Rosebud Open-Air Music Festival

Enjoy a gorgeous summer’s day full of great music and delicious food, featuring Juno Award winning poet of rural Canada, Fred Eaglesmith! (and the guy whose music is featured in our Fall production of Dear Johnny Deere!)

Sunday, August 16, 2026.
Gates open at 3 p.m.
Music starts at 4 p.m.

Rosebud Festival Stage (outdoor stage west of the Opera House)

Bring your lawn chair, a hat,and sit back and enjoy some fabulous music in the Rosebud valley, featuring:

• Take-away food available at the Mercantile
• Beer tent featuring local breweries
• Food Truck

This is an all ages and all-weather event.

Tickets
Adult/Senior - $65
Child/Youth (4-18) - $40
Season Ticket holder - $55

About Fred Eaglesmith:

Fred Eaglesmith has played them all; from television’s The Late Show with David Letterman to the legendary Grand Ole Opry in Nashville to the refined acoustics of the Lincoln Center. And this summer, Canada’s most uncompromising troubadour brings his whip-smart songwriting and road-tested show back to the very communities that inspired him.

Fred has spent four decades turning service station stories, county fair romances, broken down old tractors, and gravel roads into timeless songs. His devoted fanbase, affectionately known as ‘Fred Heads’, and a reputation for delivering shows that are equal parts intimate and electrifying, have established this founder of alt-country as the benchmark for his contemporaries as well as aspiring artists. For the last 15 years, Eaglesmith has been joined by Texas-born, multi-instrumentalist, Tif Ginn, who also happens to be his wife. Together they have developed a musical symbiosis that only comes from countless smiles, shared stages and an undeniable chemistry.

The gravel road has led Fred to Rosebud Alberta, and you won’t want to miss it! Eaglesmith carries the weight of a legend lightly. After a lifetime of touring and 25 albums under his belt, he’d have every right to rest on his laurels. Instead, he’s doing what he’s always done: pointing the truck toward Canada’s backroads, where the next great night of music waits to be sparked. His signature sound of country soul & rock energy with his between-song tales only he can tell – equally hilarious & heartbreaking, make every Fred Eaglesmith show unmatched. Fred doesn’t just perform in these small towns, he plugs into their heartbeat-after all these years, that’s still his superpower.