Maggie's Wake

With local opener Fiddle and Fellow

United in their passion for rollicking tunes, soaring vocals with rich harmonies, and poignant storytelling, Maggie's Wake’s wide-ranging influences have built a riveting new sound. These 2025 CMFA winners showcase a fiery fusion of Celtic tradition and roots swagger. Expect driving jigs and reels, soaring whistles, double fiddle, flashes of country twang not to mention Cajun/global roots twists that’s pure joy from start to finish.

About the Band:
2025 Canadian Folk Music Award winners Maggie's Wake are a high energy, “new trad” female-fronted folk-celtic crew from London, who are creating an exciting splash in the roots music scene!

Fresh off their acclaimed debut at Ireland’s premier music industry showcase, Maggie’s Wake are back on Canadian soil, touring their fiery fusion of Celtic tradition with roots swagger. Expect driving jigs and reels, soaring whistles, double fiddle, flashes of country twang not to mention Cajun/global roots twists that’s pure joy from start to finish.

United in their passion for rollicking tunes, soaring vocals with rich harmonies, and poignant storytelling, Maggie's Wake’s wide-ranging influences have built a riveting new sound. Dale Watson, the Texas honky tonk legend, says "You can't grow if you rip your roots out of the ground" and Maggie's Wake have taken that to heart. They are honouring tradition while forging their own path in acoustic-roots music.

The acclaimed band features award winning songwriter and multi instrumentalist, Tara Dunphy and award winning violinist/fiddler, songwriter & composer, Lindsay Schindler, backed by the stellar musicianship of Andrew Kosty on bass and Kenneth Palmer on guitar. This powerhouse quartet came together only in late 2022 and quickly began touring in Ontario, playing small halls, some festivals and theatres, which went over so well that they actually sold out many dates on their first “Spirit of the Season” holiday tour that December. Their debut, self-titled album won the 2025 Canadian Folk Music Award for ‘New Artist of the Year’, they launched a Holiday EP at the close of 2025, and they’re set to release their sophomore album in May… not bad for a band formed only a few short years ago.