2025 Saskatchewan Artist Showcase Times
- Alexis Normand
- Berk Jodoin
- Eliza Mary Doyle
- Lancelot Knight
- The North Sound
- Raven Reid
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OFFICIAL SHOWCASES
Friday Feb 21
615pm The North Sound - East - Level 4
Saturday Feb 22
6:00-6:30pm Alexis Normand - Salon 4/5 - Level 2
9:45-10:15pm Eliza Mary Doyle - Salon 4/5 - Level 2
PRIVATE SHOWCASES
WEDNESDAY Feb 19
10:30-11:20PM Raven Reid - The Daydream Room, #904 (In the Round)
10:50-11:05PM Alexis Normand - House of Pancakes, Room #811
12:00AM-12:20AM Eliza Mary Doyle - Chicago Mike, Room #826
12:30-1:20AM Berk Jodoin - The Daydream Room #904 (In the Round)
12:30-1:15AM Eliza Mary Doyle - 39 Days of July, Room #911
12:45-1:00AM Alexis Normand - Folk Canada, Room #820
THURSDAY Feb 20
11:10-11:50PM Alexis Normand - Midwood’s Music Emporium, Room #705
11:30-11:55PM Berk Jodoin - American Sounds, Room #909
12:10-12:25AM Alexis Normand - Kari Estrin’s Badass Woman’s Showcase, Room #806
12:30AM The North Sound - Indigenous Voices, Room #726
12:40-12:55AM Lancelot Knight - Music Ontario, Room #918
1:00AM The North Sound - Borealis, TBS & Merilainen, Room #1023
2:30-3:00AM Eliza Mary Doyle - Access Film Tunedough, Room #1019
FRIDAY Feb 21
6:15PM The North Sound - East – Level 4 (Official Showcase)
10:30-11:30PM Eliza Mary Doyle - Green Mountain Radish Revival, Room #1006 (In the Round)
11:50PM-12:20AM Lancelot Knight - Indigenous Voices, Room 726
12:30-12:50AM Alexis Normand - FARMette / HOOMAC, Room #905
1:00AM The North Sound - AIM Presents, Room #923
1:30-2:20AM Lancelot Knight - The Daydream Room, #904 (In the Round)
2:10-2:30AM Eliza Mary Doyle - The Alberta Room, Room #829
SATURDAY Feb 22
6:00-6:30PM Alexis Normand - Salon 4/5, Level 2 (Prairie Music Export Official Showcase)
9:45-10:15PM Eliza Mary Doyle - Salon 4/5, Level 2 (Prairie Music Export Official Showcase)
10:45-11:15PM Raven Reid - Merilainen Music, Room #1023
12:15AM-12:45AM Berk Jodoin - Merilainen Music, Room #1023
1:00-1:30AM Lancelot Knight - Merilainen Music, Room #1023
1:00-1:50AM Alexis Normand - Sober Room, Room #924 (In the round)
1:50-2:10AM Eliza Mary Doyle - Wild Hunt Records, Room #903
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SaskMusic and Saskatchewan showcasing artists Alexis Normand, Eliza Mary Doyle, Berk Jodoin, Lancelot Knight, The North Sound and Raven Reid will be attending the annual Folk Alliance International Conference, February 19-23, 2025 at the Le Centre Sheraton Montreal hotel, Montreal, Quebec. The 37th annual conference provides the world’s largest gathering point for folk music artists and industry from around the world, with an estimated attendance this year of 3000 delegates. The event encompasses a wide array of genres including Appalachian, Americana, Blues, Bluegrass, Celtic, Cajun, Global Roots, Hip-Hop, Old-Time, Singer-Songwriter, Spoken Word, Traditional, Zydeco, and various fusions.
During the day, conference panels cover relevant industry topics, along with networking and peer gatherings for agents, labels, festivals, and artists, speed meetings, artist mentorship meetings, and Affinity Group sessions for communities like BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Women, Folks 55+ Folks with Disabilities, and more. In the evenings, Official showcases present an event-curated selection of artists chosen from thousands of international submissions, while Private showcases turn hotel rooms into tiny music venues, with presenters from around the world offering their curated selection of artists in an intimate, acoustic setting.
This year SaskMusic is partnering with Alberta Music and Manitoba Music under the "Prairie Export" banner to sponsor an official showcase stage on Saturday February 22 at Salon 4/5 Level 2. Alexis Normand, Eliza Mary Doyle, and The North Sound were selected for Official Showcases by Folk Alliance International through the organization's own submission process for this opportunity. While attending, SaskMusic staff will support our Sask artists, attend conference events, and conduct networking on behalf of the Sask music industry.
Sask artists also applied for and received private showcase spots with presenters as indicated above.
(SaskMusic did not run our own submission process nor select any of the artists for this year's event.)
