Award Winning Summer Concert Series
The Heriot Bay Inn’s Award-Winning Summer Concert Series returns to Herons Dining Room, showcasing some of Canada’s most celebrated roots, folk, and blues artists.
This thoughtfully curated lineup brings together standout talent from across the country—from JUNO-winning and nominated artists to internationally recognized performers. Expect everything from rich acoustic harmonies and folk storytelling to genre-blending blues and powerful cultural traditions, including music that bridges Celtic, Indigenous, and global influences.
Tickets: $49 (show only)
Dinner Reservations Start at: 5:00 PM in Herons
Show-Only Seating: 7:00 PM
Performance Time: 7:30–9:30 PM
Make a night of it—enjoy dinner before settling in for an unforgettable evening of live music. Call 250-285-3322 to reserve your seats.
The Unfaithful Servants & Shari Ulrich
Friday, May 29th
The Unfaithful Servants have emerged as one of Canada’s must-see acoustic acts, delivering a thrilling modern take on folk, bluegrass, and Americana. Known for explosive instrumentals, rich harmonies, and timeless songwriting, the band has earned a reputation as a powerhouse live draw across Western Canada.
At the heart of the group is mandolinist Jesse Cobb, a founding member of The Infamous Stringdusters and a widely respected innovator on the mandolin. Cobb has shared stages with Béla Fleck, David Grisman, Dierks Bentley, Lee Ann Womack, and held a residency at the Grand Ole Opry. Alongside him is prolific songwriter and guitarist Dylan Stone, whose emotionally driven writing and commanding stage presence anchor the band’s sound. The lineup is rounded out by young fiddle standout Quin Etheridge-Pedden, and anchored by bassist Mark Johnson.
Shari Ulrich is an award winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (violin, mandolin, piano, guitar, dulcimer) who has been winning hearts with her music for over four decades. From the legendary Pied Pumkin to The Hometown Band (“Fear of Flying”), and as a solo artist, she has released 25 albums – including collaborations with Bill Henderson and Roy Forbes (UHF), Barney Bentall and Tom Taylor (BTU), and The High Bar Gang, a 7-piece bluegrass band with Barney Bentall. Her work has garnered two JUNO awards, an induction into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, and a 2014 Canadian Folk Music Award (CFMA) for English Songwriter of the Year. Shari has just released her 9th solo album, Back to Shore (Borealis Records), her third engineered and co-produced by her daughter, multi-instrumentalist Julia Graff.
Harry Manx
Friday, June 12th & Saturday, June 13th
“Mysticssippi” blues man Harry Manx has been called an “essential link” between the music of East and West, creating musical short stories that wed the tradition of the Blues with the depth of classical Indian ragas. He has created a unique sound that is hard to forget and deliciously addictive to listen to. Manx has received seven Maple Blues Awards, six Juno nominations, the Canadian Folk Music Award in 2005 for Best Solo Artist, and CBC Radio’s “Great Canadian Blues Award” in 2007.
Harry forged his distinctive style by studying at the feet of the masters, first as a sound man in the blues clubs of Toronto during his formative years and then under a rigorous tutelage with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt in India. Bhatt is the inventor of the 20-stringed Mohan Veena, which has become Harry’s signature instrument.
Morgan Toney
Thursday July 16th
2024 JUNO-Nominated Mi’kmaq fiddler and singer Morgan Toney brings the fiery fiddling of Cape Breton Island with the old songs of the Mi’kmaq People together with brilliance and heart. First Flight, Toney’s 2023 East Coast Music Award-winning debut album, celebrates language and heritage in Toney’s transformation of traditional songs like the Ko’jua and the Mi’kmaq Honour Song alongside highly original songcraft.
In just a short amount of time, Toney’s been able to invigorate both the Atlantic music communities and Mi’kmaq communities by bringing together the fiery fiddling of Cape Breton Island with the old songs of the Mi’kmaq, one song dating back up to 500 years. He calls this fusion Mi’kmaltic (Mi’kmaq + Celtic) and it’s his way of celebrating his language and heritage. He’s honoring the elders who’ve taught him the songs and the language, and he’s taking his place on the front lines of Eastern Canada’s cultural divide. On First Flight, reissued March 25, 2022, Toney sings songs so old that modern Mi’kmaq speakers struggle to understand the lyrics, but he also sings songs meant to reflect the turmoil of our current times, shining a hard light on the racism and violence forced on First Nations populations in Canada today. With family members who were sent to residential schools and had to relearn their language later at home, Toney’s interest in the language is very personal. “Some people don’t understand us,” Toney says. “They don’t understand what we’ve been through, and we need to tell the story.” But never one to focus on the negative, Toney’s goal is to push for positive action and change through music. “We wanted to say something in the way that we know how, through music.”
Blue Moon Marquee
Thursday, July 30th
Blue Moon Marquee writes and performs original compositions influenced by anything that swings, jumps or grooves. A.W. Cardinal (vocals/guitar) and Jasmine Colette a.k.a. Badlands Jass (vocals/bass/drums) have played for a vast gamut of crowds at jazz clubs, Lindy Hop dance halls, folk venues, blues haunts, hospitals, prisons, markets, motorcycle joints, dive bars and prestigious festival stages.
They are the first artist in over 20 years to receive a JUNO nod for Blues Album of the Year in two consecutive years. Their JUNO Award-winning 5th album, Scream, Holler & Howl (SHH), Blue Moon Marquee captured their most sophisticated collection of songs yet. Co-produced by Duke Robillard and recorded live to tape, SHH blazes forward with a full band featuring some of Canada’s finest veteran players. While they have primarily performed as a duo since 2013, over the last couple of years they have been performing often as a trio or quartet featuring Darcy Phillips (Jann Arden) on piano and Jerry Cook (Colin James) on tenor and baritone saxophone. The album was also nominated for the JUNOS Indigenous Artist of the Year.