General Admission $15
($13 Opera House members)
Folk in Fredonia Music Series
Since its founding in 2002, Le Vent du Nord has quickly become one of the most recognizable and esteemed bands of the Quebec traditional music world. Exploding onto the folk music scene, the group was awarded the Juno (the Canadian Grammy) for Traditional Album of the Year for its first recording.
Named North American Traditional Artist of the Year in 2005, the band has continued to bring its Celtic-based, French Canadian folk music to audiences throughout the world. Touring extensively in the U.S., Canada, Finland, Denmark, Italy, Spain, France, the U.K., Sweden and Norway, the band has played alongside such renowned artists as The Chieftains and Flook.
The band's music is both fresh and bound to tradition and utilizes fiddle, hurdy-gurdy, guitar, bass, piano and four-part harmonies. Le Vent du Nord members sing original songs and songs taken from traditional repertoire in their native French, to the delight of their audiences -- for whom more often than not it is a foreign language -- and the audiences keep asking for more. It's infectiously beautiful music and just plain old, good, clean fun!
Attending from out of town? Consider staying at one of the area's beautiful inns or bed & breakfasts as part of an overnight performance package.
