023 Highlights Nov 5th Vaughn Road and Arlington area - Brian Pickell sesssion, 1-4pm. Want to learn and play some brilliant tunes from Ontario composer Brian Pickell? Anne will teach a couple of tunes for hour 1, then we will have a participatory jam. This is the 2nd in an ongoing series of jams devoted to Brian's music. Free. E-mail Anne (anne.lederman@gmail.com) if you would like to attend. Vaughn Road and Arlington area Oct 19th 175th Anniversary of the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse. - With Ian Bell. Beer, music, trivia, what could be better? Oct 1st Another Bloody Folk Club - LAB 416, Brunswick St., Toronto. Solo set. Sep 30th
- Oct 1stOrangeville Fiddle Weekend - An intensive workshop weekend for fiddlers of all levels, organized by Karen Reed Sep 25th Nuit Blanche: Koffler Gallery, 180 Shaw Street - with Martin Van deVen - an intimate klezmer experience with clarinet and violin to accompany the Babyn Yar exhibit. Sep 14th
- Sep 20thAlgoma Trad Music and Dance Camp - A special tribute to Brian Pickell Jul 10th
- Jul 14thMNjcc Suzuki Summer Music & Arts Camp - Anne will be teaching Norwegian and Indigenous fiddling. May 9th StoryFusion Cabaret at Alliance Française - Toronto International Storyteller’s Festival. May 6th Celtic Mass for the Sea by Scott Macmillan - with the Mississauga Festival Choir at the Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, Ontario. Apr 30th House Concert with Martin Van de Ven - An intimate afternoon of Klezmer on clarinet and violin. Apr 15th Fiddle Hell Online! - Anne joins 30 other performers/instructors from around North America for workshops on Métis and Old Time Canadian Fiddling and a special concert with Eric Favreau. Mar 17th Maple Syrup Festival at the Steckle Heritage Farm, Kitchener - with Ian Bell Rob Rohr and Hannah Shira Naiman (caller). A special event hosted by White Owl Native Ancestry Association. Mar 11th Talamh an Eisc: Irish music in Canada - a scripted music/storytelling show with Pat O’Gorman (pipes, whistles, flute) and Peter Jellard (guitar, Irish accordion, harmonica, fiddle). Written/narrated by Anne Lederman. Irish Real Life Festival, Kitchener, school workshops in Goderich and Simcoe County. Jan 23rd With Martin Van de Ven - “Oy!†Workshop and House Concert at Mary Alton’s of traditional klezmer music on clarinet and violin. An intimate duo version of a wonderful tradition. 2022 Highlights We finished the Portage CD (watch for it in 2023) - I was inducted into the Canadian Fiddlers Hall of Honour. Nov 26th Drom Taberna - with Brian Katz and Jonno Lightstone Nov 18th Bolton Music Series - A special presentation of klezmer music on clarinet and violin, with Martin Van de Ven, Bolton Ontario. Nov 1st With the cast of Come From Away - special guest on spoons and fiddle for the Farm Group, Newfoundland Kitchen Party. Oct 28th Brampton Folk Club - with Ian Bell and Les Smith. A Celebration of Canadian Traditional Song. Jul 25th A Special Memorial Celebration of the life of David Fox Jun 1st
- Jul 31stDrawer Boy at the Blyth Festival - With Randy Hewson Jonathon Goad, and Cam Laurie. Original music composed and performed with Graham Hargrove. Directed by Gil Garratt, Blyth Ontario. Apr 15th Recording with Portage in Newfoundland - Laura Risk, Erynn Marshall, Christina Smith and Jean Hewson. It doesn’t get any better than this. 2021 Highlights Sep 15th Anne, Tom Leighton and Rick Bauer - Ossington Old Orchard Fall Fair and the Cobourg Celtic Festival. With Njacko Backo and Kalimbas at Work, street party, Toronto. Feb 17th Anne debuted her show: Hardanger 2.5: Tunes and Stories - about her adventures learning Norwegian music on the Hardanger fiddle (8-stringed traditional Norwegian instrument). Watch for new instalments or contact Anne to view the show on YouTube. 2020 Highlights Aug 3rd
- Aug 9thPortage at the Goderish Celtic College and Festival - A virtual concert. Jul 30th Portage at The Music Garden Toronto - A virtual concert Jan 22nd
- Jan 26thFolk Alliance International, New Orleans - Showcase in the Jelly Roll Morton Traditional Music Room, Saturday 10:30pm Jan 19th Speak Music Be Kind Festival - Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave.3- 3:45 pm. Solo performance of stories songs and tunes. Come here some of the new stuff! This is a new 3-day Festival happening with many great artists over 3-days. An early bird wristband is only $15 for 3 days, available til Jan. 6. There are no archived schedule at this time.
2019 Highlights
March 15: The Reel St. Patrick, with Eugene Rea and Nonie Thompson, Tom Leighton and Paul Gifford, Bingeman's, Kitchener Ontario. 1:30 - 3:00 pm.March 15: Irish Reel Life Festival, Irish Kitchen Party, The Registry, Kitchener. 8 pm.
March 31, April 14, April 28, May 12: World Fiddle Day Toronto Klezmer Workshops. L&M Clinic space, 935 Bloor St. West, Toronto, 1:30 - 5 pm. No experience necessary.
May 19: World Fiddle Day Toronto, Klezmer Orchestra. Co-presented by Ashkenaz and supported by Polyphonic Ground. Canadian Language Museum, 9:30am, to 6:30 pm with Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer. See worldfiddledaytoronto.ca for more info.
June 22: Skeleton Park Arts Festival, Kingston, Ontario, with Njacko Backo and Kalimbas at Work
July 7: Afrofest, with Njacko Backo and Kalimbas at Work, Woodbine Park, Toronto, 3:30 pm
August 20: CNE International Pavillian, with Tom Leighton and Ian Bell. Cross-Canada Fiddle Cavalcade, 1:30 pm
Sept. 15: Fiddlers For the Roof! A day of fiddling at the Kiever Shul, Kensington Market, to help raise funds for a new Roof. Lederman/Bell, Swamperella, Mark.Marichka Marzcyk, Kousha Nakhai/Ava Rostamian.Sept. 29: Pratie Oaten Festival of Irish Music, Owen Sound, ONtario. Special Concert presentation of Irish music in Canada.
Nov. 7: Leaving Kansas: A concert tribute to Dorothy deVal. York University Recital Hal, 12:30 pm. Free.
Sunday Dec. 8: Riverdale Share: A Benefit for local charities. 3pm, Danforth Music Hall. Tickets $25 available here. Hosted by Mike Tanner, featuring Jim Cuddy, Julian Taylor, Lorraine Segato, Whitehorse, SHAK SHAK and more.
2018 Highlights
Jan 8: Indigenous Fiddling, Saarv Academy, Toronto, solo show.Jan 18 - 20: Conference on Teaching Trad music, as part of Celtic Connections, Glasgow.
Jan 25, 28: "The Real Robbie Burns," with Eugene Rea and Nonie Thompson. Fergus, Midland, Ontario.
eb 3: "From a Celtic Heart," with the Amadeus Choir, Jubilee United CHurch, Toronto. Shows 2 om and 7 pm.
Feb. 17: Winterfolk Festival, Toronto. Solo show, Black Swan, 154 Danforth Ave. (at Broadview). 7 p.m.
March 3: Fiddlefern Dance and Workshops, Owen Sound. With Tom Leighton and Ian Bell. Cpntact Fiddlefern for more info.
March 4: "The Devil and the Dance". Show with storyteller June Brown at Storytelling Festival, Gladstone Ballroom, 3:30 pm
March 12: "Stick Tales" at the Aga KHan. Musical Storytelling. 1/2 hour sets at 12:30, 2 and 3:30 pm.
March 17: The REEL St. Patrick. The Registry, Kitchener, ONtario, with Nonie Thompson, Eugene Rea, Paul Gribbon, Tom Leighton and Dan Stacey.
March 18: WORLD FIDDLE DAY Workshops begin: Get YOur Groove On, with Lea Kirstein and Anne Lederman, Long&McQuade Clinic Space, 935 Bloor St. West. Other Wrokshops: April 5 (7-9 pm), April 15, April 29, May 13 (all 3-5 pm). $20 each or all 5 for $80. For more info: worldfiddledaytoronto.ca
May 18/19: WORLD FIDDLE DAY! At Hugh's Room For more info: worldfiddledaytoronto.ca
2017 Highlights
Jan. 21/22: Orangeville FIddle Camp. Maples School, Orangeville ONtario. With Karen Reed. For more info: www.fiddle.ca.
Jan. 28: Lederman/Bellwith the Stratford Symphony, Knox Church, Stratford, Ontario.
Feb. 28: Tafelmusik Concert, Outreach Project with MNjcc Suzuki and Etobicoke School for the Arts.
March 30-April 15: Eh?! does Home Routes, The Estelle Klein circuit, Ontario. See www.homeroutes.ca for more info.
May 20: WORLD FIDDLE DAY! Aga Khan Museum. Workshops, Around-the-World Jam and Evening concert with Guest artsits: Pascal Gemme/Yann Falquet, Amely Zhou, Anne Lindsay, Kousha Nakhai, DnA (Diana and Andrew Dawydchak). See www.worldfiddledaytoronto.ca for info.
Aug 10: Eh?! at the MUsic Garden, Toronto.
Sept 21: The Toronto Fiddle Collective: Workshop (7:00), Show (8:00) with Tom Leighton, followed by a jam. Tickets $35 or $15 just for the concert. Contact: celinadicecca@gmail.com
Oct. 7: Bob Bossin's Farewell Tour, Hugh's Room, Toronto. With Marie-Lynn Hammond, Ben Mink, and, of course, Bob. Contact Hugh's Room for tickets.
Nov. 24/25: Spirit of the Narrows at the Small World Centre. Anne's play about the Indigenous Fiddle Tradition in Manitoba. 3 SHOWS ONLY. Toronto: Small World Theatre, 180 Shaw St., Suite 101 Tickets: $25
Dec. 1: Seasonal Concert, King City Historical Society. With Ian Bell, Tom Leighton and Martin Van de Ven. Contact: Diana Armitage, dparmitage@gmail.com
Dec. 3: Another Bloody Folk Club, Yellow Griffin, Bloor St. West. Solo show
2016
Feb. 6: World on a String, with Amely Zhou (Chinese er hu), Cihad Ozturk (Turkish saz, voice), Maryem Toller (Egyptian Q'anun, voice) and Anton Astopol (Bulgarian guitar, voice) and Anne Lederman (Canadian fiddle, voice). Tis will be a wonderful shared night of music from many world traditions, a erise of our Fort YOrk shows in the Fall at Common Ground. At Small World Music Centre, 180 Shaw Street, Toronto. 8:00 p.m. $20. Click here for tickets.Feb. 16: Music and Opera Appeciation Society, Stratford, Ontario. 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Metis Music: A Demonstration/Performance.
Feb. 21: Lederman/Bell in Concert, Midland Cultural Centre, Midland ONtario. Fiddle Workshop to be held in the afternoon. For tickets and info, click here.
March 6: Violin Summit with Chris Mckhol, Rebekah Wolkstein, Drew Jureka and Anne Lederman. Kingston Road Village Concert Series, Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Road, Toronto. 3:00 p.m. Adults $20, Students $10. Click here for tickets.
May 21: World Fiddle Day! Fort York. Workshops/Concert with Guest Artists: Rosalyn Dennett, Yosvani Castaneda, Mark Marcyk and Dan MacDonald, followed by possibly the World's largest fiddle jam (96 players last year) peforming music from around the world with incredible house band: Tom Leighton, Martin Van de Ven, Ed Hanley, David Woodhead and Lea Kirstein, led y yours truly. Music available at: worldfiddledaytoronto.ca, and there's still 3 practise sessions left -April 24, May 5, May 15 - check the website for details.
July 7-9, 14-16. Spirit of the Narrows at the Pearl Company, Hamilton, Ontario. Watch this space for more info.
July 29-31: Lederman/Bell at the Millrace Folk Festival, Cambridge, ONtario.
Aug. 15 - 20: Algoma Trad, St. Joe's Island. Wonderful family music and dance camp run by Pat O'Gorman and Julie Shryer.
October 18 - 28: Spirit Horse at Young People's Theatre. A wonderful First Nations adapation of the Irish story
Into the West. Music composed by Anne and performed by Anne and Nicholas Delbaere-Sawchuk. For more info: www.roseneath.ca.Oct. 21-23: FMO Conference, Ottawa, Ontario. Anne to receive the 2016 Estelle Klein Award.
Nov. 14 - 27: Anne and Ian Bell on a Home Routes tour of the Yukon.
Dec. 2: A Winter's Tale: Christmas in Canada in Song, Tune and Story. Lederman/Bell with Martin Van de Ven and Tom Leighton. 7:00 p.m. All Saints Anglican CHurch, 12935 Keele St., King City. Tickets $20 (12 and under free). For tickets, call: Diana Armitage (905) 859 3695, Elaine Robertson (905) 841 4041.
2015
Jan. 18: Eh?! at the Cuckoo's Nest, London Ontario. James Stephens and Anne Lederman with the inimitable Joe Phillips on bass and guitar. Chaucer's Pub, 122 Carling St. London, 7:30 p.m. $15 at the door. For more info see www.folk.on.ca
Feb. 21/22/23: Remembering Stan Rogers: Benefit for Stanfest. With Paul Mills, Jack Cole, Brad Nelson and Dan Patterson.
Friday Feb. 20 - Pearl COmpany Theatre, 16 Steven St., Hamilton, Ontario
Saturday, Feb. 21 - The Regisry, 122 Frederick St., Kitchener, ONtario. 8:00 p.m. $18 Advance, $20 at the door.
Sunday Feb. 22 - Aolian Hall, London, Ontario, 7:30 p.m. $20 Advance, $25 at the doorFeb. 23 - 28: Anne is spending a week teaching world music to the El Sistema kids in PArkdale.
April 15: Lederman/Bell at the Blyth Theatre, Blyth Memorial Festivla Hall, Blyth, Ontario: Special Fundraiser, Concert and Film Shoot. $20. For tickets, contact www.blythfestival.com
May 1: Barmpton Folk Club, with Ian Bell. Work Songs for Mayday. 7:30 p.m. Sanderson Hall, St. Paul's United Chuch, 30 Main Street. $15.
May 16: WORLD FIDDLE DAY at Fort York, Toronto. Workshops, Concert and Around the World Jam, co-sponsored by Fort York, Mariposa in the Schools and Long & McQuade, and supported by the Toronto Arts Council. With Guest Performers Subhadra Vijaykumar, Soozi Shlangar/Peter Jellard (Swamperella), members of the Metis Fiddler Quartet, and Chris Mckhool (Sultans of String). Anne will lead the Around the World Jam 30 cultures, 40 tunes ) in this 3rd annual event clebrating World Fiddle Day.
July 25: Spirit of the Narrows, at the Native Canadian Centre, 16 Spadina Road, Toronto, ON M5R 2S7
1:00 p.m. as part of the final day of Pan-Am activities. To be followed by a jigging worlshop at 2. Anne's solo show of stories and fiddling about meeting and learning from Aboriginal players players in western Manitoba. Alive with humour and respect, it is both a personal journey, and a tribute to the people and the music she came to know and love.July 26 -31: American String Method Camp,Charleston, South Carolina.
Aug. 21- 23: Lederman/Bell at the 40th Annual Summerfolk Festival, Owen Sound.
Sept. 18-20: Anne's Great Canadian FIddle Camp, Unicamp, near Honeywood Ontario, with James Stephens. For Beginner- Advanced Adults. Contact Anne for more details.Sept. 26/27: Small World on Common Ground: World on a String, Fort York, 1:00 p.m., with Anton Apostol, Maryem Toller, Amely Zhou and Cihat Ozturk. Free! It will be an adventure.
Oct. 4: Pratie Oaten Irish Festival, Grey County Museum and Archives, Owen SOund, Ontario.
Nov. 19-22, 26-28: Spirit of the Narrows at the Pearl Company. The two-actor version, with Capucine Onn. For tickets and info, follow the link above.
2014
May 4: World Fiddle Fest: A Fundraiser for World Fiddle Day Toronto. Howard Park Emmanuel Church, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Featuring: Jon Pilatzke and Jake Charron, Swamperella, Reel Bulgars, NUA, North Atlantic Drift, Gypsy Jive Band, Shoeless, The Metis Fiddler Quartet and special guest Njacko Backo.May 17: WORLD FIDDLE DAY at Harbourfront! 2 - 5 p.m. All fiddlers welcome. For rpertoire and Practice Schedule, see www.worldfiddledaytoronto.wordpress.com.
July 1: The Back 40: A Fiddle Roadtrip. Canada in 40 tunes, with Ian Bell, James Stephens, Jeff Bird and Jake Charron. Harbourfront Centre, TOronto.
July 14-18: Oakville Celtic Fiddle Camp.
Aug. 3 - 9: Swannanoa Gathering Music Camp, Warren Wilson College, North Carolina
Aug. 15: Fiddle and Bow Society, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Aug. 16: 4oth Anniversary, Blyth Theatre, with an all-star cast of actors and directors from throughout the years.For more info: Blyth Festival
Sept. 19 - 21: Anne's Great Canadian Fiddle Camp, Unicamp, Ontario (near Honeywood). Contact Anne for details.
Sept. 27: 100,000 poets for Change, Elora Poetry Centre. 7324 Wellington County Road 21 (just past Elora Gorge Park). Poetry, Music and Food with Anne Lederman and Ian Bell, Jerry Prager, Morvern McNie and Daniel Kolos (Words Aloud Poetry Cooperative). 5:00 p.m. to whenever. The evening will pay tribute to the part that Beaver House played in Canada West as a terminus of the Underground Railroad. Admission by donation. For more info.
Oct. 9 - 12: Singing Storytellers Symposium, Cape Breton University and Celtic Colours International. For more info: Singing Storytellers
Oct. 24: Eh?! at the Brampton Folk Club, St. Paul's United Church (30 Main St. South, Brampton), 7:30 p.m. Contact: info@bramptonfolk.ca.
Oct. 30: Anne and Ian Bell at Bloom's on Bloor. $45 prix fixe dinner with show. 7:00 p.m. Contact: Bloom Restaurant for reservations.
Nov. 9: Janey's Arcadia, an unflinchingly subversive, aversive, conversive poetic look at the Canadian settler-colonial experience. Beit Zatoun: 612 Markham St.
Nov. 20:Toronto Fiddle Collective Presents: Anne Lederman with Tom Leighton (piano)
3591 Dundas St. W. (Royal Canadian Legion)
Nov. 21: Toussaint: Legends of the Dark Months (Breton Stories and Music), with Bruce Carmody (storyteller) and Anne Lederman (Fiddle/voice), Montgomery's Inn: 4709 Dundas Street West.
Dec. 8: Hugh's Room, with Stringband, 8:30 p.m. 2261 Dundas St. West.
2013 Highlights
Friday, Feb. 22: CD Release with Njacko Backo and Kalimba Kalimba, at the Gladstone, Toronto.
Saturday, May 11: Eh?! at the An Evening for Bazou, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, 8:30 p.m. Njacko Backo & Valery Woloshyn travelled to Bazou, Cameroon, in January 2009 and visited École Saint Albert Le Grand, the school that Njacko attended as a child. During the visit the couple was inspired to help improve the education in the community. This is a 5 year project to make improvements to the school infrastructure.
Saturday, May 18: World Fiddle Day Toronto 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. All welcome. Come play, come listen as we play our way around the world. Players can access sheet music and mp3s here or by contacting Anne.
Friday, June 14-15: Remembering Stan Rogers, with Paul Mills, Jack Cole, Brad Nelson and Dan Patterson. The Aeolian Hall, 795 Dundas St. E., London. 8:00 p.m.
July 1: Eh?! at the McMichael Art Gallery, Kleinberg, Ontario. 1:30 p.m.
Sept. 27 - 29: Anne's Great Canadian FIddle Camp, with James Stephens and Emilyn Stam, Unicamp, Honeywood, Ontario. FOr Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced adult fiddlers. Contact Anne for more details.
Oct. 25: Blankets on the Floor. Special Storytelling/Fiddling event with Norman Fleury at the Royal Botannical Gardens, sponsored by the Metis Women's Circle.
2012 highlights
March 10: Kitchen Table Music Festival, Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. A wonderful day of music featuring workshops with ALan Gasser (world vocals) Tom Leighton (Piano/accordion,hand percussion, accompanying and arranging) and Anne Lederman (bowed instrument ensemble). COST: $80. FOr more info and Registration, Cntact: Jim Dolmage 416 531-2618, canadianfiddler@mac.com.
March 29th: The Toronto Storytelling Festival: Celebrating Canadian Idientity. Kick-off event at the Centre of Social Innovation, 720 Bathurst St., 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Muddy YOrk with storyteller Lorne Brown.
April 15 - April 29th: HOme Routes Tour of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, with Emilyn Stam. 13 Concerts in 15 days. For more info on attending any of these concerts, contact Anne.
May 26: Common Thread, Final Concert, featuring Anne Lederman and Ian Bell (Muddy York). St. Simon's Anglican CHurch. Two Shows: 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. For more info: click here
June 5- 7: Elder Youh Project School gigs in Algoma, with Ruby John, Alicia Blore
June 15 - 8:00 p.m. Muddy York at the Sharon Temple, with Anne Lederman, Ian Bell and Pat O'Gorman. A special Bi-centennial celebration in one of the most beautiful music venues n the province. See www.sharontemple.ca for details.
July 5: Fiddlers and Firebrands: Muddy York at the Music Garden. 7 p.m., with Anne, Ian,. Dennis Rondeau. Pat O'Gorman and Tom Leighton
July 6 - 8: Mariposa Folk Festival with Muddy York. Anne with Ian Bell, Tom Leighton, Pat O'Gorman and Dennis Rondeau.
July 17: Muddy YOrk Mash-up at Fort York. Part of a weekend of activities to kick off the Bicentennial of 1812. 4:00 at the Fort, featuring Anne LEderman, Ian Bell, Subhadra Vijaykumar, Njacko Backo, Dennis Rondeau, Tom Leighton and Pat O'Gorman.
Aug. 11: Saugeen Metis Festival, Southampton, Ontario. With Joe Philips.
Sept. 21-23 – Anne's Great Canadian Fiddle camp.
Oct. 19/20 – Eh?! in Perth. Friday night concert, special day of workshops with the Perth Fiddlers, Saturday. Watch this space for details.
2011: Highlights
March 4 - 7: Winter Folk Camp. Haliburton Folk Society, with David Archibald, David Woodhead, Suzie Vinnick, Eve Goldberg, and Georgette Fry. Wanakita Ontario. Currently Registering.
March 10 - 13: Muddy York in Algoma. With Julie Schryer, Pat O'Gorman, Zach and Benoit Lefevre.
April 7/8: Muddy York at Spring Thaw, Toronto. See http://ieee.uwaterloo.ca/~tcd/ for more details.
June 17th: Oli's Birthday bash at Hugh's Room. 8:30 p.m. with a cast of thousands.
July 9/10: EH?! at the Mariposa Folk Festival, Orillia, Ontario
Aug. 4 - 7: Eh?! at Lunenberg Folk Harbour Festival
Sept. 11: Muddy York at the Cuckoo's Nest, London Ontario.
Sept. 23-25: Anne's Fiddle Camp. A fun time for all.
Nov. 7 - 13 The Eh?! Tour. Gladstone Hotel, Artword Artbar, Leith, Perth, and the 35th Anniversary of the Ottawa Folklore Centre, Mayfair Theatre, Ottawa.
Nov. 17: A Muddy York Extravaganza. The official Cd Release Concert for the re-mastered 1984 recording, now on CD for the first time. In the Gladstone ballroom, 1214 Queen St. West. Admission: $20 at the door. With many special guests, including Subhadra Vijaykumar (Carnatic violin), Debashis Sinha (percussion), Pat O'Gorman (bagpipes, Irish flute/whistle), Njacko Backo (kalimba), Daryl Williams (steel pan), Laura Smith (vocals), Jeff Bird (bass) and TOm Leighton (piano/accordion).
2010 Highlights
Jan. 23: Guest soloist with the Stratford Symphony, World Premiere of Tamarack'er Down, by Anne Lederman, .orchestrated by Martin Van de Ven
May 6- 9: Frontier Fiddlers Jamboree, Norway House, Manitoba
June 11: 8 - 10 p.m. Concert: Room 100, Alumni Hall, 121 St. Joseph Street. With James Cheechoo and family. Sponsored by U. of T. Celtic Studies programme as part of the conference: Irish and Scots Encounters with Indigenous Peoples. See http://arts.uoguelph.ca/riiss/program for more details. $20.
July 9-10: Northern Lights Festival Boreal, Sudbury Ontario. With Njacko Backo
July 14 - 18th: North Atlantic Fiddle Convention, Aberdeen, Scotland. Solo performances and with the Omeigweissi Ensemble.
July 20: Leith Folk Club, Edinburgh, Scotland.
September 2 - 8: Fiddle Festival of Wales,Workshop and COncert sponsored by the Lakeland Fiddles, England.
Nov. 12/13: House Band, Stan Rogers Tribute, Hugh's Room, Toronto, with Connie Kalder, Steve Ritchie, Al Parrish, Ariel, Beth and Nathan Rogers, Paul Mills, Trevor MIlls and Tom Leighton.
