Multi-instrumentalist Lotus Wight will take the stage at the Medicine Hat Public Library Theatre on Feb. 5 for a performance that will help support the Medicine Hat SPCA. (Image Credit: Submitted Photo/MHPL)

By Jesse Gill

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Musician Lotus Wight to perform at the Medicine Hat Public Library in support of SPCA

Jan 30, 2026 | 10:45 AM

Multi-instrumentalist Lotus Wight will take the stage at the Medicine Hat Public Library Theatre on Feb. 5 for a performance that will help support the Medicine Hat SPCA.

Wight plays old-time music on banjo, guitar, jaw harp and his own invention, the contrabass harmoniphoneum, bringing a sound that includes folk, blues, and ragtime.

Tickets for the performance next Thursday at 7 p.m. are available at the Library or Medicine Hat SPCA.

The local non-profit will receive 50 per cent of the ticket sales, which are $10 each or $24 for three.

Wight describes himself as a songwriter and revivalist of musical antiquities.

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“My original songs sound as if they have been plucked from the canon of Lomax field recordings, and I delight my audiences with humour and narrative,” Wight said.

When it comes to his instruments, he says the jaw harp in particular has proven to be an intriguing piece that utters a curious sound that is both compelling and familiar.

Wight will have jaw harps for sale at the show and offers a free lesson to any concert-goer who purchases one.

A nominee for Stan Rogers Traditional Singer of the Year at the 2026 Canadian Folk Music Awards, Wight is on tour to promote his recent release “Original Works for Voice and Banjo.”

Wight is the third show of the Home Routes/Chemin Chez Nous Concert Series that the Medicine Hat Public Library began last fall.

Iona Lane will perform on March 6, followed by Kaeley Jade on April 12.

Ticket sales from those concerts will support the Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society and Root Cellar Food & Wellness Hub, respectively.

To learn more about Medicine Hat Public Library visit mhpl.shortgrass.ca.