“What is your favourite thing about Harmony Bazaar,” I ask Errin Williams-Spidle, Artistic Director since 2009. “Sharing it with someone new,” she says. “Meeting someone who hasn’t been here before and watching them get excited about women telling their stories in music at this intimate festival in this beautiful place.”

Harmony Bazaar came into being in 2004 when a fundraiser for Shelburne County Womens’ Fishnet, a night of singing and songwriting with local artists at the Beach Centre in Lockeport ended in a discussion about why there weren’t more chances for women in Shelburne County to get on stage and showcase their talent. “Why don’t we just do another one.” “Another one what?” “A festival, another night like this, only for a whole day and invite everyone we know who sings or writes songs and wants to perform.”

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