Ken Whiteley

Event Details

Event type: All Ages

Ken Whiteley is a Canadian folk legend. He has won many awards including Canadian Folk Music Award, Genie Award (for Best Original Song in a feature film) and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Maple Blues Awards, Mariposa Folk Festival and Folk Music Ontario. Ken changed the course of children’s music working with Raffi and dozens of others. He’s shared stages and recordings with Pete Seeger, John Hammond Jr., Tom Paxton, Stan Rogers, Blind John Davis and countless others and written over 400 songs.  He is a powerful singer, a stellar multi-instrumentalist and deeply versed in gospel, blues and a broad range of traditional folk styles. With over 50 years of performing and touring across North America and 35 albums, he continues to grow and evolve as an artist. He has released 4 albums since 2020 including CFMA award nominees “Long Time Travelling” and “So Glad I’m Here”. The aptly titled “Keep Going” is scheduled for release in the fall of 2025. 

With Ken will be the wonderful singer, Ciceal Levy.  Her singing is deeply rooted in the Black church and she has sung and recorded with such diverse artists as Tom Cochrane, Andy Kim, Pete Seeger and many others.  Her musical roots with Ken go back over three decades, many recordings and performances at festivals across Canada.  Bucky Berger (drums, vocals) is a groove master whose musical affiliation goes back to the Original Sloth Band and many other ensembles since.  Gord Mowat is a string bass par excellence with a solid grounding in roots music and the chops of a great jazz musician.  Together they bring their vast experience to each performance as a way to allow all of us to come together and experience connection through the power of song.