- Righteous babe
The In the Dead of Winter festival is in it’s triumphant 5th year, bringing 54 performers together to warm you people up during the bleakest month in Halifax. 2010’s performing artists include Ani DiFranco, John K. Sampson, Justin Rutledge, Luke Doucet, Rose Cousins, Catherine MacLellan, Ken Whitely, Ron Hynes, Ruth Minnikin, The Wooden Sky, Field Assembly, Coco Love Alcorn and many many more (full list after the jump). The festival, organized by Heather Gibson, Don Brownrigg, Tanya Davis and Amelia Curran, has added a workshop component this year, if you can handle some learning after all those sweet tunes. Tickets onsale at noon on December 2 and are available at www.ticketweb.ca and The Company House. Rebecca Cohn tickets will be on sale through the Dal Arts Centre box office. Festival passes are on sale now.
2010 festival performers:
Ani DiFranco
John K. Sampson
Justin Rutledge
Luke Doucet
Melissa MacLelland
Rose Cousins
Catherine MacLellan
Ken Whitely
Ron Hynes
Ruth Minnikin
The Wooden Sky
Field Assembly
Coco Love Alcorn
Thom Swift
Bahamas
Carmen Townsend
CR Avery
The Undesirables
Leif Vollbekk
Gianna Lauren
Che Amie
Kim Wempe
Jenny Omnichord
David Celia
Ryan MacGrath
Dance Movie
Natasha Peach
Jon Mckiel
Klarka Weinwurm
Jon Brooks
Dinah Thorpe
AA Wallace
Steve Gates
Zumbini
Erin Costelo
David Cahalen Morrison
Shaun Cromwell
Charlotte Cornfield
The Abramson Singers
Del Barber
Brooke Miller
Ria Mae
Raccoon Bandit
Jonathan Bryant
The Good Lovelies
Acres and Acres
Pamela Underwater
Babette Hayward
Gabrielle Papillon
Paper Beat Scissors
Kim Dunn
The Hupman Brothers
