The East Pointers announce February / March Australian Tour

JUNO award winning Canadian indie folk group, The East Pointers, will be returning to Australia in the early months of 2025 for what will feel like a 'homecoming' to fans, taking in numerous festival and headline dates with their wall-shaking, electro-trad glorious combination of folk/pop that has brought so much joy to audiences around the world.
 
The band's return to Australia in February will see them kick off the tour at the Nannup Music Festival, before taking in more festival stops at events such as the Port Fairy Folk Festival and Blue Mountains Music Festival; all the while headlining venues in Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Cairns, Melbourne and Hobart.
 
Still channelling Koady Chaisson as a musical partner after his passing in 2022, Tim Chaisson (fiddle, vocals, guitar) and Jake Charron (keys, guitar, vocals) have remained fiercely energetic, musically complex, and technically brilliant through years of musical map-making, travelling, partying, friendship, and triumphant homecoming.
 
"Australia has been a second home to us over the years, and a major source of our good times as a band," says Jake Charron. "We're super pumped to be back this March for great shows, a dance, a laugh, maybe a cry… and more good times all around!!"  he adds.
 
The East Pointers' music has generated strong fanbases across the world, built on a shared love for fusing contemporary genres with a natural brand of storytelling and heart-led delivery. The band's take on "modern folk" has been a natural evolution of playing to 'hometown' crowds of thousands the world over, full family kitchen parties, and an honest reckoning with heartbreak and victory.
 
In developing their sound across the years that have followed, The East Pointers have garnered industry acclaim, winning a 2017 JUNO Award for 'Traditional Roots Album of the Year' for their debut album Secret Victory, numerous JUNO nominations in 2018 and 2022 for their album What We Leave Behind and EP House Of Dreams, countless East Coast Music Award wins, and over 40 million streams on Spotify. The band's fusion of folk, pop, electronic and dance sensibilities have made The East Pointers leaders in their space.
 
Their base in Canada's smallest province, Prince Edward Island, provides both inspiration and challenge, and a sensibility tempered by gruelling winters, short-lived golden summers and a tight-knit community of some of the best songwriters and musicians in the world.
 
 
THE EAST POINTERS AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES
 
Tickets available via theeastpointers.ca

 
Friday 28 February - Sunday 2 March Nannup Music Festival Nannup
Wednesday 5 March The Wheatsheaf Hotel Adelaide
Friday 7 March - Monday 10 March Port Fairy Folk Festival Port Fairy
Thursday 13 March Smith's Alternative Canberra
Friday 14 March - Sunday 16 March Blue Mountains Music Festival Blue Mountains
Wednesday 19 March Republic Hobart
Thursday 20 March The Vanguard Sydney
Friday 21 March Northcote Social Club Melbourne
Saturday 22 March Tanks Arts Centre Cairns
Sunday 23 March Old Museum Brisbane  
 
PRAISE
 
"The East Pointers are Celtic at heart, but don't subscribe to one particular sound or style, incorporating elements of jazz and pop into their songs."
THE COAST HALIFAX
 
"The East Pointers pushes the envelope to capture the attention of the next folk enthusiastic generation with Yours To Break…"
FORTE MAGAZINE
 
"They are remarkable for writing songs that rework their Scottish and Irish influences, and they specialise in instrumentals that sound like tuneful Celtic standards, with banjo and fiddle both taking the lead."
THE GUARDIAN