The festival will take place July 18-20, 2025 at The Fish &  Game Park in Fort Macleod, AB

Apollo Suns

Apollo Suns is a 7-piece instrumental collective from Winnipeg, Manitoba. The band fuses the influence of jazz, rock and psychedelic music, to create their own unique sounds with the dancefloor in mind. Best known for their high-octane live shows, Apollo Suns have captivated audiences at Winnipeg Jazz Festival, Salmon Arm Roots and Blues, Kispiox Valley Music Festival, Vermont Jazz Fest, and Calgary Stampede.

Badlands

Lethbridge based alt country quartet Badlands pays homage to the near desert like conditions in southern Alberta. The band’s namesake provides a fitting backdrop to Ali Cat’s songwriting musings that explore personal struggles, triumphs and temptations. It’s the same distilled spirit that raised the likes of Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, the Turnpike Troubadours and others to come before.

Bobby Tenderloin Universe

Captain Tractor

If there is a band that represents the soundtrack of the community and longevity of South Country Fair, it has to be Captain Tractor. The group has performed countless times at the Fair since 1995, and this year will be ever-more exciting as they return to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their iconic album ‘East of Edson’.  After years of skirmishes near the borders of roots, pop, punk and rock, these prairie revolutionaries combine it all into an unmistakeable, completely original, utterly infectious, and energetic pop sound… or folk-pop-celtic-punk-rock, if you will.  Easily one of the most iconic acts to grace the SCF stage, their high energy performance and legendary prairie anthems will ring through the Old Man Riverbottom once again and, as always, it will take days for the dance floor dust to settle.

Gillian Moranz

Gillian Moranz is an Alberta-born singer-songwriter, musician, artist, and arts presenter currently based in Vancouver, BC. Heavily influenced by master storytellers and poetic outlaws alike, words have always been her greatest love. Perched somewhere between Leonard Cohen and Patti Smith, Martha Wainwright and Mazzy Star, Moranz is a wordsmith hell-bent on forging her own unique style with a tip-of-the-hat reverence. Her smokey vocals weave through the cracks of poetic fragments where hard-earned lyrics uncover the profound hidden in plain sight.

Henry Wagons

Henry Wagons is a true renaissance man, with a unique swagger reminiscent of a day when front men gave back bucket loads of charm and were shrouded in enigmatic mystery. Unanimously lauded as one of one of Australia’s great entertainers, a Henry Wagons show is a true sight to behold.

Drawing on a broad-ranging swag of influences, Henry’s show is a high sensation roller coaster ride that ranges from the bluster of sweaty jumpsuit era Elvis, post karate kicks, to the somber, drunken malaise of Lee Hazlewood. He can touch on the tenderness of a recently heart-broken Roy Orbison while simultaneously embracing the menace of Nick Cave.

Joce Reyome

Joce Reyome has been captivating audiences with their dynamic performances on stages throughout the east coast of Canada, where they now call home. Reyome discovered their true passion in the rhythmic world of music, where they honed their skills. Reyome is a genuine, soulful performer, bringing authenticity to their shows and turning audiences into active participants in a journey through heartbreak and humour.

Tremoloco

Tremoloco is a L.A. based band that draws from the sounds of Tex-Mex, Country, Zydeco, Folklorico, Folk and Blues in a blend of original and traditional songs best described as Gulf Coast Folklorico. Adept at playing anything from a Cajun waltz, Texas shuffle, country ballad or rocking blues number to a Mexican polka, ranchero or cumbia, this diversity allows the band to cover a wide range of exciting and eclectic styles. Though based in traditional musical forms the band has an undeniably modern edge in both songwriting and musicianship, and and they bring this exciting alchemy to every live performance.

Shaela Miller

 Lethbridge’s very own Shaela Miller spent years doing good country music work are safely etched into public consciousness. A turn at this point is by no means an undoing, but a welcome lead into new waters. Her rising profile is being amplified by a sonic reintroduction to one of Canada’s best voices and most sincere stage personalities. On the heels of TV placements like HBO’s True Blood, CBC’s Heartland, top-tier festival circuiting, supporting Matthew Good’s tour and upcoming Canadian headlining tour, Shaela sets aside (at least for now) her Loretta Lynn likeness in favour of the synth-laden corridors of a new sonic pathway. As Shaela herself puts it, “After The Masquerade is a trip back to where it all started for me. Except this time, with years of musical experience, wisdom, and capabilities of delivering my heart’s desire. It’s an homage to the music that inspired me in my youth, and continues to inspire me today”.

Shane Ghostkeeper

Shane Ghostkeeper is a musician from Calgary, Alberta, most recognized for his songwriting, singing and guitar playing in the band Ghostkeeper. Shane spent his childhood and adolescence years isolated by Northern Alberta’s geography (High Level, Rocky Lane and Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement), listening to country music records and developing an admiration for individuals who had the ability to convey rich stories through song. Later he expanded his musical horizons beyond these roots, he found another world in the self-aware genres of art rock and experimental folk. Here, he developed his own storytelling language with which he could voice the traditional songwriting he grew up with. And now he comes full circle with years of education and experimentation to make his first Country music inspired record. This exploration of Country music is a dedication and tribute to his family and the stories they share.

Tim Isberg

Originally from southern Alberta, Tim Isberg is an accomplished singer-songwriter, veteran soldier and multiple award nominee. From Rwanda to Afghanistan and other deployments in-between, Tim experienced the best and worst humanity has to offer. Tim brings an Americana style blend of well-crafted Alt-country, Roots and Contemporary Folk songs to the stage along with an appealing vocal timbre and an array of life experiences he shares in a way that makes each listener feel connected. With genuine sincerity and a sense of humour carefully woven through stories and songs, it is Tim’s live show – whether solo or with his full band – where he shines most.

Tin and the Toad

Tin and the Toad hail from the great plains of western Canada with a sound that rumbles like a freight train and whispers like the wind. Songs of whiskey, campfires, horses and broke-down equipment ramble into tales of love and loss rooted in western tradition yet deranged by the modern world. Four unique songwriters create a dynamic that blends together with an honest and authentic sense of community and passion expressed in four-part harmony with ease and familiarity. Travelling and performing across western Canada from their home province of Alberta, earning their spots on stages at folk festivals, ranch parties and rodeo dances to share their songs and stories with a variety of fine people…..and livestock. The hats they wear on stage are the hats they wear off-stage.