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A three-day festival in Sackville this month celebrates Canada's finest singer-songwriters.

Chantal Kreviazuk, Gordie Sampson, Bruce Guthro, Catherine MacLellan, Jill Barber, Meaghan Smith, Rob Lutes, Rick Haworth, Hot Toddy, Joel Plaskett and Ron Sexsmith will descend on Sackville for the Songs on Stage Festival from Oct. 23 to 25.

Kreviazuk and Sampson kick things off on Oct. 23 at Convocation Hall on the Mount Alison University campus at 8 p.m.

Guthro hosts the Maritime Songwriters Circle at the Sackville United Church on Oct. 24, featuring MacLellan, Barber and Smith.

On Oct. 25, Lutes conducts a two-hour workshop on songwriting and Haworth provides demonstrations and technical advice on acoustic guitar and lap steel guitar.

For details and to pre-register, call 364-4949 or 536-9000 or email w.maddox@sackville.com by Oct. 22.

To cap off the weekend, a concert featuring Plaskett and Sexsmith takes place at Convocation Hall at 8 p.m. on Oct. 25.

For tickets for any or all of these performances (festival passes are $80), visit www.ticketpro.ca. Tickets are also available in Sackville at Tidewater Books and Live Bait Theatre.