Festival Tent

The RHDA presents a selection of Highland, National and Highland choreography for your entertainment.

Blakey Irish Dance offers top-level tuition and also have workshops with other Blakey teachers on a regular basis, offering our dancers exposure to the wider dance community in North America.

The Flatland Fiddlers are Regina’s one and only fiddle youth performance group! Composed of fiddles, cellos, and guitar, these talented teens play complex arrangements of tunes from across Canada (and some from even further!). With a blend of harmonies, groove lines, chopping, solos, and more, this group is sure to have your feet tapping in no time!

The Fiddlers actively perform in and around Regina, with recent notable performances including “Regina’s Got Talent,” and others at the Floral Conservatory, the Cathedral Village Performing Arts Festival, and various pavilions at MOSAIC: A Festival of Cultures. The group is available to hire for private and public functions. The group is also accepting auditions for the 2025-26 season, accepting fiddles (violins) and cellos. You can find more information about the Flatland Fiddlers and how to hire them (or join them!) from the Flatland Fiddling Studio (www.flatlandfiddling.com).

Amberjacks is a Husband and Wife Duo that plays Metis fiddle, country bluegrass, Celtic (Scottish and Irish), and old-time dance music on fiddles, banjo, mandolin, and guitar. We found each other at Celtic music jam sessions and eventually combined our cultural backgrounds to create a Canadian multicultural mix of traditional music.

Amber (Fixit) Fyfe is a singer/songwriter who plays Mandolin, Guitar and Sings while (Cactus) Jack Dublanica plays Banjo and Fiddle. They have been performing together for ten years now at various festivals; as a Northern Lights Tweener, at the Regina Highland Games, Mosaic, fiddle festivals, house concerts, weddings, senior's homes, National Indigenous Day, Canada Day, and the Motherwell Homestead Metis Festival.

Keeping you informed, entertained and even educated is the host of CJTR’s “On the Air” and well-loved local storyteller Vincent Murphy, former snare drummer in the Flin Flon Pipe Band!

Vincent Murphy is a Regina-based story performer and humourist. He has been an active participant at both the Highland Games and the Mid-winter Celtic Festival for some twenty years. "A good time will be had by all!"

Emily Dubois is a musically ambitious fiddler, originally from Langbank, SK. While attending fiddle camps like the Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party, Emily was exposed to multiple fiddling styles from a variety of professionals. Fiddle-camps nurtured her passion for collaboration, performance, and evolved to mentoring and teaching young fiddlers. This led her to study music in Victoria BC, while continuing to perform and also hone her skills as a teacher. Now living in Regina, she performs frequently, and runs the Flatland Fiddling Studio where she teaches lessons to all ages and levels. She is beyond excited to be back in the SK fiddling scene and do her part to sustain it! 

Emily will be instructing at both FiddlyNess and the Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party this Summer, then will head to Kamloops to compete for her third time in the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Competition. In between teaching and performing, she is preparing to record her first EP of completely original music. For more on Emily Dubois or her teaching studio, please check out www.emilyduboismusic.com!

With a nod to their East Coast heritage, West of Mabou carries on the tradition of Celtic musicianship with an animated and boisterous flair. Described as having a “sound all their own,” West of Mabou has seductively blended traditional tunes and new music with a hearty helping of a good ol’ western rhythm. With an arsenal of instruments at their disposal and room to explore, their sound keeps finding new horizons.

Ten years strong now, they have received multiple nominations. Their first album, self titled West of Mabou, received a 2016 Western Canadian Music Awards nomination. The Bridge, the next album released by the band, was nominated for both a 2018 Canadian Folk Music award as well as a 2018 Western Canadian Music award. Most recently, their latest album, Horizons, was nominated for Instrumental Artist of the Year at the 2024 Western Canadian Music Awards.