Raised in the small gold-mining town of South Porcupine, Northern Ontario, Will Gillespie is a Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Producer, Poet, Playwright, Finger-Pickin' Folk Troubadour, Raconteur, Band Leader and Actor now living in Oshawa, Durham Region, who has lived in many parts of Ontario. 

His latest project "MINE! True Stories and Legends of the Porcupine Gold Rush" is a 12-song Campfire Cabaret song-cycle written in historically-inspired styles from Bluegrass to Ragtime, Concert Hall, Hot Jazz,  Barrelhouse Blues, Polka, Waltzes and MORE! celebrating the lives of the unsung local heroes behind the legends of the Porcupine Gold Rush of 1909, taking the listener on a musical journey back in time to a lost world of prospectors, settlers, bootlegger-bandits, high-graders, dog-sledders, and moonshiners, telling real-life harrowing tales of adventure and perseverance from a forgotten chapter of Canadian history.

 Will Gillespie is now the coordinator and facilitator of the "Music at the Museum" Emerging Artist Music Series at Theatre on the Ridge in Port Perry. He also wrote the award-winning musicals "Swingin' in St. John's" and "Diamond in the Rough" and was the lead singer and guitarist for the SALTCOATS, Old World Romance, Static & Snow and the Will Gillespie Band.

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Will Gillespie is a singer-songwriter, musician and entertainer.

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The classic Canadian finger-pickin' Folk troubadour, another unique, original Artist performing his own songs, in his own snazzy, jazzy, classic, timeless way.

Following in the footsteps of other great Canadian Folk Artists like Bruce Cockburn, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Valdy, Gordon Lightfoot, Stan Rogers and Leonard Cohen, Will has an expansive and eclectic repertoire of his own unique original songs: from whimsical ditties to foot-stomping rockers, heart-breaking ballads and catchy singalongs, exploring Folk, Folk-Rock, Jazz, Cabaret, Blues, Waltzes, Old-Time, Rockabilly, Rock & Roll and other timeless, classic musical styles.

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