Workshop Stage

5:30PM Heart On or Heart Off your Sleeve
Is music a break from your mental health or a healthy method of addressing it directly? We’ll discuss breakthroughs and triumphs and moments where it all seems to be too much… Or maybe music is simply a break from the trials of day-to-day life. 90 minutes on stage where you step outside of your concerns and get lost in a connection between audience and artist. There are no wrong answers here, just good discussion about what music means, especially at a moment in history where mental health is in the political crosshairs.
Moderator: Stephen Stanley
Artists: The East Pointers, Status / Non-Status, Geoff Holt, Matt Gunn
1:00PM Don’t Call It a Comeback
When an artist chooses to take an extended break from touring and recording, What is the perception internally and externally and what happens when they choose to come back? Does it add pressure or is it a natural extension of a long game career path?
Moderator: Stephen Stanley
Panelists: Wayne Petti (Cuff The Duke), Tamara Williamson (Torrance), Dylan Menzie, Päter
11:30PM Cross Border Rocking
How do audiences react differently to your music from country to country, and how is touring changing for you at this moment in time given the fraught nature of travel in the US? What are your upcoming plans, and if you have no choice but to avoid the US, how will you make up for this hole in your schedule?
Moderator: Treasa Levasseur
Artists: Reuben & The Bullhorn Singers, The Pairs, Sagen Pearse (Hollowsage), The Barrel Boys
2:00PM Defining Folk or Shunning Labels in 2025
Moderator: Sarah Beatty
Panelists: Basset (Yasmine & Sam) Jami Levebvre (Black Spruce), Braden Lam
3:00PM Your Roots are Showing
Moderator: Jesse Davis
Panelists: Lindy Vopnfjord, Lost Faculty, Casper Skulls