Vinta at Red Bird
Schedule
Fri, 21 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Red Bird Live | Ottawa, ON
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Award-winning trad supergroup Vinta makes their Red Bird debut on Friday, November 21st!Showtime 9:00pm
Tickets $30
Named "Composers of the Year" at the Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2024, Vinta is Nathan Smith, Emilyn Stam, John David Williams, and Robert Alan Mackie, four brilliant performers and close friends at the cutting edge of European traditional music in Canada. Nearly a decade of these four musicians hanging out at fiddle jams around Toronto has culminated in this quartet, bringing new intensity to old tunes, and growing new tunes from old sources. A band of multi-instrumentalists and genuine scholars, Vinta is making music that is powerful, profound, and fiercely danceable.
“Vinta provides a huge breath of fresh air with their wonderful, creative reimagining of Balfolk dance forms. Their original compositions blend perfectly with their traditional material and their playing is uniformly top notch. What really strikes me are their completely sympathetic arrangements and tuned in, dynamic ensemble playing; always on the same page and always finding the right unanimous groove. Brilliant!"
- James Stephens, Artistic Director, Gatineau Hills Fiddle Festival
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Red Bird Live, 1165 Bank Street,Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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