NEWBERRY & VERCH 

Suggested Tour time frames:  

• October 6-12, 2025 / Western Canada
• November 28 - December 8, 2025 / Holiday Cheer Concert Tour, available Canada-wide
• March 12-22, 2026 / available Canada-wide.

Available and interested in festivals and other time periods - please just ask!​​​​​​​

“Making folks remember why this music existed in the first place.”

Joe Newberry and April Verch showcase tunes, ballads, step dancing, and original songs by way of Canada and the Ozarks.

When these masters of tradition hit the stage, they weave a beautiful fabric that everyone can wear. Newberry and Verch love to play together, and it shows.

They remind audiences why this music is born, and lives, in the heart.

KOBO TOWN

Suggested Tour time frames - pls inquire re additional availability:

• Fall 2025 dates: 
• October 11th -27th - AB + BC + SK
• November 1st -20th - Canada
• Winter/Spring 2025/26: 
• Febr. 7th-16th - Canada
• March 27th - April 14th - Canada

“Clever calypso wordplay atop unstoppable Caribbean rhythms"

Juno-Award recipient Kobo Town has emerged as a festival and club favourite for their clever lyricism, poetic wordplay and the exuberant energy of their calypso and ska-driven sound.  

Kobo Town generally tours as a 6pc ensemble, 5pc and 7pc options available.

WESLI 

Suggested Tour time frames 

•  On Tour: April 2025 - BC+AB. 
• 2025 Festival Avail: Canada wide.
• Near North Music represents Wesli exclusively for Western Canada: General Avail. Pls Inquire

“Wesli continues to uplift, honor, and reinvigorate the Haitian and African diasporic traditions"

Originally from Haiti and based in Montreal, Wesli explores Haitian music's past and future with the epic two-album Tradisyon opus, with powerful rara carnival rhythms, deeply soulful Creole and Yoruba chants and delightful banjo-led twoubadou folk melodies.

News Alert: New Album Release Fall of 2025!

PHARIS & JASON ROMERO 

Suggested Tour time frames:​​​​​​

• 2025 Festival Season - on hiatus
• 2025/2026 General Avail, please ask.

"A beautiful story of folk music, banjos and living full on!"

While Pharis & Jason Romero are taking a well deserved break from touring and festival events over the coming 2025 summer, they are very keenly and actively working on brand new music and projects for the following 2025/26 season ... stay tuned.

Frank Hoorn | Near North Music | 9854 Adams Road | Smithers | British Columbia | Canada | Phone: 1.250.847.5228. 

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts/Nous remercions le conseil des Arts du Canada de son soutien.