Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old Tyme Music Festival

Name: Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old Tyme Music Festival
Address: Big River, SK, S0J0E0, CA
Telephone: +13063734190

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Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old Tyme Music Festival

A home for bluegrass, old-time and more in the heart of the Canadian prairies. Jam, camp, dance! http://www.northernlightsbluegrass.ca

06/03/2026

Did somebody say FIDDLES? Regardless of whether someone did or did not mention these fabulous 4-stringed instruments, we figured it would be a great day to feature the 4 unique fiddle classes we will be offering at this year's Music Camp! With skilled instructors from the east, west, north, and south of North America, there's a little something for everyone looking to pick up a bow and get to fiddlin' this summer 🎻🌲

Registration for our annual Music Camp can be found on our home website, northernlightsbluegrass.ca!

06/02/2026

Time for another edition of NLBOT's Music Hall! Tune in to CFCR to hear the latest tune selections and upcoming event information from Northern Lights! 📻 🎶

05/31/2026

Camp class sellout alert!! If you're procrastinating your registration, now is the time to act! You've got one more month until Earlybird registration wraps up (June 30th) after which prices will go up! 💰

Still on the fence about which class to take this summer? TUNE IN to CFCR 90.5 FM from 9-11am this morning to hear Camp Co-Director Aiden walk you through all of this year's instructors, and take a listen to music from all of 'em in one handy radio show episode! 📻

CLASS REGISTRATION HEADS UP!
As of this week, we've only got 2-3 spots left in each of the following camp classes:
- Vocal Harmony 👯🏻‍♀️ with Holly Gilroy and Aiden McRorie Wilson (1-800-POLKA)
- Intermediate/Advanced Clawhammer Banjo 🪕with Hanna Traynham (New Floyd County Ramblers)
- Intermediate Old Time Guitar 🎼 with Ashlee Watkins (New Floyd County Ramblers)
- Beginner Mandolin 🎶 with Michael Taylor
- Sing Out Strong 🤩 with Bri Huot-Boer (Western Thistles)

05/30/2026

June's Bluegrass Brunch is coming up! June 6, from 12-2PM at Somewhere Else Pub & Grill! 🎻☕️

This month's lineup includes Mitch Dureault, Rebecca Beveridge, Gavin Fleck, Olivia Morelli, and Tim Sample! 🎻✨🪕

Somewhere Else Pub & Grill is all ages during the day! Bring the whole family out for some brunch and bluegrass ☕️🥞🥓🫐

Don't forget to come early to grab your seat and get your brunch order in. This will be the last brunch at Somewhere Else Pub before our summer break (we'll be back Sept 5)!

See you June 6 folks!

05/29/2026

Camp Instructor Spotlight! ✨ Sing Out Strong ✨

Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Bri Huot-Boer has been singing since before she could walk. This love of music led her to perform in school choirs for nearly 10 years, creating the foundation that led her to learn guitar as a vessel for her own songs.

While earning her Bachelor of Commerce, Bri found herself trading the choral stage for those at the local open-mic, where she not only found her footing as an artist but met the other half of her musical duo, The Western Thistles, Mark Boer. Together, with Mark on clawhammer banjo, Bri on rhythm guitar, and their shared vocal harmony, they create a distinct sonic tapestry rooted in the traditions of folk and old-time music.

05/27/2026

Camp Instructor Spotlight! ✨ Advanced Bluegrass Flatpicking ✨

Based in Toronto Ontario, Brant Garratt is a multi-instrumentalist and singer with a passion for the acoustic guitar. About 4 years ago, while studying Jazz Performance at Humber College, Brant went through a musical paradigm shift when he discovered the magic of Bluegrass and acoustic Folk music. Perhaps reminded of his early childhood exposure to traditional east-coast fiddle music, and the songs of Canadian folk legends like Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, and Stan Rogers, Brant has gone back to his acoustic roots. He performs solo acoustic arrangements of classic American and Canadian Folk and Country music in a style known as “Flatpicking”. Brant has spent the last 10 Years as a career freelance musician and part-time music educator in the GTA and surrounding regions, working for a wide variety of artists across many musical forums.

05/25/2026

🪕 Upcoming Sponsored Show Alert: TWIN FIDDLES at The Bassment!
🗓 Tuesday, June 2nd @ 7:30PM

Northern Lights BG & OT Society Members can grab tickets to this show at the accessible Member Ticket price! Woohoo!

🎟 Tickets are available on The Bassment's website!

⭐️ Award-winning Canadian fiddlers J.J. Guy and Gordon Stobbe have a long history of working together. The two also have a long history of playing the Bassment. JJ and Gordon are back to perform their collection of original tunes, written in the twin fiddle style. Cathy Sproule will provide expert piano accompaniment.

05/22/2026

Camp Instructor Spotlight! ✨ Intermediate Old Time Guitar ✨

Hailing from a musical family in New South Wales, Australia, Ashlee Watkins is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter who now makes her home in Floyd, VA. She performs around the world as guitarist and singer with The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee and also performs as a duo with Andrew Small and co-leads the old-time string band The New Floyd County Ramblers. Ashlee has earned blue ribbons at fiddlers' conventions across the Southeast for her folk singing and old-time banjo and guitar playing and her bands have won blue ribbons at Galax, Mount Airy, and most recently, Clifftop. In 2021, she completed a Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship with Floyd County master musician Mac Traynham. Ashlee has also performed with Grammy-winner John McEuen (founder of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) and SWVA legend Larry Sigmon, and she is a member of local old-time string bands The Mustard Cutters and The Crooked Road Ramblers

05/20/2026

Camp Instructor Spotlight! ✨ Beginner/Intermediate Old Time Rhythm Guitar ✨

Rina Rossi is a bassist, guitarist, square dance caller, and dancer rooted in old-time music and dance traditions of the upper Midwest. Originally from Michigan, she grew up attending folk dances and listening to old-time music, then moved to Minneapolis in 2005 and joined the Wild Goose Chase Cloggers, touring regionally and internationally for a decade while immersing herself in the vibrant Twin Cities old-time scene. She plays bass with The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee and guitar with Minnesota-based Steam Machine, and calls square dances for public and private events year-round. She has taught guitar, bass, clogging, and square dance calling at camps and festivals including Augusta Heritage Center, Ashokan, Fiddle Tunes, and the Swannanoa Gathering. Back home in Minnesota, she serves on the board of the Bluff County Gathering, coordinates activities for the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association, and founded the Twin Town Old Time Music Festival.

05/18/2026

Camp Instructor Spotlight! ✨ Youth Jam Class ✨

Olivia Morelli has been a touring artist, under the name Mary Liv, for the past three years. She has taught children music in Northern Saskatchewan as well as Nunavut through CAMP and Fiddles North since she was in high school. With experience teaching all ages as well as teaching multiple instruments and songwriting, she is excited to be teaching the youth class this year. In 2025, Olivia won one of the SOCAN Young Canadian Songwriting Awards; following this, she attended the CMI Artist Entrepreneurship Program in Toronto this past spring. She is a talented songwriter as well as teacher and has over 5 years of experience teaching children, youth and adults music and songwriting.

Address

Big River, SK
S0J0E0

Telephone

+13063734190

Website

http://www.northernlightsbluegrass.com/

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