Kempt Shore Acoustic Festival Adventures

Wow…….that is all I can say after a spectacular week in the Maritimes.  This view is from an area in Nova Scotia called Kempt Shore.  Other than being on the beautiful Bay of Fundy (home of the largest tide shifts in the world), it is the setting for an incredible festival experience called the Kempt Shore Acoustic Music Festival.

I stumbled on it by accident when I started my walking tour 2 years ago, and have been hooked on its magic ever since.  It’s a single stage festival as seen below:

It’s intimate, it’s personal, and feels like a warm hug of music community.  At any given time, you can walk around the camp ground and join a wicked jam…of which never seem to end.  I stayed up to 4am on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday playing music with a huge array of amazing musicians, and what a gift that was.  The picture above is the guitar summit session with some of the best players the east coast has to offer, all world class performers.  I got to jam with local legends Bill Elliot, Gary Cook, and a host of other superheroes.

I love festivals like this.  The organizers and volunteers do such an unbelievable job, and make you feel like part of the family.   I’m so inspired right now, and excited to write and play more!!  With that in mind, I head out from Wolfville (after playing at an epic Paddy’s Pub Open Mic) towards Sydney to start playing on the Marine Atlantic Vision to Newfoundland for a week.  If you’re travelling the long haul, I’ll see you there!  Here’s a funny story from last year on the ferry….I HEAR THE WHALE.  Can’t wait to see what happens this year :). Haha