Time: noon
Tickets: Weekend early bird pass $100 ; $130 at gate $90 seniors advance; $90 Students advance;$50 Friday/ Saturday evening advance Students and Seniors /$55 gate; Saturday/ Sunday Afternoon $30; Saturday all day $60 advance, students and seniors; $65 gate
South stage
11 a.m. Blackfoot Medicine speaks
12:30 p.m. Words on Words Workshop with
24TH St. Wailers (host), Joe Nolan, Copperhead
East Stage
noon: Lil Jill's Big Grass Jam
1 p.m.: Chicken Like Birds (Folk) https://www.chickenlikebirds.com/
“ A funny, unique, truly memorable folk-country duo”. That’s what the Permanent Rain Press had to say about Chicken-Like Birds after listening to their new EP “Moving On” that was released in March, 2017. The two have been making great strides with their original swing, country blues and ragtime tunes that are applicable to the 20th century but are very much influenced by the music of the 1920’s and 1930’s. Appearing at festivals across Western Canada last year, 2017 finds the duo on their first cross Canada tour, going all the way to St. John’s Newfoundland.
Long Version
The love for original music is the reason why the two Chicken-Like Birds met. Ari and Jasmin had both been going to a particular open mic on Tuesdays at Cafe Koi in Calgary, one that focused on original music and also gave you a free beer for playing. They knew of each other and had even gone out for beers with a gang of the open mic’-ers at one point. But it wasn’t until Ari went up on stage, sang a song about killing his girlfriend, then announced he just got back from learning to build guitars, and had grown a bit of a beard, that Jasmin thought to befriend him.
Soon they became drinking buddies. Then song-writing buddies. That’s when Jasmin told Ari that in a few weeks she was going tree planting for three months and then afterward she was going to move to Vancouver. She asked him if he wanted to come with her to Vancouver and even though he only knew her for a few months, he agreed.
While Jasmin laboured in the cut blocks of BC and AB, Ari prepared to leave his office job of 6 years, let go of his rented house and sold all his stuff or gave it away. He had also promised to build an entire guitar for his friend, the first one he would have made since learning to do it in Tugaske, Saskatchewan. Ari is very persistent when given a task so he indeed got it all done and once Jasmin’s planting season ended they started the journey off by being houseless for a while.
2:05: let's Duet workshop with
Mayor Washboard Hank, Mountain Muriel, Maureen Chambers (host), Mark Sadlier Brown, Bev Bruce
Folk / Roots / Alt-Country / Outlaw Country
"Buckley's clear vocals shine with honesty and a touch of darkness,
establishing her as an original and confident voice on the alt-country
scene." - Anna Alger, Exclaim!
The
haunting, alt-country melodies of Mariel Buckley are not easily
forgotten among the polished, typical tunes of modern country music.
Amidst the sea of neon-Nashville superstars, Buckley offers a crunchy,
roots alternative.
Fresh from her 2015 Calgary Folk Music Festival
debut; Buckley is in the early stages of planning her second full-length
album. The disc will be a follow up to the celebrated ‘Motorhome’,
which garnered praises nation wide from CBC, CKUA, CJSW, and CJSR; as
well as the ever reputable ‘No Depression’ Magazine. She's been referred
to as "...the next Loretta Lynn..." with "...hints of Bruce Springsteen
and Patsy Cline all rolled into one."
Although the comparative
musical shoes to fill are quite sizeable, Buckley brings a magnetic
stage presence to every show; pushing her abilities above and beyond to
earn her slot in the Canadian Roots scene.