Saturday, December 21 at 4:30 pm on Global Edmonton!
Please join us at this year's A Musical Holiday in support of Edmonton's Food Bank! Enjoy a commercial-free holiday music special thanks to Servus Credit Union and celebrate the true meaning of the season: to be with loved ones and support the less fortunate.
Embrace the season and enjoy holiday favourites from musical guests Brett Kissel, Hailey Benedict and Shawnee Kish! Thank you, and Happy Holidays!
Brett Kissel
Brett Kissel
Known for his charismatic personality, dynamic stage presence, and unique musical style, Brett Kissel has soared to the top of the Canadian country music charts as one of Canada’s most celebrated and beloved entertainers.
With 22x CCMA awards, 3x JUNO awards, 2x Gold-certified albums, 4 Platinum singles, 10 Gold singles, and an impressive track record of 18x Top-10 radio hits, including 4x #1 singles, his talent and popularity are undeniable.
The 5th generation farm and ranch-raised Albertan has always stayed true to his roots, even while performing around the world. Kissel has toured with Brad Paisley and Garth Brooks and collaborated with Grammy winners Charley Pride, Dave Mustaine, Nelly, and 98°, and most recently, TikTok sensation Cooper Alan.
Following a year-long, four (4x) album roll out of The Compass Project that was accompanied by an extensive cross-Canada tour, Brett Kissel steps into a new chapter of music with ‘Let Your Horses Run’, a brand new single that reflects on resilience, perseverance, and courage.
Hailey Benedict
Hailey Benedict
Hailed as “the future star of country music” by Citytv and praised as a “prodigy whose star is definitely on the rise” by the Calgary Herald, the guitar-wielding, CCMA Award-winning Hailey Benedict got her start at age 14 when Keith Urban pulled her on stage for an impromptu performance in front of a sold-out arena, drawing international attention and instantly catapulting her into the spotlight.
2023 was a monumental year for Hailey, culminating in her victory at the SiriusXM Top of the Country competition. This summer, she fulfilled a lifelong dream by performing on the main stage at Big Valley Jamboree, her hometown festival where she has been a lifelong attendee. Benedict’s quarter-million-strong following on TikTok helped earn her a CCMA Award win for Interactive Artist of the Year, and she picked up another nomination at the 2024 awards in the Breakthrough Artist category.
Benedict introduces her next chapter with the single “Things My Mama Says,” her first release since signing with Big Loud Records/Local Hay.
Shawnee Kish
Shawnee Kish
Shawnee Kish is a Mohawk singer-songwriter from Canada. She is most noted as a Juno Award nominee for Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022, for her self-titled debut EP. Originally from Welland, Ontario, she began her career singing Shania Twain songs. She has been based in Edmonton, Alberta as an adult. She was the winner of CBC Music's Searchlight competition in 2020, and was subsequently one of the winners of the Allan Slaight Juno Master Class program for artist development in 2021. Her debut EP was released in 2021. In the same year she was the creator of "Music Is My Medicine", a symphonic work which was performed by the National Arts Centre Orchestra for the CBC Gem web series Undisrupted.
In 2023, she participated in an all-star recording of Serena Ryder's single "What I Wouldn't Do", which was released as a charity single to benefit Kids Help Phone's Feel Out Loud campaign for youth mental health. She identifies as two-spirit, and married Olympic rugby player Jen Kish in 2021, in a ceremony officiated by Rachel Notley.
Saturday, December 21 at 4:30 pm on Global Edmonton
