Jacquie D is an accomplished musician, as well as a marketing expert and owner of www.tenato.com Jacquie will be performing music as a solo ARTIST throughout the festival!
Jacquie recently created laughter when she graduated from the FUNNYFEST Comedy WORKSHOP!
If ever you imagined a musical artist who could cover your favourite love song like she wrote it herself, stage a spontaneous outdoor jam to bring your whole neighbourhood together, and then rock out a bunch of convicted murderers in the local prison, imagination would meet reality in Calgary’s own Jacquie Drew.
With a style described as a hybrid of Johnny Cash, Sheryl Crow, and Sandra Bullock, Jacquie has been performing professionally for over two decades, giving her an aura of authentic musicianship and laid-back self-mockery. A multi-instrumentalist, she backed up many local bands on vocals, banjo, keyboard, and even accordion before fronting her own act. Releasing four albums of original music, her albums have reached Canada’s National Folk-Roots-Blues top-ten chart twice, including her most recent, “Lifelong Truth”, in 2021.
Recordings aside, it’s live performances where Jacquie stands out. A gunslinger and comedic storyteller who performs solo, self-accompanied on guitar, harmonica, piano, and even her live-loop station (so she can layer her own backup harmonies, and lead guitars), Jacquie has done her fair share of bars, corporate events and popular music venues.
But she also loves to perform where her music can make a difference – which is why you’ll also often find her at care homes, prisons, outreach centres, hospital green spaces, rural dance halls and Legions. She takes requests, gets audiences moving, and always searches for just the song to make everyone feel understood.
Check Jacquie Drew out at: www.jacquiedrew.com