Folk Canada in Melbourne, Australia

Join Folk Canada, Small World Music, and Tempi, alongside Canadian artists Inn Echo, Basset, and Mia Kelly, and Nico Paulo for special showcases and networking events aimed at strengthening the long-standing cultural and touring relationship between Canada and Australia, with a special delegation from Denmark.

This event offers an opportunity to:

• Discover Canadian artists actively exploring the Australian market

• Connect directly with Folk Canada and Canadian artist teams

• Explore international future touring, showcasing, and collaboration opportunities

With special thanks to our colleagues at Sounds Australia and the Port Fairy Folk Festival for helping bring this event together.

About the Showcase Artists

Inn Echo

Trad music turned on its head—rhythmic, dynamic, and endlessly evolving, like a late-night session that never wants to end.

Mia Kelly

A luminous voice paired with raw, emotionally driven songwriting, weaving folk, rock, and blues into a captivating live performance.

Basset

Folk duo with stunning harmonies reminiscent of early folk revival....think Simon and Garfunkel or Gillian Welch and David Rawlings.

Nico Paulo

Nico Paulo is a Portuguese-Canadian musician and visual artist whose 2023 self-titled debut and 2025 EP Interval_o pair melodically dynamic songwriting with lush pop and ambient minimalism.  "Her gently forceful folk....takes on a newfound Fleet Foxesian lushness" - NOW Magazine

•  Artist links available here: Basset / Inn Echo / Mia Kelly / Nico Paulo

Danish Delegation

Laia Canals - Tempi: Roots Music Denmark

Jakob Kraagesand - Tempi: Roots Music Denmark

Kaylee Pearson - Happy Duck Agency

Adam McKenzie - Tempi: Roots Music Denmark

Susi Castelo - booking for ALICE venue

TEMPI · Roots Music Denmark are dedicated to strengthening and promoting roots music in and outside Denmark. We strive to create a diverse, inclusive, and sustainable music and cultural landscape – for artists, institutions, venues, audiences, and society. We represent a genre that honors its roots while staying open-eyed and open‑eared to the future.

For questions, please contact:

Sarah Porter

Team Lead - Melbourne Showcasing Event

sarah@portermusic.ca

WhatsApp +1.613.863.6805

Thank you to our funders and partners:

Department of Canadian Heritage

Creative Export Canada

Ontario Creates

Small World Music

TEMPI - Roots Music Denmark