Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Spoon, Feist to headline Harvest
Event saw support from all levels of government, festival says, after post-tropical storm ended last year's event early
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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Feist and Spoon will be among this year’s headliners at the Harvest Music Festival.
The festival, running from Sept. 10-15, will also feature a reunion of Colin James and the Little Big Band, as well as Big Sugar, July Talk, Sarah Harmer, Julie Doiron, Jim Cuddy Band, Skydiggers, Matthew Good, Half Moon Run, Matt Minglewood and the Tragically Hip’s Paul Langlois Band.
Other artists included in the festival full lineup announcement are the Warren Haynes Band, Victor Wooten and The Wooten Brothers, Brittney Spencer, Maggie Rose, Alejandro Escovedo, and Friends of the Brothers.
Fredericton’s Kyle Fox will also showcase Canadian talent in a cover performance of Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark.
“We are beyond excited to present this carefully curated group of Grammy and Juno award-winning artists in Fredericton,” festival music director Brent Staeben said in a news release. “They are all storied songwriters and captivating performers who are as thrilled to play for Fredericton’s amazing audiences as we are to welcome them.”
This will be a return of Americana Grammy-winning Isbell, who helped headline the festival in 2019 and 2021.
Other artists to make an appearance include Too Many Zooz, Pretty in Pink, Wharf Rats, Julian Taylor Band, Joanna Connor, GA-20, Laney Jones and the Spirits, Ian Janes, The Liquor Store with Stephen Lewis, Apollo Suns, The Barrowdowns, The Hello Crows, Chanterelles, Campbell and Johnston, and the Downtown Blues Band, among others.
The event will again take place on the south side’s riverfront, with the Blues Tent near City Hall, Barracks Stage in the Garrison District, and a newly designed Mojo Tent in Officers’ Square, and an “intimate listening experience” at the Wilmot Church stage.
There will also be shows hosted by the Fredericton Playhouse, performances at the Hilton Garden Inn’s Tony George Jazz Stage, as well as a “pubs and clubs series.”
The annual festival fills Queen Street with pedestrians, food trucks, art vendors, and buskers, along with free street-side shows.
Last year’s festival was cancelled at the last minute due to post-tropical storm Lee. At the time, Staeben estimated a loss of $500,000. While there’s been no update on the festival’s finances since then, the release notes “support” for this year’s festival from the Fredericton Tourism Accommodation Levy, the City of Fredericton, the “local hospitality sector,” the province and the federal government.
Festival tickets will be available on Ticketpro starting March 28 at 11 a.m.
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