Babillard

J.P. returns to North Bay for an intimate solo show. He was last in North Bay for the East Coast Kitchen Party performance with Jimmy Rankin and Catherine MacLellan but he left the audience wanting more so I am thrilled to have J.P. Cormier back to open the 2025/2026 East Coaster Studios Concert Series – East to West.

The show is being held at one of North Bay’s premier facilities, The Grande Event Centre. Doors open at five with food and drinks available for purchase before the show. A special event menu will be available for dinner and the bar will be open before the show and during intermission. Doors open at 5 P.M. and the show starts at 7 P.M.

J.P. Cormier is a gifted multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter who has released more than a dozen records including two career retrospectives. J.P.’s impressive body of work has earned him a vast and loyal fan base and multiple award nominations and wins, including 14 East Coast Music Awards, Canadian Folk Music Award, five Music Nova Scotia Awards, Juno nominations, commendations from the Governor General of Canada and Premier of Nova Scotia. His 2015 album, The Chance, was nominated for a Juno award in the Traditional Roots Album of the Year category while his 2018 release with Dave Gunning, Gunning & Cormier – Two, won a 2019 East Coast Music Award.

His album, Another Morning, propelled him to singer-songwriter stardom on the East Coast. Some of the performances on that album inspired some of the biggest names in East Coast music; Dave Gunning, Matt Andersen, David Myles, and Joel Plaskett. When North Bay resident, Connor Carruthers, met J.P. for the first time when he was five years old he told J.P. his favourite song was The Molly May.

“…one of the most important guitar players of his generation.”

-Chet Atkins