Schedule

Don’t miss any of the amazing performers who will be hitting the Summer Fest Stage in 2019!

August 23

August 24

Vendors

Activities

3:30PM

Slowcoaster

Time: 3:30PM

Cape Breton’s Slowcoaster have become one of the most popular jam rock bands in Canada. The band has 2 ECMA’s for Alternative Album of the Year, a Music Nova Scotia Award for Album of the Year and multiple tours through Canada, Asia and parts of the USA to their credit.

5:00PM

Pretty Archie

Time: 5:00PM

Whether it’s soul-drenched tracks like ‘Summer Love’ and ‘Sometimes’, a cautionary tale cleverly disguised as a rip it up party tune like ‘Night Life’, or ‘Holding Out’ – a song that’s essentially the band’s mission statement, Pretty Archie always find some way to encourage listeners to take lean times in stride, suck it up, stick it out and just keep going.

6:30PM

Pineo & Loeb

Time: 6:30PM

PINEO & LOEB are an electronic music duo based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, creating and playing uplifting, funky and high-energy songs. Together they blur genre boundaries uniting electronic dance, hip-hop, rock fans and more.

8:30PM

Christine Campbell

Time: 8:30PM

Whether playing intimate acoustic shows with her wingman, Blake Johnston (formerly of The Stogies), or rockin’ out, fully electric with her five-piece band, Christine’s live performances always attract loyal fans.

10:00PM

Classified

Time: 10:00PM

Juno award winner and hit maker, Classified, has long been making waves at home and abroad with his trademark style and sound. His new album tops the number of 2019 East Coast Music Nominations of any artist with 7.

Special solo acoustic appearances by Andrew Hunter and Maura Whitman

1:00PM

McGinty

Time: 1:00PM

An institution in the Maritimes for over 35 years, McGinty has been a fixture on the East Coast music scene entertaining both pub and concert audiences alike with a blend of Celtic-influenced ballads, traditional, folk and bar tunes.

2:30PM

Cassie and Maggie

Time: 2:30PM

Appearing on stages across North America, the UK, and Europe the sisters have enchanted audiences far and wide with lively fiddle, piano and guitar arrangements, stunning sibling vocal harmonies and step dancing

4:00PM

Anna Ludlow

Time: 4:00PM

Anna’s musical style and performance energy was a match made in heaven when she performed with DRUM! And she most recently landed the main fiddle lead for the Canadian leg of the Broadway production “Come From Away”.

5:30PM

Hillsburn

Time: 5:30PM

Halifax based Hillsburn has several ECMA and Music Nova Scotia awards and nominations to their credit to go along with their upbeat and interactive original songs. The band’s popularity continues to grow in Nova Scotia and the rest of Canada having toured the country to rave reviews.

7:00PM

Heather Rankin Songwriter’s Showcase

Time: 7:00PM

In 2016 Heather Rankin landed a Juno Award Nomination for her solo album, A Fine Line. Her angelic voice continues to wrap her listeners in coziness and nostalgia. She holds a Juno Award, ECMA awards and Platinum recording status as a member of the renowned band The Rankin Family. Heather continues to tour as a solo artist to packed concert halls across Canada performing Rankin classics and her new solo compositions.

This showcase will feature Brent Collins, Shemias Macloud, Maura Whitman, Christine Campbell and Ray Mattie with the Nova Scotia Summer Fest All-Star Band.

8:30PM

Good Lovelies

Time: 8:30PM

Kerri Ough, Sue Passmore, and Caroline Brooks – immensely talented vocalists and songwriters in their own right; however, it’s their voices interwoven in harmony – powerful and pure, organic and inspiring – that elevates the Good Lovelies from impressive to peerless. Juno Nominees, Canadian Folk Music award winners and extensive tours throughout Canada, the US, Australia and the UK are some of the career highlights for the band to date.