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Kate Weekes & Alasdair Gillis
Sat, Nov 14
|Motel Chelsea
Gatineau Hills songwriters Kate Weekes and Alasdair Gillis pair up for an evening of original music at Motel Chelsea on November 14th. Both Weekes and Gillis have released new albums in the past year and will showcase these new works alongside multi-instrumentalist James Stephens & Brian Sanderson.
Time & Location
Nov 14, 2026, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Motel Chelsea, 1418 QC-105, Chelsea, QC J9B 2H7, Canada
About the event
KATE WEEKES
Kate Weekes is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter based in the Gatineau Hills of Quebec. Her songs and story telling are influenced by her adventures working as a canoe, hiking and dog mushing guide in northern Canada and Scandinavia. Ranging from Appalachian-influenced ballads, to anthemic folk-pop to whimsical instrumental waltzes, Kate's music is buoyed by her distinctive approach to clawhammer banjo and fingerstyle guitar. Her most recent album, Rideau Roots, reflects on the settler narrative of the Rideau Canal, Kate's hometown river. The project is inspired by a floating musical residency Kate led by canoe with 9 additional songwriters.
Few albums arrive with a backstory rivalling that of Rideau Roots, the gorgeous, sonically sprawling, and very of-the-moment fifth album from singer-songwriter and wilderness guide Kate Weekes. In May 2022, Weekes fulfilled a long-held dream: she and a group of fellow artists paddled the famed Rideau Canal along unceded traditional…