Celtic concerts at Beaconsfield and Orwell Corner

Ireland Meets Scotland returns for 2018. This high-caliber celebration of Celtic heritage, music and dance will be performed at two historic venues: Tuesday evenings to August 28 at Beaconsfield Historic House in Charlottetown, and Friday evenings to August 31 at Orwell Corner Historic Village in Orwell. All shows begin at 7:30 pm.

Ireland Meets
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The Indian River Festival, now in its 23rd reason, runs all summer and continues to present concerts in a variety of musical styles in August.

The line-up for August includes The Sweet Lowdown, a folk roots trio from British Columbia (August 3), singer-songwriters Justin Nozuka and Alicia Toner (August 5), the Payadora Tango Ensemble (August 10), the Venuti String Quartet from Toronto (August 12),
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Ava and Lily Rashed

Ava & Lily Rashed are 14-yr-old twins from Charlottetown who are set to take up the torch in a long-time family music tradition. Their grandfather was Country Hall of Famer Charlie Chamberlain, and their father, David Rashed, is keyboardist for platinum-selling hometown legends Haywire.

The sisters are already singer-songwriters of note with their song “Worth It” having
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Courtney Hogan & Keelin Wedge

Courtney Hogan & Keelin Wedge are no strangers to the PEI music scene. Having competed together at fiddle competitions throughout their childhood, gaining popularity as solo musicians, and then later both joining the popular PEI band Fiddlers’ Sons, the fiddling duo decided it was time to join their talents together for a collaborative CD titled Dark &
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Soul Filter has released their debut single “Armor,” a rock-pop song about fear of love and vulnerability. It is available on Google Play, Spotify, iTunes, Amazon and others platforms.

Soul Filter is a new indie alt rock-pop band from Summerside featuring Karen and Mike Penton. The husband and wife duo have been performing together for 15 years in cover bands (Junkmale, Pretty Tragic) and as an
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Island musician Teresa Doyle has a new musical project on the go this summer, a Celtic trio called Backroads formed with her son Patrick Bunston and fiddler Ward MacDonald.

Teresa says, “All three of us grew up on the back roads of Prince Edward Island and have shared our music in these far flung places. We debuted Backroads at the Rollo Bay Fiddle Festival on July 15.”

Teresa will be performing
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Requiem for Polar Regions by Lou Shephard for Art in the Open

Requiem for Polar Regions is a project developed by Halifax-based artist Lou Sheppard, and while this project is emotional, it is also based on scientific data. 

Sheppard began observing the coastline of Antarctica, tracking the rate of movement (or rather, shrinking) of the polar ice along the coast, and inserting these jagged
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New album to be released at Indian River on August 31

Lennie Gallant will release his highly anticipated new album called Time Travel at the Indian River Festival on August 31. This is Gallant’s first studio recording in nine years.

“I am so excited about this album!” says Gallant. “It seems the stars are aligned for these songs to come out right now in so many ways.”

Gallant worked with
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PEI composer Jane Naylor wins Lirit New Composition Award

PEI composer F. Jane Naylor has recently won the first Lirit New Compostion Award. This significant new award, supported by the Judy Dan Fund for Arts and Education, will be given annually by the Lirit Women's Chamber Choir to a Canadian composer for an unpublished work for women's voices.

Naylor's winning composition, "After Mountains,"
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Double header at Harbourfront Theatre

Island favourites The Ellis Family Band and Fiddlers’ Sons return for their annual double header at Harbourfront Theatre in Summerside this August 15.

“You can’t let a summer go by without seeing The Ellis Family Band and Fiddlers’ Sons perform,” says Kieran Keller. “Is it really a PEI summer without them?”

Comprised of brothers Rick, Brian, Steve and
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