Peterborough Folk Festival Presents: The East Pointers, Mimi O’Bonsawin, Irish Millie

The East Pointers with special guests Mimi O’Bonsawin and Irish Millie

Peterborough Folk Festival’s 34th annual kick off concert featuring The East Pointers, Mimi O’Bonsawin, and Irish Millie.

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Formed in Prince Edward Island in 2014 by guitarist Jake Charron, banjoist Koady Chaisson, and fiddler Tim Chaisson, The East Pointers perform Celtic-influenced original songs and instrumentals with contemporary influences including pop and electronic dance music. The trio first began performing in Atlantic Canada before touring Ontario, and released their debut album Secret Victory in late 2015, which won Traditional Roots Albums of the Year at the 2017 Juno awards.

Originally from northeastern Ontario and now based in Ottawa, Mimi O’Bonsawin is a contemporary roots singer-songwriter whose story-driven songs embrace the beauty of the land as well as her Franco-Ontarian and Abenaki roots. She released her debut album Mimi in 2014, and was awarded Best Pop Album at the 2019 Indigenous Music Awards for her 2017 record Connected. Her latest album Willow was released this year.

Peterborough’s own Irish Millie loves to play east coast, bluegrass, and contemporary traditional styles, particularly driving and up-beat tunes that get the crowd up on their feet. She was nominated twice as Young Performer of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards as Young Performer of the Year, in 2022 for her debut album Thirteen and in 2023 for her work with Ottawa-based sisters Fern and Willow Marwood as the trio The Receivers. Irish Millie is one of Peterborough Folk Festival’s 2023 Emerging Artists.