About Us
In the Dead of Winter festival is a songwriter based festival that is held annually in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Halifax festival began in 2006 at the legendary Khyber Club with one small stage and eleven artists.
The goal of the festival is to bring a diverse group of songwriters together to not only perform but to also meet one another in a professional environment. The festival aims to showcase the diversity of songwriters in the Atlantic Region, Canada, and the United States. It is of particular importance to the festival to not only celebrate the excellence of our musicians but to also provide venues for artists who have not yet had the opportunity to perform their music to a wider audience.
The In the Dead of Winter Music Festival is organized by a small group music lovers and community members.
The festival was founded by Heather Gibson with Halifax musicians Jill Barber, Rose Cousins, Jenn Grant, and Amelia Curran in 2006. Past performers include Ani DiFranco, Joel Plaskett, Shawn Colvin, Hayden, Bahamas, Mary Gauthier, Kathleen Edwards, Basia Bulat, Timber Timbre, Tanya Tagaq, Matt Mays, Old Man Luedecke, Jim Bryson, Royal Wood, Oh Susanna, John K. Sampson, Ndidi Onukwulu, Alejandra Ribera, Brandi Disterheft, and Jolie Holland.
In the Dead of Winter Music Festival is a registered non-profit association.
We call ourselves IDOW, not ITDOW. Just sayin'.
The goal of the festival is to bring a diverse group of songwriters together to not only perform but to also meet one another in a professional environment. The festival aims to showcase the diversity of songwriters in the Atlantic Region, Canada, and the United States. It is of particular importance to the festival to not only celebrate the excellence of our musicians but to also provide venues for artists who have not yet had the opportunity to perform their music to a wider audience.
The In the Dead of Winter Music Festival is organized by a small group music lovers and community members.
The festival was founded by Heather Gibson with Halifax musicians Jill Barber, Rose Cousins, Jenn Grant, and Amelia Curran in 2006. Past performers include Ani DiFranco, Joel Plaskett, Shawn Colvin, Hayden, Bahamas, Mary Gauthier, Kathleen Edwards, Basia Bulat, Timber Timbre, Tanya Tagaq, Matt Mays, Old Man Luedecke, Jim Bryson, Royal Wood, Oh Susanna, John K. Sampson, Ndidi Onukwulu, Alejandra Ribera, Brandi Disterheft, and Jolie Holland.
In the Dead of Winter Music Festival is a registered non-profit association.
We call ourselves IDOW, not ITDOW. Just sayin'.