Derina Harvey Band

Derina Harvey leads the multi-award winning Derina Harvey Band (dHb). Recently taking home the 2024 East Coast Music Award for Fans' Choice Entertainer of the Year, this Celtic-rock group has a live show that leaves audiences hollering from their seats. Derina’s vibrant personality takes centre stage with her humour, engaging storytelling, and powerful vocals - a voice that earned her a 2025 Canadian Folk Music Award (CFMA) nomination for “Contemporary Singer of the Year”.  The band was also nominated for a 2025 CFMA in the “New/Emerging Artist of the Year” category.  dHb concerts are suitable for all ages and can be adapted for any venue​; whether it’s a captivating night of telling stories through song in a Performing Arts Center, or a dinner and dance in a community hall.

The band has toured both Canada and the USA, sharing their songs and stories with audiences from coast to coast in North America. These engagements are the result of several very successful juried showcases at arts council conferences across Canada (BC, AB, SK, MB, ON) and the US, including Western Arts Alliance, South Arts Alliance, Ohio Arts Professional Network, ArtsMarket NC, and Arts Northwest, where the band was awarded Best Showcase in 2017. In October 2024, dHb was invited for their second appearance at both Arts Northwest and Manitoba Showcase - a testament to an engaging live show from a band that presenters and audiences are eager to see more of.

dHb has an engaged group of followers on social media and streaming platforms, with over 100 million streams and over 2 million new streams every month. With three albums available, they offer a fresh take on traditional favourites as well as a growing repertoire of their own original songs. Their latest album, “Waves of Home” was released in 2023.

"After their performance at showcase they ended up securing... the largest number of bookings for any of our showcasing acts. Through the application, showcasing, booking and contracting processes Steve has been a pleasure to work with always looking for the best scenario for the band and presenters and working to make each booking a win-win situation."
- Skip Taylor, Performing Arts Coordinator, Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils (OSAC)

"We received countless comments from audience members about how much fun the show was; Derina’s onstage energy is electric and spreads throughout the entire venue."
- Josh Gennings, Shell Theatre Supervisor, Dow Centennial Center

“I have had the pleasure of watching Derina Harvey Band play numerous times, and was very impressed with their professionalism, songwriting, and musicianship… Alberta Showcase performers for the 2015/16 conference… they received numerous bookings around the province, proving just how enthusiastically they were received!”
- Steve Derpack, former Executive Director, Arts Touring Alliance of Alberta

“An amazing addition to our line-up…The power, charisma and talent that you have as a band is an experience that not many would be able to walk away from, as most are still clappin’ and rockin’.”
– Jana MacKenzie, Artistic Director, South Country Fair – Fort Macleod, AB

“Like a brisk morning on an east coast shore, dHb brings colour to your cheeks and takes your breath away… music and joy that will fill your heart and soul.”
– Andy Donnelly, Host of CKUA’s “The Celtic Show”

“A shout out to a local Edmonton band. Derina Harvey can really sing and the band is great. If you like Great Big Sea you'll like this band.” – Huf Chuck’le

"The Derina Harvey Band was one of the best shows we have ever had! Derina and the boys had the audience begging for more. From an organizers perspective they were a joy to work with, I highly recommend them."
- Kelly Starling, Manager at The Max Center, Drayton Valley

"Dear [dHb], A wonderful privilege to be in your audience tonight. Nobody wanted to go home. Totally captivating and riveting. Thank you so much for being here and thrilling us. And thank you for the touching stories and for revealing tender parts of yourselves. A memorable evening for me. My father used to sing me to sleep at night with Danny Boy. You brought tears. And blessings on your Idaho Falls stop – they don’t know the good that awaits them. But they will ! My warmest wishes during your travels" 
- Quote from audience member in Aberdeen, Washington

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