J.P. and Deanna Shalala are a husband and wife duo from Niagara Falls. The Irish Harp Pub was actually one of their first gigs as a dating couple back in 2007, and they have since continued to play there monthly.

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Daryl tasted the wanderer’s life at an early age, traveling Europe and North America with his parents before settling back in Ireland. Growing up to music as diverse as The Beatles to Slade, The Dubliners, Horslips, and Thin Lizzy.

Mel Monaco enjoys putting a twist on contemporary RnB Pop with soulful Jazz vocals. Performing unique covers of Bill Withers, Lizzo, Amy Winehouse, Sheryl Crow through to Jamiroquai, Stevie Wonder and a number of funky originals, Monaco in her duo formation is sure to make you move and groove!

The Right Proper Lads are a high-energy, Celtic-based duo from the Niagara area.

Patrick & Matthew Vandersluys have been brothers ever since Matt’s birth on December 9th, 1986. Learning to sing and play the guitar from their uncle Michael, they quickly made a name for themselves around the neighbourhood bonfires in Niagara Falls, and have since expanded that neighbourhood to encompass all of the Niagara Region out to the greater Golden Horseshoe Region of Southern Ontario.

It was the summer of 2007. In the middle of The Netherlands. Arnhem to be precise. That’s where our two protagonists met. That fateful meeting turned into a love story across two continents and eventually lead to the formation of The O’Deadlys, considered by many to be Ontario’s top Celtic band.