August 5, 2023- Stratford Summer Music- with Andrew Collins, Shane Cook, Tony McManus and Joseph Phillips
7:30 pm
Players Stage, Stratford Perth Museum, 4275 Huron Road, Stratford, ON
Tickets: $45
https://stratfordsummermusic.ca/event/allison-lupton-band/
August 10, 2023- AlgomaTrad Centre- with Andrew Collins, Shane Cook, Tony McManus and Joseph Phillips
Richards Landing, ON
details TBA
https://algomatrad.ca/2023/05/algomatrad-summer-2023-concert-series-tickets-now-on-sale/
August 19-20, 2023- Summerfolk Festival- with Andrew Collins, Shane Cook, Tony McManus and Joseph Phillips
Owen Sound,
Ontario
https://summerfolk.org/tickets/
August 26, 2023- Upper Canada Folk Festival- with Andrew Collins, James McEleney, Adam Shier and James Stephens
Prescott, Ontario
https://www.uppercanadafolkfest.ca/#/
August 27, 2023- Coulson Concerts- with Shane Cook and Kyle Waymouth
2 pm
301 Horseshoe Valley Road West,
Ore-Medonte,
Ontario
https://annewalker.ca/the-coulson-concerts
September 18, 2023- CBC Radio 1 “On The Go” with host Anthony Germain
4:00 NDT/ 2:30 EST
Gerry Strong, Julie Vogt and I will be guests on CBC Radio 1’s “On The Go” with host Anthony Germain. We will be sharing the story behind “Step Up Molly” and details about our concert on September 19th with Matthew Byrne, Jean Hewson, Christina Smith, Billy Sutton and Jason Whelan at Bannerman’s Brewery.
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-47-on-the-go
September 19, 2023- Newfoundland Folk Arts Society presents “Weave and Spin- Musical Threads from Cambridge to Newfoundland “
Bannerman Brewing
90 Duckworth Street, St. John’s, Newfoundland
5:30 pm EST (7 pm Newfoundland Daylight Time)
Live stream tickets: $10 – https://watch.castr.io/KlBHDG9o8JKV1u3d0Gre/stream/R6vt77eID7V7UuQqC7NC
I am delighted to be joining folk legends Matthew Byrne, Jean Hewson, Christina Smith, Gerry Strong, Billy Sutton and Jason Whelan for an evening of songs and tunes from home and away. The evening will include the Newfoundland debut of my “Step Up Molly”, a song about the young women who were recruited from Newfoundland to work at the Dominion Woollens Mill in Cambridge, ON during WWII.
https://nlfolk.com/upcoming-events/page/3/

September 20-24: Woody Point, Newfoundland
September 29, 2023- St. George United Church concert series with Shane Cook, Joseph Phillips and Kyle Waymouth
St. George United Church
9 Beverly St E,
St George, ON
7:30 pm
Tickets: $30 (519)-448-3842 or e-transfer [email protected]
October 12-15, 2023- Folk Music Ontario Conference
Official Showcase Artist
London, Ontario
Showcase times: Saturday, October 14- 8:30 pm (room 300) and 10:50 pm: (room 200)
October 26-29, 2023- Manitoba Showcase
Official Showcase Artist
Steinbach, Manitoba
https://manitobaartsnetwork.ca/manitoba-showcase/
November 9-12, 2023- North East Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) with Shane Cook and Kyle Waymouth
FMO Official Showcase Artist
Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
November 12, 2023- Rocky Top Concert Series with Shane Cook and Kyle Waymouth
5:00 pm
Sprakers, New York
Tickets: $25
https://rockytopconcert.webador.com/events
December 10, 2023- A Christmas Carol
3:30 pm
Beaches Presbyterian Church,
65 Glen Manor Drive, Toronto, ON
tickets $25: [email protected] or call (416)-699-5871
payment by e-transfer to [email protected]
I am honoured to be part of this special Dickens reading. All proceeds to support ARISE Ministry.
Readers- CBC Radio’s Tom Allen with special guests Michelle Parise, Shad and Kyra Harper
Musicians:
Lori Gemmell- harp
James Hill- piano
Free Play~Suba Sankaran & Dylan Bell
Julian Andreson-Bowes- Bass
Ian Wright- drums
Allison Lupton- flute
BPC choir~Don Anderson, director

December 24, 2023- Christmas Eve Service
Central Presbyterian Church
7 Queen’s Square,
Cambridge, ON
https://centralchurchcambridge.ca/
Past performances include-
Festivals-
Summerfolk
Hebridean Celtic Festival
Warwick Folk Festival
Lunenburg Folk Festival
Stratford Summer Music
Mariposa Folk Festival
Celtic Roots Festival
Mill Race Festival
Hillside Folk Festival
Owen Sound Celtic Festival
Upper Canada Folk Festival
Embro Highland Games
Orchestral soloist-
International Symphony
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony
Cambridge Symphony
Stratford Symphony Orchestra
Folk Venues /Theatres-
Victoria Jubilee Hall, Walkerton, ON
Newfoundland Folk Arts Society, St. John’s, N.L.
Rocky Top House Concerts, Sprakers, New York
Newmarket Folk Society, Newmarket, ON
Brampton Folk Club, Brampton, ON
Folk Night At The Registry, Kitchener, ON
The Cause Music and Arts Centre, Chippenham, UK
The Silver Street Sessions, Wiveliscombe, UK
Fiddlers’, Arran, UK
Stroud Folk Club, UK
Shakespeare’s, Sheffield, UK
Cuckoo’s Nest Folk Club
Hugh’s Room, Toronto
Residencies/ Music Camps-
AlgomaTrad Music Camp, St. Joseph’s Island
Artist in Residence, McDougall Cottage, Cambridge, ON
Radio-
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal
CBC Radio Vinyl Café