Six String Nation

FESTIVALS

Festival appearances

Kyle Riabko plays Voyageur

on Parliament Hill, Canada Day 2006.

Three programming elements combine to make our festival appearances fulfilling and unforgettable for attendees and artists alike:

Introduction: a truncated version of Jowi's multimedia presentation on the main stage introduces the guitar to your audience and tells them how and where to find it over the course of the festival, before Jowi hands Voyageur over to one of your main stage artists for a song or two to kick off your opening evening;

Workshop/presentation: an opportunity over the course of the festival for attendees to experience the full multimedia presentation, or a festival workshop featuring one or more festival artists playing Voyageur, typically led by Jowi;

Portrait station: our festival appearances always include the portrait station and the Six String Nation's official photographer, Doug Nicholson. This gives your attendees the opportunity to have their own personal moment with Voyageur, and the resulting portraits - distributed electronically (and for free!) following the event - are a unique memento of your festival, while also providing an attractive vehicle for sponsor recognition. Everyone gets multiple portraits.

See tech requirements for both the presentation and the portrait station.

See almost all of the festival portraits we've taken in every province and territory in Canada and beyond.

Festivals where we've done our thing...

Alianait Festival (Iqaluit NV) Barrie Folk 2006 & 2007 (Barrie ON) Calgary Folk Music Festival (Calgary AB) Canada Day 2014 (Charlottetown PEI) Canada Day Parliament Hill 2006 Canada Day Parliament Hill 2007 Canada Day Parliament Hill 2008 Canada Day Parliament Hill 2009 Canada Day Parliament Hill 2010 Canada Day Parliament Hill 2016 (Ottawa ON) Canadian Voices, Harbourfront Centre (Toronto ON) Dawson City Music Festival (Dawson City YK) Doukhobor Heritage Days Festival (Veregin SK) Edge of the World Festival (Tlell, Haida Gwaii) Edmonton Folk Festival (Edmonton AB) Festival Acadien du Caraquet (Caraquet NB) Festival des guitares du Monde (Rouyn-Noranda QC) Festival du Voyageur (St. Boniface MB) Folk On the Rocks (Yellowknife NT) Hillside Festival (Guelph ON) Home County Folk Festival (London ON) Illuminaqua (Welland ON) Indie Festival, Harbourfront Centre (Toronto ON) International Festival of Authors (Toronto ON) Kodaly Festival (Kitchener ON) Luminato Festival (Toronto ON) Lunenberg Folk Harbour Festival (Lunenberg NS) Mariposa Folk Festival (Orillia ON) Milton Street Festival (Milton ON) Mount Albert Sports Day (Mount Albert ON) Ness Creek Festival (Ness Creek Conservation Area SK) Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Festival (St. John’s NL) North West River Beach Festival (North West River Beach Labrador NL) Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards (Sudbury ON) Oakville Waterfront Festival (Oakville ON) Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival 2007, 2008 & 2009 (Ottawa ON) Ottawa Folk Festival (Ottawa ON) Ottawa International Writers Festival (Ottawa ON) Port Hope Estival! (Port Hope ON) Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival (Salmon Arm BC) Shelter Valley Folk Festival (Grafton ON) Sorauren Park Festival (Toronto ON) Stan Rogers Festival (Canso NS) Stewart Park Festival (Perth ON) Stratford Summer Music Festival (Stratford ON) Streets Alive (Orillia ON) Summerfolk (Owen Sound ON) Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts (Sechelt BC) Tremblant International Blues Festival (Mt. Tremblant QC) Twisted Pines (Midland Penetanguishene ON) Tyne Valley Oyster Festival (Tyne Valley PEI) Un Paese a Sei Corde (Orta San Giulio, Piemonte, Italy) Vancouver Folk Festival (Vancouver BC) Winnipeg Folk Festival (Winnipeg MB) Winter’s Swan Song (Winnipeg MB) Winterlude (Ottawa ON)