My musical drama Getting There will be making a return to the big screen in my hometown thanks to the great people at the Calgary Folk Music Festival. The short film will play before a performance by Jess Knights.

Doors: 7 PM
Show: 8 PM

Tickets are $20 and on sale now! Click here

Jess Knights’ debut 2018 EP, Won’t Wait, captured the grit of the rooms – and the colourful denizens – that helped her find her voice. Revivalist soul and classic roots tones ripened the sound on her 2020 debut full-length album, Best Kind of Light. With assistance from award-winning producer Joshua Van Tassel and the crème de la crème of Canadian songsmiths and sidemen, including Donovan Woods and Joey Landreth, Best Kind of Light showcases Knights’ luminous voice and burgeoning song balladeer skills.

Getting There, a short film by Brendan Prost

Tanner, a passionate and single-minded mandolin player in a multi-instrumental folk band, struggles to drag his bandmates towards productivity and relevance at the risk of his own personal estrangement. But, after a disconcerting conversation with a famed singer-songwriter, Tanner takes a moment to pause and appreciate what he has already. Getting There is a vibrant, musical consideration of an artist's struggle to collaborate and keep things in perspective.