Kyle McKearney
Kyle McKearney has made his name known as Canada’s most buzz-worthy, breakthrough Americana/Alternative-Country. Since January 2023, Kyle’s sophomore album A Traveler’s Lament (2023 Canadian Country Music Awards ‘Alternative Country Album of the Year’ winner) has garnered an impressive 25X award nominations, 10x award wins, and has gone onto be shortlisted for 2024 GRAMMY Awards nomination in the ‘Best Reginal Roots Album’ category. The success of the album has offered Kyle the opportunity to support names like: The Black Crowes, Lainey Wilson, Darius Rucker, Midland, Kip Moore, Terri Clark, and many more. Kyle has gone from performing local bars to arenas and major festivals in Canada and has begun exporting to the USA, Europe and recently embarked on his first UK tour at the front of 2024.
Organizer
Since 1912 the Empress Theatre has provided a broad spectrum of high quality arts and cultural events to the people of rural Southern Alberta. The Empress is a not-for-profit registered charity that hosts live theatre, world-class music, cinema, summer theatre camps, film festivals, community musicals, weddings, private screenings, conventions, tours, meetings, conferences, symposia, workshops, lectures, debates, rehearsals, memorials, celebrations, benefit concerts, location shoots, live recordings, spiritual experiences, paranormal investigations, parties and more.
The theatre is currently designated an Alberta Historic Resource, is owned and maintained by the Town of Fort Macleod and is operated on their behalf by the Empress Theatre Society.