special guests
We are thrilled to welcome the following musicians to Edmonton on October 23-26, 2025.
Click on the name of each collaborator for more information.
Attending Collaborators |
Place |
Accolade |
Style on Album |
| Alfie Myhre & Byron Myhre | Sherwood Park, AB | Father/Son fiddling duo | Bluegrass |
| April Verch | Onaga, Kansas | International Touring Artist - CGM Champion | Old Time |
| Brian Hebert | Pembroke, ON | Canadian Fiddle Legend | Cowboy |
| Bruce Molsky | Beacon, NY | Berklee College of Music Instructor/Rounder Records | Appalachian |
| Daniel Gervais | Edmonton, AB | 2x Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Champion | French-Canadian Valse |
| Daniel Lapp | Victoria, BC | Canadian Fiddle Legend/BC Fiddle Archivist | Folk Waltz |
| Dennis Harrington | Renfrew, ON | Host of ‘Cross Canada Fiddling’ | Old Time |
| Gordon Stobbe | Head of Chezzetcook, NS | Member of the Order of Canada | Old Time Swing |
| Ivan Hicks | Riverview, NB | Awards & Honours (See link) | Don Messer style |
| James Steele | Saskatoon, SK | Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Champion | Old Time |
| Jeremy Rusu | Brockville, ON | Talented Multi-Instrumentalist | Gypsy Jazz |
| John Arcand | Saskatoon, SK | Master of the Métis Fiddle | Métis Waltz |
| Louis Schryer | Chapeau, QC | 4x Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Champion | Old Time |
| Mark Sullivan | Abbotsford, BC | 3x Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Champion | Old Time/Scottish |
| Mike Sanyshyn | Cloverdale, BC | CCMA & BCCMA Fiddle Player of the year | Uptown Old Time |
| Patti Kusturok | Lorette, MB | 3x Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Champion | Old Time Swing |
| Randy Foster | Ottawa, ON | Whistler Extraordinaire | Big Band Swing |
| Redd Volkaert | Galax, VA | Guitarist Extraordinaire | Country |
| Richard Wood | Charlottetown, PEI | International Touring Artist | Celtic |
| Shane Cook | London, ON | 3x Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Champion | Irish-influenced |
| Tim Crouch | Batesville, AR | USA Session player & Grand Ole Opry fiddler | Country Swing |
| Troy MacGillvray | Antigonish, NS | Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal Recipient | Celtic |
| Tyler Vollrath | Moncton, NB | 5x CCMA Fiddle Player of the Year | Aire |
| Unable to attend | |||
| Andre Brunet | Lacolle, QC | Fiddler w/ Le Vent du Nord | French-Canadian |
| Derek Stremel | Sherwood Park, AB | Mayfield Dinner Theatre House band bassist | Reggae |
| Ray Legere | Sackville, NB | NS & NB Country Music Hall of Fame Inductee | Bluegrass |
| The Band | |||
| Clinton Pelletier | Burns Lake, BC | Guitarist Extraordinaire | |
| JJ Guy | Saskatoon, SK | Host of ‘Jamming with JJ' Facebook group | |
| Paul Martineau | Edmonton, AB | Country Music drummer | |
| Don Marcotte | Edmonton, AB | Bass Player extraordinaire |