2019 Western Canadian Music Award nominee for Roots Duo, Ghostboy features Denis Dufresne, a 7-time Canadian Country Music Association winner for fiddler of the year and Aaron Young, one of Canada's top guitarists, with a strong background in roots/fingerstyle, folk, blues, country, rock and jazz. This Calgary-based band skillfully combines the traditional Roots music you love with a bit of Bluegrass, some Celtic and a dash of rock and pop.
Opening the evening will be Emmet Michael, whose music ranges from acoustic folk to alternative rock. Emmet's inspiration draws from his experiences of adversity.

Three-time Canadian Folk Music Award winner (Traditional Singer, 2015; Solo Artist, 2012 & 2008), Maple Blues Award winner (with 32 nominations since 1999), Kerrville New Folk Finalist, four-time Juno Award Nominee Michael Jerome Browne is a multi-instrumentalist, a songwriter, and a living encyclopedia of American Roots music. Gospel, Blues, Old-Time, Country, Soul and Cajun, expect to hear it all.
Opening the evening will be Lisa Nicole Grace, whose alluring voice and lyrics remind one of an honest heart-to-heart from a wise friend.

Austin-based songwriter, producer, and award-winning Americana musician, Gurf Morlix has provided countless indelible musical moments over 40-plus years. This producer and ace-sideman is equally as stunning as a songwriter. Following a heart attack in 2016, Morlix's shows have become more confessional. His most recent album takes an unflinching look at mortality - including his own - and finds a sliver of light through the blues.
Opening the evening will be David Graff, whose creative and musical roots run deep and performs with grit and emotion.

"After a decade in music, David Francey is known as one of Canada's finest tunesmiths and a champion of the Everyman, admired for his less-is-more approach to writing. It's amazing how he manages to address deep stuff with such spare ingredients" ~ The Edmonton Journal.
David has won three Juno Awards, multiple Canadian Folk Music Awards, with his latest album Broken Heart of Everything receiving a Juno nomination. His songs have been covered by artists such as The Del McCoury Band, The Rankin Family, James Keelaghan and Tracy Grammer.

Lynne Hanson is known for her hard-living style of music, mixing gritty ballads with driving roots-tinged guitar. Her sound is born through a lifetime of experience and influence, expressed through the rock, blues and roots that bleeds from her very being.
A 2019 Western Canadian Music Award nominee for Roots/Solo artist, Joe Nolan's unwavering strength as a lyricist, and his wounded-heart delivery remind us of our humanity. Few other songwriters consistently demonstrate a willingness to venture as deeply into the dark corners of their psyches. Joe recently received an Edmonton Music Award for Blues Recording of the Year.

John Gorka is a world-renowned singer-songwriter who started at a neighborhood coffeehouse in eastern Pennsylvania. His rich multifaceted songs full of depth, beauty and emotion soon gained him increasing attention from critics and audiences across the country. With 14 critically acclaimed albums, countless national and international tours, and collaborations with the likes of Nanci Griffith, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ani DiFranco, Lucy Kaplansky, Patty Larkin, and many more, Gorka is a seasoned musician not to be missed.

A co-presentation with Winter Roots Roundup XI (U of A Sound Studies), the Women of Folkways concert is a celebration by women of women in the Folkways Records catalogue. This year's show will feature Maria Dunn, Jean Hewson, Christina Smith and Dana Wylie for a collaborative singer-in-the-round concert. These talented musicians will explore and celebrate the music of Folkways by presenting new interpretations of traditional folk songs as well as their original songs to expand the tradition.

He's shy but has a razor-sharp wit and a lightning sense of humour. He can be reserved or edgy to the point of no return. He speaks for soldiers, first responders, fellow artists, the forgotten and lost. He speaks sometimes only for himself and refuses rebuttal. People leave his shows confused, amazed and wondering what they just saw. A storyteller? A songwriter? An incredible multi-instrumentalist? The answer is simple, JP Cormier is undoubtedly - an entertainer.

Martyn Joseph is a completely unique and mind-blowing artist. For one man and a guitar he creates a performance with a huge far-reaching sound that is energetic, compelling and passionate. He is gifted with the rare ability to speak to the soul with his expressive and poignant lyrics and has a career spanning 30 years, 32 albums, over a half a million record sales and thousands of live performances. Martyn's latest CD Here Come the Young is receiving rave reviews, with the title song winning Best Original Song at the Wales Folk Awards.

Braden Gates started playing fiddle when he was five and started writing songs at 14 with a mesmerizing and confident skill that quiets a room. Braden's wit, charm, and ultimately incredible songs win the hearts of his audience.
Over the Moon features award-winning vocal and multi-instrumentalists Suzanne Levesque and Craig Bignell who are known for their stellar harmonies, wide array of acoustic instruments, solid song-writing, and highly-engaging stage presence.

Singing vibrant duets, writing deadly songs, playing handmade banjos and loving old acoustic guitars, Pharis & Jason Romero started their story when they first met in 2007. They've since released six records and toured across North America and the UK. Their heartbreakingly harmonic live show is an ever-evolving and never-ending quest for good songs and beautiful sounds. Their latest CD Sweet Old Religion has drawn much attention having received a 2019 Juno Traditional Roots Album nomination, 2018 Canadian Folk Music Awards for Vocal Ensemble & Traditional Singer (Pharis), and 2018 Penguin Eggs Album of the Year.