RFF Concert Series: Special guest for Sarah Harmer announced!

The RFF is pleased to say that Gentleman Reg will be opening for Sarah Harmer at her concert at Darke Hall, January 21st.  For more information on this concert see our fall/winter lineup.  For more on Gentleman Reg, visit his website!

See you at the show!

HOLIDAY SALE!!

It's December!  And that means we are having a Holiday Sale!  Purchase 2011 Festival weekend passes for a great price - limited time and limited quantity!  What a great idea for Christmas presents, eh?

Adult weekend passes are available now through Dec 24th (or until they sell out) at the Globe Theatre Box Office, in person, by phone (525-6400) or online!

Get 'em soon!

Best of Regina

Thank you Regina for voting us "BEST REGINA FESTIVAL OR EVENT" *and* "BEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO REGINA IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS"!

We certainly couldn't pull it off without "BEST ARTS & CULTURE BEHIND-THE-SCENES MASTERMIND" (Sandra Butel, our amazing Artistic Director)!

This fabulous festival is created each year from the hearts and hands of hundreds and hundreds of brilliant people.  We have a fantastic board, wonderful staff (herded and inspired by the aforementioned mastermind and the extraordinary Ms. Jeannie Straub), a remarkable team of volunteer coordinators and hundreds of warm and giving volunteers.  These are the people without whom the festival could not happen.  We all work to create this festival because we each believe in the indelible power of it, the magic it creates that sparks and yet somehow sustains until the next year.

Thank you so much Regina!

See the articles from the prairie dog blog online here and here.  

Volunteer T-Shirt Mod Contest & Raffle Prizes!

With the 2010 festival nothing but a beautiful memory we're still feeling the love for our amazing volunteers (over 600 people strong).  This year, we challenged volunteers to come up with a creative and innovative way to make their t-shirt unique.  We caught some of our favourite results on camera and posted the on Facebook for the world to see.  Volunteers received a point for each "Like" or comment on their design and the winners are:


3rd Place:
Dawn Carr (Ambassadors) with 14 votes!
2nd Place:
Charity Martin (50-50) with 21 votes!
1st Place:
Janet Novak (Signage and Banners) with 50 votes!

Each winner will recieve a special prize pack including a variety of merchandise donated by our Arts Market vendors, a 2010 Regina Folk Festival T-Shirt, music by the artists featured at this year's festival and a pair of tickets donated by one of our Canadian festival partners (Janet to the 2011 Calgary Folk Music Festival, Charity to the 2011 Ottawa Folk Festival and Dawn to the 2011 Hillside Festival).  Thank you to everyone who participated!

Ten volunteers were also chosen at random (via www.random.org) to receive a prize pack full of merchandise from our Arts Market vendors.

The winners are:

#608 - June Young (Volunteer Tent)
#436 - Billy Patterson (Site)
#72 - Audrey Broda (Event Patrol)
#471 - Jennifer Hval (Enivironment)
#245 - Alex Hamilton (Signage & Banners)
#202 - Stacey Fries (Beer Garden)
#173 - Amie Enns (After Parties)
#177 - Riva Farell Racette (Box Office)
#491 - Emma Ruthnam (Backstage Hospitality)
#332 - Melissa Lichtenwald (First Aid)

All winners can contact Risa to pick up their prizes.  Thank you to our generous vendors for your support!  And THANK YOU to each and every 2010 volunteer... we couldn't do it without you!

Calexico. Sept 24th. Here are the deets.

Vote for Regina Folk Festival in the Best of Regina Poll!

It's here again, the Prairie Dog Best of Regina Poll.  
Take a moment to:
a)  Visit their blog.
b)  Read some of their clever posts.
c) Watch some of the silly video clips they post.
d) Put in your two cents by voting in the Best of Regina poll.
e)  VOTE FOR US AS THE BEST FESTIVAL IN REGINA!  (woot!)

The first of the Concert Series!! Calexico!

THE REGINA FOLK FESTIVAL CONCERT SERIES is pleased to announce:

CALEXICO
Friday, September 24th
at the Exchange 2431 8th Ave
...Doors open at 8pm

After wowing crowds (and festival organizers alike) on Saturday night of the 2010 Regina Folk Festival, they are back in Regina for one night! Boy, are we glad to have them!

There's always been intrigue and adventure at the heart of Calexico. Ever since they were a largely instrumental duo experimenting with their unique collection of instruments and soundtrack sensibilities, Joey Burns and John Convertino have constantly imbued their music with an unparalleled sense of drama, calling upon the myths and iconography of the American West and Mexico. They named themselves after a town near the California/Mexico border in honor of the cultural mélange that informs their diverse influences which includes Portuguese Fado, 50's jazz, Gypsy or Romany music and its offshoots, 60's surf and twang.

Calexico is: John Convertino - drums; Joseph Burns - vocals, guitar; Christopher Giambelluca - bass; Jacob Valenzuela - trumpet; Michael Carabajal - trumpet; Paul Neihaus - guitar; Sergio Mendoza - keys

Tickets are $20 in advance available at Bird Films or Vintage Vinyl
$25 at the door (subject to availability and with cash only)

There will be some seats available but this is a concert where standing and dancing are strongly encouraged. If you require a seat, be sure to arrive early as they are extremely limited.

Sponsors of the Regina Folk Festival Concert Series Include:
Saskatchewan Arts Board, SOCAN Foundation, Canadian Heritage, HRSDC, SaskCulture, City of Regina, Global Regina, Leader-Post, Rawlco Radio, CBC, 91.3 CJTR, Radio-Canada Saskatchewan, Ramada, prairie dog

Visit Calexico's website:  www.casadecalexico.com

Rah Rah in Concert at CBC

On Friday, September 24th Regina pop music lovers have a chance to experience the jovial high-spirited energy of Rah Rah at a free Culture Days concert in the CBC Regina Broadcast Centre (2440 Broad St.)!

Doors open at 7:00 pm and the show starts at 8:00. 

Described as Regina's "pop rock heart breakers" by the Prairie Dog, Rah Rah is a band that's really starting to create big-time buzz around the country.  Last year, iTunes crowned them "Best New Canadian Band" and "Best New Alternative Band", and they're getting great crowds out to their shows from Newfoundland to Vancouver.  This summer they released their second full length album "Breaking Hearts".  It explores the challenges of growing up - including the pain of falling in and out of love.  But don't think for a second that their show is a downer.  This is a high octane bunch of musicians with great live energy. 

Seating is limited for this first-come first-served event, so be sure to arrive early to avoid disappointment. 


Check out their website!

Lost & Found!

Hello good folks!

I hope your August has been most splendid!  I think I can speak for everyone here and say it was pretty wonderful for us!

After coming back from holidays and sorting through some of the festival detritus, we've found a number of lost items and we'd love to return them to their owners.

If you've lost something please give us a phone call at 757-0308 or email info@reginafolkfestival.com.

We'll hold on to these things for a while but in a few weeks we will donate them to Salvation Army or destroy them (accordingly :)).

Thanks,
Amanda Minion
Communications & Administration Assistant

Whaddya say?

We received tons of welcome coverage from the media!  Below are a few bits to chew upon over your morning cereal...


From Global Regina, a note from Friday, before the show really got going.


Sarah Harmer says she's glad to be back!


Rhonda Nye wrote a couple nice blog posts about us!


A beautiful short film by Preston Kanak


Regina's new cultural guide - BuzzCity - interviewed local artists Pile of Bones Brass Band and BD Willoughby! Be sure to watch the videos of their concerts!


RFF President thanks the sublime Regina crowd for making this year's fest a magical affair!


A review from the Monday following the fest! Musical celebrations and creative inventiveness!



Here a few little bytes from artists and patrons alike:


Grant Lawrence (our Friday Mainstage host and CBC Radio 3 host/blogger) says, "A quick note to give you a HUGE thanks for including me once again in what is truly a beautiful and unique Canadian event. I love my time at the Regina Folk Festival and I am just so impressed that it seems to get better and better every year. It's an honour to be on that stage, representing the
festival!"


Hot Club Edmonton, Mr. Something Something and Arrested Development sent us many thanks for inviting them to participate in RFF, making sure to let us know they had a brilliant time!


RFF patron, Ingrid wishes us well: "Congratulations you good people who do so much work for the benefit of community and the arts.  This festival was the best one in a long time.  Certainly all of them are very good but this last year was excellent.

Thanks so much everyone." 

Oh gosh, that was nice wasn't it?


Stay tuned for a tweet story!


ps, don't forget to check out our flickr page!

Hey Thanks Regina!

41ST REGINA FOLK FESTIVAL ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SUCCESS

 

The 2010 Regina Folk Festival was a resounding success; many thanks to our valiant (and valuable) volunteers, generous sponsors, talented artists, and you, the people of Regina, our passionate patrons!

Congratulations to the winner of our 50/50 prize. The lucky ticket was # 0001.

The daytime workshops drew in thousands of people to downtown Regina and the evening concerts provided a great mix of legends and new talent.  We had an excellent and eclectic line-up including John Prine, Calexico, Sarah Harmer, Arrested Development, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Patrick Watson. There were artists from all over Canada, the United States and South America and from right here!  Local artists were are always an incredibly important aspect of the festival!

In keeping with the folk festival tradition of showcasing cultural diversity, the RFF celebrated the Year of the Métis.  A workshop, 'Métissage: A Cultural Weave,' was hosted by Buffy Sainte-Marie and featured artists Ghostkeeper, Yves Lambert and Bette & Wallet. 

With such heartfelt gratitude for so much participation from our audience and volunteers, our coordinators and sponsors, our artists and vendors, we at the Regina Folk Festival office are proud to have c-created with you the opportunity for music and community, for a tiny respite from rigidity and obligation, for sweaty dancing and sweet hand-holding.  Much love from all of us!

Get your calendars out!  We're already making plans for the 42nd Regina Folk Festival scheduled for August 5-7, 2011.

We're also making plans for the upcoming Concert Series!  Be sure to check the other side to our website for details!

Festival Lost & Found

If you are wanting to come claim items from lost and found please note that it will take us a couple of weeks to get the office cleaned up and inventory everything that was left behind. You can leave a message at the office (757.0308) or send us an email (info@reginafolkfestival.com) and we will let you know when you can come in and take a gander for your treasures!

50/50 DRAW!!

The winning number was 0001!!  Can you believe the odds?!  Please phone the office to claim your prize (757-0308).

Thanks so much for supporting the festival! 

Photos!!

Hey!  Check out our flickr page for photos coming in throughout the weekend! 

Oh boy, this weekend is turning out to be pretty stellar.  You're all such wonderful folks.

BONUS!!

Don't miss the bonus concert by fabulous Emily Wells today at noon on the Scarth St stage! 

For those of you who have media-type leanings, there will also be a press scrum to kickoff the festival beforehand at the very same location with Artistic Director, Sandra Butel and the indispensable Sarah Harmer.  

Tweet Together Now!

Remember to use #RFF hash tags in your tweets this weekend so you can talk to us and to each other!  I'll compile all your tweets to create a post-fest blog.  Check back later for more!

Hip Hip Hooray! 

Don't forget to come play with us at the RFF After Dark Carnival after-parties!!

*there have been a couple minor changes to the Sunday night schedule*

REGINA FOLK FESTIVAL PRESENTS:
SUNDAY NIGHT IN VICTORIA PARK!!!


Sunny Sunday August 8, 2010
Gate opens at 5:00pm
 
6:00pm Little Miss Higgins
Hot Club Edmonton
7:00pm Ghostkeeper
Alexis Normand
8:00pm Yves Lambert et le Bebert Orchestra
Leeroy Stagger
9:10pm Patrick Watson
AD message & Raffle
BD Willoughby
10:15pm Buffy Sainte-Marie
11:20pm FINALE
 
with Host Michael Wrycraft

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE FESTIVAL OR TO BOOK INTERVIEWS WITH ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, SANDRA BUTEL OR FESTIVAL ARTISTS, EMAIL INFO@REGINAFOLKFESTIVAL.COM OR PHONE (306) 757-0308.

Sponsors & Funders of the Regina Folk Festival are:  Canadian Heritage, Saskatchewan Arts Board, SaskCulture & Saskatchewan Lotteries, Human Resources & Skills Development Canada, SOCAN Foundation, Rawlco Radio - Z99, Jack & CJME, Radio-Canada Saskatchewan, CBC Radio-Canada, Global/Leader Post, Access 7, Prairie Dog Magazine, CJTR, Regina Hotel Association, Big Rock Brewing Company, Ramada Hotel.

REGINA FOLK FESTIVAL ADVANCE TICKETS GO OFF SALE SOON! GET YOURS NOW!

  

ADVANCE PRICING:$100 for adults, $85 for students & seniors (plus GST)
$45 Friday & Saturday nights, $40 Sunday night - all ages (plus GST)

GATE PRICING:$120 for everyone! (GST included)
$55 Friday & Saturday nights, $50 Sunday night - for everyone! (GST included)

Advance pricing ends at 5pm today and switches right over to gate pricing. 

Buy tickets through the Globe Theatre Box Office online or by phone (525-6400).

Site Set Up Begins!

Today is the day people!  We are gonna throw one hell of a party.  Get ready Regina!

Passing the Torch!

Coveralls have become a staple for past Site Manager - Beth Curry.  After 2009, Beth decided to go back to school to do an Interdisciplinary Masters degree.  As a gift to our brilliant new Production Manager, Dayle Schroeder, Beth brought her a brand new pair for the heavy site work this week! 

Dayle was super excited!  Thanks Beth!

This weekend is going to be stellar.  Thanks for all your hard work everyone!

The 2010 Program Guide is Out

The Regina Folk Festival Program Guide is in the latest issue of the Prairie Dog!!

Make sure to pick it up to plan your weekend!

We sure are!!

 

Thanks so much to Aria Boutique for our lovely festival hats!!

FESTIVAL PODCASTS

The Regina Folk Festival Preview Podcast Series is a set of glimpses, snippets and teasers to get you acquainted with the performers of this year’s fantastic lineup that spans immense aesthetic and geographical space and coming to a glorious culmination August 6 – 8 this summer in Regina’s beautiful downtown Victoria Park. This podcast series is hosted by our podcast king, Ben Valiaho and sponsored by Regina’s community radio station CJTR.

LISTEN HERE in ITUNES!!!

AFTER PARTIES...GERMAN CLUB...ALLE JETZT ZUSAMMEN!!!

Join us Friday and Saturday nights at the German Club for the infamous FESTIVAL AFTER PARTIES. The lineup will have you drinking beer, eating pretzels and pulling on your leaderhosen into the wee hours of the morn. Take the DOUBLE DECKER BUS over for $2, leaving from Victoria Ave. & Scarth St. every 15 minutes between midnight & 3:30 AM! Jump on board! Or look for the midnight processional parade heading over at midnight!


FRIDAY NIGHT
LIBRARY VOICES
ORAL FUENTES
DJ DOLORES
FADADANCE
DJ SUBMIT
DJ GUIDEWIRE 
and more!

SATURDAY NIGHT
PILE OF BONES BRASS BAND
MR. SOMETHING SOMETHING
DJ SHORT FAT STEVE
DJ CLEANLIVING
and even more!

AUGUST 6th & 7th
@ the German Club
1727 St. John Street

Midnight until late night
$5
19+
food, music!!!

DAYTIME SCHEDULES RELEASED!

Plan your festival weekend by visiting our schedule page for the daytime schedules on our 3 Sunlit Stages, the schedule for the Children's Area and the schedule for the After Dark Carnival After Parties!

Some workshops that are sure to be highlights of the weekend are:

• Saturday, August 7th from 3:00pm - 3:45pm  we're planning a dreamy workshop entitled "We kiss like thieves: Broken Heart Songs with Ohbijou (hosts), Caracol, Leeroy Stagger"

•  A Saturday afternoon DJ set from DJ Dolores at 1:00pm - 1:45pm followed by a delicious blend of musical and cultural traditions in "Métissage: A Cultural Weave with Buffy Sainte-Marie (host), Ghostkeeper, Yves Lambert, Bette & Wallet" at Sunlit Stage 2

• Find some local love at Sunlit Stage 3 on the 7th with "Artists from around here with BD Willoughby (host, the Lazy MKs, Belle Plaine, Little Miss Higgins, Alexis Normand" starting at 4pm

• Take the kids to dance and improv Saturday afternoon in the Children's Area with FadaDance, Oral Fuentes and Judy&Lucy

• On Sunday dance it up at 2:15pm - 3:00pm  with "Bargain! Shop Panties: Songwriting Secrets with Jolene (host) and Foy (LMH), Leeroy Stagger, Ohbijou, Bette & Wallet"   

• How about some lovely lady sounds at Sunlit Stage 2 from 11:30am - 12:30pm  with "Like honey from her lips: Sweet Vocal Styles with Caracol (host), Belle Plaine, Alexis Normand, Emily Wells"   

• Get inspired with Buffy Sainte-Marie, Arrested Development and Emily Wells at Sunlit Stage 2 from 3:00pm - 4:00pm with a fabulous workshop called "Running free and wild in the heat of the sun: Songs of Freedom"   

• Check out some great concerts all day long at Sunlit Stage 3 with Bette & Wallet, Hot Club Edmonton and Belle Plaine to name a few

There are oh so many more wonderful choices to make!  Enjoy.

Vote for us in the WestJet Fun n'Festival Competition

We've been nominated to participate in WestJet's competition for Canada's best festival. 

We've got a pretty good one, eh?  

Vote and tell stories!!  Plus everyone who votes gets entered to win 1 of 6 trips to fantastic Canadian festivals.

We'd really love to hear some stories of your favourite Regina Folk Festival memories!  Share! Share!

Regina Folk Festival Performers grace the Polaris Prize Long List

The passionate Polaris peeps picked a pile of perfect performers!

Out of the 40 that made it on the Long List, two will grace the stage in Victoria Park this summer.  Even more on the list have done so before.  We have a few things in common I'd say - RFF & Polaris, like two peas in a pod. 

Ghostkeeper and Justin Rutledge are honoured for their recent releases, Ghostkeeper and  The Early Widows respectively. 

Past RFF performers that also made the list are: Owen Pallet, The Sadies, Tegan & Sara, Hawksley Workman, Broken Social Scene and Basia Bulat.

Check polarismusicprize.ca to see the other 32 bands.  You may want to hear 'em.  I'd bet on it.

RFF Stage at BAZAART this Saturday June 19, 2010

Regina Folk Festival will be enhancing the BAZAART experience with some sweet sounds.  

 

Find us in the Rest Area located on the green space west of the BAZAART vendor area.  

 

 

Lucky BAZAART goers!! 
You get to see 2010 RFF performers early this Saturday!

 

12:00pm - 12:45pm

Belle Plaine IN CONCERT

1:00pm - 2:15pm

WORKSHOP:  Tall Grass & Tall Tales: STORY SONGS
Belle Plaine, BD Willoughby, Lazy MKs

2:30 - 3:15pm

BD Willoughby & the Lazy MKs IN CONCERT

 

Do you need more lovely distractions from all the handmade wonders you'll find wandering the greens?  Go on a gallery tour!

 

Gallery tours of the current exhibition

James Henderson: Wicite Owapi Wicasa: The Man Who Paints Old Men
will take place at 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30.

 

 

Find your tour guide at the Gallery entrance!
Enjoy the day!  It will be absolutely fabulous.

Ghostkeeper at three other festivals this year!

2010 Regina Folk Festival performers, Ghostkeeper are also performing at 2010's NXNE Music Festival along with the Calgary Folk Festival and the Winnipeg Folk Festival in support of their recently released self-titled album.

Calgary-based Ghostkeeper produces raw and electrifying music. A colourful patchwork of heartfelt, outsider blues and noisy pop, perhaps their music can be best understood through the distinctive Northern Alberta origins of Shane Ghostkeeper (vocals, guitar) and Sarah Houle (drums, vocals). Raised in High Level and the Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement, Shane & Sarah spent their adolescence isolated by geography, listening to folk and blues records passed down by family members, slowly developing an admiration for individuals that had the ability to convey rich stories through song. Both identified with traditional folk heroes like Hank Williams or Robert Johnson; likewise, the duo shared a history populated by larger-than-life characters as colourful as those in the songs they grew up with. While traditional influences remain at the very core of Shane's songwriting, a healthy irreverence towards standard song structure and an idiosyncratic storytelling voice results in something undeniably Ghostkeeper.

 www.myspace.com/childrenofthegreathnorthernmuskeg

Keep an eye on these lovely ones!

Sarah Slean Concert on CBC SoundXchange this Saturday

For our 40^th Anniversary in 2009, we put a Gala on in appreciation of the hundreds of fantastic volunteers who have helped every single year to create the remarkable success that is the RFF.  We brought the beautiful and talented Sarah Slean in to give a private concert for these wonderful folks. 

This Saturday, May 22 from 5pm to 6pm, CBC’s SoundXchange will be airing that concert.  Tune in at 102.5fm or 540am or online.

RFF 2010 Performer Sarah Harmer has new work too!

Check out this CBCRadio 3 podcast to hear her new single!

RFF 2010 Performer Justin Rutledge in Exclaim! this week

Justin Rutledge is releasing his new album The Early Widows on Tuesday.  Exclaim! has got an article highlighting all the collaborative writing this album exudes, including his lyrical partnership with Canadian literary master, Michael Ondaatje.  Check it out here.

Interested in supporting our remarkable festival?

Become a sponsor!  Sponsorship with the RFF is a unique opportunity to get your message out to a broad audience while also supporting an important cultural event.

 
Please find information on sponsorship on our website and download a copy of our sponsorship guide.

The Regina Folk Festival is well respected across the country for innovative programming and strong community support.  Attendance has been steadily growing over the last 40 years with Mainstage sales hitting sell out numbers for the last 3 years.  With the expansion of our outreach programming, which includes over 12 hours of free concerts, workshops and activities for children throughout the Victoria Park, attendance has risen to over 20,000 over the festival weekend.  Our out-of-town attendance is also growing in recent years with over 36% of our audience coming from outside of Regina.  With an increase in audience and media exposure, as well as an increase in out-of-town visitors we are able to offer sponsors greater benefits than ever before!

Opportunities for individual donation are also welcome! 

For more information, please contact Sponsorship Coordinator, Risa Payant by email or by calling 757-7696. 

Let me lead the way!! ...to application forms, that is.

Vendor & volunteer applications are now available on our website.

The 2010 Regina Folk Festival runs August 6 - 8 in Regina's historical Victoria Park, located in the heart of the city. Over 15,000 people come from far and wide to take in one of Saskatchewan's most spectacular displays of music, art and culture.

This annual outdoor event features the handmade work of up to 50 artisans and crafters. Interest is invited and sincerely encouraged from artisans across Canada. This is an excellent opportunity to sell your work and gain exposure. Apply to be a vendor in the arts market!

The RFF offers an International Food Court with a little bit of everything for everybody! Try our ethnic feasts, hotdogs, mini donuts, pizza, wraps, organic juices, souvlaki, speciality coffees and much more! Yum yums!! Apply to be a vendor in the food court!

We strongly encourage all vendors to apply by May 3rd.


Interested in volunteering with the Regina Folk Festival for our 2010 season?

Volunteers are the soul of the festival. Many of the Regina Folk Festival volunteers return to help year after year to allow this festival to live and breathe. We pride ourselves on having the friendliest, most helpful and knowledgeable volunteers around. If you're up for joining a team of over 600 to help put on one of Regina's premier summer events we'd love to hear from you. New & returning volunteers: Please fill out the application form!

A special opportunity: If you are interested in fulfilling your 12 volunteer hours prior to the festival, ask to be an office volunteer in your application!

For more information, please email Amanda or phone (306) 757-0308.

TV ads!

Enjoy our ads for TV! These were made by Reginan Jayden Soroka.
Check out his other videos.

Our First Blog Ever! Isn't it sweet?

Hello!

The Regina Folk Festival is so folk'n excited for this year's festival (August 6 -8th, ahem, mark it down in your calendar)!! We just released our lineup and we're proud to be presenting a most fantastic group of artists.

We've got an incredible blend of cultural and musical styles and some of Saskatchewan's and the world's best talent, including (drum roll, please):

John Prine (USA)
Calexico (USA)
Buffy Sainte-Marie (SK)
Arrested Development (USA)
Sarah Harmer (ON)
Patrick Watson (QB)
Caracol (QB)
Justin Rutledge (ON)
Little Miss Higgins (SK)
Emily Wells (USA)
DJ Dolores (Brazil)
Yves Lambert et le Bebert Ochestra (QB)
Aterciopelados (Colombia)
Aurelio Marinez (Honduras)
Ohbijou (ON)
Bette & Wallet (NS)
Mr. Something Something (ON)
FadaDance (SK)
Leeroy Stagger (AB)
Hot Club Edmonton (AB)
Ghostkeeper (AB)
Alexis Normand (SK)
Belle Plaine (SK)
plus many more to be announced!!