Home Schedule Tickets Getting Here History Links       Members of Signal Hill   Members of Crossfire   Colin Grant        Ceilidh Stage      Saturday Night   SignalHill.ca Watch on YouTube Barrett's Privateers Sonny's Dream Signal Hill Signal Hill is a four-piece acoustic guitar based band with strong emphasis on four part vocal harmony. Hailing from Newfoundland, Canada, this band is currently revered throughout the country as the quintessential East Coast group. This has been achieved by expanding their repertoire beyond that of standard traditional songs to a repertoire celebrating music across the decades and genres. Their arrangements are now woven into the fabric of east Canadian culture. They play to packed houses across Canada from four to seven nights a week all year round. In addition to many other notable venues, Signal Hill has also been twice to Moscow, Russia to play the Hard Rock Café and the Boarhouse Night Club. Signal Hill is now actively seeking partnership and/or representation that will allow for a record to be released worldwide. This would be possible with the right producer and record label support. They have a mandate to continually grow and adapt musically with a collective musical interest that spans across many genres. Signal Hill is classic covers and originals; traditional, country, pop, rock and jazz.     Friday Night   Crossfire Cape Breton’s own Crossfire, a family band, has been in the makings for the last 20 years. With all the members playing since they were about 10 years of age, taking the kitchen to the stage was a natural progression for this group of cousins. With the combined stage experience of over 50 years and numerous ECMAs nominations between individual members, this young talented ensemble entertains crowds with a drive and enthusiasm that keeps dance floors bursting at the seams all night long. Covering a wide range of songs, from old country to new rock, from traditional fiddle tunes to original compositions, Crossfire has what it takes to engage any crowd. Young and old appreciate the crossover appeal of this spirited kinship. Crossfire is anchored by cousins Brennan and Aaron MacDonald, both on guitars and vocals. Brennan, formerly of the ECMA nominated band Kilt and Aaron, an ECMA nominee in his own right as a solo artist, are joined by another Kilt alumni and cousin in Bonny Jean MacDonald on fiddle. The band is polished by Stephen Gillis on bass and Neil MacQuarrie on drums and percussion.     Saturday Afternoon   Watch on YouTube Bonnie Lass of Bonaccord Medley w Buddy MacMaster The Cameron’s Douglas Cameron with Allan Francis & Lawrence Cameron Now at the age of 15, Douglas has been turning heads in the Cape Breton fiddling community since the last 6 years. Trained by dedicated teachers like Bonnie Jean MacDonald, Margie and Dawn Beaton and Andrea Beaton, Douglas has absorbed and then exuded the proud history of the Cape Breton style of Celtic fiddling. Born and raised in the northern Inverness County community of Belle Cote, he has been playing in concerts since the age of 5 on piano, then the fiddle since the age of 9. Standing ovations have erupted in venues like the Celtic Colours International Festival, a Strathspey Place ECMA Showcase performance in Halifax at the Old Triangle in 2007, and many concerts around Cape Breton Island. He already plays many of the larger square dances in Cape Breton. J.P Cormier took an intense interest in Douglas' art and worked with him to record Douglas' first CD this winter. On the CD, Douglas collaborates with both well established performers (like JP Cormier, Hilda Chiasson-Cormier and Joey Beaton) and some new rising stars (like Marc Boudreau and Colin Grant). He also includes cuts with his father, Lawrence, and his grandmother Catherine (Rankin) Cameron. The CD shows Douglas honouring the tradition handed down to him by his teachers and the many great Cape Breton fiddlers that have shaped the great influence of the Cape Breton fiddle.     Sunday Afternoon - Closing Ceilidh ColinGrant.ca Watch on YouTube Colin at Celtic Colours Colin Grant Band Lingering somewhere amidst the rich, soulful roots of traditional Cape Breton music and the grooves of a thousand branches of rock and funk, Colin Grant embarks on his latest project: a dynamic and thoughtful mingling of beats and melodies from an extensive host of musical influences. Far from the awkward malaise of mohawked bag-pipers and kilted punks, the Colin Grant Band has created a kind of Celtic fusion that is as much Steely Dan and Yes as it is Ashley MacIsaac. With a trad trio comprised of the manic Jason ”leaden-left-hand” Roach (piano, Dawn and Margie Beaton) and embarrassingly talented Darren MacMullen (bouzouki, mandolin, guitar, banjo JP Cormier) Grant hooked up with the rough and red-eyed blues/funk rhythm section of Merlin Clarke and Donnie Calabrese (Buck and Kinch, Tom Fun Orchestra). Together, the group produces a fervent yet calculated rhythm that backs an expressively diverse range of tunes. While the lively sound never strays too distantly from its Celtic roots, the Colin Grant Band has found an open ear in everyone from indie scenesters to blue-haired bingo stampers. This winter will see the release the Colin Grant’s second full length album, Fun For the Whole Family—a highly anticipated follow-up to the acclaimed Colin Grant solo debut.