Ben Everyman combines powerful simplicity, haunting melodies and a dose of sardonic wit in a compact package. The singer and songwriter based in Vancouver, BC draws upon the lyricism of folk greats such as Leonard Cohen and the soulful twang of vintage country artists like Johnny Cash, twisting guitar, foot-operated percussion and a rare vocal style into genre-bending musical works.

Awash with poetic meanderings, at times filled with wry humour and others gripping melancholy, the music of Ben Everyman draws us in to an argument on the banalities of life. The sounds are delicately infectious; the melodies bore into the brain while the words seek to find use for the mundane, to create something fantastic from the ordinary.

Birgit Kuit is a singer / songwriter from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, whose soulful lyrics and haunting melodies have her poised on the edge of a breakout in the Canadian music scene.

Having just released her third album "I Feel A River" on CD, as well as digitally on iTunes and other online retailers, Birgit has been playing shows to add to her already impressive list of appearances. With two other albums under her belt (Running with the Wolves and Raising Thunder) and innumerable appearances across British Columbia, Canada and parts of the US, this folk/roots artist has been paying her dues.

Jared Fowler started his entertainment career in acting, between stage and commercial placements he realized early that he loved performing for others to enjoy. As a 12 year-old boy attending his Grandmother’s funeral he listened to his grandmother’s music being played at the service, he realized that his horizon was much larger than just acting.

Jared began his music career by starting on the banjo and then 3 years later trading up to the acoustic rhythm guitar to more fully attract the opposite gender. Fowler continued to pursue his music, taking his guitar across America, playing in every state from Washington to Arkansas.

After growing up on the streets of Chatham Ontario, attending high school and finishing with no fixed address, attending numerous universities in both the US and Canada with a goal of football and wrestling, being a Zodiac pilot for Greenpeace “Save the Whales” and a short term in a Newfoundland jail for anti-sealing protests, Jim turned his attention to playing music.

With his first test being in Calgary Alberta at the 1st Studio 1/ Keen Craft (Long and Mcquade) music award he walked away with top prize as a member of the duo “Bow River Lumber Company.” This was not a small feat as names such as Jan Arden, Oliver Krall, Scott Parsons and Jenny Allen were also on the program.

Rick writes songs about relationships; relationships between people and loved ones and friends and strangers, relationships between people and their society, and relationships with our planet.

For 25 years Rick has been observing people and writing about them, from the depths of despair to the heights of joy, always with a positive and wry take on the foibles of humanity being humanity.

Writing in a variety of acoustic styles including folk, country, Latin, blues and African, he brings the large and small issues of life to life.

What began as a single songwriting session to write one song, developed into a weekly gathering of creative minds and a virtual song factory. Stone Poets have been described as “dark folk”… folk perhaps, because of the instrumentation: keyboard, two acoustic guitars and rich harmony laden vocals… dark perhaps, as the subject matter in their songs ventures into dangerous waters sometimes… introducing Marc Gladstone, Scott Jackson and Cherelle Jardine.

Collectively they are Stone Poets... a combination of dark, alternative folk and introspective thought-provoking lyrics.

Tiller’s Folly, are the Pacific Northwest's critically acclaimed, internationally traveled, virtuosic ambassadors of song. For the past sixteen years, through 1,000's of performances stretching from the mists of the Pacific Northwest to the British Isles, they have spread their memorable blend of energy, history, musicality, romance and just plain fun from small and large halls to theatres and festivals. Hailed by critics (“Tiller’s Folly is a national treasure”. – Peter North, Edmonton Journal), their words and melodies are at once populist, minimally produced and poignant while at the same time singularly powerful and sincere.

With eight studio CD's to the bands credit, Tiller's award winning productions continue to expand and refine their potent mix of acoustic & electric based, Celtic influenced Canadiana, Americana, Newgrass 'and beyond.'

Valdy, born Valdemar Horsdal in Ottawa, Canada has been part of the fabric of Canadian pop and folk music for over 34 years. A man with a thousand friends, from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island to Texas to New Zealand, he's a singer, guitarist and songwriter who catches the small but telling moments that make up life

Remembered for "Play Me a Rock and Roll Song", his bitter-sweet memory of finding himself, a relaxed and amiable story-teller, facing a rambunctious audience at the Aldergrove Rock Festival circa 1968, Valdy has sold almost half a million copies of his 13 albums, has two Juno Awards (Folk Singer of the Year and Folk Entertainer of the Year), a total of seven Juno nominations and four Gold albums to his credit.