Name: The Fretless & Väsen ~ Canadian and Swedish Collaboration **Please Note this is a Matinee**
Start: 2026-02-15T13:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-15T17:00:00-05:00
Location: 695 Dugway Rd , Brownfield, ME, United States, Maine 04010

$The Fretless & V\u00e4sen ~ Canadian and Swedish Collaboration **Please Note this is a Matinee**$

The collaboration between the Canadian contemporary folk group The Fretless and the Swedish folk duo Väsen, are billed together as a special, limited-run series of concerts. This "power double-bill" features two highly respected ensembles, merging The Fretless's genre-bending arrangements of fiddle tunes with Väsen's unique traditional and contemporary Scandinavian folk music on viola and nyckelharpa.

Väsen-Duo: Mikael Marin and Olov Johansson have, after almost 40 years of interaction and touring, refined their sound and their stage presence to the extent that today they are unique in their kind. With their playful and perfect interplay, they seem to defy the laws of physics in what appears to be a telepathic communication. The music is intense and full of humour. With the foundation firmly rooted in the traditional music of Uppland, they have always looked curiously at new musical goals. Olov & Micke have played together since 1983 when they met at Oktoberstämman in Uppsala and discovered that they had a large common repertoire and a similar way of playing. Olov & Micke started playing intensively together and released their first recording, “Det rister i Örat,” in 1985. Now they go on adventures among old fine musicians, stories and trad tunes, at the same time they continue to break new ground. They perform on a variety of stringed instruments, including kontrabasharpa, oktavharpa, three-rowed nyckelharpa, violoncello da spalla and a blue electric bass-viola.
The Fretless: Four ferocious players, masterful composition, and a genre-bending sound—Juno award-winning The Fretless is a Canadian quartet that has firmly taken its place on the map to a progressive form of “trad”. As The Fretless, Trent Freeman (Fiddle/Viola), Karrnnel Sawitsky (Fiddle/Viola), Ben Plotnick(Fiddle/Viola), and Eric Wright (Cello) are a supergroup of celebrated solo artists, They have been creating a singular and signature sound that dares to expand the idea of what a string music quartet can be—transforming fiddle tunes and folk melodies into intricate, beautiful, high-energy arrangements that have quickly gained a dedicated following and accolades from around the world.
1:30 Lobby and SMAC Shack Open
3:00 p.m. Matinee--
Lobby And * SMAC Shack opens at 1:30 p.m.
FOOD and BEVERAGE: The *SMAC Shack is Open prior to the show in the lobby. You can order lite fare like soups, stews, nachos, desserts and more! Come early and have a bite and a bevi!
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