Valdy

with Special Guest Sunsdrum

Sunday, November 29, 2:00pm

Watson's Corners Community Hall, 1132 Dalhousie 3rd Concession, Lanark

Tickets available at Tickets Please

Please note that this event will take place at the Watson's Corners Community Hall, 1132 Dalhousie 3rd Concession, Lanark 

Thanks to the generous support of the Ontario Arts Council we are able to offer a $20 discount to those 30 years and under, and if they wish, an additional $20 discount for their “guest” of any age.

Regular - 31 years & older: $35 plus fees
Discount Single - 30 years & under: $15 plus fees
Discount Pair - 30 years & under with guest of any age (2 tickets): $30 plus fees

Valdy, born Valdemar Horsdal in Ottawa, Canada has been part of the fabric of Canadian pop and folk music for almost 40 years. A man with a thousand friends, from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island to Texas to New Zealand, he’s a singer, guitarist and songwriter who catches the small but telling moments that make up life.
Remembered for Play Me a Rock and Roll Song, his bitter-sweet memory of finding himself, a relaxed and amiable story-teller, facing a rambunctious audience at the Aldergrove Rock Festival circa 1968, Valdy has sold almost half a million copies of his 13 albums, has two Juno Awards (Folk Singer of the Year and Folk Entertainer of the Year), a total of seven Juno nominations and four Gold albums to his credit.
Valdy’s recent CDs include “Contenders”, a collaboration with friend and fellow singer/songwriter, Gary Fjellgaard, with whom he has an absolute blast touring, and a solo release, “Viva Valdy: Live at Last”, a two-CD package, one live, one studio, with a total of 25 tunes, and a lyric booklet.
One of Canada’s most influential songwriters, Valdy’s composition A Good Song was recorded under the title Just a Man by the venerable Quincy Jones ( he sang lead on the recording!). Play Me a Rock and Roll Song has been recorded by a few artists, including John Kay of Steppenwolf.
Along the way, Valdy has taken his music to a dozen different countries, from Denmark to Australia and been an often-invited performer at the prestigious Kerrville Festival in Texas. His past television appearances include Canada AM and Open Mike with Mike Bullard. Valdy has also been a panelist on Front Page Challenge, and played a lead role in an episode of The Beachcombers original series.

"Few performers are capable of achieving the kind of energy he generates on stage." - Globe and Mail

.....name probably doesn't ring a bell with most Americans, but in Canada this singer and guitarist is a legend." - Anchorage Times

.....unquestionably the most public performer in Canada today, and the most loved." - Macleans

"Valdy is regarded as one of Canada's most distinctive and successful minstrels." - Humber Log

"Valdy elicited a genuinely warm standing ovation, the real kind, where the applause continues long after the encore is assured." - Winnipeg Free Press

NOTE: The venue for this performance is the Watson's Corners Community Hall, 1132 Dalhousie 3rd Concession, Lanark.

A special guest appearance by

Siqiniup Qilauta (Sunsdrum)

Siqiniup Qilauta (Sunsdrum), is an acclaimed Inuit cultural performance group led by mother–daughter duo Lynda Brown and Keely (Papatsie) Nicholson. They will bring to the stage an introduction of the traditional Inuit entertainment of throat singing.

In 2025, Sunsdrum released their debut album, Anaanaga (“my mother” in Inuktitut). Blending throat singing, drumming, storytelling, traditional games, and live performance, Anaanaga is more than music—it is an intergenerational journey through trauma, survival, reclamation, and cultural pride.

At the heart of Anaanaga lies a deeply personal story told through spoken-word interludes and powerful musical arrangements. The album begins with ancestral breath—passed from mother to daughter through throat singing—and carries listeners through the history of forced relocations, residential school trauma, and cultural silence, before returning full-circle to healing, pride, and reclamation.

One track recalls Lynda’s mother’s memories of growing up in an outpost camp near Pangnirtung, Nunavut, and the unlikely friendship she formed with an orphaned polar bear cub. Stories like these are woven throughout the album, offering a raw, emotional, and ultimately uplifting portrait of Inuit women across three generations.

“Anaanaga is a tribute to my mother, my daughter, and to every Inuk who has carried our culture forward against the odds,” says Brown. “It’s about reclaiming our voices—literally and figuratively—and sharing our stories on our own terms.”