HEADLINE ACTS
	The Higgins
	Here comes "Country"! The Higgins have been nominated for both 'Entertainer' and 'Group' of the Year at the B.C. Country Music Awards. Their music is flavoured with Roots and Rock and driven by Celtic harmonies. When the two sisters harmonize a capella, it is just mesmerizing. This family group have written a large body of outstanding original material and their music simply sizzles! If you thought you weren't a country fan, oh boy, this band will make you believers.
	www.turnerme.com/higgins.shtml

Tambura Rasa
Tambura Rasa is 'World' genre featuring a dynamic synthesis of Gypsy Violin, Flamenco guitar, Balkan rhythms and Afro-Cuban percussion. With spark, skill and great production, they bring the world to you with a tapestry of rich and lively danceable rhythms.
www.turnerme.com/tamburarasa.shtml

	Summer & the Sinners
	This is Blues that Boogies!!! No cryin’ in the beer here. Summer is the lead singer that grabs your attention with a sly, sexy, sultry growl that hints of Joplin, Bonnie Raitt and Big Mama Thorton. Backed by hot blowin’ sax, smokin’ guitar, drums and bass that sparkles, it’s jump blues that’ll keep you jumping!
	www.summerandthesinners.com

Mamaguroove
Mamaguroove is …… "Entertainment"! Impossible to define in a word, this band is a delicious blend of funk, rock, reggae, world beat, hip hop, thrash metal, folk and anything else that strikes their fancy. Add in bizarre costumes, paint and theatre to the mix and you’ve got entertainment to scorch the mind. To quote their latest album, “Resistance is Fertile”.
www.mamaguroove.ca

FEATURED ARTISTS
	Julie Blue
	Julie is back!!! A hugely popular performer at last year’s festival, Julie will again host our Gospel music hour early Sunday afternoon as well as do a special set of her own music on Saturday. Her rich, soulful voice weaves together jazz, classical, pop and blues that can be heard in her sixth album, ‘One of a kind Woman’. Julie is like a magnet that draws both patrons and other performers into her orbit. Be one of them and soar!
www.julieblue.com

M'Girl
M’Girl is the award winning Aboriginal Women’s Ensemble featuring Renae Morriseau, Cheryl L’Hirondelle, and Sheila Maracle. The folk/roots bluesy harmonies have won them Best Group Award at the 2007 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards. Their urban worldbeat music is driven by the message from their Metis/Cree, Ojibway and Mohawk backgrounds. You’ll be both soaring and captivated with their beautiful harmonizing.
	www.mgirlmusic.ca

Celtic Fringe
	Celtic Fringe is the musical magic of Fiddle and Concertina, Irish Bouzuki, Guitar and Bodhran. Calvin Cairns and Paul O’Brien bring you ancient Irish to contemporary songs, lilting melodies to hard driving, toe tapping tunes. They call it World Beat Celtica, for those who are ready to fly to the fringe of the Celtic experience.
www.calvincairns.com   www.paulobrien.ca

Joseph (Pepe) Danza
Pepe Danza is an electrifying percussionist and multi-instrumentalist. From Uruguay, he grew up immersed in his native Candombe rhythms. Traveling the world, he has mastered a host of disciplines, Afro-Brazilian, Indian and jazz to name a few. Pepe's credits include sharing the stage with Oscar Lopez and the Dalai Lama and nominations for Musician of the Year and Juno (for his work with Asza). Pepe Danza is world beat personified.
	www.myspace.com/pepedanza

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