Discover your next favorite artist
Fri, Apr 03
|Vernon Jazz Club
Morgan Toney
2026 JUNO winner Mi'kmaq fiddler and singer Morgan Toney fuses Cape Breton fiddle fire with traditional Mi'kmaq songs — some dating back 500 years. He calls the sound Mi'kmaltic, and you have to hear it live to believe it
Time & Location
Apr 03, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
Vernon Jazz Club, 3000 31 St, Vernon, BC V1T 5H7, Canada
About the event
Morgan Toney grew up on Cape Breton Island, a member of the Wagmatcook First Nation. He started on drums, picked up the fiddle only a few years ago, and has already become one of the most talked-about young artists in Canadian roots music. His great-grandfather and three great-uncles were all Mi'kmaq fiddlers — so while the rise has been fast, the roots run deep.
What makes Toney different is what he calls Mi'kmaltic: the fusion of Cape Breton's fierce Celtic fiddle tradition with traditional Mi'kmaq songs, some passed down for centuries. These two musical worlds existed side by side in his community but had never been brought together before. Toney's debut album "First Flight" won two East Coast Music Awards and earned a 2024 JUNO nomination. His latest album " Heal the Divide" won the 2026 Juno award for Traditional Roots Album of the year.
This is a rare chance…