Date: Feb 28, 2025
Ed Woodsworth’s music career began with award-winning, chart-topping Cape Breton group Realworld who had several releases on local and national radio stations, toured in the Maritimes, Ontario and Quebec, and appeared on a variety of television shows. The singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist would go on to study Jazz at St. F.X. University, tour the world with top East Coast performers Ashley MacIsaac’s Kitchen Devils, Gordie Sampson, and Jimmy Rankin, lead his own jazz trio, and give private music lessons in guitar, bass, pedal steel and voice. Ed has worked as a band leader for television and stage productions and been recognized for his work as a producer. In 2016, Ed was the recipient of the Musician’s Achievement award from the East Coast Music Association. As a solo performer, Ed plays guitar and covers of many of the artists he toured and played bass with over the years.
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Next Date: Feb 14, 2025
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: Sydney
Ian MacDougall holds a strange and unassuming presence on the East Coast musical landscape. Fronting his internationally acclaimed, musicall...
Next Date: Feb 17, 2025
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: Sydney
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Next Date: Feb 18, 2025
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: Sydney
Dubbed the grandfather of Cape Breton folk art, Murray Gallant spent his days in his polka-dotted shed, never referred to as a studio, craft...
Next Date: Feb 14, 2025
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: Sydney
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Next Date: Feb 13, 2025
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: Sydney
Kina’masultinej (“Let’s Learn Together”), features the work of four distinct, contemporary Mi’kmaq beaders from Eskasoni and Membe...
Next Date: Feb 14, 2025
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: Sydney
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