BRINGING PEI’S MUSIC TO THE WORLD SEPTEMBER 18 - 21 | 2017 EVENTS / PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE Nick Doneff 8:00pm - 8:20pm MONDAY Ida Wenøe 8:30pm - 8:50pm SEPT 18th ASM 9:00pm - 9:20pm Irish Mythen 9:30pm - 9:50pm Harmony House The East Pointers 10:00pm - 10:20pm TUESDAY Rachel Beck 1:30pm - 1:50pm SEPT 19th Ashley Condon 2:00pm - 2:20pm Teresa Doyle & Patrick Bunston 2:30pm - 2:50pm Trailside Café Richard Wood & Gordon Belsher 3:00pm - 3:20pm PEI Brewing Co. Catherine MacLellan 4:00pm - 4:20pm Dennis Ellsworth & The Mercy Dolls 8:00pm - 8:20pm Florence Dylan Menzie 8:30pm - 8:50pm Simmons Paper Lions 9:00pm - 9:20pm Theatre Sorrey 9:30pm - 9:50pm Andrew Waite & the Firm 10:00pm - 10:20pm The Royal North 10:30pm - 10:50pm Fishbones Fluffy Little Cowboys 11:30pm - 11:50pm Wrong Planet Band 12:00pm - 12:20pm Salt Licks 12:30pm - 12:50pm Russell Louder 1:00pm - 1:20pm WEDNESDAY Dennis Ellsworth and Kinley 7:45pm - 8:05pm SEPT 20th Vishten 8:15pm - 8:35pm Meaghan Blanchard 8:45pm - 9:05pm Jake Morley 9:15pm - 9:35pm Indian River Jake Morley & Dylan Menzie 9:35pm - 9:45pm Gordie MacKeeman 9:55pm - 10:15pm and His Rhythm Boys DELEGATE DAILY SCHEDULE MONDAY Hotel EFWMF Meeting 10:00am 12:00pm SEPT 18th Cavendish Tour Delegate Tour- Green Gables 1:00pm - 5:00pm North Rustico Supper @ Fisherman's Wharf 5:30pm - 7:00pm Bus Bus to Harmony House 7:15pm - 7:30pm Harmony House Showcase 8:00pm - 11:00pm Bus Return to Hotel 11:00pm - 11:30pm TUESDAY Hotel Orientation Breakfast 9:00am - 10:15am SEPT 19th Hotel 1-on-1 Meetings 10:30am - 12:00pm Hotel Meet in lobby 12:00pm - 12:15pm Bus Bus to Trailside 12:15pm - 12:45pm Trailside Café Lunch + Showcase 12:45pm - 3:20pm Bus Return 3:30pm - 4:00pm PEI Brewing Co Catherine Showcase 4:15pm - 4:35pm PEI Brew Co Bus to Hotel 4:45pm - 5:00pm Hotel Meet in lobby 5:35pm - 5:40pm Walkin’ the streets Walk to Firehall 5:40pm - 5:50pm Firehall Supper and Smooze 6:00pm - 7:20pm Walkin’ the streets Walk to FSPH 7:25pm - 7:40pm Florence Simmons Rock Showcase 8:00pm - 11:00pm Fishbones Late night Showcase 11:30pm - 1:30am Hotel 1-on-1 Meetings 10:30 - 12:00pm WEDNESDAY Hotel EFWMF Meeting 12:00pm - 4:00pm SEPT 20th Hotel Meet in lobby 4:30pm - 4:45pm Bus Bus to Kensington 4:45pm - 5:30pm Kensington Supper @ Broadway 45 5:30pm - 7:00pm Bus Kensington to Indian River 7:10pm - 7:30pm St Mary’s Church Showcase 7:45pm - 10:15pm Indian River Roots Bus Return to Hotels 10:30pm - 11:30pm THURSDAY Hotel Debrief Breakfast 9:30am - 10:30am SEPT 21st Hotel One on One Meetings 11:00am - 12:00pm THE DELEGATES is an online hub for roots music and culture. BGS was founded in 2012 by Amy Reitnouer and Ed Helms with the goal of connecting old-time traditions and craft with a modern audience. BGS has grown to incorporate promotion and curation of shows and stages throughout the US and Canada, the Adam Shnitzer development of their large online Andy Shearer Feldman Agency community, expanding coverage to Southern Fried Festival www.feldman-agency.com include a broader range of music, www.horsecross.co.uk/southern- lifestyle and culture writing, finely fried-festival Feldman Agency is one of North produced videos, and nationally- America’s premiere entertainment syndicated radio shows and Andy is Creative Director for talent agencies and management podcasts. music at Horsecross Arts in Perth, groups. 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Toronto and Vancouver. www.upei.ca/music Andrew Zinck is a musicologist, composer, and performer who, for over three decades has straddled the two worlds of classical music and music theatre in Atlantic Canada. Dr. Zinck is currently chair of the UPEI Music Department, which offers learning pathways for Anne Hodgson performers, scholars, and future Ropetackle Centre Amy Reitnouer music educators through its three www.ropetacklecentre.co.uk The Bluegrass Situation undergraduate degree programs: www.thebluegrasssituation.com Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Ropetackle Arts Centre, a multi- Music Education, and Bachelor of award winning, community- run The Bluegrass Situation [BGS] Arts (Music). arts venue that attracts some of THE DELEGATES the biggest and best performing Nucleo Contemporâneo is a label arts events from around the and producer facility in Brazil. We world. Situated in the heart launch more than 60 titles , and of Shoreham, West Sussex, distribute another 50. We’ve been Ropetackle is a registered charity involved in different projects- from drawing audiences from all over Festival Programing - Mercado the country and just celebrated Cultural da Bahia, Piano-Piano- its 10th anniversary. Staffed Argentina , Europalia-Brazil- to almost entirely by volunteers the Becky Marshall- music residences , to organizing a Centre is noted for the quality and Music Cultural Center , to create diversity of its programme and Potter music with musicians from all welcoming, friendly atmosphere. FolkEast over the world. www.folkeast.co.uk FolkEast is an independent festival bringing together world class artists of traditional and contemporary folk whilst showcasing the best arts, food and ale on the East Coast of England. 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The organization also Director of Kicking Horse Culture runs a folk club that hosts around - a dynamic, non-profit community 50 concerts each year. arts council serving the mountain community of Golden, BC. KHC produces about 24 concerts plus visual and community arts Benjamim Taubkin activities each year. Nucleo Contemporaneo/Casa do Nucleo www.nucleocontemporaneo.com.br THE DELEGATES for North America and some internationally. We proudly represent singers, songwriters, bands and combos of diverse musical sorts of the highest caliber. Founded in San Francisco in 1992 our headquarters are now in Fairfax, CA., the birthplace of the mountain bike. All the Mongrels Björn Pettersson feel that we are very lucky to have Bruce Morel Rootsy Live Nova Scotia MusicFest Canada as our neighbors to the www.rootsymusic.se/ www.musicmarketinginternational. North and Mexico to the South! ca Rootsy was founded in 2004, as a Bruce is President of MMII web magazine and a label for fans providing domestic and of Americana, country, blues and international artist management, rock. Our booking agency represent booking and marketing. MMII acts like Chip Taylor, Jason Isbell, is also in the business of event Sturgill Simpson, Doug Seegers, organization and management Judah and the Lion, Arlo Guthrie, creating seminars and workshops Whitney Rose, Sturgill Simpson, for music industry events and Joe Nolan, Eilen Jewell, Anderson professionals, cultural market East, Sam Outlaw, William Brahim El Mazned research and consulting to cultural Bell, Israel Nash, Temperance Visa For Music enterprises. August 23-26, 2018 Movement...Rootsy Music is the www.visaformusic.com / www. 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In www.tinylightsfestival.com/ 2014, he successfully initiated the renascence-society Mongrel Music is a locally owned first Africa and the Middle East and operated booking agency Music Meeting: Visa For Music. representing artists exclusively Carla is executive director THE DELEGATES of Renascence Arts Society Manager for Joseph Gordon- and the co-artistic director Levitt’s collaborative production of the Tiny Lights Festival. company HITRECORD for over Renascence focusses on providing three years. As a Producer for the opportunities for performance Emmy-winning HITRECORD ON TV, and education for Canadian artists Jacobs led production on multiple presenting a successful concert music videos, animated shorts, and series showcasing diverse genres documentaries over the course of .