Comedy Night in St. Peter's at Bras d’Or Lakes Inn
Next Date: Feb 23, 2025
Get ready for an evening of laughter and good food at the Bras d’Or Lakes Inn when Craig Fay, Rebecca Reeds, and Cape Breton’s own Clift...
Valdy Nova Scotia Tour – April 2024 Folk legend Valdy will once again bring his talent and charm to perform in Nova Scotia this spring. Valdy, born Valdemar Horsdal, has been part of the fabric of Canadian pop and folk music for half a century. He is well known for “Play Me a Rock ‘n’ Roll Song” but has also delighted audiences everywhere performing classics such as “Peter & Lou”, “Yes I Can”, “Renaissance”, “Sonny’s Dream” and many more. One of Canada’s premier folk artists, Valdy had an improbable hit with a song about a decidedly hostile audience heckling a soft-spoken minstrel. The square-peg-in-a-round-hole story recounts Valdy’s bitter-sweet memory of finding himself, a relaxed and amiable storyteller, facing a rambunctious audience playing at the Aldergrove Rock Festival in 1968, where the rock-loving audience jeered his folk offerings.
Valdy has always recognized the irony that a bad gig turned into a hit. In 2012, he told an interviewer, “I was hired as a folk singer to go and play at a rock festival. I was out of place and … I got the reception I deserved, let’s put it that way. They wanted rock, they gave me a hard time about it, and I got a great song out of it.” Ironically, Valdy is in the Victoria Rock and Roll Music Hall of Fame. Play Me a Rock and Roll Song’s success is attributable in part to several factors. It cleverly played into the hippy counter-culture movement, while embodying the tensions between rock and folk fans (which Bob Dylan discovered when he infamously used electric instruments at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival). A man with a thousand friends, from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island to Texas to New Zealand, he’s a singer, guitarist and songwriter who catches the small but telling moments that make up life. Valdy has sold almost half a million copies of his 16 albums, 22 singles, has 2 Juno Awards (Folk Singer of the Year and Folk Entertainer of the Year), a total of 7 Juno nominations and 4 Gold albums to his credit. ORDER OF CANADA Valdy has been named to the Order of Canada (Arts/Music) for his achievements as a folk musician and for his support of charitable causes.
Next Date: Feb 23, 2025
Get ready for an evening of laughter and good food at the Bras d’Or Lakes Inn when Craig Fay, Rebecca Reeds, and Cape Breton’s own Clift...
Next Date: Feb 23, 2025
Region: Canada’s Musical Coast
Community: Judique
Celtic Music Interpretive Centre offers year-round céilidhs with authentic live traditional music and dancing featuring local and internati...
Next Date: Feb 22, 2025
Region: Bras d’Or Lake
Community: Whycocomagh
“Blow up your TV. Throw away your paper. Go to the country. Build you a home.” If you recognize these lyrics, then you will definitely ...
Next Date: Mar 1, 2025
Region: Cape Breton’s South Coast
Community: Port Hawkesbury
Don’t miss this opportunity to beat the winter blues and enjoy some of the best folk music in Canada. This is a wonderful opportunity to e...
Next Date: Feb 19, 2025
Region: Cape Breton’s South Coast
Community: Port Hawkesbury
Get out for a skate after school on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre. Helmets are required for all skate...
Next Date: Feb 24, 2025
Region: Cape Breton’s South Coast
Community: Port Hawkesbury
Get out for a skate after school on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre. Helmets are required for all skate...
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