This week, SÉAN MCCANN – SINK or SWIM – SÉAN MCCANN Brings his songs to Haliburton. The modern world, with all its technological advancements and pervasive influence, has led us into a world that seems increasingly polarized and isolated from the fun, joy and beauty that life creates all around us almost every minute of our lives, that we somehow forget to marvel in and celebrate. Legendary singer songwriter, Séan McCann, ‘The Shantyman’, formerly of Great Big Sea, brings a new set of original songs, along with worldclass audience favourites, to Haliburton United Church, 10 George St, Haliburton, Friday September 04,2026 TICKETS : Sean McCann With his beloved guitar ‘Brownie’, and a vast repertoire of self-penned songs and traditional Celtic tunes, Séan promises a night of revelry, collective fellowship and merriment. “All my songs are written on guitar, so underneath any production stuff that you'd hear on the albums, you'll hear my guitar; but a song is not worth its salt unless you can stand there on your own two feet and sing it and have it impact people in front of you. What I do at my live show is I enlist the audience to become the band. I convince them and encourage them to make that larger sound, so every night it's like you are part of the audience but you're really part of the choir. And together we're going to sing this song and then together we're going to sing the next song. Don't worry if you don't know the words, I'll tell you what the words are -you know, clap your hands, sing along, stamp your feet.” “The challenge is to put your phone down for two hours. Look to your left and right. Remember who your neighbors are and meet some new friends and just be present in a human-to-human capacity. This is a form of resistance. This is an act of rebellion now.” “My heroes are Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, Bob Marley and Joe Strummer. This is what we do, this is how we respond. And that's where I come from. I'm a folk musician, and that's part of it.” https://seanmccannsings.com LISTEN TO THE MUSIC: https://greatbigsean.bandcamp.com/album/sink-or-swim This podcast is hosted by Canoe FM. https://backstage-pass.zencast.website/
