Event

Bellingham Folk Festival: Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira and Coty Hogue Trio

This is the Saturday 12pm feature concert at the Bellingham Folk Festival! Learn more about ticketing for the festival and individual events at www.thebellinghamfolkfestival.com

This show will take place at the Blue Room and is a sitting down and listening show :)

From Canada and the US, Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira are a dynamic fiddle and cello duo. First meeting in Scotland in 2018, they joined their musical forces, and have since been gracing stages and captivating audiences in both North America and the UK. Fusing together traditional and contemporary influences, Jocelyn & Ellen create powerfully uplifting and soulful music. Their instruments weave a rhythmically driving and textured sound, with nuanced fiddle-cello interplay through delicate and fortissimo arrangements. They bring life and fire into their own original melodies, and high-energy tunes from Scotland, Ireland, North America, and Scandinavia - complimented by interwoven vocal harmonies, and lively stepdancing.

Hogue is a singer and multi-instrumentalist whom Grammy nominated Alice Gerrard has called an impressive young talent. Her unique approach to using the banjo to accompany the songs she sings synthesizes traditional styles while nodding to contemporary influences. Coty has released three albums and been featured on BBC radio and Sirius XM satellite radio. Her rendition of the traditional song Going to the West charted #1 on the FOLK-DJ radio charts and another, Oh Wind is featured in the independent film, Neon Sky. Performing throughout the Northwest with her trio, featuring Aaron Guest and Kat Bula, listeners can expect tight harmonies and inventive instrumentation featuring original and traditional songs.