The Hello Crows

Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. 

Join us for a powerful Truth and Reconciliation Day performance by The Hello Crows. This show will be a fundraiser for the Grand Council’s Longhouse project.

Emerging from the rich cultural landscape of their Wabanaki homeland, New Brunswick, The Hello Crows are a powerful Indigenous collective, whose songs and stories are woven with the threads of personal experiences, resilience, and a deep connection to their communities and culture. Their journey began in 2022, when its members (Judie Acquin, Quinn Bonnell, Mattie Comeau, and Dylan Ward), each an individual artist in their own right, performed together for the first time at a Wabanaki Songwriter Circle. This chance gathering, which highlighted their poignant storytelling, while combining traditional and contemporary influences, is considered the catalyst for their creative union. In 2024, they released their debut single, Come Back To Me, an anthem for language reclamation on July 1st (Canada Day) and it quickly resonated with listeners for its authenticity and powerful message. After a steady climb, Come Back To Me eventually landed in the top 10 on the National Indigenous Chart.

During the fall of 2024, and all through the winter months that followed, The Hello Crows hunkered down at Ward’s Shiftwork Recording in Fredericton to record their debut album, with a full release scheduled for September 30th, 2025. Its first single, Warbler, drops in May, and will be the first release on Castle Records, a new Indigenous record label run by New Brunswick hip-hop artist Wolf Castle.

With every note, lyric, and chant, The Hello Crows remind us of the strength of Indigenous identity, the importance of collective storytelling, and the unbreakable bond between music and culture. Combine their powerful individual voices and their own unique perspectives, and The Hello Crows are poised to become a very important voice on the Canadian musical landscape, and beyond.

“Pay What You Will” is offered on select performances. Here’s how it works:

– You still need a General Admission ticket. Book your seats in advance at tickets.theplayhouse.ca, by calling our box office at 458-8344, or visiting us at 686 Queen Street.

– At the performance, we will provide an envelope and ask audience members to pay whatever amount they wish following the performance, either in-person or online. 

You decide the price of your tickets!

The objective of “Pay What You Will” is to increase access to our programs, and to encourage our patrons to take a chance on new and exciting performances.