Category Archives: The River Valley

Meaghan Smith New song “The One” unveiled TODAY

Halifax-based, JUNO-award-winning singer-songwriter, Meaghan Smith’s latest project, Our Song – an opportunity for her music fans to have their stories told in song – just released new song “The One” today, September 1st, 2017 at oursongmusic.com. With a new song unveiled the first Friday of every month, Our Song was a concept created earlier this year in collaboration with multi-instrumentalist / music producer, Jason… Continue Reading

NB Annual Writing Competition goes Digital with $2600 in Prizes

The Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick (WFNB) encourages all New Brunswickers to submit their poems, stories or creative essays to its 2016-17 Writing Competition.   The contest opened on December 9th, 2016. Deadline for entries is March 3, 2017. All submissions must be made electronically through the WFNB website at wfnb.ca/competitions.   The competition awards […]

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Submissions Now Open for the 2017 ECMAs

Awards and stages submissions for the 2017 East Coast Music Awards: Festival & Conference in Saint John, NB April 26-30, are now open! The deadline to submit is 5:00PM AST on Monday, October 3, 2016. ECMA is pleased to be working with Marcato once again for the submission process. The ECMA is accepting award submissions in Music, Industry and Honorary award… Continue Reading

2016 Tay Creek Folk Festival

Tay Ridge Farm, situated just 25 minutes north of Fredericton, will be hosting the ninth annual Tay Creek Folk Festival from July 22nd to 31st, 2016. An array of musical genres will be featured, including Folk, Country, Blues and Bluegrass, Celtic, Classic Rock, and Soul. The festival kicks off at 6:30 pm on Friday, July… Continue Reading

“Eat It Up” Exhibit Opening Reception May 26th

The Andrew and Laura McCain Art Gallery’s invite everyone to attend the Opening Reception for a new exhibition called Eat It Up on Thursday May 26th, 2016 from 7-9 pm at 8 McCain Street in Florenceville-Bristol. Featuring local and regional artists affiliated with the gallery, Eat It Up is a multi-­media, group show that showcases a select group… Continue Reading

Culture Plus: A strong new partner for NB’s cultural workforce

An important player is taking the stage in NB’s cultural sector. Several years of collaboration within the cultural sector has led to the establishment of the Cultural Human Resources Council of New Brunswick (Culture Plus), a not-for-profit, bilingual organization committed to ensuring the vitality of the cultural workforce through life-long career development and training. In… Continue Reading

Neely G Festival of Music Announces Line-Up

The second annual Neely G Festival of Music has announced its stellar 2016 performer line-up, bringing some of Canada’s top talent along with international performers to R10 Venue located in Long Creek, New Brunswick, July 15-17, 2016. Festival performers include, Blackie and The Rodeo Kings, Dave Gunning, Suzie Vinnick, Thom Swift, Ashley Condon, Lynn Miles,… Continue Reading