2023 Schedule

6th Annual Gatineau Hills Fiddle Festival
presented by Claridge Homes

6pm: Doors Open
6-9pm: Barbecue
7-10pm: Community Dance
- Music by Richard Forest & Les Quatres Coins
- Dances called by Hélène Gaulin

9:30am: Doors Open
10am-12pm: Workshops - Period 1 (snack break from 10:45-11:15)
- Intermediate Irish Fiddle (Liz Kane)
- Intermediate Quebec Fiddle (Richard Forest)
- Advanced Cape Breton Fiddle (Shelly Campbell)
- Advanced Improvisation & Double-Stops on Fiddle (Ben Plotnick)
- Advanced Chopping & Accompaniment on Fiddle/Cello (Trent Freeman & Eric Wright)
- Intermediate Banjo (Frank Evans)
12-1pm: Lunch Break
1-2:15pm: Concert #2 (no intermission)
- Youth Scholarship Recipients
- The Kane Sisters
2:30-4:30pm: Workshops - Period 2 (snack break from 3:15-3:45)
- Intermediate Cape Breton Fiddle (Shelly Campbell)
- Intermediate Saskatchewan Fiddle (Karrnnel Sawitsky)
- Advanced Irish Fiddle (Yvonne Kane)
- Advanced Quebec Fiddle (Richard Forest)
- Advanced Banjo (Frank Evans)
- Intermediate/Advanced Piano Accompaniment (Allan Dewar)
4:30-7pm: Dinner Break -- Building Closed
7pm: Doors Open
7:30-10pm: Concert #3, presented by Kun Shoulder Rest (intermission from 8:30-9)
- The Fretless
10pm-?: Jamming

9:30am: Doors Open
10am-12pm: Workshops - Period 3 (snack break from 10:45-11:15)
- Intermediate Irish Fiddle (Yvonne Kane)
- Intermediate Texas Swing Fiddle (Ben Plotnick)
- Advanced Irish Fiddle (Liz Kane)
- Intermediate/Advanced Tune Writing & Arranging - all instruments (Karrnnel Sawitsky & Eric Wright)
- Intermediate/Advanced Guitar Accompaniment (Trent Freeman)
12-1:30pm: Lunch Break
1:30-4pm: Concert #4 (intermission from 2:30-3)
- Youth Scholarship Recipients
- Frank Evans & Ben Plotnick
- Shelly Campbell & Allan Dewar
4-5pm: Farewell Jam

Schedule subject to changes. Last updated September 20, 2023.