BRINGING PEI’S MUSIC TO THE WORLD SEPTEMBER 21 - 24 | 2015 MUSIC PEI BOARD OF DIRECTORS (2015-2016) EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Gardiner MacNeill (President) Shannon Pratt (Vice President) Joshua Simon (Treasurer) Jennifer Campbell (Secretary) Andrew King (Past President) DIRECTORS Doug Gallant | Alex Douglas | Darcy Campbell Craig Dodge | Catherine MacLellan | Ghislaine Cormier STAFF Rob Oakie (Executive Director) | Nathan Gill (Conference Coordinator) Tain Wigmore (Technical Director) EVENTS / PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE MONDAY | SEPT 21st Arrival day Charlottetown All day TUESDAY | SEPT 22nd Orientation Breakfast Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, Charlottetown 9:00am to 10:00am One on One Meetings Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, Charlottetown 10:30am to 11:30am Lunch John Brown Grille, Charlottetown 12:00pm to 1:30pm Showcase Marc’s Lounge, Charlottetown 2:00pm to 4:00pm Lobby Call 5:45pm Supper Terre Rouge, Charlottetown 6:00pm to 7:30pm Roots Showcase The Mack, Charlottetown 8:00pm to 11:00pm WEDNESDAY | SEPT 23rd One on One Meetings Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, Charlottetown 10:30am to 11:30am Lobby Call 11:45am Lunch Trailside Café, Mount Stewart 12:30pm to 2:00pm Showcase Trailside Café, Mount Stewart 2:00pm to 4:00pm Supper/Reception Charlottetown Yacht Club, Charlottetown 6:00pm to 8:00pm Rock Showcase Fishbones, Charlottetown 8:30pm to 11:00pm THURSDAY | SEPT 24th Debrief Breakfast Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, Charlottetown 10:00am to 11:00am One on One Meetings Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, Charlottetown 11:30am to 12:30pm Departure Day Charlottetown All day ARTIST SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY | SEPT 23rd TUESDAY | SEPT 22nd THE TRAILSIDE Teresa Doyle with Patrick Bunston | 2:00pm - 2:20pm The Eastern Belles | 2:30pm - 2:50pm MARC’S LOUNGE The East Pointers | 3:00pm - 3:20pm Katie McGarry | 2:00pm - 2:20pm Amy and Rachel Beck | 3:30pm - 3:50pm Ashley Condon | 2:30pm - 2:50pm Nudie | 3:00pm - 3:20pm YACHT CLUB Irish Mythen | 3:40pm - 4:00pm Vishten | 6:30pm 6:50pm THE MACK FISHBONES Tim Chaisson | 8:30pm - 8:50pm Andrew Waite and the Firm | 8:30pm - 8:50pm Meaghan Blanchard | 9:00pm - 9:20pm Coyote | 9:00pm - 9:20pm Catherine MacLellan | 9:30pm - 9:50pm Paper Lions | 9:30pm - 9:50pm Gordie KacKeeman & HRB | 10:00pm - 10:20pm Racoon Bandit | 10:00pm - 10:20pm Dylan Menzie | 10:30pm - 10:50pm SORREY | 10:30pm - 10:50pm Count and the Cuban Cocktail | 11:00 - 11:20pm North Lakes | 11:00pm - 11:20pm THE DELEGATES great teams around album of the international grass- releases, tour coordination, roots touring programme and promotion, as well Festival of Small Halls, as connecting artists to Australia, and manages the fans, new revenue streams, WFF’s boutique artist touring and growth opportunities roster worldwide. Alysha Main began her music career in 2002, AL RANKIN interning with publicity firm is the artistic director of Live Planet3 Communications Wire Music Series which presents (Jane Harbury & Joanne roots, blues and world music Smale). After a contract role concerts at a 250 seat venue in at the Canadian Country . Kingston Ontario and in schools Music Association, she spent in that area. He also owns Rankin the next few years being Productions which presents mentored in the world of Artist DANNY SULLIVAN has been booking music and major concerts in larger venues Management by B.C. Fiedler. theatrical events since the and The Rankin Gallery, an Ridin’ High Records was late 1970s, when he helped intimate 65 seat concert space formed in Melbourne, Australia to run Club Sandwich – a just north of Kingston. He is the in June 2010, moving to weekly concert venue - in former director of fine arts at the Hamilton, ON in 2012. Alysha is Windsor, Ontario. In the Ontario Educational Leadership growing her roster to include mid-1980s, he and a friend Centre and artistic director of the best independent Country presented concerts and other the Blue Skies Music Festival in and Roots artists on the scene events at the Mason Theatre Clarendon, Ontario. today. in Perth, Ontario. In 1991, he became the founding Artistic Director of Windsor Folk, presenting a series of concerts in the historic Mackenzie Hall Cultural Centre. He served several years as the Entertainment Co-ordinator ALYSHA MAIN CHLOE GOODYEAR for the Olde Sandwich Towne Ridin’ High Records’ mission is Chloe is the Head of Festival (Windsor) before to provide Artist Management Programming for the returning to Eastern Ontario, and Label services to remarkable Woodford Folk Festival, the where he and his family songwriters and musicians in a largest gathering of artists and started a house concert series professional and collaborative musicians in Australia. She is called “Incident at Shakey manner. This involves building also the the producer/curator Acres.” THE DELEGATES DIMITRI DEMERS GEORGE READE HEDLEY JONES Since 2000, Atomique I come from just outside a Hedley has been involved one Productions has been Victoria, small village, Uffington, in way or another with folk music BC’s leading in- dependent the heart of England that sits for over 35years. Eventually concert promoter, producing under a 3000 year old chalk running a folk club in Wath an average of 150+ concerts per carving of a horse on the side on Dearne, South Yorkshire, year. Founded with a passion of the Berkshire Downs. We England in ‘95 for several years for music and a mandate to started putting in shows here before moving on to being bring a diverse range of national six years ago with the help involved with the festival and international talent to the of Terry O’Brien at Playpen there. I was then involved with city, Atomique is dedicated to Agency and haven’t looked the Wombwell Festival, Elsecar providing quality live musical back since. They have proved Madfest and Barnsley Acoustic experiences to the Greater hugely successful and have Roots Festivals from 2000 until Victoria population. With an raised thousands of pounds for 2012 as well as being asked eye for up-and-coming talent, the local community. to return to Wath Festival as Atomique has produced shows We were aware of Gordie Artistic Director in 2009 to for artists such as Queens of MacKeeman and the Rhythm the present.Some examples the Stone Age, Girl Talk, Feist, Boys from their first tentative of artists having played Wath Modest Mouse, Leonard Cohen, trips to the UK and when we over the years include: Martin Kid Rock, The Killers, Mackl- had the chance, three years Carthy, Cara Dillon, Fairport emore & Ryan Lewis, City And ago,to put them on we didn’t Convention, Dick Gaughan, Color, Metric, Wilco, Tegan and hesitate. They have been an Eddi Reader, Lau, Karine Sara, and many more. annual sell out show ever Polwart and from Canada: since. Le Vent Du Nord, The Sweet Lowdown, Sarah MacDougall, Annabelle Chvostek. THE DELEGATES held in June of each year. In 2014 the Festival of Small Halls presented 45 events, which were held in 40 venues across the Island. JAMES DUFFY has worked in the music JOE CLARK Joe’s personal history always industry for over a decade in pointed towards a career in various roles including venue music. He’s studied music and festival programming, performance, psychology, theory stage management and and business since high school, marketing - working with JIM GILLESPIE first attending a private music a diverse range of artists is the executive director boarding school outside of Los including Mary Chapin and founder of the Blissfest Angeles and then on to Montreal Carpenter, Billy Bragg, Music Organization in to study Music Research at McGill Rosanne Cash, Richard Hawley, Northern Michigan which University where he ultimately Bellowhead, Martha Wainright, was established in 1981. earned his Bachelor of Music. Greg Lake, Guillemots, Bob The Blissfest is a non-profit After graduating, Joe mined his Harris. cultural organization that contacts on both sides of the promotes roots, folk and border in search for the right world music producing place to start his career. An L.A. an annual festival along connection recommended he with year round concerts, check out The Feldman Agency, dances and educational which turned out to be a perfect outreach. The organization is fit. Joe joined Feldman in 2013 currently developing an arts and is currently engaged in recreation center on its 160 actively scouting, developing and acre facility which integrates JENNIFER CAMPBELL representing emerging artists Small Halls Inc. is the folk arts with ecology, spanning a variety of genres. a not for profit in agriculture and sustainable Charlottetown PE; which tourism. Mr. Gillespie has a among other projects B.S. in Anthropology, MPH in produces the award winning Environmental Health and is a “Festival of Small Halls”. The performing musician as part of Festival of Small Halls is an the roots band Dr.Goodhart’s eleven-day, traditional music, Home Remedy. dance and storytelling festival THE DELEGATES the UK and overseas. The roster includes some of the best artists on the UK traditional music scene including Jackie Oates, Sam Carter, Spiro and Jim Moray, as well as international artists including JOEL LEBLANC KATHLEEN FLANNIGAN Basco (Denmark) and PEI’s Joel has over 40 years of Kathleen is Board Chair own Gordie MacKeeman & His booking experience and is (volunteer) for Cloggeroo - the Rhythm Boys and The East presently the artistic director Island Folk Festival, a relatively Pointers. of The Stewart Park Festival. new non-profit organization Proudly living in Perth, Ontario that has recently hosted its he has been on both sides of second annual folk festival. the stage in the performing As well, Cloggeroo Presents arts scene. On stage in musical provides Islanders with musical theatre, a folk singer and performances throughout the member of the a capella quartet The Latest Rumour. year, such as their upcoming Joel put his fine tuned ear to show with Whitehorse.