Singer, songwriter, producer, poet and playwright, our 25th celebrations wouldn’t have been complete without a contribution from Huntsville’s hometown musical hero … with a twist.

Taking a page from his brilliant CBC First Play Live broadcast, Hawksley and ‘Friends’ Jonathan Goldsmith and Hugh Marsh (who happen to be some of Bruce Cockburn’s original side musicians) will reinterpret a number of his old and new tunes in this avante-garde evening.