We are so delighted to share the lineup for our 2024 concert season, including our opener Tom Wilson! Learn more here.
It’s that time of the year, and we love getting to share the lineup for a brand new season of the folkus concert series held at the gorgeous Almonte Old Town Hall.
Tickets will again be sold through our ticketing partner, Tickets Please. Seasons Passes are available now and single tickets go on sale January 1st.
Folkus 2024 Season
Visit our 2024 Lineup page for sample songs from each of our acts.
January 27 — Tom Wilson
We are thrilled to have Tom Wilson return to the Folkus stage (he last graced our stage in 2005). He’s a new man now, having discovered and explored his Indigenous roots, toured the country multiple times with Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and Lee Harvey Osmond, and expanded his talents as a painter and writer. Beautiful Scars, his powerful memoir of self-discovery, was a national bestseller. Wilson and Lee Harvey Osmond received a 2020 Juno Award for the album “Mohawk. This is a don’t-miss-it night!
February 24 — Nathan Sloniowski and friends
Album release: The Lost Love Letter to a Small Town
Nathan Sloniowski is a well-known figure in town, sparking up song circles, working with The Ragged Flowers, and lending a musical hand where needed. His latest project is a love letter to small towns, written over lockdown, recorded with some crack musicians, and features tales of small town heroes and ne’er-do-wells, based on his upbringing near another stunning Ontario mill town, Elora. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental. This evening will feel like a homecoming for sure.
March 23 — The Once
The Once are one of Newfoundland’s most beloved exports, combining the rich voice of singer Geraldine Hollett with the harmonies and instruments of bandmates Phil Churchill and Andrew Dale. Celebrated for both their haunting originals and illuminating covers, the Once will fill the Almonte Old Town Hall to the rafters with song, with what Amelia Curran calls “perfect vocal harmonies, thick enough to stand on.” Don’t wait around on these tickets — their shows sell out quickly!
April 27 — The Moth Project
The Moth Project is an original multimedia production from GRAMMY nominated and Ottawa-born musician Peter Kiesewalter (East Village Opera Company, Jane Siberry). Kiesewalter is joined by violinist Whitney La Grange in front of a large video screen for a set of their own songs and covers, including works by Joni Mitchell, KISS, and J.S. Bach. Weaving music, pictures, and words seamlessly together, the Moth Project explores the mythology behind them and our modern ideas about them. Gorgeous imagery enhances and underscores the storytelling.
Interpretive Naturalist Tobi Kiesewalter, of Murphy’s Point Provincial Park, will open the evening with a brief talk on the beauty and diversity of moths. His talk features mostly his own photographs of live moths from eastern Ontario, revealing the beauty hiding in our own backyards.
Our shows are still held at the Almonte Old Town Hall, third floor, in the Ron Caron Auditorium. There’s an accessible elevator you can reach from the side entrance. Doors open at 7:00 this year, and showtime will be at 7:30. There will be t-shirts and music at the merch table, and beverages, salty snacks, and cookies at the bar. We have a Square for payment, but cash is never a bad idea. We can’t wait to see you!
Folkus Concert Series 