PERFORMERS
ABOUT WINTER WARMER
Winter Warmer is a small intimate festival meant to help participants feel cozy in the midst of winter. It combines great music from both established and promising new artists perfrorming in intimate settings often with the option of sampling a taste of something warm and delicious and
washing it down with a beverage or two!
The weekend also features a town wide
Winter Carnival with activities
inside and out for all ages
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Get A Festival Pass
$125 fees & taxes INCLUDED
There are limited Festival Passes available. Passholders have access to all ticketed events EXCEPT THE SONGWRITING WORKSHOP on Saturday at the Anglican Church Hall.
Passes are still subject to capacity ... PASHOLDERS must arrive 15 MINUTES before the show starts .... otherwise they are subject to available seating. This is especially true in smaller venues.
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Tickets
Tickets for individual shows can be purchased by clicking the links below. Please note that these ticket prices include ALL FEES and TAXES except Saturday Night at The Aquarium. Tickets for the show at the Aquarium Theatre are administered through the Huntsman ticketing platform.
THE PERFORMERS
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THE FABULOUSLY
RICH - Tragically Hip Tribute
AFIE JURVANEN with
BILL STEVENSON
TWO MEN -
MANY MUSICS
NADINE LANDRY & SAMMY LIND
Old Tyme Fiddle, Banjo & Bass
Friday January 31st 9:00pm
Doors Open at 8:00pm
ALGONQUIN HOTEL VAN HORNE BALLROOM $33 (taxes & fees in)
Saturday February 1st 8:15pm
Doors Open at 7:00pm
HUNTSMAN DUNN THEATRE
$40
Friday January 31st 7:30pm
Doors Open at 7:00pm
DREWHAVEN TOWN & COUNTRY $20 (taxes & fees included)
Long before THE FABULOUSLY RICH formed, fate brought our frontman, Dennis Ellsworth, into an extraordinary collaboration with Gord Downie. Together, they crafted a musical rendition of Gord’s poignant poem Coke Machine Glow, featured on Dennis’s Hazy Sunshine album, recorded at The Tragically Hip’s iconic Bathhouse Studio. This collaboration sparked a lasting friendship, leading to backstage invitations, road hangouts, and the spontaneous check-ins that Gord was known for. That personal connection continues to fuel every performance we give.
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Our journey as The Fabulously Rich began in 2016, when we decided to pay tribute to Gord with what was meant to be a one-time fundraiser in Charlottetown after his illness made headlines. But something special happened that night. People started asking for more, and venues began calling. It was clear that The Hip’s music still resonated deeply, and the community wanted more.
AFIE JURVANEN (BAHAMAS) is an award winning folk rock troubador who recently moved to Halifax from Ontario. In the 20 + years he has worked with a myriad of performers including Feist, Jason Collett, Jack Johnson, WILCO and City and Colour among others. In the time he has been performing live music he has accumulated gold and platinum records, award wins and nominations, and has had his music streamed well over 1 billion times on various digital platforms.
Jurvanen is a masterful songwriter. His music has been described as “melodic and soulful”. As a performer he feels playing music sometimes forces him to slow down and literally be awake and alive and conscious. This has helped him be a mindful and introspective individual who believes that we need to embrace the basics things in life – family, community, ourselves. Too often we are focused on a much bigger world which we have little or no control over. He reflects there is a beauty and a power in the simplicity of keeping things local.
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BILL STEVENSON is no stranger to St Andrews having played here many times over the past 20 years. Bill is a master. A consumate performer, an incredible piano player and an incomparable interpreter of jazz, soul and rhythm and blues. His career started in 1960's Ottawa where he became a regular local performer at Le Hibou, the notoriously infamous music club that spawned the likes of Bruce Cockburn and hosted contemporary music icons like John Lee Hooker, Joni Mitchell and James Cotton. Bill was soon recruited by legendary producer Paul Rothchild (The Doors) to be part of the Boston based group Earth Opera. He found his way back to Canada and Halifax where he became a staple of the east coast music scene.
His music grounds him. And it's provided a path for others. Always the mentor and collaborator Bill has been seen in the company of well known artists such as percussionist extraordinaire Geoff Arsenault, roots and blues trio Hot Toddy, the iconic Dutch Mason, Amos Garret indie rocker and singer songwriter Joel Plaskett and most recently Afie Jurvanen (Bahamas)
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Bill and Afie have created a musical partnership that is reflective of their present place in life......Two Men, Much Musics !
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NADINE LANDREY and STEPHEN "SAMMY" LIND are members of the internationally acclaimed Foghorn Stringband, out of Portland, Oregon, USA. They play traditional fiddle music that has been passed on for hundreds of years, classics of the south west Louisiana Cajun dance halls and songs that could have filled a 50s smoky bar jukebox.
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Nadine Landry was born and raised in a musical family on the Gaspe Peninsula on the east coast of Quebec. Equally comfortable on guitar and upright bass, she has lent her talents to various bands ranging from old time to honky tonk to swing and Cajun. Described as deeply passionate and powerful, her voice has been capturing the hearts of fans across North America, Ireland, England, Scandinavia and Australia.
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Born in Minnesota, Stephen “Sammy” Lind has established himself as one of the most critically acclaimed old time fiddle players in the country. Co-founder of the Oregon based Foghorn Stringband, Sammy has travelled the world playing and teaching a vast repertoire of tunes from Appalachia and the Midwest. His playing reflects tremendous respect and passion for all the fiddle players and old recordings he spent countless hours learning from.
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Together they play fiddle tunes, early country and Cajun songs. Their new recording “Granddad’s Favorite” reflects their versatility in genres and instrumentation. Alternating between fiddle, banjo, guitar and accordion, they play true to the roots of American music with energy and respect. They are members of the Foghorn Stringband, the Dirk Powell Band and play with Cajun extraordinaires Jesse Lege, Joel Savoy and the Cajun Country Revival and have collaborated with Alice Gerrard, Laurie Lewis, Tom Rozum and multiple Grammy Award winner Tim O'Brien.
GOAT MOUNTAIN
Bluegrass meets Jazz
Saturday February 1st 6:30pm
Doors Open at 6:00pm
DREWHAVEN TOWN & COUNTRY $25 (taxes & fees included)
Supergroups, the name and the concept, seem to synonymous with a major label’s attempt to feed us what we don’t need and didn't ask for. But a local supergroup? I’m all ears. Nobody’s getting rich there, so the music must have merit. Right?
Right. With this new project, bluegrass phenom Alan Jeffries, Juno Award winning sax player Joel Miller, and bass great Jason Flores are not simply regurgitating something familiar for a chance to hustle a few extra bucks on a Friday. They are actually doing something far more interesting, and fun.
As GOAT MOUNTAIN, Jeffries, Miller and Flores are exploring the common ground that exists between the structural freedom of jazz music and the equally free demand to flex your chops bluegrass music is known for. What’s that give us? Blazz? Some other combination of those two genres I can’t type in good faith? Good news: we don’t actually need to call it anything! The music speaks for itself. Some may remember their set at Paddlefest last year at Drewhaven.
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This trio of accolade leden musicians kick the door down, wake the neighbours, and set the stage for the all night party with their music. Miller’s sax leads the introduction with a jazz-meets-pop theme and variation that gives way to Jeffires’ masterful fretwork, while Flores confidently holds down these two seemingly polar opposite creative camps with ease. Yeah, ease. That’s the word I think that best describes Goat Mountain’s debut and the chemistry behind it all. CHECK THEM OUT!
MARIANNE GIRARD
Great Songs, Great Voice
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Sponsored by:
Treadwell Inn / Chandler Room
Friday January 31st 6:00pm
Doors Open at 5:00pm for food
SUNBURY SHORES GALLERY $15
Food and Drink Available
After 5 decades in the music business, Marianne would like to think she’s settled down and hiding out in St. Andrews. A well deserved break after touring time and time again across the continent, recording 4 albums and having her music heard on dozens of radio stations. Her music is timeless and widely acclaimed:
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Quotes:
“ A proven songwriter capable of great sensitivity, insight and truthfulness, served up by a voice that is unequivocally pure and joyfully unrestrained.” Greg Quill, Toronto Star
“Her music has not left my player in weeks” Radio Free Israel
“A Canadian Nightingale” RTL Radio Belgium
“Consistently stellar performance” All Music Guide
“A tour de force” Toronto Life Magazine
“Compelling, insightful songs” SingOut! Magazine
“Elevates through an acoustic landscape that is often bland and interchangeable.” Folk Stage, Midnight Special, Chicago
“This one stands out” Penguin Eggs
Fraser & Girard - “Best folk duo since Ian and Sylvia” CBC Radio
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​​​​She performed at Winter Warmer in 2023 with Jon Weaver. We are happy to have her return to the festival stage again this year
BRENT MASON
and special guest
Chambers McLean
writers of music & prose
Saturday February 1st 1:30pm
Doors Open at 1:00pm
SUNBURY SHORES GALLERY $10
Food and Drink Available
Brent has been nominated for and has won several East Coast Music Awards and Music New Brunswick awards including Folk Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Songwriter of the Year. He is also the youngest recipient of the Stompin’ Tom Award for his contributions to Atlantic Canadian music traditions.
Brent is regularly invited to local stages including Harvest Jazz and Blues, Stanfest and many other festivals and music events in the region. In his hometown Saint John, his Wednesday nights are legend, hosting O’Leary’s Open Mic Night. 25+ years at this regular gig has earned him the moniker “Godfather of the Saint John Music Scene”. He’s co-written several recorded songs with award winning artist, Jessica Rhaye, and conducts songwriting workshops in schools throughout the province.
Mason is also a published author with two books to his credit, the second having just been released This show will mingle song and prose in a unique afternoon performance.
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CHAMBERS MCLEAN is a songwriter and a fiction writer (as well as a scientist and computer guy), "Reloc 1: The Starling is the first novel in a science fiction series by Chambers McLean. It tells of a future New Brunswick community that secretly builds a spacecraft to illegally escape from Earth. The story has been crafted along with original music to punctuate and complement each chapter."
The music accompanying the book will feature various artists including St. Andrews' own Claira Blanchard who will also perform at this show
BOUHALA
From Africa to Acadie
Bouhala (noun, plural),
Free spirits
Saturday February 1st 4:30pm
Doors Open at 4:00pm
SUNBURY SHORES GALLERY $15
Food and Drink Available
UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE HAD TO CANCEL BOUHALA"S SHOW DUE TO UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES.
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WE WILL ENDEAVOUR TO FIND A REPLACEMENT
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HOPEFULLY YOU WILL SEE AND HEAR BOUHALA IN ST ANDREWS SOON
GEOFF ARSENAULT
Swamp Blues & Other Stuff
A Masterful Multi-Talented Musician
Sponsored by:
ReThink Inc St Andrews
MAKE A DONATION
AT THE SHOW
Friday January 31st 5:00pm
Doors Open at 4:00pm
HONEYBEANS BY DONATION
Food and Drink Available
.. drummer, percussionist, singer, songwriter, Geoff Arsenault is a veteran touring and recording artist. His style and skill behind the kit has taken him right across North America, and throughout Europe & the UK.
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He has worked with artists such as;


• Ray Bonneville

• Bill Stevenson

• Matt Andersen

• Rita MacNeil

• Amy Helm

• Michael Kaeshammer
• Alejandro Escavedo

• Mary Gauthier

• David Myles

• Carlos del Junco

• Morgan Davis

• Dr.Lonnie Smith

• Colin Linden

and so many more, making him one of the most sought after drummers both ‘in studio’, and live on stage.
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Geoff has two ‘solo recordings’ to his name; “This Ain’t No Fiction” and “Voodoo Baby Rattle”… with a third on the way. His music is linked somewhere between Tony Joe White and J.J. Cale, a real swampy, roots music style, tinged with Tex-Mex and a dash of New Orleans b
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BREWTUNES -
At The St Andrews Brewpub
MAKE A DONATION
AT THE SHOW
Saturday February 1st 3:30pm
Doors Open at 3:00pm
HONEYBEANS BY DONATION Food and Drink Available
MAKE A DONATION
AT THE SHOW
Friday- Sunday Jan. 31st - Feb 2nd
Music 6:00pm - 8:00pm
ST ANDREWS BREWING COMPANY
Refreshment Available
Saturday February 1st
1:00pm - 4:00pm
ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN HALL $25 (includes fees and tax)
Refreshment Available
ELM CITY STRING QUARTET
Sunday February 2nd 7:30pm
Doors Open at 7:00pm
ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH $25 ( includes fees and Tax)
Refreshment Available
Established in 2019, the ELM CITY STRING QUARTET was brought together by their passion for chamber music and a desire to share their love of quartet repertoire with their home town of Fredericton. With Victor Vivas and Mercedes Salazar on violin, Mark Kleyn on viola, and Emily Kennedy on cello, the ECSQ’s exciting and broad programming pairs works by today’s composers alongside celebrated quartet classics.
Their first performance was a memorable evening in a small art gallery that was so packed, there were children sitting on the floor between their music stands. Since then, the quartet has been captivating New Brunswick communities with their broad programming and charismatic playing.
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Named after Fredericton’s long-standing moniker, the individuals in the Elm City String Quartet come from a variety of musical backgrounds. Some perform in indie bands and compose multimedia works; some are renowned international pedagogues; but all are passionate chamber music players, Sistema NB Teaching Artists, and are active teachers in their community. The quartet, being a versatile group, has performed in art galleries, churches, and even small house concerts.
