Québec

Led by charismatic singer and accordionist Yves Lambert, a founding member of La Bottine Souriante and one of the most important players in the renaissance of traditional Québécois music, Lambert, Tommy Gauthier (fiddle, feet, bouzouki), and Olivier Rondeau (guitars),

New Brunswick/Nova Scotia/Québec

We welcome a vibrant meeting of musical talents in this all-gal trio of musicians (accordion, fiddle, piano and dance) just waiting to share their passion for the traditional music of Québec, Acadie, Ireland, Scotland, Ontario and the

Alberta/Colombia

Singer-songwriter and human rights activist Cristian de la Luna and his band perform vibrant Colombian music melded with Caribbean rhythms, funk and pop. It’s also shaped by his experience of exile from his homeland, adaptation to a new country,

Alberta

Roger Dallaire calls himself a musical “trad’badour” because for him, tradition is not only about what has happened in the past. Proud of his French-Canadian cultural heritage, this musician, storyteller, ventriloquist, dancer, puppeteer, and folklorist lives tradition every day,

Ontario/Haiti

Plural identity. Multicoloured music with no boundaries. LeFLOFRANCO (or simply: FLO) is a Franco-Ontarian rapper of Haitian origin whose hip hop ventures towards the pop and electro, as well as to the sounds of the Caribbean. Wrapped in an

Manitoba/New Brunswick

Beauséjour is the story of two remarkable and accomplished talents from different parts of the country joining forces in the middle to create something special. From east to west, from Acadia to the Prairies, they share the sound

British Columbia

Considered one of Vancouver's finest Celtic bands, the four talented musicians of Blackthorn deliver an broad repertoire of music rooted in the musical traditions of Scotland and Ireland as well as the folk music of English and French

Alberta

Isabelle la Wonderful is funny, personable and dynamic – known wherever she goes as a crowd pleaser. She has more than a few tricks up her sleeve. Magician, clown, balloon artist, face painter, stand-up comedian, she does it all!

British Columbia

With her costumes, accessories, puppets and tunes, Madame Diva (also known as Jocelyne Baribeau) always delivers the wow! A recipient of the prestigious Parents’ Choice Award (US), she has brought her fun and fabulous show across Canada, to

British Columbia

On this International Women’s Day, come and discover:

Joannie Gill from the Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation in Quebec, who has lived in Vancouver with her family since April 2018. She became a cultural consultant to create bridges between the

British Columbia/Camaroon

Wanda Jemly is a wonderful storyteller and author of Cameroonian origin who spent most of her life in Switzerland and is now based in Vancouver. Through performing on a variety of stages on three continents, and through her

Frenchie The Clown

Frenchie has been entertaining kids of all ages for more than 20 years. He is delighted to be back at the Festival du Bois. Born in Montréal, he now hails from Vancouver, where he has worked as

Prince Edward Island and the windswept Magdalen Islands, this is where the trio Vishtèn comes from, and their music is both a celebration of their Acadian roots and an embracing of Celtic and other Maritime folk traditions - traditions that

Here is a recently formed trio performing a new kind of tradition-based Acadian music. From Baie Sainte-Marie (Clare), an Acadian region in south-western Nova Scotia, three music veterans got together to employ the organic sound of live instruments (violin, keyboard,

With roots in Quebec’s Mauricie region, this celebrated international touring quintet perform a dynamic mix of original compositions and re-workings from the traditional French and Québécois repertoire. On accordion, guitar, bouzouki, percussion, wind instruments and podorythmie, they’ve been delighting folk

Originally from Maliotenam in north-eastern Québec, Shauit Kashinemu is a remarkable singer-songwriter making a name for himself in the aboriginal community internationally, as well as in the greater music world, TV and film. Singing in Creole, French, English, but predominantly

Meet a dynamic Acadian folk quartet from New Brunswick! With music steeped in the tradition, from 2016 to 2017, this group of happy musicians was at the heart of the acclaimed show L'Acadie, a country that tells itself in Moncton,

Originally from West Africa, BC-based guitarist, singer and three-time Juno-winner, Alpha Yaya Diallo has earned a global reputation for the excellence of his musicianship and for successfully uniting the traditional and the contemporary. Growing up, Diallo was exposed to a